Book type: non-fiction (1978)
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burned alive by Souad EN
PalestineDescription:
Souad here relates how she survived an attempted 'honour killing' in her West Bank village for having had premarital sex. She calls for an end to the code of silence that allows this practice to continue in certain Islamic societies.
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Burning Questions : Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021 by Margaret Atwood EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
In this brilliant selection of essays, the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from whether or not The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopia to the importance of how to define granola—and seeks answers to Burning Questions such as... • Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? Including thoughts on the writing of The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments, Oryx & Crake, and her other beloved works. • How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? • How ... continue
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee : An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Documents and personal narratives record the experiences of Native Americans during the nineteenth century.
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Burying the Typewriter : A Memoir by Carmen Bugan EN
RomaniaDescription:
Winner of the Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction, a childhood memoir of political oppression and persecution during Romania's Ceausescu years Carmen Bugan grew up amid the bounty of the Romanian countryside on her grandparent's farm where food and laughter were plentiful. But eventually her father's behavior was too disturbing to ignore. He wept when listening to Radio Free Europe, hid pamphlets in sacks of dried beans, and mysteriously buried and reburied a typewriter. When she discovered he was a political dissident she became anxious for him to conform. However, with her mother in the hospital a... continue
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Butterfly : From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph by Yusra Mardini EN
SyriaDescription:
"Being a refugee is not a choice. Our choice is to die at home or risk death trying to escape." - Yusra MardiniYusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard. This is the story of that remarkable woman, whose journey started in a war-torn suburb of Damascu... continue
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By Pond and River by Arabella Burton Buckley EN
EnglandDescription:
Second volume in the "Eyes and No Eyes" series, introduces children to the variety of plant and animal life around ponds and rivers. Through life stories of frogs, dragon-flies, fish, water-bugs, water birds, otters, and voles, children's interest in water creatures is awakened. An exhibit of water plants at a flower show concludes the volume. Seven color illustrations and numerous black and white drawings complement the text. Suitable for ages 8 and up.
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Café Europa : Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic EN
CroatiaDescription:
“Slavenka Drakulic is a journalist and writer whose voice belongs to the world.” —Gloria Steinem Today in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been replaced by various forms of free market economy and de jure democracy. But as Slavenka Drakulic observes, "in everyday life, the revolution consists much more of the small things—of sounds, looks and images." In this brilliant work of political reportage, filtered through her own experience, we see that Europe remains a divided continent. In the place of the fallen Berlin Wall there is a chasm between ... continue
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Călător prin Europa : epistolar 1925-1930 by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa RO
ItalyDescription:
„Între 1925 şi 1930, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa a călătorit mult. A stat în marile capitale europene, descoperind «blânda frumuseţe» a Parisului, «bonomia» odihnitoare a Londrei mult iubite, dar şi «fascinaţia perversă» şi enigmatică a «nemiloasei» şi lividei metropole care era Berlinul. Itinerariile sale l-au purtat prin Austria, Elveţia, Tirol, ba chiar şi în Ţările Baltice.
Avea treizeci de ani. Călătorea cufundat în literatura europeană, cu o bibliotecă la purtător cuprinzând citate îndelung ... continue
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Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin EN
SomaliaDescription:
Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills... continue
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Kosovo