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Starting in 1970, Jean Genet-petty thief, prostitute, modernist master-spent two years in the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Always an outcast himself, Genet was drawn to this displaced people, an attraction that was to prove as complicated for him as it was enduring. Prisoner of Love, written some ten years later, when many of the men Genet had known had been killed, and he himself was dying, is a beautifully observed description of that time and those men as well as a reaffirmation of the author's commitment not only to the Palestinian revolution but to rebellion itself.

A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years, Poseidon's Steed follows the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe, tracing a rich history of fascination with the animal. From the reefs of Indonesia to the back streets of Hong Kong and back in time to ancient Greece and Rome, seahorses have surfaced in unexpected places. They appear in decorative arts, tribal folklore, literature, ancient myths, and early medical texts, where they were prescribed to treat ailments ranging from skin complaints to baldness.

"Intense and absorbing... If you buy only one book on the Vietnam War, this is the one you want." - Chicago Tribune. Christian G. Appy's monumental oral history of the Vietnam War is the first work to probe the war's path through both the United States and Vietnam. These vivid testimonies of 135 men and women span the entire history of the Vietnam conflict, from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975.

Today, in violence-torn regions across the globe, 20 million children have been uprooted, orphaned, or injured by war, famine, and poverty. This is their story . . . and ours. In this powerful and unforgettable book—by turns painful, funny, terrifying, and triumphant—Charles London takes us into the world of refugee children, celebrating their unique skills for survival and reflection. Their remarkable stories and drawings chill the blood and touch the heart, offering an indelible, first-hand portrait of the war that rages beyond the headlines.

Celia Sánchez is the missing actor of the Cuban Revolution. Although not as well known in the English-speaking world as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Sánchez played a pivotal role in launching the revolution and administering the revolutionary state. She joined the clandestine 26th of July Movement and went on to choose the landing site of the Granma and fight with the rebels in the Sierra Maestra.

Non, en politique, les extrêmes ne se rejoignent pas. Ce livre démontre pourquoi.

A stolen sign, "No Jews Live Here," kept John Lorinc's Hungarian Jewish family alive during the Holocaust. From pre-war Budapest to post-war Toronto, journalist John Lorinc unspools four generations of his Hungarian Jewish family's journey through the Holocaust, the 1956 Revolution, and finally exodus from a country that can't rid itself of its antisemitic demons. This braided saga centers on the writer's eccentric and defiant grandmother, a consummate survivor who, with her love of flashy jewelry and her vicious tongue, was best appreciated from afar.

An in-depth exploration of how a transportation company created a vision for a burgeoning nation and played a leading role in driving immigration to the Canadian West. Best known for its monumental achievements in transportation technology, Canadian Pacific Railway (or "CP") was instrumental in constructing the concept—and the reality—of the country we now call Canada.

Nearly forty years have passed since Ruth Hyde Paine, a Quaker housewife in suburban Dallas, offered shelter and assistance to a young man named Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina. For nine months in 1963, Mrs. Paine was so deeply involved in the Oswalds' lives that she eventually became one of the Warren Commission's most important witnesses. Mrs. Paine's Garage is the tragic story of a well-intentioned woman who found Oswald the job that put him six floors above Dealey Plaza-into which, on November 22, he fired a rifle he'd kept hidden inside Mrs.

"Il aura fallu quinze ans de cheminement incertain, une enquête menée aux confins de mémoires étiolées, pour retrouver une image sur laquelle j'espérais figurer, puis pour chercher mes compagnons de fuite. Quinze ans pour m'autoriser enfin à écrire cette histoire.