Book type: non-fiction (1994)


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In a Sentimental Mood by Ivana Bodrozic EN

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Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
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Ivana Bodrozic's In a Sentimental Mood is emotional, but never woeful, deliberate, yet playful poetry capable of reaching both the highest and deepest registers of expression. From abstract jazz-inspired musings to bedroom intimacies, these poems converse with the idea that being alone is not the worst thing that can happen to a person. To lose your dignity and the dignity of your words - that is the worst thing.


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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote EN

Rating: 4 (9 votes)
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "chills the blood and exercises the intelligence" (The New York Review of Books)—and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, t... continue

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In Defense of Witches : The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet EN

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Country: Europe / Switzerland flag Switzerland
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Witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. With arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, this book seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who seek to live their lives on their own terms

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In Morocco by Wharton, Edith EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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First published in 1919, this detailed account of the author's journey through Morocco following World War I shares Wharton's observations on local customs and lifestyles, Moroccan history, cities, and more. Reprint.

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In My Hands

In My Hands : Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke EN

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Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
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Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.

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În sălbăticie by Jon Krakauer RO

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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Povestea emoţionantă a morţii tânărului Chris McCandless în sălbăticia Alaskăi în 1992 stârneşte reacţii intense în societatea americană. Jon Krakauer, colaborator al revistei Outside, publică un articol pe această temă, impresionat de asemănarea dintre povestea tânărului şi propriile lui experienţe, dar şi ale altora dinaintea lor. După o minuţioasă cercetare, Krakauer scrie "În sălbăticie", refăcând traseul lui McCandless, urmărindu-l pas cu pas, stând de vorbă cu oamenii pe care acesta i-a cunoscut în ultimii doi ani de v... continue

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In Search of a Name : A Novel by Marjolijn van Heemstra EN

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Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
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This spellbinding and intimate novel explores the burden of legacy as a young woman wrestles with discoveries that contradict her great-uncle’s supposed heroism during World War II. D says that a name always fits in the end, that a name is like a leather shoe that forms itself to the foot. But in my mind, it’s the other way around: a person grows into his name. Marjolijn van Heemstra has heard about her great-uncle’s heroism for as long as she can remember. As a resistance fighter, he was the mastermind of a bombing operation that killed a Dutch man who collaborated with the Nazis, and later b... continue

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In Search of Amrit Kaur : A Lost Princess and Her Vanished World by Livia Manera Sambuy EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
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As she builds her own life anew, an Italian writer embarks on an all-consuming search for the true story of the mysterious princess H. H. Amrit Kaur of Mandi. On a sweltering day in 2007, having just lost her brother to illness, Livia Manera Sambuy finds herself standing before a 1924 photograph of a stunningly elegant Indian princess at a museum in Mumbai. What’s written in the caption will change her life forever. This gorgeous Punjabi princess, it’s said, sold her jewels in occupied Paris to save Jewish lives, only to be arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp, where she di... continue

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În Ţara Miticilor

În Ţara Miticilor : de şapte ori Caragiale by Ioana Pârvulescu RO

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
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Lewis Carroll a imbogatit-o cu Tara Minunilor, Jonathan Swift cu Tara Piticilor, iar Caragiale cu Tara Miticilor. O tara care n-ar trebui intru totul confundata -- oricat de ispititor ar parea -- cu Romania.