In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had...Lasīt vairāk
The extraordinary and riveting story of separated Chinese twins, with one twin seized by the authorities and adopted into America, by the Samuel Johnson-winning author of Nothing to Envy. In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 20-May-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Random House USA Inc, ISBN-13: 9780593132746)
On a warm day in September 2000, a twenty-eight-year-old woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut nestled in bamboo behind her brothers rural home in Chinas Hunan province. The twins, Fangfang and Shuangjie, were welcome addition...Lasīt vairāk
WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A spectacular, definitive portrait of ordinary life within one of the worlds most repressive states - North Korea. A most perceptive and eye-opening account of everyday life...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-May-2021, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Random House Trade Paperbacks, ISBN-13: 9780812988116)
A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction.The New York Times Book Review...Lasīt vairāk
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, SPECTATOR Yo...Lasīt vairāk
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION In 1950, China claimed sovereignty over Tibet, leading to decades of unrest and resistance, defining the country today. In Eat the Buddha, Barbara Demick chronicles the Tibetan trage...Lasīt vairāk
What if the world imagined by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-four was real? What if everything around you was black and white except for the red letters on propaganda signs? Where spies like Orwells Thought Police studied your facial express...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Apr-2012, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Random House USA Inc, ISBN-13: 9780812982763)
Chronicles the Bosnian War and the horrific siege of Sarajevo as seen through the eyes of regular citizens living on Logavina Street, who struggled with hunger, poverty, sniper fire, and shellings. Logavina Street was a microcosm of Sarajevo,...Lasīt vairāk
For four centuries, Logavina Street was a quiet residential road in a cosmopolitan city, home to Muslims and Christians, Serbs and Croats. Then the war tore the street apart. In this extraordinary eyewitness account, Demick weaves together the storie...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 21-Sep-2010, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Random House Inc, ISBN-13: 9780385523912)
Follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen years, a chaotic period that saw the rise to power of Kim Jong Il and the devastation of a famine that killed one-fifth of the population, illustrating what it means to live under the most repressiv...Lasīt vairāk
A groundbreaking view into the lives of six ordinary citizens in the worlds most secretive country, by an award-winning foreign correspondent....Lasīt vairāk
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A gripping, astounding view into North Korea through the lives of six ordinary citizensan important story that has never been told before. Barbara Demicks Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen yearsa ch...Lasīt vairāk
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A gripping, astounding view into North Korea through the lives of six ordinary citizensan important story that has never been told before. Barbara Demicks Nothing to Envy follows the lives of six North Koreans over fifteen yearsa ch...Lasīt vairāk
