Book type: non-fiction (1980)
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Chronicles : Volume One by Bob Dylan EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.” So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan’s eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan’s New York is a magical city of possibilities—sm... continue
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Churchill's History of the English-speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill EN
EnglandDescription:
Arranged for one volume by Henry Steele Commager.
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Cinco Voltas Na Bahia E Um Beijo Para Caetano Velo by Alexandra Lucas Coelho PT
PortugalDescription:
O terceiro livro dedicado ao Brasil da premiada escritora e jornalista portuguesa Alexandra Lucas Coelho parte de uma provocação de Caetano Veloso. Ao elogiar, em ocasião do lançamento da edição brasileira do romance Deus-dará, em 2019, os livros anteriores da autora, o compositor baiano declarou: “falta Bahia”. Alexandra concordou e resolveu mergulhar nas suas experiências em terras baianas para escrever este novo livro, uma combinação de ensaio, reportagem e crônica. A partir das viagens realizadas em épocas distintas (primeira volta: 1997, segunda volta: 2016, terceira volta: 2017, quarta v... continue
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Cities of Salt by Abdelrahman Munif, Abd al-Raḥmān Munīf EN
JordanDescription:
Banned in Saudia Arabia, this is a blistering look at Arab and American hypocrisy following the discovery of oil in a poor oasis community. "From the Trade Paperback edition.
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City : A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay EN
Description:
Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.
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City on Fire : The Fight for Hong Kong by ANTONY. DAPIRAN EN
AustraliaDescription:
A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a controversial extradition law, grew into a pro-democracy movement that engulfed the city for months. Protesters fought street battles with police, and the unrest brought the People's Liberation Army to the doorstep of Hong Kong. Driven primarily by youth protesters with their 'Be water!' philosophy, borrowed from hometown hero Bruce Lee, this l... continue
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Civilizația română sătească by Ernest Bernea RO
RomaniaDescription:
Satul romanesc de azi, in majoritatea cazurilor, nu mai este o realitate organica echilibrata, ci o realitate intrata intr-un puternic proces de destramare [...]. In lucrarea de fata incercam sa desprindem ceea ce apartine civilizatiei romane satesti, cercetand indeosebi acea categorie de asezari care ne pune mai direct in stapanirea datelor fundamentale ale acestei civilizatii. Nu studiem orice sat romanesc de azi, ci numai pe acela care pastreaza forme arhaice, cu un continut de viata aparte, concreta si ireductibila in conditiile sale locale etnice. Ernest Bernea (1905-1990), sociolog, etno... continue
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Clara's War : A Young Girl's True Story of Miraculous Survival Under the Nazis by Clara Kramer, Stephen Glantz EN
UkraineDescription:
On 21 July 1942 the Nazis invaded Poland. In the small town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, Clara and her family hid perilously in a hand-dug cellar. Living above and protecting them were the Becks. Mr Beck was a womaniser, a drunkard and a self-professed anti-Semite, yet he risked his life throughout the war to keep his charges safe. Nevertheless, life with Mr Beck was far from predictable. From the house catching fire, to Beck's affair with Clara's cousin, to the nightly SS dri... continue
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Clarity & Connection by Yung Pueblo EN
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose focused on understanding how past wounds impact our present relationships. In Clarity & Connection, Yung Pueblo describes how intense emotions accumulate in our subconscious and condition us to act and react in certain ways. In his characteristically spare, poetic style, he guides readers through the excavation and release of the past that is required for growth.