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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Novels 1942-1952 (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Moon is Down / Pearl) Novels 1942-1952 (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Moon is Down / Pearl) John Steinbeck John Steinbeck has earned a place as one of America's most enduringly popular writers. Here, in the third volume of The Library of America's authoritative edition of his writings, are four novels tha… OL15334093W
The Family The Family Mario Puzo What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller The Godfather; with the creation of the Corleones he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalt… OL1673259W
The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan,Ronald Bass,Jordi Fibla,Tsai Chin,Wayne Wang,Gwendoline Yeo Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet we… OL1843720W
Cada suspiro Cada suspiro Nicholas Sparks En la tradición romántica de El cuaderno de Noah y Noches de tormenta, el autor numero uno del New York Times, Nicholas Sparks, vuelve con una historia sobre un encuentro casual que se convierte en l… OL19764334W
El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) Jhumpa Lahiri Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate the awkward name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited… OL2001056W
Novels (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Grapes of Wrath / Moon is Down / Of Mice and Men) Novels (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Grapes of Wrath / Moon is Down / Of Mice and Men) John Steinbeck Contains: [The Grapes of Wrath][1] [The Moon is Down][2] [Cannery Row][3] [East of Eden][4] [Of Mice and Men][5] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL23205W [2]: https://openlibrary.… OL23165W
Hoy no voy a matar a nadie Hoy no voy a matar a nadie Randa Ghazy "Jasmine tiene veintitrés años. Va a la universidad, sale con sus amigas, liga, se pelea con sus padres. Todo normal. Bueno, no exactamente, porque es musulmana y vive en Milán. Jasmine a menudo está… OL24209817W
Let Their Spirits Dance Let Their Spirits Dance Stella Pope Duarte Let Their Spirits Dance is the moving story of a family's journey across America. Thirty years after the death of the family's son and brother, Jesse, in Vietnam, the family has remained in many ways… OL2683501W
Caramelo Caramelo Sandra Cisneros "Lala Reyes' grandmother is descended from a family of renowned rebozo, or shawl, makers. The striped caramelo rebozo is the most beautiful of all, and the one that makes its way, like the family his… OL3243763W
Life in the damn tropics Life in the damn tropics David Unger "Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this sophisticated, quasicomedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall of a prominent Guatemalan Jewish family.". "First, the Eltaleph family … OL5013058W
The lovely bones The lovely bones Alice Sebold This deluxe trade paperback edition of Alice Sebold's modern classic features French flaps and rough-cut pages.Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience,… OL5962664W
The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story of two sisters and their secrets. Set against a panoramic backdrop of… OL675698W