Book type: non-fiction (1983)


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Stadt der Verlorenen : Leben im größten Flüchtlingslager der Welt by Ben Rawlence DE

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
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Mitten in Afrika zwischen Kenia und Somalia befindet sich das größte Flüchtlingslager der Welt – seit Jahrzehnten. Dadaab ist eine Großstadt. Viele der Bewohner sind hier geboren. Sie dürfen weder arbeiten noch das Lager verlassen. Insgesamt soll hier eine halbe Million Menschen leben, vor den Toren des Lagers kampieren weitere Zehntausende. Sie waren auf der Flucht vor grausamen Shabaab-Milizen, vor dem Hunger und dem Bürgerkrieg. Kenia möchte dieses Lager längst auflösen, aber wohin mit den Menschen? Ben Rawlence hat sechs von ihnen beglei... continue

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Stars Between the Sun and Moon : One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang, Susan McClelland EN

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Country: Asia / North Korea flag North Korea
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An extraordinary memoir by a North Korean woman who defied the government to keep her family alive.

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State of Nepal by Kanak Mani Dixit, Shastri Ramachandran EN

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Country: Asia / Nepal flag Nepal
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This Book Describes How The Uniquely Diverse Country Of Nepal Is Grappling With Change And Continuity, With Some Of The Sharpest Minds On Nepal Writing On Sixteen Areas Of Critical Importance.

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Stay True : A Memoir by Hua Hsu EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. “This book is exquisite and excruciating and I will be thinking about it for years and years to come.” —Rachel Kushner, two-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Flamethrowers and The Mars Room In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. Ken, whose Japanese American family... continue

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Stephen Hawking by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara EN

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Country: Europe / Spain flag Spain
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From the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Stephen Hawking, the genius physicist and author. When Stephen Hawking was a little boy, he used to stare up at the stars and wonder about the universe. Although he was never top of the class, his curiosity took him to the best universities in England: Oxford and Cambridge. It also led him to make one of the biggest scientific discoveries of the 20th century: Hawking radiation. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with histori... continue

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Still Alive : A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered by Ruth Klüger EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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Now in paperback, the acclaimed Holocaust memoir declared "a book of breathtaking honesty and extraordinary insight.""--"LA Times"

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Stories from Ancient Rome (Yesterday's Classics)

Stories from Ancient Rome by Alfred John Church EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
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Stories of the early days of Rome, from the time of the kings through the establishment of the republic and its struggles with other peoples on the Italian peninsula, and concluding with the wars with Carthage. Suitable for ages 9 and up.

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Stravinsky's Lunch

Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska EN

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Country: Europe / England flag England
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Biography of Grace Cossington Smith and Stella Bowen, two women artists born in Australia in the 1890s. Compares their very different lives and how their lifestyles affected their work. Discusses the people who influenced them and the ways in which their art developed. Copiously illustrated, including colour plates. Includes references and index. Author's other publications include 'Poppy', 'The Orchard' and 'Exiles at Home: Australian women writers 1924-1945'.

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Street Without A Name : Childhood And Other Misadventures In Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova EN

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Country: Europe / Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
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Born in Sofia, Kapka Kassabova grew up under the last years of Cold War Communism in the 1980s, emigrated after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and has loved and hated her homeland in equal measure ever since. Thirty years later, as Bulgaria was joining the EU club, Kapka revisited the country of her childhood and her own relationship to it to discover just how much it - and she - had changed. With the irreverence of an expat, the curiosity of a visitor, and the soul of a poet, Kassabova brings to life the past and present of Bulgaria, as well as probing the complicated connection between place a... continue