Book type: non-fiction (1081)
621.
Palestine : A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha EN
IsraelDescription:
This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history. Starting with the earliest references in Egyptian and Assyrian texts, Nur Masalha explores how Palestine and its Palestinian identity have evolved over thousands of years, from the Bronze Age to the present day. Drawing on a rich body of sources and the latest archaeological evidence, Masalha shows how Palestine's multicultural past has been distorted and mythologised by Biblical lore and the... continue
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Palestinian Walks : Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh EN
PalestineDescription:
“A rare historical insight into the tragic changes taking place in Palestine.” —Jimmy Carter From Palestine’s leading writer, a lyrical, elegiac account of one man’s wanderings through the landscape he loves, once pristine, now forever changed by settlements and walls—now with a new afterword by the author. “I often come to walk in these hills,” I said to the man who was doing all the talking and seemed to be the commander. “In fact I was once here with my wife, it was 1999, and some of your soldiers shot at us.” “It was over on that side,” the soldier pointed out. “I was there,” he said, smil... continue
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PANDORA'S JAR : Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Now, in Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, Natalie Haynes – broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist – redresses this imbalance. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, she puts the women of the Greek myths on equal footi... continue
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Papaya Salad by Elisa Macellari EN
ItalyDescription:
The debut graphic novel from Thai-Italian illustrator Elisa Macellari, Papaya Salad tells the story of her great-uncle Sompong who found himself in Europe on military scholarship on the eve of World War II. A gentle and resolute man in love with books and languages, in search of his place in the world, Sompong chronicles his life during the war and falling for his wife, finding humor and joy even as the world changes irrevocably around him This Winner of the 2019 Autori di Immagini Silver Medal in the Comics category tells the human story of the War, from a perspective not typically seen. "An ... continue
625.
Papi : My Story by David Ortiz, Michael Holley EN
Country: Europe / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
An entertaining, unfiltered memoir by one of the game's greatest, most clutch sluggers at the end of his career, written with best-selling sports writer and talk show host Michael Holley
626.
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Parable of the Talents celebrates the usual Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, and separation and community, to astonishing effect in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032.
627.
París era una fiesta by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Leí el inolvidable "París era una fiesta" varias veces, siempre con el mismo interés. Es un testimonio donde este genial escritor plasmó su fe inquebrantable en los hombres que tienen el valor para no claudicar. Los que, en medio de la pobreza y el frío de los inviernos sis calefacción, siguieron escribiendo y viviendo intensamente, dando un lugar a la creación por sobre todas las cosas.
Un testimonio de aquel París que yo conocí como científico del Institut Curie, y que ya no conoceremos más.
-Ernesto Sab... continue
628.
Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh EN
VietnamDescription:
Lucidly and beautifully written, PEACE IN EVERY STEP contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is - in the kitc
629.
Pearling in the Arabian Gulf : A Kuwaiti Memoir by Sayf Marzūq Shamlān EN
KuwaitDescription:
Born in Kuwait in 1926, into a distinguished Kuwaiti family of pearl merchants and seafarers, Saif Marzooq al- Shamlan describes the final generation of the pearling industry from 1900 to the slump of the 1930s, when the development of the Japanese cultured pearl led to economic disaster for the people of the Gulf.
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Pedro y el Capitán by Mario Benedetti ES
Country: South America / 
Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Pedro y el Capit�n, que ha conmocionado al mundo por su crudeza y realismo, es una denuncia contra la tortura (una de las peores ignominias que practican los mecanismos del poder) y una defensa esperanzadora de la dignidad y de los derechos humanos. Pedro es un preso pol�tico. Durante su encierro es acosado y torturado f�sica y psicol�gicamente por el capit�n. Enfrentados por causas contrarias en una batalla desigual, la v�ctima y el verdugo habr�n de confirmar que hay valores eternos que ninguna fuerza represiva puede borrar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The torture practiced by totalitarian regimes i... continue