Book type: non-fiction (1992)
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Invisible Boy by Harrison Mooney EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
WINNER – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Prizes for Nonfiction FINALIST – Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction FINALIST – Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction A narrative that amplifies a voice rarely heard—that of the child at the centre of a transracial adoption—and a searing account of being raised by religious fundamentalists Harrison Mooney was born to a West African mother and adopted as an infant by a white evangelical family. Growing up as a Black child, Harry’s racial identity is mocked and derided, while at the same time he is made to participate in the fervour o... continue
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Invisible Women : Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
"Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving int... continue
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Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi EN
IranDescription:
In This Remarkable Book, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Human Rights Lawyer And Activist, And Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Tells Her Extraordinary Story.Dr Ebadi Is A Tireless Voice For Reform In Her Native Iran, Where She Argues For A New Interpretation Of Islamic Law In Harmony With Vital Human Rights Such As Democracy, Equality Before The Law, Religious Freedom And Freedom Of Speech. She Is Known For Defending Dissident Figures, And For The Establishment Of A Number Of Non-Profit Grassroots Organisations Dedicated To Human Rights. In 2003 She Became The First Muslim Woman, And The First Iranian, To B... continue
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Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane EN
EnglandDescription:
A New York Times "New Nonfiction to Read This Spring" Recommendation - A Guardian "Nonfiction to Look Forward To in 2025" Pick - A Washington Post "Book to Watch For" in 2025 - A Financial Times "What to Read in 2025" Selection - A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book of 2025 - A Next Big Idea Club May 2025 Must-Read Book From the best-selling author of Underland and "the great nature writer...of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how we imagine rivers--and life itself.
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Tonga796.
Island of the Lost : An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
“Riveting.” —The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, another... continue
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Island Treasures : Growing Up in Cuba by Alma Flor Ada EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Growing up in Cuba : includes Where the flame trees bloom, Under the royal palms, and five brand new stories.
798.
Italy799.
Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk EN
TurkeyDescription:
From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire. "Delightful, profound, marvelously origina.... Pamuk tells the story of the city through the eyes of memory." —The Washington Post Book World A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of... continue
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