City of Quartz

History

DAVIS

Americas

Vintage Press

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia, where he finds safety — for a time. Valentino's travels, truly Biblical in scope, bring him in contact with government soldiers, janjaweed-like militias, liberation rebels, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation — and a string of unexpected romances. Ultimately, Valentino finds safety in Kenya and, just after the millennium, is finally resettled in the United States, from where this novel is narrated. In this book, written with expansive humanity and surprising humor, we come to understand the nature of the conflicts in Sudan, the refugee experience in America, the dreams of the Dinka people, and the challenge one indomitable man faces in a world collapsing around him.

What is the What

Biographies & Memoirs

DAVE EGGERS

Arts & Literature

Sexist justice

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Out of my fingers

Levine, Deena

Dead Man Walking : An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States

A Catholic nun shares her unique perspective on the death penalty gained through her counseling of death-row inmates, her shock at the brutality of their crimes, and her sympathy for their pain. Reprint. Movie tie-in. 15,000 first printing. NYT.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sister Helen Prejean

Social Sciences

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Sports & Outdoors

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Baseball

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Professionals & Academics

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