Political genre books (413)
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Daughter of the Agunmukha by Noorjahan Bose, Nūrajāhāna Bosa EN
Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
How does a girl from a tiny Bangladeshi island end up reading Tagore, Marx and de Beauvoir and become a leading feminist campaigner? This is the riveting personal story of Noorjahan Bose, born in 1938 in present-day Bangladesh to a farming family, near the mouth of the ferocious River Agunmukha--Fire Mouth River. Abused by male relatives and raised by a mother who was herself a child bride, Noorjahan struggled for her education and autonomy. Nurtured joyfully and creatively by her mother, and mentored by local activists, she found her way into the progressive movements that would one day take ... continue
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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The heartrending story of twin sisters torn apart by China’s one-child policy and the rise of international adoption—from the author of the National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy “Excellent . . . entrancing and disturbing . . . [Demick] is one of our finest chroniclers of East Asia. . . . [Her] characters are richly drawn, and her stories, often reported over a span of years, deliver a rare emotional wallop.”—The New York Times On a warm day in September 2000, a woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut behind her brother’s home in China’s Hunan province. The twins, Fang... continue
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Dawn : A Novel by Elie Wiesel EN
RomaniaDescription:
Deals with the conflicts and thoughts of a young Jewish concentration-camp veteran as he prepares to assassinate a British hostage in occupied Palestine.
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Dawn : Stories by Selahattin Demirtas EN
TurkeyDescription:
A new book from Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint, SJP for Hogarth: Written from behind bars, the unforgettable collection from one of Turkey’s leading politicians and most powerful storytellers. In this essential collection, Selahattin Demirtaş’s arresting stories capture the voices of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. A cleaning lady is caught up in a violent demonstration on her way to work. A five-year-old girl attempts to escape war-torn Syria with her mother by boat. A suicide bombing shatters a neighborhood in Aleppo. And in the powerful story, 'Seher', a young factory wo... continue
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De aardappels en de staat by Oleg Pavlov NL
RussiaDescription:
Een grimmige, hilarische parabel in de traditie van Boelgakov, Dostojevski en Gogol. De boeken van Pavlov hebben de hedendaagse Russische literatuur duidelijk beïnvloed en benadrukken de verantwoordelijkheid van het individu, nog steeds een revolutionaire houding in Poetins Rusland. De Sovjet-heilstaat loopt op zijn laatste benen. In de onherbergzame steppe van Kazachstan moet een compagnie goelagbewakers zien te overleven op de rotte aardappels die het verre regimentshoofdkwartier hun heeft toebedeeld. De kapitein komt op een lumineus idee: als ze dat rantsoen nu in de grond stoppen, eten ze ... continue
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Egypt
Belarus88.
De wonderlijke lotgevallen van Sa'ied de Pessoptimist by Imīl Šukrī Ḥabībī, Djûke Poppinga NL
PalestineDescription:
De bizarre avonturen van een Palestijnse verklikker in dienst van de Israëlische geheime dienst.
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Dead Aid – Why Aid is Not Working by Dambisa Moyo EN
ZambiaDescription:
A national bestseller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined—and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries. Much debated in the United States and th... continue
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Death is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa EN
SyriaDescription:
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE A dogged, absurd quest through the nightmare of the Syrian civil war Khaled Khalifa’s Death Is Hard Work is the new novel from the greatest chronicler of Syria’s ongoing and catastrophic civil war: a tale of three ordinary people facing down the stuff of nightmares armed with little more than simple determination. Abdel Latif, an old man from the Aleppo region, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. His final wish, conveyed to his youngest son, Bolbol, is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya... continue