Book type: non-fiction (1076)


1071.

Zealot : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan EN

Rating: 4.5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A lucid, intelligent page-turner” (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the “Kingdom of God.” The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history’s most eni... continue

1072.

Zinky Boys : Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Winner of the Nobel Prize: "For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time." --Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation

1073.

Zlata's Diary : A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
In a voice both innocent and wise, touchingly reminiscent of Anne Frank's, Zlata Filipovic's diary has awoken the conscience of the world. Now thirteen years old, Zlata began her diary just before her eleventh birthday, when there was peace in Sarajevo and her life was that of a bright, intelligent, carefree young girl. Her early entries describe her friends, her new skis, her family, her grades at school, her interest in joining the Madonna Fan Club. And then, on television, she sees the bombs falling on Dubrovnik. Though repelled by the sight, Zlata cannot conceive of the same thing happenin... continue

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Zorro by Dubravka Ugrešic ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
El zorro es un bastardo: un ser salvaje, tramposo y ladrón, una criatura que no respeta las normas ni los límites; exactamente como el escritor. Y también como la voz de esta historia, fragmentada y multilingüe, que quizá podamos llamar "novela". Solo hay una pregunta: ¿cómo se crean los cuentos? La narradora, en su búsqueda de respuesta, irá desde los Estados Unidos hasta Japón pasando por Rusia, Italia y Croacia, y nos hablará de escritores con autobiografías secretas, de artistas laureados gracias a sus viudas, de romances marcados por la irrupción de la guerra y de niñas que convocan con u... continue