Títulos em Cultural e Regional

In Moving to Paris, you'll hear the memorable story of a young woman who decided to live her dream, summon her courage, and buy a one-way ticket to Paris. You’ll see what it’s like to find your way in a new country, enjoy amusing anecdotes, and share her excitement as she discovers Paris and the French way of life. While enjoying this lively memoir, you'll also hear about lots of great, "off-the-beaten-path" things to see and do in Paris.

As a Black youth growing up on the streets of Washington, DC, a career in law enforcement was the furthest thing from Clarence Edwards’s mind. In From DC Streets to Chief's Seat, Edwards shares his journey from his teenage years on the streets to becoming the chief of police in Montgomery County, MD. Edwards recounts stories of how preparation, performance, and perseverance were integral to the growth and development of his resilience, which he credits for his personal and professional success.

In the turbulent late seventies, six-year-old Susanna Crossman moved with her mother and siblings from a suburban terrace to a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside. They would share their new home with over fifty other residents from all over the world, armed with worn paperbacks on ecology, Marx and radical feminism, drawn together by utopian dreams of remaking the world. They did not leave for fifteen years.

நம தமழககத தணடறறயர பலர. அதல கறபபடடச சலலவணடய மககயமன மனதர தமழத ததத எனற அனபடன அழககபபடம உ.வ.சமநதயயர.

In The White Peril, Omo Moses deftly interweaves his own life story with excerpts from both his great-grandfather's sermons and the writings of his father, the civil rights activist Bob Moses. The result is a powerful chorus of voices that spans 3 generations of an African American family, all shining a light on the Black experience, all calling fiercely for racial justice.

La condizione delle donne negli anni del femminismo, e quella degli ebrei e dello Stato di Israele; la bellezza e l’orrore di Roma, e la fragilità di una democrazia (la nostra) sempre sotto minaccia; alcuni scrittori da amare; alcuni film visti con l’occhio di scrittrice; le biografie di alcuni amici (Cesare Pavese, Felice Balbo); e poi, ancora, la nostra incertezza e la nostra necessità di scegliere; la memoria dell’infanzia, da decifrare, e la vita dei figli adulti, che suscita meraviglia e insicurezza. Questi trenta testi costituiscono il più multiforme e battagliero libro di Natalia Ginzburg.

Mountain Girl is an inspiring and poignant story that shows how grit and soul can take a person from barefoot in Appalachia to the boardrooms of industry without losing that special something or selling out. In her own words, Rockefeller writes about a fascinating life that has been well-lived and a hoot to boot.

Macht Selbstversorgung unabhängig? Wie und warum wird man eigentlich zum Selbstversorger? Wie renoviert man mit wenig Geld einen Resthof? Warum hat man plötzlich Ziegen, Hühner, Schweine und Enten, wenn man doch eigentlich nur seine Pferde hinter dem Haus haben wollte? Julian und Nadine Haertl schildern in diesem Erfahrungsbericht ihren Weg vom Auszug aus dem chaotischen Mietshaus über die Entdeckung des grünen Daumens und die Erfahrungen mit verschiedenen Tieren im ersten Eigenheim bis hin zum Kauf ihres zweiten Resthofes.

At an age when most are aiming for retirement, Bob Higgins moved to Uganda with his wife Carol. Over the course of fourteen years, they trained church leaders with the International School of Ministry video curriculum, provided clean water to rural communities, and ran a mobile clinic while establishing a home for children orphaned by rebel warfare in Northern Uganda.

As an educator, Dr. Loretta Sanders headed to the United Arab Emirates for what she thought was a journey to make a difference in the lives of children. She did not know that she was on a journey that would make a difference in her own life and the lives of many who sought refuge from the storms of life by establishing the first and only African American church in the UAE.

Shocking, but laced with wry humour, Vladimir Pereverzin’s extraordinary story is of an ordinary man whose comfortable life is upended. Refusing to give false testimony against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he is plunged into lengthy, brutal incarceration in Russia’s nightmarish prisons and penal colonies, including some in which political prisoner Alexei Navalny has been held.

In his debut memoir, Won’t Be Silent, Abe Gurko invites you to join him in celebrating a life that he calls “finally worth living.” It’s an honest, rollicking ride filled with joyous and life-affirming as well as challenging, daunting, and heartbreaking situations that he navigates with aplomb, though not always.

A Place Called Home: Quilting a Life of Joy on the Colorado Plateau is a place-based creative non-fiction memoir at its heart. It is a collection of stories about how finding my “place” was essential to finding my happiness. It is a template for others to find their own happiness within natural and human communities, inspired by a love of a place that calls them home.

The Smartass rides again. After retiring from police work, Norman Duchesneau returns to continue his story.

Driven by strong family culture, author Xianhua Ma passes on the life lessons she learned through serving in the Korean War and surviving China’s Cultural Revolution. Even though she endured cruel hardships, she managed to raise a family and create a career for herself in enterprise culture.

In his fight for drugs, friends, and support, Charles learns the power of linking self to other as he confronts stigma, heartbreak, and fear with a visceral resilience. By discovering the power of community, Undetectable explores a generation of long-term HIV survivors who have lived to tell the story of an AIDS pandemic now in its fifth decade without a cure or vaccine.

Searching for Love in All the Wrong Places is about a small-town boy whose feelings of emptiness inside, due to missing the love of his father, led him into some unsavory places trying to fill the void that he felt inside. Lost, confused, and many times alone, he was not so far gone that true love couldn’t reach him and deliver him from the grasp of an alternative lifestyle.

Una helada mañana de enero de 1967, en plena guerra civil guatemalteca, un comerciante judío y libanés es secuestrado en un callejón sin salida de la capital. ¿Por qué? ¿Cómo? ¿Por quién o quiénes? Un narrador llamado Eduardo Halfon tendrá que viajar a Japón, y volver a su infancia en la violenta Guatemala de los años setenta, y acudir a un misterioso encuentro en un bar de mala muerte ubicado en la esquina de un edificio redondo, para finalmente dilucidar los detalles que rodean la vida y el secuestro de aquel hombre que también se llamaba Eduardo Halfon, y que era su abuelo.

In this heartbreaking true story, the abduction of his daughter has a father on an emotional and difficult journey through Family Court in pursuit of justice. The battle is bitter and brutal, with the child stuck in the middle of a heartless and inept UK legal system. Constant and baseless accusations from the mother further derail proceedings, causing delays and torment for their daughter. This story is about courage, angst, perseverance, selfishness, love, and pain.

From Haiti's shores to America's bustling cities, Solanges Vivens takes you on an unforgettable journey of grit, passion, and resilience. Drawing strength from the symbolic turtle, a creature of patience and fortitude, she shares a life marked by challenges, achievements, and boundless determination. It isn't just Solanges' story-it's a reflection of every person who has faced adversity head-on, defied societal expectations, and pursued their dreams with vigor.