Book type: non-fiction (1189)



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Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis EN

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From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. “Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—The New York Times Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sar... continue

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Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh : Remembering 1971 by Yasmin Saikia EN

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Country: Asia / Bangladesh flag Bangladesh
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Bangladeshi women recall the sexualized violence of the war of 1971, fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan.

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Worm : A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez EN

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Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
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From “America’s illustrator in chief” (Fast Company), a stunning graphic memoir of a childhood in Cuba, coming to America on the Mariel boatlift, and a defense of democracy, here and there Hailed for his iconic art on the cover of Time and on jumbotrons around the world, Edel Rodriguez is among the most prominent political artists of our age. Now for the first time, he draws his own life, revisiting his childhood in Cuba and his family’s passage on the infamous Mariel boatlift. When Edel was nine, Fidel Castro announced his surprising decision to let 125,000 traitors of the revolution, or “wor... continue

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Written in Bone by Sue Black EN

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Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead. Our stories are marbled into their marrow. Drawing upon her years of research and a wealth of remarkable experience, the world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dame Sue Black takes us on a journey of revelation. From skull to toe, via the teeth, spine, chest, arms, hands, pelvis and legs, she delicately reverse engineers events, piecing together the evidence in our remains to discover thedetails of lives once lived. All that we eat, where we go, everything we do leaves a trace, a message that waits patiently in our bones for the forensic... continue

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Yak Girl by Dorje Dolma EN

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Country: Asia / Nepal flag Nepal
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This unusual memoir of a spirited girl in the remote region of Nepal described in Peter Matthieson’s The Snow Leopard vividly portrays life in her primitive mountain village in the 80s, her struggles in bewildering Kathmandu, and her journey to America to receive life-saving surgery. An inspiring story of an indomitable spirit conquering all obstacles, a tale of a girl with a disability on her way to becoming a dynamic woman in a new world.

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Yes, Chef : A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson, Veronica Chambers EN

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Country: Africa / Ethiopia flag Ethiopia
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JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the great culinary stories of our time.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother’s house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations. Yes, Chef chr... continue

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Yesterday I Was the Moon by Noor Unnahar EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Pakistan flag Pakistan
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yesterday i was the moon is a collection of poetry by noor unnahar - it explores courage, self-love, culture and the struggles of making peace with your heart and art. It contains black & white photographs paired with poetry pieces; giving it a photo diary feels.

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Yo recordaré por ustedes by Juan Forn ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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El testamento literario de un escritor y editor imprescindible. Un recorrido por el siglo XX a través de los perdedores y los genios olvidados por la historia. El origen de Yo recordaré por ustedes está en las ya inmortales columnas que Juan Forn publicó cada viernes, durante años, en el diario Página/12 y que se marcaron a fuego en la memoria de varias generaciones de lectores. Fascinado por sacar a la luz las historias desconocidas de personajes anónimos, perdedores y genios en las sombras, muchos de ellos olvidados o borrados por la Historia,... continue

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You Don't Know What War Is : The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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An important, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful memoir about the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war as told through the diary entries of a young Ukrainian girl. Yeva Skalietska's story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been living with her grandmother since she was a baby. Ten days later, the only life she'd ever known was shattered. On February 24, 2022, her city was suddenly under attack as Russia launched its horrifying invasion of Ukraine. Yeva and her grandmother ran to a basement bunker, where she began writing this diary. She describes the bombings they endured while s... continue