Biography genre books (350)
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Sipping Dom Pérignon Through A Straw by Eddie Ndopu EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
'Uncompromising... A masterful writer poised for even more great success' - Forest Whitaker, Academy award-winning actor A memoir, penned with one good finger, about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful. Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his mobility. He was told that he wouldn't live beyond age five and yet, Ndopu thrived. He grew up loving pop music and haute couture, lip syncing to the latest hits, and was the only wheelchair user at his school, where he flourished academically. By his lat... continue
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Six récits au fil inconstant des jours by Fu Shen FR
ChinaDescription:
Le premier chapitre "Félicité de la vie conjugale" décrit la rencontre de Chen Fou avec sa femme Yun, Mais rapidement elle tombe malade; Le récit continue avec le deuxième chapitre "Les petits agréments de l'existence" qui parle des petits rien de la vie, on peut y décerner un certain épicurisme. Le troisième chapitre "Les chagrins de l'existence" est l'un des moins positifs, il raconte la fin de vie de Yun et les difficultés financières. Le dernier chapitre "Le plaisi... continue
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Sky burial by Xinran EN
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As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened and fascinated her. Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan, a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband who had been serving as a doctor in Tibet; her extraordinary life story would unravel the legend of the sky burial. For thirty years she was lost in the wild and alien landscape of Tibet, in the vast and silent plateaus and the magisterial mountain ranges, living with communities of nomads moving w... continue
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Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer EN
SudanDescription:
The author describes the years she spent as a slave to a wealthy Arab family in Khartoum and her subsequent break for freedom after she was sent to work for a diplomat in London.
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Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
In lyrical, powerful prose, Small Bodies of Water weaves together memories, dreams and nature writing. Exploring everything from migration, food, family, earthquakes and the ancient lunisolar calendar, Nina reflects on a girlhood spent growing up between two cultures, and what it means to belong.
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Śmierć pięknych saren by Ota Pavel PL
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
Za co tak bardzo kochamy Otę Pavla? Co sprawia, że kilka dekad po jego przedwczesnej śmierci wciąż sięgamy po jego książki? Z pewnością są to zawarte w tych tekstach ponadczasowe wartości: miłość, przyjaźń, rodzina i przyroda, a także podszyte delikatnym humorem nostalgia i bezradność wobec przemijającego świata i czasu. Lecz najważniejsza jest być może ta, tak charakterystyczna dla Pavla, magia życia, nieuchwytna, utkana ze słów i przypominająca, że każdy nasz dzień, nawet nie najpiękniejszy, ma olbrzymią wartość, którą jednak musimy odnaleźć przede wszystkim w naszych sercach.
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Some People Need Killing : A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista EN
Country: Asia / 
Philippines
Philippines
Description:
TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A “riveting” (The Atlantic) account of the Philippines’ state-sanctioned killings of its citizens under President Rodrigo Duterte, hailed as “a journalistic masterpiece” (The New Yorker) “Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell this story.”—Tara Westover, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Educated LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, CrimeReads, The Mary Sue “My job is... continue
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Sorrows of the Moon : In Search of London by Iqbal Ahmed, Professor of Psychiatry Iqbal Ahmed EN
IndiaDescription:
Ahmed's first book is a moving portrait of a forgotten city. Arriving in London in 1994, he tried to find a place to callhome. On his odyssey he encountered a number of fellow immigrants - the Indian woman who works in the post office, an African hotel doorman, the Egyptian newspaper stallholder in Charing Cross Road. In each encounter he reveals a haunting portrait of London. Sorrow of the Moon is destined to become one of the classics of London literature
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Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian EN
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The worldwide bestselling novel by the winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature. Soul Mountain is a picaresque novel of immense wisdom and sparse beauty, bursting with knowledge and experience and portraying a culture as vast and fascinating as the history of humankind itself. In China in the early eighties, the book's central character embarks on a cross-country journey in search of the mysterious 'Mountain'. Along the way he collects stories, lovers, spiritual wisdom and undergoes myriad experiences that are sometimes violent, sometimes frightening, sometimes funny, but always enriching... continue
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Soundjata : ein Mandingo-Epos by Djibril Tamsir Niane DE
GuineaDescription:
D. T. Niane (1932 - 2021), Historiker aus Guinea, lässt das alte Afrika zu uns sprechen. Er ist zu einem der Griots (nämlich Djeli Mamadou Kouyaté) gegangen, und hat aufgezeichnet, was diesem - zwar fantastisch ausgeschmückt, aber im Kern unverfälscht - über Generationen von dem Leben und den Taten des legendär gewordenen Großkönigs Soundjata überliefert wurde. Wir erfahren die Geschichten des "Helden mit den vielen Namen", Sohn des Büffels und des Löwen, der im 13. Jahrhundert zum Begründer des mächtigen Mandin... continue