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A world without us / Manuela Dviri
Milano : Piemme, 2015
Abstract: La 'mia' Shoah, quella di molti ebrei italiani, è mia madre ragazzina che non trova il suo nome nel tabellone dei voti a scuola, perché gli ebrei sono a parte. Che non può ricevere un otto, perché i voti degli ebrei non possono superare quelli degli 'ariani'. È mio padre, che fino alla morte conserva il telegramma dell'amico Bruno, che gli dice di usare la sua casa, in caso di bisogno. La mia Shoah sono bambine che spariscono da scuola per sette anni e quando tornano nessuno gli chiede dove sono state. Prima delle leggi razziali, prima della Vergogna, mia madre, mio padre, i nonni, gli zii, i cugini, erano normali cittadini italiani. Finché non divennero 'di razza ebraica', e persero il lavoro, la dignità, la sicurezza, e infine rischiarono anche la vita: la scelta fu scappare, oppure morire. Qualcuno fu deportato. Qualcuno non tornò. Poi, mio padre e mia madre si conobbero in un campeggio ebraico, nel dopoguerra, e riconquistarono la 'normalità'. Grazie a loro sono qui. A raccontare. Di loro e degli altri. Manuela Dviri è una figlia che riscopre un po' alla volta un grande mosaico famigliare, ed è una madre che perde in guerra l'amato figlio ventenne e trova nel suo ricordo la forza di rinascere e di battersi perché ad altre madri sia risparmiata l'orribile sofferenza. Tra l'Israele di oggi e l'Italia di ieri risale i rivoli che si ricongiungono nel vasto fiume di una grande famiglia ebraica.
American sniper : the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. history / Chris Kyle
New York : Harper, 2015
Abstract: Evil in the CrosshairsLate March 2003. In the area of Nasiriya, IraqLOOKED THROUGH THE SCOPE OF THE SNIPER RIFLE, scanning down the road of the tiny Iraqi town. Fifty yards away, a woman opened the door of a small house and stepped outside with her child.The rest of the street was deserted. The local Iraqis had gone inside, most of them scared. A few curious souls peeked out from behind curtains, waiting. They could hear the rumble of the approaching American unit. The Marines were flooding up the road, marching north to liberate the country from Saddam Hussein.It was my job to protect them. My platoon had taken over the building earlier in the day, sneaking into position to provide “overwatch”—prevent the...
Philomena : a mother, her son and a fifty-year search / Martin Sixsmith
London : Pan books, 2013
Abstract: When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her child again, she nonetheless spent the next fifty years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic. Philomena's son, renamed Michael Hess, grew up to be a top Washington lawyer and a leading Republican official in the Reagan and Bush administrations. But he was a gay man in a homophobic party where he had to conceal not only his sexuality but, eventually, the fact that he had AIDs. With little time left, he returned to Ireland and the convent where he was born: his desperate quest to find his mother before he died left a legacy that was to unfold with unexpected consequences for all involved. Philomena is the tale of a mother and a son whose lives were scarred by the forces of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the secrets they were forced to keep.With a foreword by Judi Dench, Martin Sixsmith's book is a compelling and deeply moving narrative of human love and loss, both heartbreaking yet ultimately redemptive.
London ; Boston : Brealey, 2012
Trento : Erickson, 2012
Abstract: Un incontro fortunato tra due arti, un'esperienza unica legata all'essere speciale. Favole narrate due volte non vuole essere un saggio sulle problematiche didattiche e educative relative all'autismo, ma il resoconto di un progetto di vita che si apre a possibilità e scenari di lavoro inediti. Una sorta di diario di bordo in cui i momenti più significativi di un rapporto di collaborazione e conoscenza reciproca si alternano alla presentazione delle storie costruite secondo la duplice modalità narrativa della scrittura e della pittura, dando vita a un gioco di lettere e colori. La penna di uno scrittore e il pennello di un pittore si intrecciano nella descrizione della straordinaria relazione nata tra un insegnante di inglese e un allievo fuori dal comune.
Yes sister, no sister : my life as a trainee nurse in 1950s Yorkshire / Jennifer Craig
[London] : Ebury Press, 2010
Left for dead : the untold story of the tragic 1979 Fastnet Race / Nick Ward with Cinéad O'Brien
London : A & C B, 2008
Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog / John Grogan
London : Hodder, 2008
Abstract: John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they bought home Marley, a wiggly yellow fur ball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barrelling, ninety-seven pound steamroller of a Labrador retriever, a dog like no other. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, flung drool on guests, stole womens undergarments, and ate nearly everything he could get his mouth around, including couches and fine jewellery. Obedience school did no good Marley was expelled. And yet Marleys heart was pure. Just as he joyfully refused any limits on his behaviour, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. Marley shared the couples joy at their first pregnancy, and their heartbreak over the miscarriage. He was there when babies finally arrived and when the screams of a seventeen-year-old stabbing victim pierced the night. The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
Cinque nomi per dire Liberia / Mauro Armanino ; presentazione di p. Giulio Albanese
Bologna : EMI, 2008
Abstract: Raccomando vivamente questo scritto, non foss'altro perché esprime la voglia di riscatto di un popolo, ancora oggi dimenticato per anni da tutto e da tutti. Lungi da ogni retorica, una straordinaria lezione di vita per credenti e non credenti, all'insegna del Vangelo.(dalla presentazione di p. Giulio Albanese, primo direttore della MISNA)La Liberia, Paese dell'Africa occidentale, ha le seguenti caratteristiche: la popolazione è di 3.452.277 abitanti, la superficie è di 111.370 kmq, la capitale è Monrovia. Stremato da tanti anni di conflitto, il Paese sta tentando di risorgere dalle macerie con coraggio e speranza.
Eat pray love : one woman's search for everything / Elizabeth Gilbert
London : Bloomsbury, 2007
Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia
New York : Penguin, 2007
Abstract: Like many others, around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. Although she had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want, including a husband, a home, and a successful career as a magazine writer, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. This is an account of her yearlong worldwide pursuit of pleasure, spiritual devotion, guidance, and what she really wanted out of life.
The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid / Bill Bryson
London : Black swan, 2007
Eat pray love : one woman's search for everything / Elizabeth Gilbert
London : Bloomsbury, 2007
New York : Penguin books, 2007
Berlin : Berliner Taschenbuch, c2006
Beautiful child / Torey Hayden
Hammersmith : Harper element, 2007
The angel of Bang Kwang prison / by Susan Aldous
Dunshaughlin : Maverick house, c2007
London : Phoenix, 2006
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2005
Cincinnati : Emmis Books, 2004
Abstract: Anna Ornstein is a Holocaust survivor. After emigrating to the U.S., she seldom spoke of the experiences she suffered while a young girl. Twenty-five years ago, at the family Seder gathering, her family asked for a story from her past. In an evocative, understated passage, she shared a bit of the tragedy she saw through the eyes of a child. Every year she has added to this tradition by sharing another chapter of the tragedies she witnessed and the small moments of grace in her survival. Through her family's support, Orenstein gained enough strength to share her experiences in "My Mother's Eyes, in hopes of keeping the nightmare from ever happening again