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Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories inspired by the January 1995 Kobe earthquake and the poison gas subway attacks two months later takes place between the two disasters and follows the experiences of people who found their normal lives undone by surreal events.
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told that he was a 'do-nothing' because he lacked initiative. Dispirited and unemployed, it occurred to him that if he was so good at doing nothing, perhaps he could turn it into a business. And with one tweet, he began his business of renting himself out to do nothing. Morimoto, aka Rental Person, provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. Sitting with a client undergoing surgery, accompanying...
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
Description
A widow pretends to be pregnant with a son to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan's patriarchal inheritance laws. This thriller from the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival is Jordan's Official Entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards.
5) Gospel
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., GOSPEL explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana, S.A. de C.V
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
En Luz y luna, las lunitas, nos obsequia un recorrido por los protagonistas más variopintos y entrañables de nuestra cultura. Desde las curiosas expresiones sonoras de los vendedores ambulantes de México, la imaginación desbordante de sus habitantes venidos de fuera como Josefina Bojórquez, la mujer que inspiró a Jesusa Palancares, protagonista de Hasta no verte Jesús mío--, las trabajadoras domésticas que dan vida a los hogares con sus ocurrencias,...
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