Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Cultural Heritage

The Charles River divides Boston and Cambridge, and the Red Line ties the citiestogether, traveling through an expanseof class and cultures along its route. When an unlikely combination of riders share an afternoon train, they are surprised todiscover what'scommon in their American experience.

Part of the prestigious Open Door Series, originally designed for adult literacy in Ireland, these books confirm the truth that a story doesn't have to be big to change our world. Yankee Doodle is part of the US launch of Open Door books written by North American authors.

In the East Indian state of Bihar, an area poor in finances but rich in vibrant culture, the long-awaited spring season has finally arrived. But as her family gathers on the veranda to celebrate the first tempest of the year, young Shashi Verma hides away in a bedroom closet, startled by the violent rumbling of thunder.

And for eight-year old Shashi, this isn't the only time she will find herself frightened into silence. Upon experiencing a devastating trauma at the hands of an older relative, her mother's reaction transforms the event into a secret shame-and as the cycle of the seasons...

From one of the most powerful voices in contemporary fiction comes a fantastic adventure through the concrete jungle of New York City

Failed in all his career aspirations, recently laid off from Kinko's, and burdened with a frustrating anatomical shortcoming, Omaha Bigelow finds salvation on the streets of New York City's Lower East Side in the form of a Nuyorican homegirl equipped with an array of powers to cure his problems. Their misbegotten romance transforms him from a perpetual loser to an overnight success, but fame comes with a hefty price. Omaha must soon struggle...

The first collection of Huang Fan's work to appear in English, this anthology includes Zero, a prize-winning dystopian novella echoing George Orwell's chilling 1984. Set in a postapocalyptic world, Zero features Xi De, a young man raised in an elite...

Leslie Marmon Silko's groundbreaking book Storyteller, first published in 1981, blends original short stories and poetry influenced by the traditional oral tales that she heard growing up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico with autobiographical passages, folktales, family memories, and photographs. As she mixes traditional and Western literary genres, Silko examines themes of memory, alienation, power, and identity; communicates Native American notions regarding time,...