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by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of "The Caged Virgin," Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands to her life under armed guard in the West.

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Strength in What Remains

Strength in What Remains more books like this

by Tracy Kidder

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the modern classics "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and "The Soul of a New Machine" returns with the extraordinary true story of a young man and his will to turn his life into something truly remarkable.

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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng

What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng more books like this

by Dave Eggers

Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.

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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition more books like this

by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts

Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind.

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They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan more books like this

by Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak

Benjamin, Alepho and Benson were raised among the Dinka tribe of Sudan. Their world was an insulated, close-knit community of grass-roofed cottages, cattle herders and tribal councils. The lions and pythons that prowled beyond the village fences were the greatest threat they knew. All that changed the night the government-armed Murahiliin began ...

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The Pillars of Creation

The Pillars of Creation more books like this

by Terry Goodkind

As Richard Cypher is slowly picking up the pieces following his father's murder, he meets a woman in need of help. This seemingly chance meeting sets into motion a chain of events that threaten not only the kingdom, but the world itself--not to mention Richard's own destiny.

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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography

An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography more books like this

by Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner

The riveting life story of Rusesabagina--the man whose heroism inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda"--is sure to become a classic of tolerance literature. "An Ordinary Man" explores what the film could not: the inner life of the man who became one of the most prominent public faces of that terrible conflict. 8-page photo insert.

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Grab Hands and Run

Grab Hands and Run more books like this

by Frances Temple

Twelve-year-old Felipe, his eight-year-old sister, and their mother must flee El Salvador after his father, Jacinto, disappears. Following Jacinto's instructions to "grab hands and run" if anything ever happens to him, the three flee north to freedom in Canada. On their harrowing and frightening journey, they encounter people who use war to their ...

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Do They Hear You When You Cry

Do They Hear You When You Cry more books like this

by Fauziya Kassindja, Layli Miller Bashir

The true story of a West African woman who fled her native Togo to avoid ritual female circumcision and who eventually made it to the United States with a fake passport. Detained, she was incarcerated in a series of INS facilities in New Jersey, where she endured two years of terrible living conditions and abuse before being granted asylum on ...

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A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy

A Soldier's Promise: The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy more books like this

by Daniel Hendrex, First, Wes Smith

In this unforgettable true story of courage, love, and heroism, an American soldier tells of a 14-year-old Iraqi boy who became the most unlikely member of the U.S. Army. Photo insert.

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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge more books like this

by Chanrithy Him

In this memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian who was a child at the time recalls the terror and loss endured by her family and the devastating cost to Cambodian society under the Pol Pot regime. She also recalls the bonds formed among families and strangers and acts of kindness in a time of devastation.

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Outcasts United: A Refugee Soccer Team, an American Town more books like this

by Warren St John

Memories of war, political crackdowns, revolutions, and ethnic cleansing are part of life in Clarkston, Georgia, turned into a refugee center by the federal government. This fast-paced account follows the story of Luma Mufleh, a bright-burning advocate, who started the Fugees soccer team and transformed the town.

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Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard more books like this

by Mawi Asgedom

This acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare. Mawi followed his father's advice to "treat people . . . as though they were angels sent from heaven," and realized his dream of a full-tuition scholarship to Harvard University.

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Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide more books like this

by Immaculee Ilibagiza

For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immaculee Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously survived the savage killing spree that left most of her family, friends, and a million of her fellow citizens dead. Immaculee's ...

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Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe more books like this

by Gerard Prunier

The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of four million people. In this extraordinary history of the recent wars in Central Africa, Prunier offers a gripping account of how one grisly episode laid the groundwork for a disastrous upheaval.

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Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador more books like this

by Angelina Jolie

Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most ...

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The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival more books like this

by Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen

Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the inspirational story of Lisa Jura Golabek's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed Kindertransport. Lisa Jura is the only one of 3 sisters to receive the chance of a way out of Austria as her family chooses to send her to London, where she will be able to pursue ...

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David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair more books like this

by Irene Nemirovsky, Dr. Sandra Smith (Translator), Claire Messud (Introduction by)

This one volume collects four of Nmirovskys earlier novels--all of them newly translated, and all, except "David Golder," available in English for the first time.

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The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margaret and H.A. Rey more books like this

by Louise Borden, Allan Drummond (Illustrator)

Follow Hans and Margret Rey's amazing story of fleeing their Paris home in 1940 as the German army advanced in this book that resembles a travel journal and includes original photos, reproduced ticket stubs, and more. Full color.

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The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir more books like this

by Kao Kalia Yang

In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others. Driven to tell her family's story after her grandmother's ...

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The Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabrera more books like this

by Joaquin J Fraxedas

Desperate to escape a society gone wrong, three men risk an incredible journey across 90 miles of treacherous water to get from Cuba to Florida. In this powerful and lyrical novel, Fraxedas has crafted an epic story of courageous men enduring the hazards of the open sea, caught in the mindless violence of a hurricane with nothing but an innertube ...

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Gleam and Glow more books like this

by Eve Bunting, Peter Sylvada (Illustrator)

Inspired by true events, a master storyteller recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war--and a startling discovery. Full-color illustrations.

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God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir more books like this

by John Bul Dau, Michael S Sweeney

Now in paperback, "God Grew Tired of Us" is a book with passion, sadness, fear, perseverance, joy and humor written by John Dau, a member of the Dinka tribe of southern Sudan, who recounts his experiences as a refugee from the civil war that has been fought in his country since 1983 and resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese. ...

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I Love Yous Are for White People: A Memoir more books like this

by Lac Su

Heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting, this stirring memoir chronicles one Asian-American immigrant's struggle to find himself--and to transcend the dangers of gang life in Los Angeles.

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Minaret more books like this

by Leila Aboulela

Najwa never imagined that one day she would be a maid. Exiled to London and soon thereafter orphaned, the upperclass Sudanese refugee falls in love with her employer's brother--a love that should not be. This novel is an illuminating glimpse into a culture few westerners understand.

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