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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A literary gem researched over a year the author spent living in Berlin, Endpapers excavates the extraordinary histories of the author's grandfather and father: the renowned publisher Kurt Wolff, dubbed "perhaps the twentieth century's most discriminating publisher" by the New York Times Book Review, and his son Niko, who fought in the Wehrmacht during World War II before coming to America. Kurt Wolff was born in Bonn into a highly cultured German-Jewish...
Author
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Forced from his home by the Khmer Rouge, teenager Mae Taing struggles to endure years of backbreaking work, constant starvation, and ruthless cruelty from his captors--supposed freedom fighters who turned against their own people. Mae risks torture and death to escape into the dark tropical jungles, trekking across a relentless wilderness crawling with soldiers. When Mae is able to overcome unthinkable odds in the hopes of reuniting with his family,...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The book is a triptych, beginning with the mutiny on the Hermione and the ensuing manhunt for members of her crew. The second section recounts the arrival of a handful of mutineers in the United States, including Jonathan Robbins, before examining in depth the political crisis that engulfed John Adams and the Federalist Party. The final three chapters focus on the election of 1800 and the protracted consequences of Robbins's martyrdom during the...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"A true story of persecution, friendship, and ultimate triumph, Do They Hear You When You Cry chronicles the struggles of two extraordinary women: Fauziya Kassindja, who fled her African homeland to escape female genital mutilation only to be locked up in American prisons for sixteen months; and Layli Miller Bashir, a driven young law student who fought for Fauziya's freedom." "Here, for the first time, is Fauziya's dramatic personal story, told in...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful memoir, Iran-born author Rahimeh Andalibian tells the story of her family: their struggle to survive the 1979 revolution, their move to California, and their attempts to acculturate in the face of teenage rebellion, murder, addiction, and new traditions. A poignant but uplifting tale of family secrets, trauma, and renewal, this runaway self-published success will capture the hearts of those who love Reading Lolita in Tehran and House...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption and authoritarian rule. What began with widespread hope for political reform ended with the People's Liberation Army firing on unarmed citizens in the capital city of Beijing, and those leaders who survived the crackdown became wanted criminals overnight. Among the witnesses to this unprecedented popular movement was...
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In the country of Cambodia, from 1975 to 1979, an estimated 2.5 million people died. Some of them from disease, some of from starvation, and others brutally murdered by the Khmer Rouge regime. Overtime, these mass graves have come to be known as the Killing Fields. To most people, the victims of the events surrounding the Killing Fields are just nameless faces in documentaries and collected stories. To me, these victims had dreams and hopes beyond...
