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1) Bootblack
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"On the German front, in the spring of 1945: the war leaves only death and destruction in its wake. To escape the horror of the present, Al, an American soldier, the only survivor of his unit, immerses himself in the memories of his New York life. Son of German immigrants, born in the United States, he was not yet ten years old when, in one night, under the approving eyes of anti-immigrant Americans, he lost his parents and his home in a terrible...
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The Passion of Bootblacking is a product of Amelia Horo's journey to find a place in the LGBTQI+ community that sings to their soul. In the book, she discusses the history of bootblacking both in the LGBTQI+ community, as well as in the general-public, including laws within the US and globally addressing the work of a bootblack or shoeshine, since Victorian England. They also address the practical and spiritual aspects of learning the craft of bootblacking,...
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Tom is a fifteen-year-old boy who lives in New York City with an old man named Jacob in Mrs. Flanagan's rooming house. They pose as grandfather and grandson, but, while Tom understands that they are no real relation, he knows nothing about his real family. Tom makes a living for them both as a street bootblack. Just before Jacob dies, he tells the boy that he is really Gilbert Grey, the son of a wealthy Cincinnati, OH, businessman named John Grey....
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Best of world SF volume 1
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"26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar. The Best of World SF draws together stories from across the spectrum of science fiction--expect robots, spaceships and time travel, as well as some really weird stuff--representing twenty-one countries and five continents"--Provided by publisher.
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