Book type: non-fiction (1081)


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The Latehomecomer : A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Laos flag Laos
Description:
One Hmong family's harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.

882.

The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant EN

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Includes material on the influence of biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, and war on history.

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Country: Asia / Japan flag Japan
Description:
A #1 New York Times BestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of 2014 in Crafts, Home & GardenThis #1 New York Times bestselling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.

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The Living Mountain : A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland by Nan Shepherd EN

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A beautiful, collectible gift edition of quintessential Scottish nature writing. Introduced by Robert Macfarlane and with an afterword by Jeanette Winterson

885.

The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s

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The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves' Slavomir Rawicz Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to twenty-five years in a gulag. After a three-month journey in the dead of winter to Siberia, life in a Soviet labour camp meant enduring hunger, extreme cold, untreated wounds and illnesses and facing the daily risk of arbitrary execution. Realising that to remain mea... continue



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The Man who Broke Into Auschwitz by Denis Avey, Rob Broomby EN

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'The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz' is the extraordinary.

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The Man Who Climbs Trees : The Lofty Adventures of a Wildlife Cameraman by James Aldred EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Meet the man who climbs trees for a living. Whether he's scouting out the perfect canopy shot for the BBC, or just looking for a little fun, James Aldred has climbed scores of behemoth trees. In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as he recalls his most memorable encounters with trees and their inhabitants.