Alexandra's Staff Picks

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1. Babel: or, the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

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Author:
Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Book, Large Print, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious...

2. The Empress of Salt and Fortune

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Author:
Vo, Nghi
Series:
Singing Hills Cycle novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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8 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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Northeast Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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Oberlin Regional - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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3. When the tiger came down the mountain

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Author:
Vo, Nghi
Series:
Singing Hills Cycle novels volume 2.
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5 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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Duraleigh Road - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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