Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
By: Zlata Filipović , Christina Pribićević-Zorić , Janine Di Giovanni
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Zlata's Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an internat…
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1. A History of Eastern Europe
By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
4.24
Format: 13 pages, Audio CD
Eastern Europe has long been thought of as the "Other Europe", a region rife with political upheava… read more
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- history
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2. Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
By: Anthony Swofford
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- war
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Every war is different. Every war is the same."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"It occured to me that we will never be young again."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"When you fail, you disgrace yourself and others. When you succeed, be proud and others will be proud for you."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
3. Maru
By: Bessie Head
3.79
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
Margaret Cadmore, an orphaned Masarwa girl, comes to Dilepe to teach, only to discover that in this… read more
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"At such times he would think, 'What will I do if she does not love me as much as I love her?' A terrible reply came from his heart, 'Kill her."-Bessie Head, Maru
"There was something Dikeledi called sham. It made people believe they were more important than the normal image of humankind. She had grown up surrounded by sham."-Bessie Head, Maru
"The man who slowly walked away from them was a king in their society. A day had come when he had decided that he did not need any kingship other than the kind of wife everybody would loathe from the …"-Bessie Head, Maru
"Before the white man became universally disliked for his mental outlook, it was there. The white man found only too many people who looked different. That was all that outraged the receivers of his d…"-Bessie Head, Maru
4. The Freedom Writers Diary
By: The Freedom Writers , Erin Gruwell , Zlata Filipović
4.15
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredi… read more
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"Evil prevails when good people do nothing."-The Freedom Writers, The Freedom Writers Diary
"Fights don't solve matters, they just make things worse. (Diary 19)"-The Freedom Writers, The Freedom Writers Diary
"We were like a fire triangle, he was the oxygen, I was the flame, and together we made the fuel. All mixed together we were a fire."-The Freedom Writers, The Freedom Writers Diary
"Because if they grow up holding on to such terrible feelings, it could lead to another war come time in the future when the fate of the country is in their hands."-The Freedom Writers, The Freedom Writers Diary
5. A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
By: Sebastian Barry
4.14
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Irish author and playwright Sebastian Barry has created a powerful new novel about divided loyaltie… read more
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- war
"It had been a war of kingly poisons, in the air, in the memory, in the blood."-Sebastian Barry, A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
"I am cold, even though the heat of early summer is adequate. I am cold because I cannot find my heart."-Sebastian Barry, A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
"She was altered by time and how he wished he was to be the man to comfort her in that and avow to her that no lessening of youth would bring a lessening of love"-Sebastian Barry, A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
"Heroic things had been suggested to them, and though they were not heroes as you might read about in old Greek stories, their hearts, such as they were, answered."-Sebastian Barry, A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
6. Vietnam: A History
By: Stanley Karnow
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."--Boston Globe. "Superb, balance… read more
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- history
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7. Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
By: Zlata Filipović , Christina Pribićević-Zorić , Janine Di Giovanni
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Zlata's Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an internat… read more
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- nonfiction
8. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
By: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, … read more
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9. Sarajevo Blues
By: Semezdin Mehmedinović , Ammiel Alcalay
1.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
From one of Bosnia's most prominent poets and writers; spare and haunting stories and poems that we… read more
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10. Bosnia: A Short History
By: Noel Malcolm
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
This updated edition of Noel Malcolm's highly-acclaimed Bosnia: A Short Historyprovides the reader … read more
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11. The Pacific
By: Hugh Ambrose
3.49
Format: 465 pages,
Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind th… read more
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12. The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
By: Alex Kershaw
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The riveting true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War… read more
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13. The Devil's Trinity
By: Michael Parker
4.26
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
A modern day thriller pitching the ultimate terror against the United States of America.CIA agent, … read more
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"Are you ready for nuclear Armageddon?"-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
"Harry Marsham, who was known as Marsh to his friends, should have died that night."-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
"And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them."-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
"That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line."-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity
14. When Rain Clouds Gather
By: Bessie Head
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A poverty-stricken village in the heart of rural Botswana is a haven to the exiles gathered there. … read more
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15. Goodbye Sarajevo
By: Atka Reid , Hana Schofield
3.68
Format: 290 pages,
#1 International Non-Fiction Bestseller in NZ http://www.facebook.com/GoodbyeSarajevo May, 1992. Ha… read more
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16. Johnny Tremain
By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more
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17. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
18. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more
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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
19. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
20. The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
By: Robert Reid
4.30
Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition
In the early 16th century in the city of Mora, capital of Kermin, a cruel new ruler has come to pow… read more
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"Raimund, we must promise each other that if one of us leaves Mora it must be both. We must leave together."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
"At seventeen the young woman had worked out how to improve her future prospects; she would seduce the Prince."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
"Rafe smiled again. “I think Aleana can teach you how to work in a team and maybe you can teach her to be less reckless."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
"Audun, there is something I must now explain to you. You are the illegitimate son of Alberon, who now calls himself Emperor of the North."-Robert Reid, The Emperor (The Emperor, the Son and the Thief, #1)
21. Magenta
By: John Payton Foden
4.27
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more
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"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes. I do. Yo…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed. They silently passed…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
