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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Echo Maker The Echo Maker Richard Powers On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nu… OL138011W
Through Black Spruce Through Black Spruce Joseph Boyden From internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden comes an astonishingly powerful novel of contemporary Aboriginal life, full of the dangers and harsh beauty of both forest and city. When beautiful… OL14996384W
Auf den Inseln des letzten Lichts Auf den Inseln des letzten Lichts Rolf Lappert Tobey and his older sister Megan, raised in poverty in Ireland, are abandoned by their mother while Tobey is still a baby. Years later, Tobey sets off for Dublin. He does not return to the village un… OL16262090W
Kurze Geschichte des Traktors auf Ukrainisch Kurze Geschichte des Traktors auf Ukrainisch Marina Lewycka Original: A Short History of Tractors in Ukraininan OL16582065W
Wij zijn toch zusjes Wij zijn toch zusjes Anne Gesthuysen Voor drie bejaarde zusters is de viering van de honderdste verjaardag van de oudste de opmaat voor uiteenzettingen en herinneringen. OL24422702W
Morning Girl Morning Girl Michael Dorris Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she w… OL2625575W
The girl from Playa Blanca The girl from Playa Blanca Ofelia Dumas Lachtman When Elena and her little brother, Carlos, leave their Mexican seaside village to search for their immigrant father in Los Angeles, they encounter intrigue, crime, mystery, friendship, and love. OL2687709W
Manneskraft per Postversand Manneskraft per Postversand Karin B. Holmqvist Die liebenswerten Schwestern Tilda und Elida Svensson führen seit Jahren ein ruhiges Leben im Haus ihrer verstorbenen Eltern. Doch dann zieht der attraktive Alvar ins Nachbarhaus, und das Leben der b… OL28172755W