Chinese Cinderella : The True Story of an unwanted daughter

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9780385740074

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205p; ill; bw; pbk

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979.40049510092 MAH c

Ugly

Madiha Riaz rated it really liked it Recommends it for: All the friends Shelves: biographies I read some of the reviews of this book and found out how some people are criticizing about the 'writing', 'grammar' or 'repetitiveness. This book is an account of a child's memories of how she was abused, humiliated and rejected. This is a powerful book. The very beauty of biographies is that th…

Totto-Chan's Children : A Goodwill Journey to The Children of the World

Totto-Chan kini sudah dewasa. Ia sekarang menjadi aktris terkenal dan punya banyak penggemar. Tapi Totto-Chan tak pernah melupakan masa kecilnya. Karena itulah Totto-Chan langsung setuju ketika UNICEF menawarinya untuk menjadi Duta Kemanusiaan. Sejak itu, Totto-Chan berkunjung ke banyak negara dan menemui berbagai macam anak. Di negara-negara yang mengalami kekeringan hebat atau terkena dampak …

Two Tickets To Freedom : The True Story of William and Ellen Craft, Fugitive …

One winter morning in 1848, Ellen Craft, a light-skinned young slave, disguised herself in men's clothing and walked into the train station at Macon, Georgia.

My Life As Video Music Director : Baca Pengalaman Dari Renny Fernandez, Sim F…

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ISBN/ISSN

9786029481013

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180p; ill; col; pbk

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920 ACH M

Katak Dalam Tempurung

Bagai katak dalam tempurung, Soon Neo hidup di kampung dan dalam budaya yang menganggap perempuan sebagai manusia kelas dua di bawah lelaki. Namun, dia berkeyakinan bahwa anak perempuannya harus keluar dari tempurung yang mengurungnya. Dia bersikeras dan berjuang agar anaknya memperoleh pendidikan yang baik. Puluhan tahun kemudian, si anak menuliskan memoar yang indah ini untuknya. Buku ini seb…

A Lucky Child : Memoar Survivor Auschwitz Semasa Bocah

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ISBN/ISSN

9786020014333

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258p; ill; bw; pbk

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920 BUE A

The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

Ruth McBride Jordan, twice married, mother of 12 remarkably successful children, cofounder of a Baptist church, was born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew. Fleeing her abusive father, an itinerant rabbi, she ended up in Harlem, where she a married a black man and her family declared her dead. James McBride tells the remarkable story of this determined woman's life and of his own troubled youth in …

Farewell To Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton twirling lessons and a dance band called the Jive Bombers who would play any popular song except the n…

Dari Penjara Taliban Menuju Iman

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ISBN/ISSN

9789794334634

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190p; bw; pbk

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920 KUR D