Winner of the Man Booker International Prize, translated from Arabic, Celestial Bodies tells the story of three sisters: Maaya in a loveless marriage, Asm...Show more
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize, translated from Arabic, Celestial Bodies tells the story of three sisters: Maaya in a loveless marriage, Asma who wants something very different and Khawla who rejects proposals as she is committed to a man who has migrated to Canada. Their stories provide a fascinating glimpses into Oman which is fast evolving from being a traditional slave-owning society even as it carries shadows from its colonial past.
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Winner of the Man Booker International Prize, translated from Arabic, Celestial Bodies tells the story of three sisters: Maaya in a loveless marriage, Asm...Show more
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize, translated from Arabic, Celestial Bodies tells the story of three sisters: Maaya in a loveless marriage, Asma who wants something very different and Khawla who rejects proposals as she is committed to a man who has migrated to Canada. Their stories provide a fascinating glimpses into Oman which is fast evolving from being a traditional slave-owning society even as it carries shadows from its colonial past.
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Long-time drug smugglers and partners, Irishmen Maurice and Charlie wait in a dingy room at a ferry terminal in the Spanish port of Algeciras. They appea...Show more
Long-time drug smugglers and partners, Irishmen Maurice and Charlie wait in a dingy room at a ferry terminal in the Spanish port of Algeciras. They appear to be two harmless, albeit impatient, old men expecting Maurice’s estranged daughter Dilly to arrive. They use the time to reminisce about their past, bringing to menacing life stories of sex, death, drugs, violence and love. The humour is dark, the writing lyrical and this award-winning author does not disappoint. Night Boat to Tangier was long-listed for the Booker Prize and appeared on The New York Times Book Review's list of 2019's 10 best books.
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Long-time drug smugglers and partners, Irishmen Maurice and Charlie wait in a dingy room at a ferry terminal in the Spanish port of Algeciras. They appea...Show more
Long-time drug smugglers and partners, Irishmen Maurice and Charlie wait in a dingy room at a ferry terminal in the Spanish port of Algeciras. They appear to be two harmless, albeit impatient, old men expecting Maurice’s estranged daughter Dilly to arrive. They use the time to reminisce about their past, bringing to menacing life stories of sex, death, drugs, violence and love. The humour is dark, the writing lyrical and this award-winning author does not disappoint. Night Boat to Tangier was long-listed for the Booker Prize and appeared on The New York Times Book Review's list of 2019's 10 best books.
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"From the acclaimed writer of "The Book of Night Women" comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events...Show more
"From the acclaimed writer of "The Book of Night Women" comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events and characters surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil on Jamaica in the late 1970s."--Publisher. James won the Man Booker Prize for this novel.
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"From the acclaimed writer of "The Book of Night Women" comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events...Show more
"From the acclaimed writer of "The Book of Night Women" comes a masterful novel framed as a fictional oral history that explores the events and characters surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley during the political turmoil on Jamaica in the late 1970s."--Publisher. James won the Man Booker Prize for this novel.
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Set in the Kamchatika peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, the story centers around the disappearance of two young girls. Residents of a small co...Show more
Set in the Kamchatika peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, the story centers around the disappearance of two young girls. Residents of a small community begin to turn against each other when no answers are forthcoming and the investigation yields no results.
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Set in the Kamchatika peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, the story centers around the disappearance of two young girls. Residents of a small co...Show more
Set in the Kamchatika peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, the story centers around the disappearance of two young girls. Residents of a small community begin to turn against each other when no answers are forthcoming and the investigation yields no results.
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Marcus Conway, a deceased middle-aged engineer returns on All Souls' Day, and reflects on his past life's events at his kitchen table in a small Irish to...Show more
Marcus Conway, a deceased middle-aged engineer returns on All Souls' Day, and reflects on his past life's events at his kitchen table in a small Irish town. He looks at his role as a husband, father and civil engineer and his place in an interconnected 21st century. “A vital, tender, acerbic, warm, and death-haunted work one of Ireland's most important contemporary novelists”- Publisher
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Marcus Conway, a deceased middle-aged engineer returns on All Souls' Day, and reflects on his past life's events at his kitchen table in a small Irish to...Show more
Marcus Conway, a deceased middle-aged engineer returns on All Souls' Day, and reflects on his past life's events at his kitchen table in a small Irish town. He looks at his role as a husband, father and civil engineer and his place in an interconnected 21st century. “A vital, tender, acerbic, warm, and death-haunted work one of Ireland's most important contemporary novelists”- Publisher
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Haviah Mighty's debut album 13th Floor, won her the $50,000 Canadian Polaris Music Prize, 2019. She is the first Black woman and first hip hop artist to win this prize.
Haviah Mighty's debut album 13th Floor, won her the $50,000 Canadian Polaris Music Prize, 2019. She is the first Black woman and first hip hop artist to win this prize.
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Haviah Mighty's debut album 13th Floor, won her the $50,000 Canadian Polaris Music Prize, 2019. She is the first Black woman and first hip hop artist to win this prize.
Haviah Mighty's debut album 13th Floor, won her the $50,000 Canadian Polaris Music Prize, 2019. She is the first Black woman and first hip hop artist to win this prize.
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An epic tale for our times of two British Muslim families of Pakistani heritage whose lives are changed by their decisions. Award-winning novelist Shamsie’s seventh novel pulls the reader into a vortex of politics and conflict.
An epic tale for our times of two British Muslim families of Pakistani heritage whose lives are changed by their decisions. Award-winning novelist Shamsie’s seventh novel pulls the reader into a vortex of politics and conflict.
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An epic tale for our times of two British Muslim families of Pakistani heritage whose lives are changed by their decisions. Award-winning novelist Shamsie’s seventh novel pulls the reader into a vortex of politics and conflict.
An epic tale for our times of two British Muslim families of Pakistani heritage whose lives are changed by their decisions. Award-winning novelist Shamsie’s seventh novel pulls the reader into a vortex of politics and conflict.
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In this suspenseful mystery, a string of murders rocks a small Polish village. Janina, who prefers the company of animals to humans and spends her time tr...Show more
In this suspenseful mystery, a string of murders rocks a small Polish village. Janina, who prefers the company of animals to humans and spends her time translating William Blake, is pulled into the investigation as she feels she knows who committed the crimes. Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature for another book, Flights.
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In this suspenseful mystery, a string of murders rocks a small Polish village. Janina, who prefers the company of animals to humans and spends her time tr...Show more
In this suspenseful mystery, a string of murders rocks a small Polish village. Janina, who prefers the company of animals to humans and spends her time translating William Blake, is pulled into the investigation as she feels she knows who committed the crimes. Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature for another book, Flights.
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Movie stardom awaits young Peppy Miller, while curtains close on George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent movie superstar (Berenice Bejo). This multi-award winner and critically acclaimed movie tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
Movie stardom awaits young Peppy Miller, while curtains close on George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent movie superstar (Berenice Bejo). This multi-award winner and critically acclaimed movie tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
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Movie stardom awaits young Peppy Miller, while curtains close on George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent movie superstar (Berenice Bejo). This multi-award winner and critically acclaimed movie tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
Movie stardom awaits young Peppy Miller, while curtains close on George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a silent movie superstar (Berenice Bejo). This multi-award winner and critically acclaimed movie tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
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Tom Hank in the role of life of a intellectually disabled man. The critically acclaimed movie took home six Oscars.
Tom Hank in the role of life of a intellectually disabled man. The critically acclaimed movie took home six Oscars.
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Tom Hank in the role of life of a intellectually disabled man. The critically acclaimed movie took home six Oscars.
Tom Hank in the role of life of a intellectually disabled man. The critically acclaimed movie took home six Oscars.
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Based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel, this ever-popular epic trilogy stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. The first of the trilogy released in 1972 won three Oscars.
Based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel, this ever-popular epic trilogy stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. The first of the trilogy released in 1972 won three Oscars.
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Based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel, this ever-popular epic trilogy stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. The first of the trilogy released in 1972 won three Oscars.
Based on Mario Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel, this ever-popular epic trilogy stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. The first of the trilogy released in 1972 won three Oscars.
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A poor family schemes to work for a wealthy family. The Korean thriller “Parasite” has become the first non-English language film to win the Oscar for best picture.
A poor family schemes to work for a wealthy family. The Korean thriller “Parasite” has become the first non-English language film to win the Oscar for best picture.
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A poor family schemes to work for a wealthy family. The Korean thriller “Parasite” has become the first non-English language film to win the Oscar for best picture.
A poor family schemes to work for a wealthy family. The Korean thriller “Parasite” has become the first non-English language film to win the Oscar for best picture.
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The rags to riches story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai. This heartwarming and critically acclaimed movie won eight Oscars.
The rags to riches story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai. This heartwarming and critically acclaimed movie won eight Oscars.
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The rags to riches story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai. This heartwarming and critically acclaimed movie won eight Oscars.
The rags to riches story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai. This heartwarming and critically acclaimed movie won eight Oscars.
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Based on Solomon Northup's poignant 1853 memoir that details how he was captured and sold into the slave trade, this movie became the first film directed...Show more
Based on Solomon Northup's poignant 1853 memoir that details how he was captured and sold into the slave trade, this movie became the first film directed and produced by a black filmmaker (Steve McQueen) and also the first to be written by an African-American (John Ridley) to win the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year in 2013.
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Based on Solomon Northup's poignant 1853 memoir that details how he was captured and sold into the slave trade, this movie became the first film directed...Show more
Based on Solomon Northup's poignant 1853 memoir that details how he was captured and sold into the slave trade, this movie became the first film directed and produced by a black filmmaker (Steve McQueen) and also the first to be written by an African-American (John Ridley) to win the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of the Year in 2013.
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