Book type: non-fiction (1081)
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George Frideric Handel by Paul Henry Lang EN
HungaryDescription:
Exceptionally full, detailed study of the man, his music and times. Childhood, music training, years in London; analysis of Messiah and other works; much more. Introduction. Includes 35 illustrations.
332.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown : A Novel by Talia Hibbert EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Talia Hibbert, one of contemporary romance’s brightest new stars, delivers a witty, hilarious romantic comedy about a woman who’s tired of being “boring” and recruits her mysterious, sexy neighbor to help her get a life—perfect for fans of Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory, and Helen Hoang. Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s determined to spice up her life and finally fit in with her glamorous family. Her “Get a Life” list has six directives, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her family... continue
333.
Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius EN
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
Ghost Boy is a deeply moving story of recovery and the power of love. Through Martin's story we can know what it is like to be here and yet not here - unable to communicate yet feeling and understanding everything. Martin's emergence from his darkness enables us to celebrate the human spirit and is a wake-up call to cherish our own lives.
Ireland335.
Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust : How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives by Haim Shapira EN
LithuaniaDescription:
"One of the best Decision Making and Game Theory books of all time." —Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of Black Swan), BookAuthority An accessible, light-hearted exploration of Game Theory—what it is, why it’s important, and how it can help us in our daily lives Game Theory is the mathematical formalization of interactive decision-making—it assumes that each player's goal is to maximize his/her benefit, whatever it may be. Players may be friends, foes, political parties, states, or any entity that behaves interactively, whether collectively or individually. One... continue
336.
Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame: a documentary novel by Ag Apolloni EN
AlbaniaDescription:
A unique voice from Europe’s newest country, rooted in its oldest literary traditions – now in English for the first time. Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame is a documentary novel of the true tragedy of two mothers after the Kosovo War of 1999: one lost her whole family and continues to lay the table for them more than twenty years later; the other burned herself to death when the remains of two of her sons were returned. A mosaic of the evil fortunes of war and the painful consequences of peace, the novel echoes the eternal truths of ancient Greek tragedy as it tells the sorrows of modern war... continue
337.
Going Dark : The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner EN
AustriaDescription:
By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late nights, holidays, weekends - adopting five different identities, and joining a dozen extremist groups from across the ideological spectrum. Her journey would take her from a Generation Identity global strategy meeting in a pub in Mayfair, to a Neo-Nazi Music Festival on the border of Germany an... continue
338.
Good-Bye to All That : An Autobiography by Robert Graves EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
English author Robert Graves says goodbye to England, family, friends, and a way of life.
339.
Goodbye Sarajevo : A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival by Atka Reid, Hana Schofield EN
Country: Europe / 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war
340.
Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
Description:
This true story of a Korean comfort woman documents how the atrocity of war devastates women’s lives Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War—a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history. Beginning in Lee’s childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a child’s vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim em... continue