Book type: non-fiction (1986)
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Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother : Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran EN
ChinaDescription:
The stories of Chinese mothers whose daughters have been wrenched from them, and also brings us the voices of some adoptive mothers from different parts of the world. These are stories which Xinran could not bring herself to tell previously - because they were too painful and close to home.
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Metodo per diventare un altro by Édouard Louis IT
Description:
“Una domanda si è imposta al centro della mia vita, ha catalizzato ogni mia riflessione, occupato ogni momento di solitudine: come avrei potuto prendermi quella rivincita sul mio passato, con quali mezzi? Le ho provate tutte.” É. L. Quasi un decennio dopo Farla finita con Eddy Bellegueule, il suo esordio divenuto un caso editoriale internazionale, Édouard Louis torna a parlare della sua storia e lo fa con un romanzo malinconico, lucido e affascinante. Una storia di apprendimento, di lotta e di metamorfosi per sfuggire alla povertà, alla violenza e all’esclusione. Il racconto del percorso lungo... continue
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Meu irmão, eu mesmo by João Silvério Trevisan PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Em 1992, João Silvério Trevisan descobriu-se infectado pelo vírus HIV, e acreditava que teria pouco tempo de vida. A tragédia, no entanto, atinge Cláudio, seu irmão mais novo. Vítima de um câncer linfático, ele falece aos 48 anos. Neste romance autobiográfico impactante, Trevisan aborda a intensa amizade entre ele e seu irmão, compondo um quadro de impressionante veracidade sobre a perda. Com uma narrativa poderosa e expressiva, Meu irmão, eu mesmo já nasce um livro fundamental de nossa literatura. Aqui, João Silvério Trevisan partilha com o público a experiência de amar e sobreviver até a últ... continue
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Meyebela : My Bengali Girlhood by Tasalimā Nāsarina EN
Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Description:
This groundbreaking book throws open a window on a world unknown to most Westerners. Taslima Nasrin revisits her early years — from her auspicious birth on a Muslim holy day to the threshold of womanhood at fourteen — in a small rural village during the years East Pakistan became Bangladesh. Set against the background of the fight for independence, Nasrin’s earliest memories alternate between scenes of violence and flight and images of innocent pleasures of childhood in her extended family. A precocious child, Nasrin’s acute awareness of the injustice and suffering endured by her mother and ot... continue
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Mi gato Autícko by Bohumil Hrabal ES
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
En su casa de Kersko, cerca de Praga, Hrabal se recluye para escribir y cuidar de sus gatos, entre los cuales su favorito es Autícko. Los gatos marcan el ritmo cotidiano con sus juegos, su deseo de retozar, el horario de sus comidas. Y Hrabal se entrega a ellos con una ternura excepcional. Pero cuando los gatos empiezan a reproducirse en exceso, el autor ya no tiene tiempo para trabajar ni para dormir. Se ve obligado entonces a tomar medidas para preservar un equilibrio en la colonia, y es cuando sufre y se odia a sí mismo, pues sabe que a pesar de su amor por estos gatitos debe ... continue
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Michael Collins by Tim Pat Coogan EN
IrelandDescription:
When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' And in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true - Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking political assassination. So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on. This authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were mat... continue
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Midnight in Chernobyl : The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham EN
EnglandDescription:
A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Finalist One of NPR’s Best Books of 2019 Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s ... continue
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Mighty Be Our Powers : How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee EN
LiberiaDescription:
Recounts the experiences of a Liberian activist as she discusses how she united Christian and Muslim women to campaign for an end to war in her nation.
970.
Migratory Birds by Mariana Oliver EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A sensitive, stunning debut on movement, migration, and loss, in the vein of Valeria Luiselli's Sidewalks.