A breath-taking story about love and courage... and finding an inner compass that leads through chaos, destruction, and violence. With each sentence, one learns to be more historically aware, tolerant, courageous and loving. Botakoz Kassymbekova, historian and author of Despite Cultures Hamour Baika tells a necessary story... It's necessary because it's told with such urgency, beauty, and sensitivity. Baika layers in a hidden-and forbidden-history...

An ancestry that draws hateful glances. A heart that still dreams of happiness. When his protector becomes his tyrant, can he break free? Baltimore, 2014. Abdul aches with shame. Used to bearing the brunt of people's judgment, the Afghan immigrant can't reconcile his love for his charming boyfriend with the bruises the man leaves on his face. So when a handsome activist's flirtatious exchange offers solace, he goes against his beliefs and enters into...

Stirred by an old photo of his grandfather, Patrick embarks on a life-changing journey to his ancestral home on the Amalfi coast after the death of his parents and the breakup of his marriage to Girard. He discovers secrets about his past and forges a new relationship that upends cultural traditions in the close-knit village set amongst terraced vineyards overlooking the Mediterranean. The story celebrates the sensuality of the Italian coast –...

In the years before the Mexican Revolution, Mexico is ruled by a tiny elite that apes European culture, grows rich from foreign investment, and prizes racial purity. The vast majority of Mexicans, who are native or of mixed native and Spanish blood, are politically powerless and slowly starving to death. Presiding over this corrupt system is Don Porfirio Díaz, the ruthless and inscrutable president of the Republic.
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A young boy in the Louisiana bayou is different than all of the men in his life: small, weak, effeminate. Through his eyes we see everything, from the mundane to the fantastical, the intricacies of Cajun life on the bayou, the trappings of masculinity, and the consequences for not adhering to those strict customs. Black Sheep Boy is a beautifully wrought collection of interlinking stories, told with passion and compassion. Martin Poussson knows this...

This is an epic story about two men in love. And food. Set in China in 1924, Hong Kong in 1945, London in 1947, France in 1948 and Rome in the early 1950s Food, love and Victorian poetry. And indissoluble friendships. About seeing life as a newsreel and dissecting it in a doctoral thesis. A multi-sensory experience that includes eating leftover rice with warm milk and sugar for breakfast, the music of Ray Ventura, Italian Nuovo Realismo cinema, Baroque...