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Songs for Jadina
Greenfield Review Pr

Songs for Jadina

Alan Chong Lau

A poetry collection that folds personal memory and ethnic background into an exploration of language and image, carried by a quietly forceful Asian American perspective.

A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4 (Newbery Honor Book)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4 (Newbery Honor Book)

Madeleine L'Engle

A Ring of Endless Light is a 1980 novel by Madeleine L'Engle. The book tells of teenager Vicky Austin and her struggle to understand life and significance in the universe as she deals with her dying grandfather, while at the same time finding true romantic love. The title originates from a phrase in the seventeenth-century Welsh poet Henry Vaughan's poem "The World".

Murder of the Maharajah
HarperCollins Distribution Services

Murder of the Maharajah

H. R. F. Keating

The Murder of the Maharajah is a 1980 novel that follows the motives and relationships behind a crime while steadily building tension.

On Call
Art Pr

On Call

Miguel Algarin

A poetry collection that speaks in a forceful, intimate voice about urban life and Latino community. Self-expression and a sense of collective life emerge through fragmentary city scenes.

FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE
Del Rey

FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE

Arthur C. Clarke

A novel about the construction of a space elevator in which engineering, politics, and human drama intersect. The story is shaped by the cost and compromise required to turn a giant technical dream into reality.

The Weavers (Modern Plays)
Methuen Pub Ltd

The Weavers (Modern Plays)

Gerhart Hauptmann

Set against the 1844 weavers’ uprising, the play turns poverty and anger into a collective social drama. Rather than focusing on one personal tragedy, it captures the moment when an oppressed community speaks at once.

The Irishman
TBS The Book Service Ltd

The Irishman

Elizabeth O'Conner

A 1960 Australian novel set in the remote north of Queensland. Through the lives of horse wagoner Paddy Doolan and his son Michael, it shows how changing transport reshapes a family and the community around it.