Book type: non-fiction (1994)
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I Want You to Know We're Still Here : A Post-Holocaust Memoir by Esther Safran Foer EN
PolandDescription:
"Esther Safran Foer grew up in a family where history was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust was always felt but never discussed. So when Esther's mother casually mentions an astonishing revelation--that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the Holocaust--Esther resolves to find the truth. Armed with only a black-and-white photo and hand-drawn map, she travels to Ukraine, determined to find the shtetl where her father hid during the war. What she finds not only reshapes he... continue
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I Will Not Grow Downward - Memoir of an Eritrean Refugee : My Long and Perilous Flight from Africa's Hermit Kingdom by Kenneth James Howe, Yikealo Neab EN
EritreaDescription:
I WILL NOT GROW DOWNWARD - MEMOIR OF AN ERITREAN REFUGEEONE MAN'S LONG AND PERILOUS FLIGHT FROM AFRICA'S HERMIT KINGDOM THIRTY YEARS OF BLOODY CONFLICT with a powerful enemy never broke the spirit of the Eritrean people. After winning their freedom from Ethiopia, a young man dreams of starting a new life, building a home, and teaching his children what it means to be the masters of their own fate. But all-too soon, the fighting resumes. Rounded up and forced into conscription, subjected to inhumane treatment, made to serve a despotic leader in an army fighting a war nobody wants, he will have ... continue
733.
I, Francis by Carlo Carretto EN
ItalyDescription:
"The 40th anniversary edition of an Orbis classic-Francis of Assisi's spirituality and life explained in the inimitable voice of Carlo Carretto"--
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I, Rigoberta Menchu : An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchu EN
Country: North America / 
Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A Nobel Peace Prize winner reflects on poverty, injustice, and the struggles of Mayan communities in Guatemala, offering “a fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people” (The Times) Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchú suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political r... continue
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I, Rigoberta Menchú : An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchú EN
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Mench, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Mench suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. Mench vividly conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, these pages are illuminated by the en... continue
736.
I'll Never Write My Memoirs by Grace Jones, Paul Morley EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
"Memoir from model and actress Grace Jones"--Provided by publisher.
737.
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A memoir by American former actress and singer Jennette McCurdy about her career as a child actress and her difficult relationship with her abusive mother who died in 2013
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I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying : A Memoir by Youngmi Mayer EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with "raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you," interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents' shortcomings (Michelle Zauner). "Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole." It was a constant truism Youngmi Mayer's mother would say threateningly after she would make her daughter laugh while crying. Her mother used it to cheer her up in moments when she could tell Youngmi was ove... continue
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I'm Still Here: Reese's Book Club : Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female that exposes how white America’s love affair with “diversity” so often falls short of its ideals. “Austin Channing Brown introduces herself as a master memoirist. This book will break open hearts and minds.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed Austin Channing Brown’s first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thi... continue