“The great-granddaughter of Iran’s last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists continues her description of growing up in Tehran--a…
“Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. This brilliantly imagined novel brings us the…
“In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy.…
Exotic tales and dramatic details about Muslim women's views of Bosnian society are uncommon. In fact, few Muslim women in Bosnia are…
The eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan: our global consciousness was awakened to the plight of a population in turmoil. The…
“Kira-kira (kee’ ra kee’ ra): glittering, shining, glittering. That’s how Katie Takeshima’s sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is…
“Documentary film about the next group of immigrants, the Mexicans, that are following in our long history of immigration. It looks at the…
“Two teenagers at the time of the Normandy invasion in 1944 are friends but they are divided by the same thing that unites them--their…
“Jadine Childs is a Black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a…
“Emplumada is Lorna Dee Cervantes’s first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and…