Kor, Eva Mozes.
Summary: "A memoir of a young girl's childhood in wartime Romania, unlikely survival as a "Mengele twin" subjected to cruel Nazi medical experiments in Auschwitz, and postwar journey to forgiveness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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Summary: "A history of Romania traces the author's intellectual development throughout his extensive visits to the country, sharing his observations about its reflection of European politics, geography and key events while exploring the indelible role of Vladimir Putin."--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 KAPWurmbrand, Richard.
Summary: "This classic story of amazing faith in shocking circumstances has been updated for a new generation. Its message remains urgent and relevant: thousands of Christians are still persecuted and tortured around the world today, suffering solely for their belief in Jesus Christ. Richard Wurmbrand endured months of solitary confinement, years of periodic physical torture, constant suffering from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 272 WURSebastian, Mihail
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5381 SEBKenyon, Paul
Summary: Balanced precariously on the shifting fault line between East and West, Romania's schizophrenic, often violent past is one of the great untold stories of modern Europe. The country that gave us Vlad Dracula, and whose citizens consider themselves descendants of ancient Rome, has traditionally preferred the status of enigmatic outsider. But this beautiful and unexplored land has experienced some...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.803 KENSummary: Follow actor Warwick Davis as he uncovers the story of the Ovitz family, a troupe of Jewish dwarf entertainers who were experimented on and tortured by the Nazis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARSummary: In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC COLSummary: Chronicles the descendants of immigrants and exiles in these remote lands. The results are three poetic, intimate documentaries that capture the unique lives and customs of people unknown to most of the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facets Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLDAppelfeld, Aron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schocken Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 892.436 APPBernstein, Sara Tuvel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 BERFried, Hedi
Summary: Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis arrested her family and transported them to Auschwitz. While there, apart from enduring the daily horrors at the concentration camp, she and her sister were forced into hard labor before being released at the end of the war. After settling in Sweden, Hédi devoted her life to educating young people about the Holocaust. In her 90s, she decided to take the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 940.53 FRIMarillier, Juliet.
Summary: At every full moon in the magical Transylvanian forest, five very different yet very close sisters enter a secret portal leading to a mysterious land, the Other Kingdom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, Inc. 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA CD FIC MARMuller, Herta.
Summary: The lives of a group of Romanian students under Communism, with its poverty, regimentation and depressing greyness. Life gets no better after graduation, so much so that several commit suicide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MULPascu, Stefan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.84 PASWillis, Terrie.
Summary: Describes the geography, history, plants and animals, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Romania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 949.8 WILWiesel, Elie
Summary: The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provides a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1958
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 WIEMcNally, Raymond T.
Summary: Out of print for more than a decade, In Search of Dracula has now been completely rewritten and updated. This new edition includes entries from Bram Stoker's newly discovered diaries, the amazing tale of Nicolae Ceausescu's attempt to make Vlad a Romanian national hero, and a comprehensive examination of recent adaptations of the Dracula story in novels, on stage, and on screen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.933 MCNSpanier, Kristine
Summary: "In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Romania. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around All RomaSummary: This film presents, in documentary format, a glimpse of contemporary Gypsy life as expressed in a variety of musical settings. Scenes and music from Gypsy cultures in India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Spain. CNN report and interview with Tony Gatlif included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Madman Films 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LATFonseca, Isabel.
Summary: After the revolutions of 1989, the author lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romania, and Albania -- listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outsiders. In this book, alongside unforgettable portraits of individuals -- the poet, the politician, the child...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1995
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Summary: "In The Mayor of Mogadishu, one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud 'Tarzan' Nur--an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B NUR HARDINGSummary: Includes the director's music videos for the bands Jay-Z, Linkin park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Audioslave, No Doubt, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Fiona Apple, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Weezer, Eels, Snic Youth, Madonna, R.E.M., G. Love & Special Sauce, David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Keith Richards, En Vogue and kd lang, as well as interviews, commentaries and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2005
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC WORIftin, Abdi Nor
Summary: Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2021