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National Pomegranate Month - November

"Once when I was living in the heart of a pomegranate, I heard a seed saying, 'Someday I shall become a tree, and the wind will sing in my branches, and the sun will dance on my leaves, and I shall be strong and beautiful through all the seasons.'” - Kahlil Gibran

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  • In this dark and disturbing mafia romance--based loosely on the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone--Miller (Sweet Sin) pairs a mob fixer with a mafia princess.
    Paperback, 2024Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, [2024]
  • An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.
    Book, 2024New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC. 2024
  • Pomegranates & Artichokes

    a Food Journey From Iran to Italy

    Setareh, Saghar
    Pomegranates and Artichokes is the story of Saghar's own culinary journey from Iran to Italy, in which she describes the many parallels that link Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food cultures, and shows how ingredients and recipes-unconstrained by…
    Book, 2023Northampton, Massachusetts : Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc, 2023.
  • A clear-eyed, witty, yet deeply serious look at South Africa's political history and its damaging legacy in the lives of those who live there.
    Paperback, 2004New York : Black Cat, [2004], c2001.
  • Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods.
    Book, 2021New York : Del Ray, an imprint of Random House, 2021.
  • Pomegranate is a complex portrayal of queer Black womanhood and marginalization in America from an author “working at the height of her powers” (Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling). In lyrical and precise prose, Helen Elaine Lee paints a…
    Book, 2023New York : Atria Books, 2023.
  • Relit

    16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories

    In classic stories remixed, Latinx characters take center stage. Whether characters fall in love, battle foes, or grow through grief, each story will empower readers to see themselves as the heroes of the stories that make our world
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario : Inkyard Press, [2024]
  • In Elizabeth I's England, a fourteen-year-old girl who steals a loaf of bread is sentenced to be a sin eater, a shunned woman who must assume the sins of the dead, and becomes drawn into a dangerous mystery at the heart of a corrupt and violent…
    Book, 2020New York : Atria Books, 2020.
  • Persephone Rising

    Awakening the Heroine Within

    Pearson, Carol, 1944-
    In this empowering work, the bestselling author of The Hero Within and Awakening the Heroes Within speaks to the heroine in every woman, offering potent strategies to forge lives of greater happiness and fulfillment--through activating the…
    Book, 2015New York, NY : HarperElixir, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
  • Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; sleep, but not dream. She can write with both hands at once, in different languages, but she keeps her talents hidden at her grandparents' behest. Naftaly Cresques sees things that aren't real, and dreams things…
    Book, 2023New York : Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., 2023.
  • For Western readers, this fascinating collection might be most absorbing for the glimpses of daily life in Iran it provides, both in times of trouble and during more ordinary occurrences, like dance class for teenage girls in 1953 or a household…
    Book, 2013New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
  • Pomegranates & Pine Nuts

    a Stunning Collection of Lebanese, Moroccan and Persian Recipes

    Kehdy, Bethany
    Bethany Kehdy is renowned for the contemporary Middle Eastern and North African recipes that she publishes on her blog (dirtykitchensecrets.com). Born in Houston, Texas to an American mother and a Lebanese father, Bethany grew up in Lebanon during…
    Book, 2013London : Duncan Baird Pub, 2013.