Social Science, Regional Studies
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From Baghdad To Kokomo
Memoir Of A Young Man's Odyssey To America by Albert Kudsizadeh
A compelling account of growing up during the mid-twentieth century in the two oldest and once vibrant Jewish communities of Iraq and Iran--the first now obliterated, the second eroded. From Baghdad to Kokomo is part memoir, part history in which ...
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From The Frying Pan Into The Fire
Memoir of a Zimbabwean by Judith Mawoko
Told with clarity, humour and insight, From the Frying Pan into the Fire lets us look into the turbulent history of Zimbabwe through the eyes of a native Zimbabwean educator. Born in a rural village in 1965, in what was then Rhodesia, young Judith ...
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A Happy Heart and One Slice Of Bread
Cori cuntenti e 'na fedda di pani by Arthur V. Dieli
Sicilian proverbs are a pathway into the reality of Sicilian culture over the centuries. They are the voices of its people that ring true from generation to generation. The proverbs are an important sub-text of their conversation. Every segment of ...
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