Book type: non-fiction (1979)
1591.
Lesotho1592.
The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Includes material on the influence of biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, and war on history.
Dominica1594.
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by Vincent Van Gogh EN
Country: Europe / 
Netherlands
Netherlands
Description:
A new selection of Vincent Van Gough's letters, based on an entirely new translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination with the French Revolution, his search for love and his involvement in humanitarian causes.
1595.
The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus by Saint Athanasius EN
EgyptDescription:
Athanasius (c. 295-373) Bishop of Alexandria, spiritual master and theologian, was a major figure of 4th-century Christendom. The Life of Antony is one of the foremost classics of asceticism. The Letter to Marcellinus is an introduction to the spiritual sense of the Psalms.
1596.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo EN
JapanDescription:
A #1 New York Times BestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of 2014 in Crafts, Home & GardenThis #1 New York Times bestselling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.
1597.
The Lightless Sky : A Twelve-Year-Old Refugee's Harrowing Escape from Afghanistan and His Extraordinary Journey Across Half the World by Gulwali Passarlay EN
Country: Asia / 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Description:
A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time. “To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?” In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans who wanted to use him. To protect her son, Gulwali’s mother sent him away. The search for safety would lead the twelve-year-old across eight countries, from ... continue
1598.
The Lights of Pointe-Noire by Alain Mabanckou EN
CongoDescription:
A moving meditation on home, home-coming and belonging from Francophone Africa's most important writer.
1599.
The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey Through Modern Turkey by Kaya Genç EN
TurkeyDescription:
Turkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and novelist Kaya Genc travelled around his country on a quest to find the places and people in whom the contrasts of Turkey's rich past meet. As suicide bombers attack Istanbul, and journalists and teachers are imprisoned, he walks the streets of the famous Ottoman neighbourhoods, telling the stories of the ordinary Turks who live among the contradiction... continue
1600.
The Little Girl Who Could Not Cry by Lidia Maksymowicz, Paolo Luigi Rodari EN
BelarusDescription:
The No. 1 international bestseller, with a foreword written by His Holiness Pope Francis, who made headlines in 2021 when he kissed Lidia's Auschwitz identification tattoo.
The unforgettable, moving true story of the little girl who survived Auschwitz's 'Angel of Death', Dr Mengele.
Lidia was just three years old when she arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau with her mother, a member of the partisan resistance from Belarus. The bewildered little girl was picked out by Dr Josef Mengele for his sadistic experiments and sent to the infamous children’s block, where every ... continue