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"A touching, contemplative chronicle of loss and self-discovery."<br><b><i>– Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br><b>From the acclaimed biographer of Norway’s most treasured cultural icons, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Munch, comes a story of a migrant family in search of roots and for each other.</b><br><br> Ivo de Figueiredo’s lyrical and imagistic memoir navigates a difficult search for the origins of his estranged father, which opens a door to a family history spanning four continents, five centuries and the rise and fall of two empires. At the age of 45, Figueiredo traces his father’s family in the diaspora. Having emigrated from the Portuguese colony of Goa on the west coast of India to British East Africa, and later to the West, his father’s ancestors were Indians with European ways and values—trusted servants of the imperial powers. But in postcolonial times they became homeless, redundant, caught between the age of empires and the age of nations. <br><br> With lush descriptions and forthcoming honesty, <i>A Stranger at My Table</i> tells the story of a family unwittingly tied to two European empires, who paid the price for their downfall, weathering revolution and many forms of prejudice. The author’s trove of often-strange photographs, letters and recordings as well as his eye for the smallest details and double-meanings lead the reader down a mysterious path as his search for his family’s heritage results in a surprising reunification with his father and reconciliation with his past.<br><br> <b> Praise for </i>Henrik Ibsen. The Man and the Mask,</i> 2019</b><br><Br> Ivo de Figueiredo’s work marks the high point in the long line of biographies of Ibsen that have been published since 1888.<br> <b>– <i>Dagbladet</i></b><br><Br> This Ibsen-biography shares the quality of its subject: It is unsurpassable. [&hellip;] Anybody with the slightest interest in literature should indulge in a meeting with the most important Norwegian contribution to world literature: The works of Henrik Ibsen. Outside of the plays themselves, there is no better place to start than Ivo de Figueiredo’s two books, “The Man” (2006) and “The Mask” (2007).<br> <b>– <i>Klassekampen</i></b><br><br> A jubilant outcry &hellip; it is this literary composition that makes Ivo de Figueiredo revise our understanding of Ibsen.<br> <b>– <i>Dag Solstad</i></b><br><br> Praise for <i>Sleeping Sinner, The Køber Case. A true story of spiritualism, love and a possible murder</i>, 2010<br><br> The book is so well written that I almost forgot that it was a book. It resembles a film or a court case. Figueiredo’s trick is to focus on the unsolved parts of the case [&hellip;] Figueiredo deserves gratitude and admiration.<br><b>– <i>Aftenposten</i></b><br><br> Wonderfully fascinating reading. Exciting like a crime novel, but from real life.<br><b>– <i>Varden</i></b><br><Br> Electrifyingly well written. The historian and writer, Ivo de Figueiredo, stylistically just gets better and better [&hellip;] It is like a thriller you cannot put down.<br><b>– <i>VG+</i></b>

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Award-winning Austrian author Three little-known and surprising stories related to the Holocaust using photography as a thread for storytellingTranslator recently bestowed a lifetime achievement award from the Austrian government for translations of Austrian literatureAustrian perspective on the HolocaustWilhelm Brasse's biography will especially be of interest to historians: his photographs are some of the most damning evidence as to what occurred at Auschwitz.Gisela Tschofenig's biography shows the important contributions of a legendary anti-fascist resistance fighter in the Spanish Civil War and against the Nazis in her native Austria.The never-before-told and painstakingly researched history of the Klagsbrunn family pieces together the lives of Viennese emigres tho escaped to South America; however, the imprisonment and torture of their grandson under Brazil's second military dictatorship are chillingly ironic and forced the family to flee again, to Berlin.Author's style of literary non-fiction leaves a lasting impressionStories of individuals put a human face on historical and political events

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Subject of The New York Times documentary «The Forger,» winner of a World Press Photo Award and an Emmy AwardAs seen on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper"[An] engrossing literary debut. … Writing in Adolfo's voice gives this suspenseful narrative candor and immediacy." – Kirkus ReviewsReader's Choice Award –Elle Magazine, France Wall Street Journal 's Top 10 Most Anticipated Non-Fiction: Fall Books 2016"Every resistance movement had its forgers, but few have told their tales. Many, like Kaminsky, were very young technicians and chemists when they began their work. Sarah Kaminsky’s affectionate rendering of her father’s life, with all the intricacies of his trade, is a book not just about a remarkable craftsman, but a man who strove to save 'every life that was in danger.'” –Times Literary SupplementBest-selling author Sarah Kaminsky takes readers through her father Adolfo Kaminsky's perilous and clandestine career as a forger for the French Resistance, the FLN, and numerous other freedom movements of the twentieth century. Recruited as a young Jewish teenager for his knowledge of dyes, Kaminsky became the primary forger for the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of Paris. Then, as a professional photographer, Kaminsky spent the next twenty-five years clandestinely producing thousands of counterfeit documents for immigrants, exiles, underground political operatives, and pacifists across the globe. Kaminsky kept his past cloaked in secrecy well into his eighties, until his daughter convinced him to share the details of the life-threatening work he did on behalf of people fighting for justice and peace throughout the world.

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An educator from Indiana moves to California, a new culture, to start a new life. She soon finds she is ill-equipped for her new surroundings, but rises like a storm to overcome or conceal any deficiencies. She is arrogant and self-confident, becoming a high society lady hosting lavish events and outlandish parties.<br><br>She and her husband travel world-wide. They have multiple homes. They care for their family. They entertain their friends. They give back to their community. They support various charities. They never ever discuss their own needs, wants and providing for their future. In all the excitement and pleasure, they neglect themselves and the spiritual divine spark that brought them together.<br><br>This story is one of having wealth, going through a calamitous downfall, collapse and failure and coming out the other side with simplicity and contentment.<br><br>It is a life filled with abundance, affluence, some would say, &quot;a life being lived in the lap of luxury.&quot;<br><br>It is a life filled with languish, distress, misery, desperation, wretchedness and dashed hopes.<br><br>It is a life filled with sorrow, remorse, penance, sack cloth and ashes.<br><br>It is a life filled with recovery, redemption, atonement and satisfaction.<br><br>It is life filled with love, praise and forgiveness.

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A self-made &quot;Crazy Irishman&quot; who was and is fearless on bringing bad guys to justice. Author Joe Callihan is a man who&#39;s placed a high value on his integrity, and when he will, and will not tolerate from jerks (such as thieves). Because this is true, and is a part of Joe&#39;s character flaws (possessing a demand for honesty); the kinds of adventures you will read about in this book really were encountered by the author during the course of his experiences in retail sales management, and in his personal life.<br><br>The Adventures of &quot;Dirty Joe&quot; Callihan, along with Further Adventures, just as Adventures in Navyland, speak volumes of a well lived life. It is the author&#39;s hope, these adventures will not only excite, but also will stimulate within each reader, a sense of right and wrong; with the emphasis on what a joy it is doing what is right – fearlessly.

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None of us is unaffected by the dreams and failures of our ancestors. In events played out before we are born, our stories have already begun.<br><br>Legacy of Shadows explores the psychological impact of unresolved emotion passed down through generations. Powerful and poetic, the book evolved from the author&#39;s exploration into the hidden impact of family history on her own psychology. Set in motion by the death of a small child in 1904, the story moves from Lincolnshire, England, to Toronto, to New York, to Chicago; yet the true setting remains the interior landscape. Revealing the private perceptions of a mother, daughter and granddaughter in turn, Moats offers readers an intimate perspective from which to consider how we become the people we are.

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At once an intimate account of a young girl&#39;s coming of age during the tempestuous times attending the birth of Israel and a rare record of Jewish family life in Palestine under the Ottomans dating to 1809, Nitza Rosovsky&#39;s In the Land of Israel: My Family 1809-1949 adds fresh insights into the narrative of Jewish migration from early nineteenth century Europe to the formation of a Jewish homeland. Author of the highly acclaimed Jerusalem Walks and a seventh generation sabra, Nitza Rosovsky writes with the grace, even-handedness, good humor, command and sharp eye of someone who knows her territory well. She tells the history of the Epstein, Ashkenazi, and Berman families and their early emigration from Moldova and other parts of Central and Eastern Europe to Tiberias, Safed and eventually Jerusalem. The pre-Zionist family history has been masterfully reconstructed over a thirty-year period from interviews with older family members and cumulative inferences from a host of eclectic sources including documentary fragments, inscriptions on a family bible and the Montefiore censuses. That introduction sets the stage for Nitza&#39;s often amusing, occasionally pointed and consistently poignant account of her adolescence in Jerusalem during the British Mandate and her mother&#39;s extended family, the Bermans, who established and operated the largest bakery in Jerusalem. From the vantage point of half a century, the story pivots around Nitza&#39;s mother, Leah Berman, a remarkable woman whose life, unrequited love and dedication to a family deeply rooted in Israel is in every sense the heart of the book. This unusual combination of historical perspective and personal narrative opens an irresistible window into seven generations of Jewish life in what was once Palestine and is now the modern state of Israel.

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When Charles Hill Morgan learned how to use specialized drafting tools in the 1840s, his professional-grade compass precisely centered measurements for foundations and steam engines. His mastery of these tools led to a future of vast new possibilities. The strength of his ideas and the success of his inventions took him on a path that led from Lancaster&#39;s Factory Village in central Massachusetts to the courts of Europe. In the span of 80 years, Charles would go from living hand to mouth in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to taking tea at Windsor Castle with the Queen of England.

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It is never too late, nor can you ever get so far from God that He will not accept you. Jesus said, &quot;Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me&quot; (Revelation 3:20). He is standing at the door and asking all of us to knock. He said if any man, woman, boy or girl has a voice, they should call out to him and He will answer. Salvation is for everyone! If we have but a little faith, He can work wonders for the lost. We cannot wait for a time we think we are worthy enough to approach God&mdash;we&#39;d be waiting a life time! Jesus said, &quot;Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light&quot; (Matthew 11:28-31). <br><br>In &quot;When God Calls, You Will Answer,&quot; George Ross encourages you to come and receive the saving grace that only Jesus can provide. Jesus has already completed the redemptive work for you. All you have to do is surrender to Him. Jesus taught us how to live in God&#39;s grace. Grace is an unmerited, free gift from the throne room of God and His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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This is the story of a child born into a conservative fundamentalist preacher&#39;s family in Indiana.<br><br>Her journey through thirty tumultuous years was:<br>*within the strict regulations of the church community<br>*within the confines of a love-starved home<br>*within an unbelievable marriage<br><br>During the journey, she:<br>*moved quickly through school, graduating and becoming a teacher at age 19<br>*became a leader in the educational community<br>*found the true love she had sought and been denied for so long

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