Cultural Heritage

An Egyptian American woman visiting her parents’ homeland begins a dark romance with an unemployed photographer who is addicted to cocaine and living in a rooftop shack in Cairo in a novel about identity politics.

A hunter and seller of illegal magic, Loulie al-Nazari, after saving the life of a cowardly prince, is blackmailed into finding an ancient lamp, drawing her into a world where nothing is what it seems and where she must decide who she will become.

After D-Day, two Red Cross women, Irene Woodward and Dorothy Dunford join the Allied soldiers streaming into France where they are embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald.

The star of a popular, but controversial for-profit program in the private prison industry that basically turns prisoners into gladiators contemplates freedom.

After the death of her literary rival in an accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as evidence threatens her success, she discovers just how far she’ll go.

A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness. Ages 15-18.

An introduction to modern indigenous cuisine of the Dakota and Minnesota territories, with a vision and approach to food that travels well beyond those borders.

A forensic photographer, who sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues the other investigators overlook, is caught in the crosshairs of one of Albuquerque’s most dangerous cartels when a furious ghost sets her on a path of vengeance.

An Indigenous woman must face her past when she discovers a bracelet haunted by her mother’s spirit.

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s. Inspired by true events.