A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK**WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER G.
"e;Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West.
Die Autor_innen des Praxishandbuchs zur Beratung der Angehörigen von Menschen mit Demenz beziffern, wie viele Menschen direkt oder als Angehörige von Demenz betroffen sind.
douard Louis is one of the most important literary voices of his generation' GuardianOne day, douard Louis finds a photograph of his mother from twenty years ago: a happy young woman, full of hopes and dreams.
Drawing together a wide variety of primary source documents from across the United States, Europe, and Asia, this book illuminates the events and experiences of World War II-the most devastating war in human history.
Fascinating personal histories are revealed through the stories of cherished objects, in this anthology celebrating the meaningful mementos of our lives.
When Luke Pomery was just nine years old, he and his older siblings, his mother and half-sister took an epic bus journey to his new home - a 450,000-acre sheep station outside Meekatharra, just south of the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia.
From the Front Room of the White HouseHistory, folklore, fact, and hearsay all contribute to the stories of these past generations of hill people, featuring decades of family history while being subjected to poverty, riches, hierarchy, to the lowest of lows is illustrated.
Sophie Passmann hat mit »Pick me girls« nicht nur ihr persönlichstes Buch geschrieben, sondern auch eine kluge Auseinandersetzung mit dem männlichen Blick.
Die Autor_innen des Praxishandbuchs zur Beratung der Angehörigen von Menschen mit Demenz beziffern, wie viele Menschen direkt oder als Angehörige von Demenz betroffen sind.
From returning to Ethiopia to find it wasn' t as her memory had left it, to the Australian Army and Bible school, and culminating in an 800-kilometre trek through the Camino, Alie Benge writes of searching and longing for a sense of place - whatever that may be.
Kathy is a virgin in her twenties trying to navigate the blurred lines between sex and love even as outside forces attempt to detach her from her sexual autonomy.
In May of 1976, twenty-four-year-old Carol Menaker was impaneled with eleven others on a jury in the trial of Freddy Burton, a young Black prison inmate charged with the grisly murders of two white wardens inside Philadelphias Holmesburg Prison.
Five years after she graduated from high school, teacher, youth minister, and sought-after speaker Katie Prejean McGrady returned to her alma mater in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to teach freshman theology.
Five years after she graduated from high school, teacher, youth minister, and sought-after speaker Katie Prejean McGrady returned to her alma mater in Lake Charles, Louisiana, to teach freshman theology.
Raquel Reyes Major has been walking with God for over eight decades, taking His word to heart, committing her life to Him, and trusting that He was always there, even when it seemed like He wasn't.
"e;Simply put, this is an unvarnished account of a dedicated young man who fled his country ahead of the Nazi occupation, who would never see his family again, and who unselfishly fought the Germans to protect his adopted homeland.
"e;Simply put, this is an unvarnished account of a dedicated young man who fled his country ahead of the Nazi occupation, who would never see his family again, and who unselfishly fought the Germans to protect his adopted homeland.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE SOCIETY SCOTTISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDAn unconventional, unexpectedly funny, brutally honest memoir about infertility, pregnancy and motherhood'You and your partner want a baby.
