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English
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"In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life irreversibly intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage...
2) Konfidenz
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A novel on the anti-Nazi movement before World War II. Set in Paris, its protagonists are two men and a woman, all three Germans, who in addition to politics are involved in a romantic triangle. By the author of Hard Rain, a Chilean exile.
Author
Publisher
World Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Amsterdam Airport, 1998. Samir Karim steps off a plane from Vietnam, flushes his fake passport down the toilet, and requests asylum. Fleeing Iraq to avoid conscription into Saddam Hussein's army, he has spent seven years anonymously wandering through Asia. Now, safely in the heart of Europe, he is sent to an asylum center and assigned a bed in a shared dorm--where he will spend the next nine years. As he navigates his way around the absurdities of...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
En plena Guerra Civil española, el joven médico Víctor Dalmau, junto a su amiga pianista Roser Bruguera, se ven obligados a abandonar Barcelona, exiliarse y cruzar los Pirineos rumbo a Francia. A bordo del Winnipeg, un navío fletado por el poeta Pablo Neruda que llevó a más de dos mil españoles rumbo a Valparaíso, embarcarán en busca de la paz y la libertad que no tuvieron en su país. Recibidos como héroes en Chile --ese "largo pétalo...
8) Witch hunt
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico." --
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English
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"A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival--of a twelve-year-old boy's traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West--that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time."To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise what was it all for?"In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans who wanted...
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English
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Description
"From international bestseller Mario Escobar comes a 20th-century historical novel of tragedy and resilience inspired by Spain's famed Children of Morelia and the true events that shaped their lives"--
"Madrid, 1934. Though the Spanish Civil War has not yet begun, the streets of Madrid have become dangerous for thirteen-year-old Marco Alcalde and his younger sisters, Isabel and Ana. When Marco's parents align themselves against General Franco and...
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, in order to survive, ordinary people have been forces to leave their families and homes because of war, famine, slavery, intolerance, economic and political upheaval, or climate change. These remarkable true stories of escape show how courageous people all around the world have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their flight to freedom." -- Back cover.
CLING. Don't let go. Hold tight. Never give up. FLY. Rev up. Lift...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old refugee's harrowing escape from Afghanistan and his extraordinary journey across half the world. A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival, of a boy's traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West, that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time.
18) Wake up on Mars
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A Roma boy living in Sweden dreams of building a spaceship to escape the reality of his family's pending asylum request, and the mysterious coma-like illness that has befallen his siblings." --
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Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh to open a new and appalling chapter in the story of the twentieth century. On that day, Pin Yathay was a qualified engineer in the Ministry of Public Works. Successful and highly educated, he had been critical of the corrupt Lon Nol regime and hoped that the Khmer Rouge would be the patriotic saviors of Cambodia. In Stay Alive, My Son, Pin Yathay provides an unforgettable testament of the horror...
