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Author
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Paul Celan (1920-1970) is considered one of Europe's greatest post-World-War II poets, known for his astonishing experiments in poetic form, expression, and address. Under the Dome is French poet Jean Daive's haunting memoir of his friendship with Celan, a precise yet elliptical account of their daily meetings, discussions, and walks through Paris, a routine that ended suddenly when Celan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Seine. Daive's...
Author
Publisher
Permuted Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Terror in Frankfurt is the untold story about one of the most terrifying terrorist attacks in U.S. Air Force history. This riveting account follows Staff Sergeant Trevor Brewer through his school years, where he earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and later enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Assigned as a Security Forces Airman, Trevor traveled the world, serving at a variety of Air Force assignments. After completing intelligence training and receiving...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable true story of one man's escape from the school-to-prison pipeline, how he reinvented himself as a pastor and education reform advocate, and what his journey can teach us about turning the collateral damage in the lives of our youth into collateral hope"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A late-in-life coming-of-age escapade told with humor and heart, Don't Think Twice is a moving and irreverent account of grief, growing up, and the healing power of adventure. Within six months, Barbara Schoichet lost everything: her job, her girlfriend of six years, and her mother to pancreatic cancer. Her life stripped bare, and armed with nothing but a death wish and a ton of attitude, Barbara pursues an unlikely method of coping. At the age of...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
©1956
Language
English
Description
"General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895-July 26, 1993) was the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army. He served with distinction during World War II, where he was the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XV,III Airborne Corps in August 1944, holding this post until the end of the war, commanding it in the Battle of the Bulge, Operation...
Author
Publisher
Gevaldig Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Yiddish
Description
Di shpanende dertseylung fun di Sosover rebitsin ʻa.h ....in yene ayz farfroyene ṭeg ... Ir zun ... un ir ṭokhṭer ... shildern ... ṿi zi iz geshṭanen fesṭ miṭ ir emuneh durkhoys gor shṿere nisyones̀ nokh di tsṿeyṭe ṿelṭ milḥomeh--
Author
Publisher
Wise Ink
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this inspirational coming-of-age memoir, Chrissy Holm separates purity culture, LGBTQ religious trauma, and a patriarchal father-daughter relationship from all the possibilities of meaningful love. The church has a lot of views on women's relationships. Respect the sanctity of marriage. Save yourself for your husband. Never, ever think about a wife. Homeschooled at church and raised by a devout father, Chrissy internalized scripture's strictest...
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"In this personal manifesto, Ramos sets out to examine what it means to be a Latino immigrant, or just an immigrant, in present-day America. Using current research and statistics, with a journalist's nose for a story, and interweaving his own personal experience, Ramos shows us the changing face of America while also trying to find an explanation for why he, and millions of others, still feel like strangers in this country"--Back cover of English-language...
Author
Publisher
Sandstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For years, Chris McIvor moved from one demanding and difficult job to another as a country director for 'Save the Children': Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Egypt, and elsewhere. In this latest book, he charts his experiences in Morocco and Haiti, then in the Cuba that marketing passes by and that tourists don't see. In his journeying he has seen the best and worst of people, and the best and worst of aid in the developing world, but in The World is Elsewhere...
Author
Publisher
AuthorHouse
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sissy Crone, a coal camp kid, brings to life the faded past of her hometown, Minden, West Virginia, through a collection of stories told firsthand of heartache and loss, balanced by glorious triumphs. Sissy brings us along as a companion through her early years in a childhood that could never exist in a modern world. Wildflowers and Train Whistles is a book about an ordinary family that survives extraordinary challenges as a coal camp family living...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Just A Girl is the sensitive, personal story of the author's ambition to become and succeed as a scientist during the "white man in power" era of the 1950s to 2010s. In the male-dominated science world, she struggles from girlhood unworthiness to sexist battles in jobs on the farms and in the restaurants of America, in academia's laboratories and field research communities, and in the executive corner office. Jackson overcomes pain, shame, and self-blame,...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Partnered through a mentoring program in San Diego, two individuals from opposite sides of the world began an eye-opening journey that radically altered each other's vision and life. Disturbed in Their Nests recounts the first year of this heartwarming partnership; the initial misunderstandings, the growing trust, and, ultimately, their lasting friendship. Their contrasting points of view provide of-the-moment insight into what refugees face when...
Author
Series
Wen xue guan) volume 65
Publisher
Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
中文
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"American English, Italian Chocolate is a memoir in essays beginning in the American Midwest and ending in north central Italy. In sharply rendered vignettes, Rick Bailey reflects on donuts and ducks, horses and car crashes, outhouses and EKGs. He travels all night from Michigan to New Jersey to attend the funeral of a college friend. After a vertiginous climb, he staggers in clogs across the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In a trattoria in the...
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