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Ten green bottles: the true story of one family's journey from war-torn Austria to the ghettos of Shanghai
Par Vivian Jeanette Kaplan. 2002
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Prix littéraires (romans), Canada (romans)Essais et documents primés, Biographies, Familles (biographies), Asie (voyage et géographie), Seconde Guerre mondiale
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For a brief period between 1938 and 1941, roughly 20,000 Jews found refuge from the Nazis in the one place…
not requiring visas, police certificates or proofs of financial independence: Shanghai. In 1939, the author's family made a month-long, 7,000-mile journey to Shanghai, struggling with heat, disease, poverty, and fear. With the war's end came the shock of learning what became of family and friends left behind in Europe. Descriptions of violence. 2002.A place within: rediscovering India
Par M. G Vassanji. 2008
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Canada (romans)Essais et documents primés, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Author M. G. Vassanji was born in Africa, where his Indian grandparents had settled, and his relationship to India had…
been complex and contradictory. Vassanji describes his many visits to India, encompassing bustling cities, quiet landscapes, fantastic stories and fascinating characters, in this his part travelogue and description, part history and meditation, and above all a quest for a lost homeland. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2008.Touch the dragon: a Thai journal
Par Karen Connelly. 1992
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Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Biographies, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Karen Connelly, 17 years old and bored with her life, was accepted by an exchange program which took her from…
Calgary to a small town in Thailand. She describes her assimilation into the Thai language and culture and her despair at leaving when the year came to an end. Winner of the 1993 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1992.The shining mountain: two men on Changabang's west wall
Par Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker. 1984
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Prix littéraires (romans)Aventure et exploration, Essais et documents primés, Sports et jeux, Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Recounts the endurance and determination of two British mountain climbers in making a forty-day ascent up the treacherous west wall…
of Changabang Mountain in the Indian Himalayas. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize. 1984.