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Life is Beautiful/La Vita è Bella: A Screenplay by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis romantic, hilarious, and astonishingly moving story, winner of the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, explores the power of the imagination, set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The companion screenplay to the Miramax film presents the profound yet tender story that has touched the hearts of so many... -
![Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor]()
Survival in the Killing Fields by Haing Ngor
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNothing has shaped my life as much as surviving the Pol Pot regime. I am a survivor of the Cambodian holocaust. That's who I am.He became famous through his academy award-winning performance as Dith Pran in the film The Killing Fields, but the key to Haing Ngor's screen success was the terrible truth of his own experiences in the rice paddies and labour camps of revolutionary Cambodia... -
![Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan]()
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... -
![No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal]()
No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes by Anand Gopal
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan—and then brought the Taliban back from the deadIn the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire... -
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![Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer]()
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“[A] profound reflection on one of the great paradoxes of American life—and a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.” — Patrick Radden Keefe “[A] searing, gut-wrenching, and masterfully reported account... -
![El abismo del olvido by Paco Roca, Rodrigo Terrasa]()
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... -
![The Children by David Halberstam]()
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... -
![My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden]()
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history.In 2018, Sally Hayden received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” It was from an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall with scant meals...Categorized as:
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![Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall]()
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe struggle for Vietnam occupies a central place in the history of the twentieth century. Fought over a period of three decades, the conflict drew in all the world’s powers and saw two of them—first France, then the United States—attempt to subdue the revolutionary Vietnamese forces... -
![A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 by Orlando Figes]()
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 by Orlando Figes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. Many consider the Russian Revolution to be the most significant event of the twentieth century... -
![Journal 1935 - 1944: The Fascist Years by Mihail Sebastian]()
Journal 1935 - 1944: The Fascist Years by Mihail Sebastian
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHailed as one of the most important portrayals of the dark years of Nazism, this powerful chronicle by the Romanian Jewish writer Mihail Sebastian aroused a furious response in Eastern Europe when it was first published. A profound and powerful literary achievement, it offers a lucid and finely shaded analysis of erotic and social life, a Jew's diary, a reader's notebook, a music-lover's journal... -
![История Российского Государства. Ордынский период by Boris Akunin, Boris Akunin]()
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... -
![The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley]()
The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEurope is facing a wave of migration unmatched since the end of World War II - and no one has reported on this crisis in more depth or breadth than the Guardian's migration correspondent, Patrick Kingsley...Categorized as:
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![Stalin: Waiting for Hitler 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin]()
Stalin: Waiting for Hitler 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin continues his definitive biography of Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror through to the coming of the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history... -
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![The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper]()
The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAt 6:00 a.m. on the morning of October 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating was viciously attacked by Taliban insurgents. The 53 U.S. troops, having been stationed at the bottom of three steep mountains, were severely outmanned by nearly 400 Taliban fighters. Though the Americans ultimately prevailed, their casualties made it one of the war's deadliest battles for U.S. forces... -
![Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden]()
Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the Tet Offensive. The lynchpin of Tet was the capture of Hue, Vietnam?s intellectual and cultural capital, by 10,000 National Liberation Front troops who descended from hidden camps and surged across the city of 140,000... -
![Между Азией и Европой. История Российского государства. От Ивана III до Бориса Годунова by Boris Akunin, Борис Акунин]()
Между Азией и Европой. История Российского государства. От Ивана III до Бориса Годунова by Boris Akunin, Борис Акунин
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsВ этой книге оживают страницы отечественной истории XV–VI веков – как драматичные, ключевые события, так и небольшие эпизоды, о влиянии которых на ход истории порой мало кто задумывается. Охвачен период с момента освобождения Руси от иноземного владычества до великой Смуты – новой утраты независимости в результате внутреннего кризиса и вражеского вторжения... -
![Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge, Charles Lamb]()
Memoirs of a Revolutionary by Victor Serge, Charles Lamb
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis facsimile edition brings Charles Lamb's critically acclaimed and revered "Elia" essays back into print... -
![No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid]()
No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria by Rania Abouzeid
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Rania Abouzeid has produced a work of stunning reportage from the very heart of the conflict, daring to go to the most dangerous places in order to get the story...Categorized as:
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![The Torture Camp on Paradise Street by Stanislav Aseyev]()
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street by Stanislav Aseyev
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his experience as a prisoner at a modern-day concentration camp overseen by the Federal Security Bureau of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk... -
![Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime by Dan Rather]()
Dan Rather: Stories of a Lifetime by Dan Rather
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTales from the front lines of 60 years of television.Emmy Award winner and former CBS News anchor Dan Rather brings his unforgettable staged performance, Stories of a Lifetime, to the Minetta Lane Theatre, where it will be recorded live for Audible Theater... -
![The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad]()
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a Bancroft Prize-winning scholar, a new global history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the worldWe tend to think of the Cold War as a bounded conflict: a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, born out of the ashes of World War II and coming to a dramatic end with the collapse of the Soviet Union... -
![Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller]()
Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn urgent and accessible handbook for peaceful protesters, activists, and community organizers—anyone trying to defend their rights, hold their government accountable, or change the worldBlueprint for Revolution will teach you how to• make oppression backfire by playing your opponents’ strongest card against them• identify the “almighty pillars of power” in order to shift the balance of control•...Categorized as:
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![Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania by Małgorzata Rejmer]()
Mud Sweeter than Honey: Voices of Communist Albania by Małgorzata Rejmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA polyphonic account of life in Albania under Enver Hoxha's regime, arguably the most brutal totalitarian state of allAfter breaking ties with Yugoslavia, the USSR and then China, Enver Hoxha believed that Albania could become a self-sufficient bastion of communism... -
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![The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War by Greg Marinovich, João Silva]()
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War by Greg Marinovich, João Silva
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMost people, upon hearing gunfire, would run away and hide. Conflict photojournalists have the opposite reaction: they actually look for trouble, and when they find it, get as close as possible and stand up to get the best shot... -
![After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made by Ben Rhodes]()
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made by Ben Rhodes
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhy is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? A former White House aide and close confidante to President Barack Obama -- and New York Times bestselling author of The World as It Is -- travels the globe in a deeply personal, beautifully observed quest for answers...Categorized as:
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![النبى الأعزل - تروتسكى 1921 - 1929 by Isaac Deutscher, إسحق دويتشر]()
النبى الأعزل - تروتسكى 1921 - 1929 by Isaac Deutscher, إسحق دويتشر
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Prophet Unarmed, first published in 1959, is the second volume of Isaac Deutscher's extraordinary Trotsky trilogy, which the Guardian has said 'will rank among the great political biographies of our time... -
![Азиатская европеизация. История Российского Государства. Царь Петр Алексеевич by Boris Akunin, Борис Акунин]()
Азиатская европеизация. История Российского Государства. Царь Петр Алексеевич by Boris Akunin, Борис Акунин
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsПродолжение самого масштабного и амбициозного проекта десятилетия от Бориса Акунина!История Отечества в фактах и человеческих судьбах!Уникальный формат: мегатекст состоит из параллельных текстов: история России в восьми томах + исторические авантюрные повести... -
![The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall]()
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space... -
![Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel]()
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPerhaps no one in the twentieth century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. And no scholar of contemporary East Asian history and culture is better qualified than Ezra Vogel to disentangle the many contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China’s boldest strategist...
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