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1) Salt houses
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2017.
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English
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"From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home...On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself that day, they will all soon come to pass when the family is up rooted...
2) The American
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Christopher Newman, a wealthy American businessman, descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. In Paris he is introduced to Claire de Cintré, daughter of the ancient House of Bellegarde, and to Valentin, her charming young brother. His bid for Claire's hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of the family, an elder brother and their formidable mother, the old Marquise. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of...
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The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.
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Studies in critical social sciences volume Volume 64
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Anthropological horizons volume 25
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
20) Rock my world
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
America's hottest new rock band is hiding out at Lord and Lady Foxley's country estate in England. Natalie, a hot and talented new bass player fills in for the band's frontman who has mysteriously disappeared. Meanwhile Lord and Lady are masquerading as servants in their own mansion which leads to a clash of cultures and a roller coaster ride on the wild side.