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When a tree shook Delhi When a tree shook Delhi Manoj Mitta Report of the riots and an account by Phoolka of his struggle for justice. OL11930901W
Genocidio en América Genocidio en América Luciano Pereña "Extensive examination of debate concerning defeat and destruction of native American cultures. Concentrates on testimonies of Fernández de Oviedo and Bernal Díaz del Castillo as well as Aztec and … OL1354852W
La Nuit La Nuit Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie… OL14856842W
Crisis in Rwanda Crisis in Rwanda Charles Freeman Relates events in Rwanda after the murder of President Habyarimana including the genocide of the Tutsi, the ill-treatment of refugees, and the eventual reconciliation. OL14864724W
The psychology of genocide and violent oppression The psychology of genocide and violent oppression Richard Morrock "This book provides a view into the root causes of genocide, looking beyond the surface into the underlying psychology of violence and oppression. The author argues that genocide does not simply occu… OL15536989W
Confronting evils Confronting evils Claudia Card "In this new contribution to philosophical ethics, Claudia Card revisits the theory of evil developed in her earlier book The Atrocity Paradigm (2002), and expands it to consider collectively perpetr… OL15603375W
Darkness in El Dorado Darkness in El Dorado Patrick Tierney Examines the destructive impact of journalists, anthropologists, and scientists on the Yanomami Indians, one of the Amazon Basin's oldest tribes. OL15835650W
The Burning Tigris The Burning Tigris Peter Balakian A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten HeroesIn this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenian… OL15863664W
Over a thousand hills I walk with you Over a thousand hills I walk with you Hanna Jansen "Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night, everything ch… OL15967693W
Christian Persecution in the Middle East Christian Persecution in the Middle East George J. Marlin In his new book, author and political commentator George J. Marlin, Chairman of Aid to the Church in Need - USA - an agency under the guidance of the Pope that supports the persecuted and suffering C… OL17365356W
Petit pays Petit pays Gaël Faye In Burundi in 1992, ten-year-old Gabriel enjoys carefree days with his friends, but his idyllic existence and his innocence come to a brutal end when Burundi and neighboring Rwanda are hit by civil w… OL17841200W
L'exception L'exception Christian Jungersen Iben et Malene, deux employées au centre d'information sur les génocides de Copenhague, reçoivent d'intrigantes menaces de mort par e-mail. Elles pensent être victimes de la vengeance d'un criminel d… OL17868660W
Hitler, the Germans, and the final solution Hitler, the Germans, and the final solution Ian Kershaw The writings are arranged in three sections—Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography—and Kershaw provides an introduction … OL1924189W
The Gujarat carnage The Gujarat carnage Asgharali Engineer Compilation of articles, interviews, and investigative reports. OL19467407W
Embers of war Embers of war Gareth L. Powell The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide. Stripped of her weaponry and seeking to atone, she joins the House of … OL19740636W
The girl who smiled beads The girl who smiled beads Clemantine Wamariya It was 1994, and in 100 days, more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Six-year-old Clemantine Wamariya and sister Claire spent the next six years wandering t… OL19748268W
The elimination The elimination Rithy Panh "From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor's autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship. Rithy Panh was only eleven … OL19962285W
Great catastrophe Great catastrophe Thomas De Waal "The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in the 20th century. By various estimates, more than a million Armenians wer… OL19994903W
Testimony Testimony Scott Turow Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire G… OL20822743W
Biafra Biafra Peter Baxter "This account traces the early history of Nigeria from inception to civil war, and the complex events that defined the conflict in Biafra, revealing how and why this awful event played out, and the s… OL22949696W
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