Memoir genre books (768)
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James Herriot's Treasury for Children : Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot EN
EnglandDescription:
A collection of the author's stories for children, including "Moses the Kitten," "The Market Square Dog," and "Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb."
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Jaren van dwaling by Muḥammad Šukrī, Heleen Koesen NL
MoroccoDescription:
Autobiografische roman over het leven van een jonge onderwijzer in Marokko in de jaren '50. Vervolg op "Hongerjaren".
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Joseph Anton : A Memoir by Salman Rushdie EN
IndiaDescription:
The extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground, moving from house to house, with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. The story of one of the crucial battles, in our time, for freedom of speech.
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Jurnalul unei fete greu de mulţumit 1932 - 1947 by Jeni Acterian RO
RomaniaDescription:
A doua editie a jurnalului lui Jeni Acterian apare sub titlul dat de autoarea insasi, cu o prefata a ingrijitoarei editiei - continand povestea conservarii si publicarii caietelor manuscrise -, cu anexe (Scrisori, Caietul Clubului "Pana Trasnita") care completeaza imaginea personalitatii autoarei si cu un foarte util indice de nume. Textul jurnalului aparut in editia princeps din 1991 a fost revazut, intregindu-se, in masura posibilului, numele proprii abreviate de diarista.
Verdicte uluitor de sigure asupra cartilor citite cu frenezie, analize subtile si reflectii lucide despre s... continue
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Jurnalul unui librar by Shaun Bythell RO
ScotlandDescription:
Când Bythell, orgoliosul patron al celui mai mare magazin de cărți vechi din Scoția șia înființat, în 2010, pagina de Facebook, a hotărât, în mod premeditat, să se concentreze asupra comportamentului clienților.
Acest jurnal, ținut timp de un an, nu face altceva, ba chiar mai aduce și alte personaje pitorești în colimatorul autorului. Deși este cutremurător de amuzantă, cartea aceasta conține și un miez mai mult decât serios: este o scrisoare furibundă din linia întâi a luptei dintre proprietarii micilor afaceri cu cărți și giganți pr... continue
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Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a co... continue
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Kaffir Boy : The True Story Of A Black Youths Coming Of Age In Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A Black writer describes his childhood in South Africa under apartheid and recounts how Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith helped him leave for America on a tennis scholarship
328.
Kava in the Blood by Peter Thomson EN
FijiDescription:
Judges report, Montana NZ Book Awards 2000: "This is an excellent story, beautifully written and skillfully mixing the personal with the political."
329.
Keeping Hope Alive : One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed by Dr. Hawa Abdi EN
SomaliaDescription:
The moving memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept 90,000 of her fellow citizens safe, healthy, and educated for over 20 years in Somalia. Dr. Hawa Abdi, "the Mother Teresa of Somalia" and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the founder of a massive camp for internally displaced people located a few miles from war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia. Since 1991, when the Somali government collapsed, famine struck, and aid groups fled, she has dedicated herself to providing help for people whose lives have been shattered by violence and poverty. She turned her 1300 acres of farmland int... continue
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Kleiner Bruder : Die Geschichte meiner Suche by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus DE
GuineaDescription:
Als sein kleiner Bruder verschwindet und alles darauf hindeutet, dass er die gefährliche Reise nach Europa angetreten hat, macht sich Ibrahima auf die Suche. Und erfährt am eigenen Leib, was der Traum von einem Leben in Europa für so viele junge Männer in Afrika bedeutet: Unsicherheit, Gewalt, Ausbeutung, Einsamkeit, Verzweiflung. Ibrahima wird geschlagen, erniedrigt, verkauft, doch zur gleichen Zeit erlebt er den Zusammenhalt, die Hoffnung und die felsenfeste Zuversicht einer Schicksalsgemeinschaft, und schafft es schließlich nach Spanien, wo er seine eigene Stimme f... continue