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'Graphic Novels: A Personal Introduction' by Charlotte Simpson
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Now translated and published after her more recent Touch, is Adania Shibli's first novel. Read an excerpt of it here!
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"I like change, you go first!" Awards and Gender: Where Do We Stand Now
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Reviews
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BYE BYE BABYLON: BEIRUT 1975-1979
Lamia Ziadé
Lamia Ziadé's Bye Bye Babylon, an illustrated memoir, takes us back to the spring of 1975, on a day when her family returned from a lunch in the country to find that in the space of a few hours a civil war had begun.
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Reviewed by Charlotte Simpson
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THE GOOD MUSLIM
Tahmima Anam
This brilliant novel about the Bangladeshi independence movement, its aftermath, and the subsequent Islamic movement is one of my ten favorite novels of 2011.
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Reviewed by Darryl Morris
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THE HIGHEST FRONTIER
Joan Slonczewski
If you are a fan of the science in science fiction, then you will love this new book by award winning author Joan Slonczewski. From biology and chemistry to politics and theology, she has used scientific principles to build a world that is not only believable, but also quite compelling.
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Reviewed by Judy Lim
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SARAH THORNHILL
Kate Grenville
Sarah Thornhill is the sequel to Grenville's widely-acclaimed novel The Secret River, which told the story of freed convict William Thornhill making a home on the Hawkesbury River in the newly- settled colony of Australia….
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Reviewed by Amanda Meale
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