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83) Patria
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Español
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A small Basque village is irreparably changed and broken by political fanaticism. Childhood friends, Bittori and Mirren, wounded by their craters of grief find it impossible to forget and forgive.
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English
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In a tense and riveting narrative, The ISIS Hostage details freelance photographer Daniel Rye's thirteen-month ordeal at the hands of Islamic State after he was captured in Syria and the misery inflicted upon him, and nineteen other hostages, by the British guards, which included Jihadi John. This compelling account also follows Daniel's family and the nerve-wracking negotiations with his kidnappers. It traces their horrifying journey through impossible...
90) To, co lśni
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Polish
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When her life of privilege is upended by a terrorist attack that ends her parents' lives, a college senior struggles to rebuild on her own terms, learning uplifting and heartbreaking life lessons throughout a series of relationships and opportunities.
Nicole miała mieć wszystko. Dziewczęta takie jak ona - piękne córki wpływowych rodziców - mogą przebierać w życiowych szansach. Studia na elitarnej uczelni, praca w prestiżowym magazynie...
91) Children of the troubles: the untold story of the children killed in the Northern Ireland conflict
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English
92) Zakładnik ISIS
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Polish
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"Przejmujaca historia dunskiego fotografa, Daniela Rye'a, kt̤ry przez 398 dni byl zakladnikiem Panstwa Islamskiego w Syrii. Puk Damsgard, korespondentka dunskiej telewizji DR na Bliskim Wschodzie, po raz pierwszy opowiada, jak doszlo do porwania, Daniela Rye'a, dunskiego fotografa. Pisze o tym, jak wygladalo jego zycie przez trzynascie miesiecy niewoli, a takze o znanym dzis na calym swiecie wiezieniu Panstwa Islamskiego (PI) w syryjskim miescie...
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The images of the burning towers, the heartbroken friends building memorials, the minute-by-minute accounts of the horrors of that day--all are indelibly etched on our collective consciousness. But what of those left behind after 9/11? What have they, and we, learned from the gift of time? In Project Rebirth, a psychologist and a journalist examine the lives of nine people who were directly affected by the events of September 11, 2001. Written concurrently...
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"Erwan Larher was enjoying a rock concert in Paris' Bataclan Theater on November 13, 2015, when the firing started. In this genre-bending, deeply moving and unexpected memoir, Larher reflects on what the gruesome terror attack meant to him and to others. The Book I Didn't Want to Write transcends bearing witness. Larher's voice is intertwined with others--his partner, his father, the two friends who were going to come but didn't--to create a deeply...
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Two books in one (also contains Beyond Tuesday Morning). The World Trade Center collapses and the lives of firefighter, Jake Bryan, and his wife, Jamie, will never be the same. In Beyond Tuesday Morning can Jamie move beyond Tues. morning and toward a new life?
98) One red shoe
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"There's been an attack. Grabbing his camera, a newspaper photographer rushes to the nearest clinic. What he finds there will change the way he thinks forever. Inspired by real events in the Middle East, this ground breaking and acclaimed picture book for older readers will take you to a place far from comfort and safety. What could you possibly have in common with the kids who live there? You're about to find out."--Dust jacket.
99) Project rebirth
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English
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Written in conjunction with the documentary Rebirth, a full decade in the making, an uplifting look at the lives of nine individuals whose lives were forever changed by the events of September 11, 2001.
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