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يسمعون حسيسها by أيمن العتوم
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsخلف الوادي انتشرت أشجار هرمة . إلا انها ظلت خضراء على طول عمرها الذي تجاوز مئات السنين . -
The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena by Elsa Joubert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVoted one of the hundred most important books published in Africa during the last century. Winner of the WA Hofmeyr Prize, the CNA Literary Award and the Louis Luyt Prize...Categorized as:
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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative AwardFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in PoetryThese poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living one’s entire life in Gaza, making a life for one’s family and raising a family in constant lockdown, and often under direct attack... -
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line by David Nott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out lifesaving operations in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major metropolitan hospital... -
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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan’s new book chronicles ten days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It’s a captivating story about what’s worth fighting for, an antidote to cynicism that will make you believe again... -
Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, Roman Bystrianyk
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot too long ago, lethal infections were feared in the Western world. Since that time, many countries have undergone a transformation from disease cesspools to much safer, healthier habitats. Starting in the mid-1800s, there was a steady drop in deaths from all infectious diseases, decreasing to relatively minor levels by the early 1900s... -
لا تصالح by أمل دنقل
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsالأداء الصوتى الرائع للشاعر محمد الشموتى و مشروع صبا الصوت للقصائد و الكتب الصوتيةhttp://www.sebasound.com/أوقصيدة لا تصــالح - بصوت أمل دنقل: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1F0Hc... (1)لا تصالحْ!ولو منحوك الذهبْأترى حين أفقأ عينيكَثم أثبت جوهرتين مكانهما..هل ترى..؟هي أشياء لا تشترى..:ذكريات الطفولة بين أخيك وبينك،حسُّكما - فجأةً - بالرجولةِ،هذا الحياء الذي يكبت الشوق. -
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equalityA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A #1 ABA INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE BESTSELLER Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette... -
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human...Categorized as:
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L'Arabe du futur 5 : Une jeunesse au Moyen-Orient, 1992-1994 by Riad Sattouf
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRiad a 14 ans, ses cheveux blonds ont disparu, et il a un physique difficile. À la fin du tome précédent, son père s’est enfui en Syrie avec son plus jeune frère, Fadi. Tandis que sa mère utilise tous les recours légaux pour récupérer son fils, Riad poursuit son exploration de cet âge pénible qu’est l’adolescence et se réfugie dans le paranormal... -
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic from the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary How to Survive a Plague...Categorized as:
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El abismo del olvido by Paco Roca, Rodrigo Terrasa
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPaco Roca viaja a nuestro pasado con El abismo del olvido para recuperar junto al periodista Rodrigo Terrasa la historia real de Leoncio Badía —joven republicano obligado a trabajar de sepulturero—; de José Celda —fusilado y enterrado en una fosa común, ejemplo de las decenas de miles de españoles que fueron represaliados de forma salvaje por el régimen franquista—; y de Pepica Celda —hija de... -
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital... -
The Children by David Halberstam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Children is Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen thru the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 60s & went on to lead the revolution... -
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To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope by Jeanne Marie Laskas
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from constituents. Every night, he read ten of them before going to bed. This is the story of the profound ways in which they shaped his presidency... -
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science by Kate Zernike
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, the inspiring account of the sixteen female scientists who forced MIT to publicly admit it had been discriminating against its female faculty for years—sparking a nationwide reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science... -
Les grandes oubliées : Pourquoi l’histoire a effacé les femmes by Titiou Lecoq
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDe tout temps, les femmes ont agi. Elles ont régné, écrit, milité, créé, combattu, crié parfois. Et pourtant elles sont pour la plupart absentes des manuels d'histoire."C'est maintenant, à l'âge adulte, que je réalise la tromperie dont j'ai été victime sur les bancs de l'école. La relégation de mes ancêtres femmes me met en colère. Elles méritent mieux... -
Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home by Mondiant Dogon, Jenna Krajeski
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection • Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights WritingA stunning and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for displaced people around the worldOne day when... -
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA quarter-century after Frank McCourt’s extraordinary bestseller, Angela’s Ashes, Fintan O’Toole, one of the Anglophone world’s most consummate stylists, continues the narrative of modern Ireland into our own time. O’Toole was born in the year the revolution began. It was 1958, and the Irish government—in despair, because all the young people were leaving—opened the country to foreign investment... -
Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss by Jenna Bush Hager
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, bestselling author, and coanchor of the Today show, shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her lifeTo the world, George and Barbara Bush were America’s powerful president and influential first lady... -
An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA New York Times bestseller/Washington Post Notable Book of 2017/NPR Best Books of 2017/Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2017 "This book will serve as the definitive guide to the past and future of health care in America...Categorized as:
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The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the discovery that changed billions of lives—including your own.At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing global disaster. Mass starvation, long predicted for the fast-growing population, was about to become a reality. A call went out to the world’s scientists to find a solution... -
Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories by Sarah Lerner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeaturing art and writing from the students of the Parkland tragedy, this is a raw look at the events of February 14, and a poignant representation of grief, healing, and hope.The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School share their emotional journeys that began on February 14, 2018, and continue today...Categorized as:
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Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinner of the 2022 Lambda Literary LGBTQ Nonfiction Award and the 2022 NLGJA Excellence in Book Writing Award. Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbriath Award for Nonfiction, the Gotham Book Prize, and the ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award . A 2021 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice...Categorized as:
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История Российского Государства. Ордынский период by Boris Akunin, Boris Akunin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsВторой том "Истории Российского Государства. Ордынский период" охватывает период с 1223 по 1462 год."В биографии всякой страны есть главы красивые, ласкающие национальное самолюбие, и некрасивые, которые хочется забыть или мифологизировать. Эпоха монгольского владычества в русской истории - самая неприглядная... -
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism by John Henrik Clarke
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOriginally published by A & B Books, Brooklyn, New York... -
All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Elizabeth Comen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fascinating history of women’s health as it’s never been told before.For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed...Categorized as:
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Wonder Drug: The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims by Jennifer Vanderbes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA riveting account of the most notorious drug of the twentieth century and the never-before-told story of its American survivors. In 1959, a Cincinnati pharmaceutical firm, the William S. Merrell Company, quietly began distributing samples of an exciting new wonder drug already popular around the world... -
Прошание с иллюзиями by Vladimir Pozner, Владимир Познер
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPolitical commentator, international media celebrity, and Communist Party Member Vladimir Pozner is a familiar face to millions of television viewers throughout America -- perhaps the second most widely recognized Soviet citizen next to Mikhail Gorbachev... -
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidentsAnthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today...
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