Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival

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Reducere. As American troops continue their steady exodus on the last day of their ground war in Vietnam, Lieutenant Joe Tallon is shot down by an enemy miss...

Reducere. Young and na ve, happily in love with the girl of his dreams, Todd is drafted into the U.S. Army just days before his twentieth birthday, December ...

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A powerful and poignant memoir of survival and resistance by the critically acclaimed author of She Would Be King, about her family's dramatic esca...

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The story of an unconventional marriage embarked on by author Alison Light and the radical social historian Raphael Samuel, who passed away when Li...

Reducere. DescriptionWith the Nazi occupation of Kovno (Lithuania), her life changed forever. Zlata Santocki Sidrer was Jewish, but she survived the horrors ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is an important historical document that reminds us of how much Uganda has changed in the last 30 years and how violent it onc...

Reducere. This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . . In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rh...

Reducere. In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, ...

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A powerful and poignant memoir of survival and resistance by the critically acclaimed author of She Would Be King, about her family's dramatic esca...

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Reducere. #1 Best Seller and Winner of The 2021 International Book Awards."The darkest day of my life came when the Nazis took my brother. I felt helpless as...

A brilliantly written memoir by a Venezuelan-born British journalist that skilfully uncovers the secrets of her father's past: the annihilation of ...

A brilliantly written memoir by a Venezuelan-born British journalist that skilfully uncovers the secrets of her father's past: the annihilation of ...

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Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an Ame...

As damaged as Clive was, the musical part of his brain seemed unaffected, as was his passionate love for Deborah, his wife. For seven years he was ...

Publisher: Books of Africa LtdAuthor(s): Olabode OgunlanaIllustration(s): B&WNumber of pages: 210Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 195 x 131 x 15Co...

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An astonishing and brave memoir of life, love, and assisted death, from the author of White Houses.Publisher: Granta BooksAuthor(s): Amy BloomNumbe...

Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

FINDING ME is the deeply personal, brutally honest account of Viola's inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present-day car...

A moving and unique exchange of letters between a Jewish soldier and his wife at homePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Jeremy WeinsteinIll...

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Reducere. Mukacevo, Czechoslovakia. Two young girls, Manci and Ruth Grunberger, are growing up in a loving Jewish family with their six siblings at the base ...

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Reducere. Losing a young daughter to murder is the worst nightmare that a mother could possibly imagine, but what if the killer was her son? Charity Lee was ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Sonya CurryNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescopera f...

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DescriptionA man of integrity...with a secret desireMoose Garrett just wants to do the right thing. Fulfill his duty. Honor his parents. Fix his ne...

Reducere. DescriptionA man of integrity...with a secret desireMoose Garrett just wants to do the right thing. Fulfill his duty. Honor his parents. Fix his ne...

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Reducere. War of Necessity, War of Choice--part history, part memoir--provides invaluable insight into some of the most important recent events in the world....

A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an Indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author's encounters with gun vio...

Reducere. Africa has a way of luring you in, Scott Corey writes in the opening lines of Whistling for Hippos. It begins with a flash of dark eyes in the fire...