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The book of night women The book of night women Marlon James From a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared only to Toni Morrison's Beloved.The Book of Night Women is a s… OL13648915W
Chain of Voices Chain of Voices Andre Brink On a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellion's leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boy… OL15181390W
Apocalypse 2012 Apocalypse 2012 Gary Jennings Scientists discover the Aztec-Mayan End-Time Codex, which foretells the end of the world in 2012, and must struggle to crack the code before it's too late. OL15970026W
Escape from Texas Escape from Texas James W. Russell In 1828 James, a slave, arrives in Texas, brought by his owner, Samuel Bingham. Texas is then a part of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. James comes to Texas because he has no choice. But once … OL16361394W
Wench Wench Dolen Perkins-Valdez Tawawa House in many respects is like any other American resort before the Civil War. Situated in Ohio, this idyllic retreat is particularly nice in the summer when the Southern humidity is too much … OL16967090W
Philida Philida André P. Brink "André Brink--'one of South Africa's greatest novelists' (The Telegraph)--gives us his most powerful novel yet; the truly unforgettable story of a female slave, and her fierce determination to surviv… OL17646166W
The house girl The house girl Tara Conklin 2004: Lina Sparrow, an artist's daughter, is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves. 1852: Josephine, a sevent… OL17763700W
The healing The healing Odell, Jonathan Mississippi plantation mistress Amanda Satterfield loses her daughter to cholera after her husband refuses to treat her for what he considers to be a "slave disease." Insane with grief, Amanda takes … OL17787824W
Antebellum Antebellum R. Kayeen Thomas "When Da Nigga is sent back in time, he finds himself a slave forced to live the life of his ancestors. A rapper in current time, Da Nigga must confront the reality of the African-American experience… OL18169355W
The wedding gift The wedding gift Marlen Suyapa Bodden When prestigious Alabama plantation owner Cornelius Allen gives his daughter Clarissa's hand in marriage, he presents her with a wedding gift: Sarah, the young slave with whom she was raised. Sarah i… OL18182862W
The Bondmaid The Bondmaid Catherine Lim Set in Singapore in the fifties, the novel focuses on the story of Han. Sold as a slave into the House of Wu at the age of four, she forms a close bond with the heir of the household, but the idyllic… OL1868712W
The heroic slave The heroic slave Frederick Douglass Contains primary source documents. OL19666030W
The indigo girl The indigo girl Natasha Boyd The story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, who ran her father's plantation outside Charleston, South Carolina in the 1700s and struck a bargain with the plantation's slaves--teach her how to make indigo and … OL19721927W
The wedding gift The wedding gift Marlen Suyapa Bodden When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen's daught… OL19956844W
Glory over everything Glory over everything Kathleen Grissom "The author of the New York Times bestseller and beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret comp… OL20022916W
The secrets of Heavenly The secrets of Heavenly Teresa I. Robison "Before Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is at its peak in South Carolina. A young slave girl named Willa suddenly arrives at Heavenly Plantation with her mother Heddie, destined to serve … OL24934784W
Soul Catcher Soul Catcher Michael C. White Augustus Cain faces a past he wants to forget, a present without prospect or fortune, and an uncertain future marred by the loss of his most prized possession: the horse that has been his working com… OL273426W
Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn Wim Coleman The adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft. OL413623W
Black Ships Black Ships Jo Graham "Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it." --Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's DragonThe world is ending. One by one the mighty c… OL9394972W