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10 best books like East Wind, Rain (Caroline Paul): Song of the Exile, Steer Toward Rock, Blue Skin of the Sea, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, The Maul and the Pear Tree, The Art of Disappearing, Name Me Nobody, Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctor’s Practice in the Smoky Mountains, Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen, Shards

Song of the Exile
AuthorKiana Davenport
ISBN0345434943
In this epic, original novel in which Hawaii's fierce, sweeping past springs to life, Kiana Davenport, author of the acclaimed Shark Dialogues, draws upon the remarkable stories of her people to create a timeless, passionate tale of love and survival, tragedy and triumph, survival and transcendence....
Steer Toward Rock
AuthorFae Myenne Ng
ISBN0786860979
"The woman I loved wasn't in love with me; the woman I married wasn't a wife to me. Ilin Cheung was my wife on paper. In deed, she belonged to Yi-Tung Szeto. In debt, I also belonged to him. He was my father, paper too."Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng's heartbreaking novel of unrequited love, tells the story...
Blue Skin of the Sea
AuthorGraham Salisbury
ISBN0440219051
Eleven interlinked stories tell the tale of a boy coming of age in Kailua-Kona, a Hawaiian fishing village. Sonny Mendoza is a little different from the rest of the men in his family. Salisbury explores characters like Aunty Pearl, a full-blooded Hawaiian as regal as the queens of old; cool Jack, from...
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
AuthorPaul Gallico
ISBN1558820213
Mrs Harris is a salt-of-the-earth London charlady who cheerfully cleans the houses of the rich. One day, when tidying Lady Dant's wardrobe, she comes across the most beautiful thing she has ever seen in her life - a Dior dress. In all the years of her drab and humble existence, she's never seen anything...
The Maul and the Pear Tree
AuthorP.D. James
ISBN0140131868
During a dark night in December 1811, in London's East End, a tradesman, his young wife, sleeping baby, and a shop boy were battered to death in their home. Days later, a pub owner, his wife, and a servant were similarly killed. No motive was found.
P.D. James, collaborating with a former colleageue,...
The Art of Disappearing
AuthorIvy Pochoda
ISBN0312385854
How do you know if love is real or just an illusion?


When Mel Snow meets the talented magician Toby Warring in a dusty roadside bar, she is instantly drawn to the brilliant performer whose hands can effortlessly pull stray saltshakers and poker chips from thin air and conjure castles out...
Name Me Nobody
AuthorLois-Ann Yamanaka
ISBN0786814667
Had to read it for book club. Wouldn't have picked it otherwise, and probably won't read anything else by this author. Definitely would not recommend it.

Having lived in Hawaii for several years, I understood most of the pidgin/Hawaiian terms (like pau, haole, and ohana) and could even relate...
Bryson City Seasons: More Tales of a Doctor’s Practice in the Smoky Mountains
AuthorWalt Larimore
ISBN0310256720
Welcome to Bryson City, a small town tucked away in a fold of North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains. The scenery is breathtaking, the home cooking can’t be beat, the Maroon Devils football team is the pride of the town, and you won’t find better steelhead fishing anywhere. But the best part is the people...
Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen
AuthorDavid Colbert
Thomas Jefferson complains about haggling over the Declaration of Independence ... Jack London guides us through the rubble of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake ... Langston Hughes visits the Scottsboro Boys on death row ... Andy Warhol paints the scene at Studio 54 ... John Seabrook receives e-mail...
Shards
AuthorIsmet Prcic
ISBN0802170811
Ismet Prcic’s brilliant, provocative, and propulsively energetic debut is about a young Bosnian, also named Ismet Prcic, who has fled his war-torn homeland and is now struggling to reconcile his past with his present life in California.

He is advised that in order to make peace with the...
Moa
AuthorTricia Stewart Shiu
ISBN0984002006
A Young Adult Sci-Fi Fantasy Mystical Adventure Series (Book 1)

For almost 200 years, Moa, an ancient Hawaiian spirit, has tried to solve the mystery surrounding her parent's senseless murder and she's running out of time. She and her entire lineage will perish if they do not find human aid....
The White Ghost
AuthorJames R. Benn
ISBN1616955112
1943: In the midst of the brutal, hard-fought Solomon Islands campaign between the Allies and the Japanese forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle receives an odd assignment: he's sent by the powerful Kennedy family to investigate a murder in which PT skipper (and future president) Jack Kennedy has been implicated....
Night of Flames
AuthorDouglas W. Jacobson
ISBN1590131363
Night of Flames paints a vivid and terrifying picture of war-torn Europe during WWII. It’s the tale of a Krakow university professor Anna and her husband Jan, a Polish cavalryman. Separated and forced to flee occupied Poland, Anna soon finds herself caught up in the Belgian Resistance, while Jan...
The Renegade: A Tale of Robert the Bruce
AuthorJack Whyte
ISBN0670068470
The Renegade is a blazing, brilliant, new historical adventure in Jack Whyte's Guardians series. Packed with action, heroism, and vibrant historical detail, The Renegade recounts the life of Scotland's greatest medieval king, Robert the Bruce. Bruce was one of the most famous warriors of his generation,...
The Emperor's Babe
AuthorBernardine Evaristo
ISBN0142001716
Bernardine Evaristo’s tale of forbidden love in bustling third-century London is an intoxicating cocktail of poetry, history, and fiction. Feisty, precocious Zuleika, daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good and restless teenage bride of a rich Roman businessman, craves passion and excitement....
The Forbidden Secrets of the Goody Box: Relationship Advice That Your Father Didn't Tell You and Your Mother Didn't Know
AuthorValerie J. Lewis Coleman
ISBN0978606639
What your father didn't tell you and your mother didn't know. Successful. Beautiful. Intelligent. Yet a satisfying relationship eludes Debra Hampton. At thirty-five years old, she can't figure out why her philosophy on men-and what they want from women-isn't working. She's trapped in a cycle of...
Freedom from Speech
AuthorGreg Lukianoff
ISBN1594038074
This is a surreal time for freedom of speech. While the legal protections of the First Amendment remain strong, the culture is obsessed with punishing individuals for allegedly offensive utterances. And academia – already an institution in which free speech is in decline – has grown still more...
Smokescreen
AuthorJodie Bailey
ISBN0373446888
UNDER ATTACK When her life is on the line, Ashley Colson is rescued by the last person she ever expected to see again. Military officer Ethan Kincaid might have disappointed her once in the past, but now he's the only person who can keep her safe. They're under the gun to decode top secret files that can...
Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old
AuthorDavid G. Klein
ISBN0874869242
For readers who are tired of Christmas commercialism, or who feel that Santa Claus and reindeer don't tell the whole story, these classic gems provide a winning alternative. Selected for their insightfulness, spiritual value, and literary quality (nothing moralistic here) they project the spirit...
Sirius
AuthorJonathan Crown
The remarkable story of a little dog who changed world history.

Berlin, 1938: Sirius, a dashing fox terrier, lives a charmed life with the German Jewish Liliencrons. But, with the rise of Nazism, the Liliencrons decide to leave Berlin for Hollywood.

Sirius takes his destiny into...
InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook
AuthorMartha Hopkins
ISBN0965327507
Not as titillating as you might think; we picked up this aphrodisiac cookbook at a women's sex store in Madison a few years back. It has a number of simple recipes based around different aphrodisiac's (coffee, avocado, black beans, chiles, chocolate, grapes, etc). I thought I'd add this to the list after...
My Summer With George
AuthorMarilyn French
In 1977, Marilyn French inspired a generation of feminists with The Women's Room. Twenty years later she still refuses to go quietly, play with the grandchildren, and prune the roses, as women of a certain advanced age are supposed to. Instead, she has written a romantic novel, and true to her youthful...
Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep: Breeds, Care, Facilities
AuthorPaula Simmons
ISBN1580172628
Whether you’re about to acquire your first sheep or are interested in diversifying your operation with rare breeds, Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep covers everything small-scale sheep farmers need to know to keep their animals healthy and productive. Drawing from years of hands-on experience,...
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