Historical genre books (493)
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De strijd om Gao : een geschiedenis uit Niger by Nouhou Malio NL
NigerDescription:
Mondeling overgeleverd episch verhaal over de geschiedenis van Gao, hoofdstad van het Songhay-rijk in West-Afrika in de 15e en 16e eeuw.
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De tolk van Srebrenica by Hasan Nuhanovic NL
Country: Europe / 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
Voor een getuigenis als deze schiet het predicaat ‘episch’ tekort. Hasan Nuhanović, destijds student in Sarajevo, vertelt hoe zijn ouders, zijn broer en hijzelf door het uitbreken van de oorlog in Bosnië van hun anker worden geslagen. Wat volgt is een relaas van mensen op drift. Ze moeten zien te over¬leven in de bossen langs de Drina, waar ze de zomer van 1992 doorkomen op de laatste oogst van het seizoen. Dan slaat de Bosnische winter toe en neemt Nuhanović’ verslag een ijzing¬wekkende wending. Onder mortiervuur van de Bosnische Ser¬viërs van generaal Ratko Mladić worden de Bosnische moslims... continue
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Dead Aid – Why Aid is Not Working by Dambisa Moyo EN
ZambiaDescription:
A national bestseller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined—and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries. Much debated in the United States and th... continue
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United States of America95.
Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Set in an isolated, rundown community in the Peruvian Andes, Vargas Llosa's novel tells the story of a series of mysterious disappearances involving the Shining Path guerrillas and a local couple performing cannibalistic sacrifices with strange similiarities to the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece. Part detective novel and part political allegory, it offers a panoramic view of Peruvian society; not only of the current political violence and social upheaval, but also of the country's past and its connection to Indian culture and pre-Hispanic mysticism.
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Deep Down Dark : The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Héctor Tobar EN
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
Deep Down Dark is the novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas. When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consu... continue
Latvia98.
Die Nacht : Erinnerung und Zeugnis by Elie Wiesel DE
RomaniaDescription:
Atemlos, bewusst karg im Stil erzählt der Friedensnobelpreisträger seine Erfahrung als Kind in Auschwitz. Jede Zeile spricht uns unmittelbar an.
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Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless by Robert Musil DE
AustriaDescription:
Roman speelt op militaire kostschool.
100.
Country: Asia / 
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Description:
DIVAN of RUDAKITranslation & Introduction Paul SmithAbu 'Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki (858-941) the 'father of Persian Poetry' and possibly the ruba'i, was born in the village of Rudak near Samarkand. First a wandering 'dervish' poet/minstrel he later served at the court of the Samanids of Bokhara. Nasr ibn Ahmad summoned him to his court and he prospered there amassing great wealth. He had 200 slaves in his retinue... and 400 camels carried his belongings when he travelled. In 937 he fell out of favour at court (and was blinded at this time as some commentators suggest) after the deat... continue