Historical genre books (726)
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In The Name Of The Father by Immanuel Mifsud EN
MaltaDescription:
At the age of nineteen they handed you a rifle with a bayonet and dressed you up in a uniform ... and somehow, you managed to get your hands on a little, dark brown notebook and a pen. After the funeral, a grieving son starts reading the diary his dead father had kept during the Second World War. As he turns each page, searching for a trace of the man he remembers, a portrait of an individual unfolds; a figure made both strange and familiar through the handwritten observations, the yearnings and the confessions. Immanuel Mifsud tells a moving story of pain, warfare, and the things that connect... continue
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In the Shadow of Wolves by Alvydas Šlepikas EN
LithuaniaDescription:
A Times Book of the Year, 2019 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS OVER. BUT THE WORLD IS FAR FROM SAFE. As victorious Russian troops sweep across East Prussia, a group of desperate children face a new battle. Confronted by critical food shortages and the onset of a bitterly cold winter, these 'wolf children' secretly cross the border into Lithuania in search of work or food to take back to their starving families. In a world still reeling from the devastation of war, the children must risk everything to survive. In the Shadow of Wolves is a story of resilience, devastation and, ultimately, hope. Based on... continue
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In the Skin of a Lion : A Novel by Michael Ondaatje EN
Sri LankaDescription:
Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.
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Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia by Evelyn Flores, Emelihter Kihleng EN
Country: Oceania / 
Micronesia
Micronesia
Description:
For the first time, poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by Indigenous Micronesian authors have been brought together to form a resounding—and distinctly Micronesian—voice. With over two thousand islands spread across almost three million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, Micronesia and its peoples have too often been rendered invisible and insignificant both in and out of academia. This long-awaited anthology of contemporary indigenous literature will reshape Micronesia’s historical and literary landscape. Presenting over seventy authors and one ... continue
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Inglorious Empire : What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor EN
EnglandDescription:
Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for... continue
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Însemnări din timpul ocupaţiei germane : 1916-1918 by Pia Alimăneştianu RO
RomaniaDescription:
„Recitind, după mulţi ani, însemnările Piei Alimăneştianu am resimţit un soi de nostalgie. Aceea a unor timpuri din tinereţea petrecută în sânul familiei Brătianu, nostalgia după reşedinţa familiei de la Florica […]. Nu am cunoscut-o pe autoare, cel de-al optulea copil al lui Ion C. Brătianu şi al Piei Pleşoianu, în schimb, dintre cei pomeniţi de Pia Alimăneştianu îmi amintesc de Sabina Cantacuzino, «Tanti By», de Maria Pillat şi, bineînţeles, de Dinu (Constantin) I.C. Brătianu, care mi-a fost bunic. [...] Însemnările din acest... continue
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Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story ... and Why It Matters Today by Edouard Kayihura EN
RwandaDescription:
In 2004, the Academy Award–nominated movie Hotel Rwanda lionized hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina for single-handedly saving the lives of all who sought refuge in the Hotel des Milles Collines during Rwanda's genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. Because of the film, the real-life Rusesabagina has been compared to Oskar Schindler, but unbeknownst to the public, the hotel's refugees don't endorse Rusesabagina's version of the events. In the wake of Hotel Rwanda's international success, Rusesabagina is one of the most well-known Rwandans and now the smiling face of the very Hutu Power groups who dr... continue
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Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still pushing doggedly toward the top. No one had noticed that the sky had begun to fill with clouds. Six hours later and 3,000 feet lower, in 70-knot winds and blinding snow, Krakauer collapsed in his tent, freezing, hallucinating from exhaustion and hypoxia, but safe. The following morning, he learned th... continue
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Întoarcere în Bucureștiul interbelic by Ioana Pârvulescu RO
Description:
In Bucurestiul interbelic oamenii au trait si idealul, si prostia insangerata, au simtit si rafinamentul extrem, si opacitatea grosolana, au avut generosi si ticalosi, echilibrati si fanatici, lucizi si fantasti, buni si rai, bine si rau.
Nu semanau unii cu altii si nimeni nu-i obliga sa gandeasca la fel si sa spuna acelasi lucru.
Minunat este ca lumea lor nu era nici paradis, nici infern ci o lume normala, o lume a tuturor posibilitatilor si un loc sub soare ca oricare altul.
Au avut de toate. Bucurestiul interbelic este locul unde s-a intamplat totul.
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Ireland : A Novel by Frank Delaney EN
IrelandDescription:
“Dramatic, adventurous, heroic, romantic. . . these historical chronicles, legends, myths, tall tales and fables, featuring warriors, kings, monks, explorers and clever common folk, imaginatively tell the history of Ireland.” — Philadelphia Inquirer This New York Times bestselling epic is an unforgettable tour de force that marries the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit with a historical scope that is sweeping and resplendent. Storyteller extraordinaire Frank Delaney takes his readers on a journey through the history of Ireland, stopping along the way to evoke the dramatic events... continue