Book type: non-fiction (1976)
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The Unwanted : Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Sibert Honor Medalist ∙ New York Public Library Best Of 2018 ∙ The Horn Book's Fanfare 2018 list ∙ Kirkus Best Books of 2018 ∙ YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner In the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great American Dust Bowl and Drowned City, The Unwanted is an important, timely, and eye-opening exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, exposing the harsh realities of living in, and trying to escape, a war zone. Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The ... continue
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The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran EN
IndiaDescription:
The Upanishads Contain Not Philosophy But Central Principles To Guide Us Through Life. They Are Therefore India'S Most Precious Legacy To Humanity. what Is That, By Knowing Which, All Things Are Known?What Makes My Mind Think, My Eyes See, My Tongue Speak, My Body Live?What Happens When This Body Dies? With Such Questions The Upanishads-The Fount Of India's Loftiest Thought And Faith-Begin. Unlike The Chapters In A Book, Each Of The Upanishads Is Complete In Itself: A Snapshot Of Transcendent Reality. They Are Remarkable And Unique Because While Other Civilizations, Including Vedic India Itsel... continue
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The Veil And The Male Elite : A Feminist Interpretation Of Women's Rights In Islam by Fatima Mernissi EN
MoroccoDescription:
Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.
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The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990 by Marilyn B. Young EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The first book to give equal weight to the Vietnamese and American sides of the Vietnam war.
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The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded by Molly McCully Brown EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2017 Harrowing poems from a dark corner of American history by the winner of the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry. Haunted by the voices of those committed to the notorious Virginia State Colony, epicenter of the American eugenics movement in the first half of the twentieth century, this evocative debut marks the emergence of a poet of exceptional poise and compassion, who grew up in the shadow of the Colony itself.
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The Visible Unseen : Essays by Andrea Chapela EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
From Andrea Chapela, one of Granta's Best Young Spanish Novelists of 2021, comes a profound, compact collection of essays drawing on the properties of glass, mirrors, and light to navigate the overlapping borders of science, literature, and self.
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The Voice of Hope by Aung San Suu Kyi, Alan Clements EN
MyanmarDescription:
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of Burma's struggle for democracy discusses her political and Buddhist pursuits
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The Vulnerable Observer : Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart by Ruth Behar EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
The 25th-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking book that changed anthropology, asserting that ethnographers needn’t exclude themselves or their vulnerabilities from their work In a new epilogue to this classic work, renowned ethnographer and storyteller Ruth Behar reflects on the groundbreaking impact The Vulnerable Observer has had on anthropology, sociology, and psychology and on scholarly writing. A pocket companion for writers, journalists, documentarians, and activists alike, this book speaks to the power of including oneself in the story, bringing deeper meaning to the relationship b... continue