Book type: non-fiction (1986)


1041.

Never Did the Fire by Diamela Eltit EN

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What happens when two revolutionaries are left with nothing to believe in, not even each other?

1042.

Never Remember : Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia by Masha Gessen EN

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Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
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,"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews A haunting literary and visual journey deep into Russia's past -- and present. The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinist terror, the geography of the Gulag has been barely sketched and the number of its victims remains unknown. Has the Gulag been forgotten?Writer Masha Gessen and photographer Misha Friedman set out across Russia in search of the memory of the Gulag. They journey f... continue


1044.

New Poems : A Revised Bilingual Edition by Rainer Maria Rilke EN

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Rilke's first great work ... [Snow's translation] is clear, accurate, and fluent. --Stephen Mitchell.

1045.

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari EN

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Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the... continue

1046.

Nice White Ladies by Jessie Daniels EN

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An acclaimed expert illuminates the distinctive role that white women play in perpetuating racism, and how they can work to fight it In a nation deeply divided by race, the "Karens" of the world are easy to villainize. But in Nice White Ladies, Jessie Daniels addresses the unintended complicity of even well-meaning white women. She reveals how their everyday choices harm communities of color. White mothers, still expected to be the primary parents, too often uncritically choose to send their kids to the "best" schools, collectively leading to a return to segregation. She addresses a feminism t... continue

1047.

Nickel and Dimed : On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich EN

Rating: 2.6 (1 vote)
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Curious to see how anyone can live on minumum wage, the author travels the country working at low-paying jobs.


1049.

Night by Elie Wiesel EN

Rating: 5 (30 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
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Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.

1050.

Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE IRISH TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, BIG ISSUE, i, THE ATLANTIC and LITERARY HUB 'A true wonder' Max Porter 'Beautifully written’ Guardian It’s late one night at the Spanish port of Algeciras and two fading Irish gangsters are waiting on the boat from Tangier. A lover has been lost, a daughter has gone missing, their world has come asunder – can it be put together again?