Historical genre books (726)
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Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada EN
GermanyDescription:
"Based on a true story, this sweeping saga tells the tale of a working class couple in Berlin who decide to take a stand against the Nazis. More than an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more than a moving romance, even more than literature of the highest order, it's a deeply moving story of two people who stand up for what's right, and for each other. Hans Fallada wrote Every Man Dies Alone in a feverish twenty-four days, soon after the end of World War II and his release from a Nazi insane asylum. He did not live to see his its publication"--Page 4 of cover.
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a... continue
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Ezeiza by Horacio Verbitsky ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
La masacre de Ezeiza del 20 de junio de 1973 cierra un ciclo de la historia Argentina y prefigura los años por venir. Contiene en germen el gobierno de Isabel y López Rega, la AAA, el genocidio del golpe de 1976, el eje militar sindical. El Comando de Organización y la CNU que Rucci puso sobre el palco dieron sus hombres a los militares para el control de campos de concentración y la intervención en Centroamérica. Al peronista reaccionario Osinde corresponde el reaccionario peronista Camps. Por eso su estudio nos habla tanto del pasado como del present... continue
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Fabulosas : histórias de um Brasil LGBTQIAP+ by Patrick Cassimiro PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Fabulosas conta as histórias de mais de trinta pessoas LGBTQIAP+ que deixaram e deixam uma marca no Brasil, por meio de sua arte, sua vida e sua luta. Os leitores vão conhecer personagens fascinantes e descobrir peculiaridades como o percurso enfrentado até o primeiro beijo gay na TV brasileira e o significado dos principais termos do pajubá.
Você certamente já ouviu falar de Laerte. E de Caio Fernando Abreu, de Marielle Franco, de Linn da Quebrada. Mas e Felipa de Souza? E Luiz Delgado? Muito antes de os movimentos LGBTQIAP+ se articularem e consegu... continue
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Facundo : Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. His Facundo is a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated today--questions regarding the "civilized" city versus the "barbaric" countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization.
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Cuba187.
Fall of Civilizations : Stories of Greatness and Decline by Paul Cooper EN
EnglandDescription:
Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.
188.
Falling Leaves : The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah EN
ChinaDescription:
The emotionally wrenching yet ultimately uplifting memoir of a Chinese woman struggling to win the love and acceptance of her family. Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative stepmother. Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she... continue
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Femei, onoare şi păcat în Valahia secolului al XIX-lea : „deznădăjduită muiere n-au fost ca mine“ by Nicoleta Roman RO
RomaniaDescription:
Această carte recuperează din catagrafiile, condicile ecleziastice, actele cancelariilor domneşti şi actele de procedură ale tribunalelor din prima jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea istoria dureroasă şi discretă a femeilor muntene. De neam ales, ţărănci sau femei pripăşite la oraş, româncele se confruntă cu normele create şi impuse de bărbaţi. În faţa autorităţilor laice şi bisericeşti, când se despart de soţii cu care trăiesc rău, când se lasă răpite de iubiţii pe care familiile lor nu-i acceptă, când sunt judecate pentru infanticid, pentru adulter, pentru furtişag... continue
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Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 by Don Brown EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In graphic novel format looks at the 1918 worldwide flu epidemic.