Oral histories of formerly enlaved people and their families along the South Carolina coast Coming Through marks the first complete publication of these intervi

Many readers still claim this haunting, atmospheric novel of Michael Ondaatje's as their first love—a novel as sensual and erotic today as ever it was. At the

Heddon explores such questions as whether one retains memory of a time before birth and if God makes his existence known to those who open themselves to Him.

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