Biography genre books (522)
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Resistance : A Childhood Fighting for East Timor by Naldo Rei EN
Country: Asia / 
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Description:
Naldo Rei was just six months when Indonesia invaded East Timor om December 1975. He spent the first three years of his life in the jungle, where his family had fled for safety. An unforgettable true story of courage and survival.
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Revolution in World Missions : One Man's Journey to Change a Generation by K. P. Yohannan EN
IndiaDescription:
Step into the story of missionary statesman K.P. Yohannan and experience the world through his eyes. You will hang on every word - from the villages of India to the shores of Europe and North America. Watch out: His passion is contagious!
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Ricardo e Vânia by Chico Felitti PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Uma das reportagens de maior repercussão nos últimos tempos, a história de Ricardo – apelidado ofensivamente de "Fofão da Augusta" – surge retrabalhada a partir de uma nova descoberta: a trajetória de Vânia, sua namorada.Em 2017, um leito do Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo foi ocupado por um homem sem identidade. Há vinte anos, ele circulava pela região das ruas Augusta e Paulista, onde liderou uma trupe de palhaços, distribuiu panfletos e pediu esmolas. Sua aparência lhe rendeu a alcunha de Fofão da Augusta e o status de lenda urbana. Por trás do apelido ofensivo estava um cabelereiro disp... continue
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Riff : The Shake Keane Story by Philip Nanton EN
Country: North America / 
St Vincent
St Vincent
Description:
Riff explores the turbulent life of the musician and poet Shake Keane who migrated from St Vincent to London in the 1950s where became a significant figure on the free form jazz scene and innovative poet. He returned home before moving to New York City. This biography reveals the many features of this trend-setting but troubled Caribbean icon.
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Rita Lee : Outra autobiografia by Rita Lee PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Rita Lee continua a contar sua história em Outra autobiografia "(...) quando decidi escrever Rita Lee: Uma autobiografia (2016), o livro marcava, de certo modo, uma despedida da persona ritalee, aquela dos palcos, uma vez que tinha me aposentado dos shows. Achei que nada mais tão digno de nota pudesse acontecer em minha vidinha besta. Mas é aquela velha história: enquanto a gente faz planos e acha que sabe de alguma coisa, Deus dá uma risadinha sarcástica." Rita Lee Rita pode ter tido de tudo, menos uma “vidinha besta”. E os últimos anos foram, sim, desafiadores. Ao mesmo tempo que o mundo pas... continue
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Rita Lee : uma autobiografia by Rita Lee PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Autobiography of Brazilian rock musician Rita Lee, covering both her professional career and her personal life since childhood.
327.
Riwan oder der Sandweg by Ken Bugul DE
SenegalDescription:
Als Ken Bugul ernüchtert aus Europa in ihr Dorf zurückkehrt, ist sie zu einer Außenseiterin geworden. Sie ist die Gescheiterte, die mit leeren Händen nach Hause gekommen ist - ohne Geld, ohne Mann, ohne zu wissen, wie es weitergehen soll. Erneut macht sie sich auf die Suche. Fasziniert von Sanftmut und Toleranz des großen Serigne, zieht sie an seinen Hof und wird zu seiner achtundzwanzigsten Ehefrau.
Dieser Roman erzählt mutig über afrikanische Traditionen und Polygamie, Verführung und Selbstbestimmung.
Riwan oder der Sandweg wurde zu einem der h... continue
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Rocks in the Water, Rocks in the Sun : A Memoir from the Heart of Haiti by Vilmond Joegodson Déralciné, Paul Jackson EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
When Joegodson Déralciné was still a small child, his parents left rural Haiti to resettle in the rapidly growing zones of Port-au-Prince. As his family entered the city in 1986, Duvalier and his dictatorship exited. Haitians, once terrorized under Duvalier’s reign, were liberated and emboldened to believe that they could take control of their lives. But how? Joining hundreds of thousands of other peasants trying to adjust to urban life, Joegodson and his family sought work and a means of survival. But all they found was low-waged assembly plant jobs of the sort to which the repressive Duvalie... continue
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Rode sirenes : een Oekraïense familiegeschiedenis by Victoria Belim NL
UkraineDescription:
In 2014 keert Victoria terug naar Oekraïne om de verdwijning van haar oudoom Nikodim in de jaren dertig te onderzoeken. Wat gebeurde er met hem in ‘de bloedlanden’, waarom is er zo weinig bekend over zijn lot en waarom verbiedt haar grootmoeder Valentina haar het verleden te verstoren? In Poltava is de KGB misschien allang verdwenen, maar hun voormalige hoofdkwartier doet de lokale bevolking nog steeds huiveren.
330.
Roman Lives : A Selection of Eight Lives by Plutarch EN
GreeceDescription:
Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power.