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Capital Pride
- Catalogue ItemA Novel2025Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her…Catalogue Item2024"In a tight-knit Levantine Christian family in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of the…Catalogue Item2025"In 2007, Pitchfork writer Rob Mitchum described the indie rock band Wilco's new work as "an album of unapologetic straightforwardness. Sky Blue Sky nakedly exposes the dad-rock gene Wilco has always…Catalogue Item2025Casper Han grew up the dutiful son of immigrants who never felt entirely welcome in their remote corner of British Columbia. Now an adult, living in Vancouver with a boyfriend whose privilege he…
Love Island(s)?
- Catalogue ItemA Novel2025It's 1989, and Joe Agabian and his best friend Ronnie set out to spend their first summer working in the hedonistic gay paradise of Fire Island Pines. Joe is desperate to let loose and finally move…Catalogue Item75 Flavorful Recipes From the Caribbean : Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, Dominican Republic & More2024These plant-powered meals celebrate the rich cuisine and culture of the Caribbean without compromising on authenticity or flavor. Nourish your body and soul with a variety of classic and creative…Catalogue ItemEssays2024"In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lamba Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir…Catalogue ItemStories & Songs2013"... Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars…
Fashion, Poison, Debutantes, Spies and Curses – Oh YA!
- Catalogue Item2025Cressida Hoth is alone in the world. Orphaned and unwanted, she is inflicted with a peculiar curse by her mischievous aunts and banished to a finishing school in the secluded kingdom of Dernmont.…Catalogue Item2023A modern-day YA romantic fantasy series opener about a glamorous magical world of social elites, forbidden love, and a dark magic that could destroy it all... 17-year-old Quell has lived her entire…Catalogue ItemA Novel2025They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one. Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she's been murdered…Catalogue Item2025Eighteen-year-old Angélique dreams of designing extravagant gowns like the ladies in the bourgeoise wear to balls and soirées. Because she's working-class, Angélique knows that her life will,…
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