Historical genre books (726)
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Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
The compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom.
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Cuentos de la Alhambra by Washington Irving ES
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Tras su llegada a España, Washington Irving inicia un recorrido por tierras andaluzas. Durante su visita a Granada queda extasiado por la majestuosidad de la Alhambra en cuyas habitaciones tiene la fortuna de alojarse. Allí conoce a varios personajes que le acompañarán durante su estancia en tierras granadinas. De las conversaciones con estos y de las historias que escucha a su fiel criado y guía Mateo Jiménez, transcribirá leyendas y tradiciones transmitidas de padres a hijos durante generaciones. De esta forma, con sus Cuentos de la Alhambra, ... continue
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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese EN
EthiopiaDescription:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. This sweeping, emotionall... continue
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Cuyano alborotador : la vida de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento by José Ignacio García Hamilton ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A traves de una narracion veridica y apasionante, el autor exhibe facetas ineditas de su biografiado: el nino resentido porque su familia venida a menos no puede brindarle educacion; el adolescente desdenado por las chicas de su edad; el jovencito combatiente y maestro desterrado, que tiene una hija natural en Los Andes; el fecundo periodista exiliado que se enamora en Santiago de Chile de una mujer casada; el improvisado militar que por no sentirse reconocido por Urquiza prefiere afrontar el exilio por tercera vez; el resistido proscripto que vuelve a su patria y conquista Buenos Aires a cost... continue
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Dancing Bears : True Stories of People Nostalgic for Life Under Tyranny by Witold Szablowski EN
PolandDescription:
*As heard on NPR’s All Things Considered* “Utterly original.” —The New York Times Book Review “Mixing bold journalism with bolder allegories, Mr. Szabłowski teaches us with witty persistence that we must desire freedom rather than simply expect it.” —Timothy Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny and The Road to Unfreedom An incisive, humorous, and heartbreaking account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives, by the acclaimed author of How to Feed a Dictator and What’s Cooking in the Kremlin For hundreds of years, Bulgarian Gypsies trained... continue
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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters : The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa by Jason Stearns EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention. In this deeply reported book, Jason Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood conflict through the experiences of those who engineered and perpetrated it. He depicts village pastors who survived massacres, the child soldier assassin of President Kabila, a female Hutu activist who relives the hunting a... continue
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Dancing with the Devil in the City of God : Rio de Janeiro on the Brink by Juliana Barbassa EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years, Rio was ravaged by inflation, drug wars, and crooked leaders, and the legacy of decades of corruption can be seen in the very real struggles the city faces today. Now, Rio is ready to remake itself, this time into a global, modern capital ready for its turn on the world stage with the Olympics in 2016. But at what price? Armed with sharp prose and a reporter's instinct, Rio-born journalist Julian... continue
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Dark Emu : Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture by Bruce Pascoe EN
AustraliaDescription:
In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long before the arrival of white men, Aboriginal people across the continent were building dams and wells; planting, irrigating, and harvesting seeds, and then preserving the surplus and storing it in houses, sheds, or secure vessels; and creating elaborate cemeteries and manipulating the landscape. All of these behaviors were inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag, which turns out have been a convenient lie that worked to justify dispossession. --back cover.
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Das Achte Leben für Brilka by Nino Harataschwili DE
GeorgiaDescription:
Georgien, 1900: Mit der Geburt Stasias, Tochter eines angesehenen Schokoladenfabrikanten, beginnt dieses berauschende Epos über sechs Generationen. Stasia wächst in der wohlhabenden Oberschicht auf und heiratet jung den Weißgardisten Simon Jaschi, der am Vorabend der Oktoberrevolution nach Petrograd versetzt wird, weit weg von seiner Frau. Als Stalin an die Macht kommt, sucht Stasia mit ihren beiden Kindern Kitty und Kostja in Tbilissi Schutz bei ihrer Schwester Christine, die bekannt ist für ihre atemberaubende Schönheit. Doch als der Geheimdienstler Lawrenti Beria auf sie aufmerksam wird, ha... continue
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Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind DE
GermanyDescription:
'Von Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, dem finsteren Helden, sei nur verraten, daß er 1738 in Paris, in einer stinkigen Fischbude, geboren wird. Die Ammen, denen das Kerlchen an die Brust gelegt wird, halten es nur ein paar Tage mit ihm aus: Er sei zu gierig, außerdem vom Teufel besessen, wofür es untrügliche Indizien gebe: den fehlenden Duft, den unverwechselbaren Geruch, den Säuglinge auszuströmen pflegen.'