Author: Atka Reid
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408827751
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war
Goodbye Sarajevo
Author: Atka Reid
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408827751
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408827751
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war
Sarajevo of Love and War
Author: Ayşe Kulin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9786051415925
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9786051415925
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Flowers for Sarajevo
Author: John McCutcheon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909991774
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781909991774
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Fools Rush In
Author: Bill Carter
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473526604
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Some trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter's life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. In the modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places. Carter joins a maverick aid organization, 'The Serious Road Trip', and dodges snipers to deliver food and supplies to those the UN can't reach. He makes friends with the artistic community of Sarajevo and fights alongside them for survival in a place where food and water are scarce, where you meet death every day, but crucially where life, love and laughter ring out all the same. Carter takes his journey one surreal step further and enlists the help of major rock band U2.The ensuing events go no small way to influencing the course of the war and Western awareness of it.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473526604
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Some trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter's life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. In the modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places. Carter joins a maverick aid organization, 'The Serious Road Trip', and dodges snipers to deliver food and supplies to those the UN can't reach. He makes friends with the artistic community of Sarajevo and fights alongside them for survival in a place where food and water are scarce, where you meet death every day, but crucially where life, love and laughter ring out all the same. Carter takes his journey one surreal step further and enlists the help of major rock band U2.The ensuing events go no small way to influencing the course of the war and Western awareness of it.
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Author: Steven Galloway
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This brilliant novel with universal resonance tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst. One day a shell lands in a bread line and kills twenty-two people as the cellist watches from a window in his flat. He vows to sit in the hollow where the mortar fell and play Albinoni’s Adagio once a day for each of the twenty-two victims. The Adagio had been re-created from a fragment after the only extant score was firebombed in the Dresden Music Library, but the fact that it had been rebuilt by a different composer into something new and worthwhile gives the cellist hope. Meanwhile, Kenan steels himself for his weekly walk through the dangerous streets to collect water for his family on the other side of town, and Dragan, a man Kenan doesn’t know, tries to make his way towards the source of the free meal he knows is waiting. Both men are almost paralyzed with fear, uncertain when the next shot will land on the bridges or streets they must cross, unwilling to talk to their old friends of what life was once like before divisions were unleashed on their city. Then there is “Arrow,” the pseudonymous name of a gifted female sniper, who is asked to protect the cellist from a hidden shooter who is out to kill him as he plays his memorial to the victims. In this beautiful and unforgettable novel, Steven Galloway has taken an extraordinary, imaginative leap to create a story that speaks powerfully to the dignity and generosity of the human spirit under extraordinary duress.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307371654
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This brilliant novel with universal resonance tells the story of three people trying to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst. One day a shell lands in a bread line and kills twenty-two people as the cellist watches from a window in his flat. He vows to sit in the hollow where the mortar fell and play Albinoni’s Adagio once a day for each of the twenty-two victims. The Adagio had been re-created from a fragment after the only extant score was firebombed in the Dresden Music Library, but the fact that it had been rebuilt by a different composer into something new and worthwhile gives the cellist hope. Meanwhile, Kenan steels himself for his weekly walk through the dangerous streets to collect water for his family on the other side of town, and Dragan, a man Kenan doesn’t know, tries to make his way towards the source of the free meal he knows is waiting. Both men are almost paralyzed with fear, uncertain when the next shot will land on the bridges or streets they must cross, unwilling to talk to their old friends of what life was once like before divisions were unleashed on their city. Then there is “Arrow,” the pseudonymous name of a gifted female sniper, who is asked to protect the cellist from a hidden shooter who is out to kill him as he plays his memorial to the victims. In this beautiful and unforgettable novel, Steven Galloway has taken an extraordinary, imaginative leap to create a story that speaks powerfully to the dignity and generosity of the human spirit under extraordinary duress.
Diary of Love & War
Author: Cristina Grenier
Publisher: Monster Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Dean Malloy expected anything from his first deployment as a U.S. Marine Infantry soldier, but he didn’t expect to end up in the middle of a civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where lines between friend and foe don’t seem to exist. Still, stemming from a long line of Military men and women, Dean is determined to make the best out of the worst circumstances and make his family proud. And it doesn’t really matter to him that warfare leaves no time for romance… …or does it? Nadja Ilic has lost everything in 1992 Sarajevo as violence filled the streets. Holed up in a valley in the mountains, she waits for what she believes is certain death. After all, the wrong side is bound to find her sooner or later and whoever will stumble upon her house can’t certainly be armed with good intentions… …or can they? With only their journals to gather their confidences, Dean and Nadja stumble upon each other when they both need it the most. While what is now recognized as the worst European conflict of our time since World War II rages in the background, the two being a personal journey that will lead them to discover that life and love are stronger than any war.
Publisher: Monster Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Dean Malloy expected anything from his first deployment as a U.S. Marine Infantry soldier, but he didn’t expect to end up in the middle of a civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where lines between friend and foe don’t seem to exist. Still, stemming from a long line of Military men and women, Dean is determined to make the best out of the worst circumstances and make his family proud. And it doesn’t really matter to him that warfare leaves no time for romance… …or does it? Nadja Ilic has lost everything in 1992 Sarajevo as violence filled the streets. Holed up in a valley in the mountains, she waits for what she believes is certain death. After all, the wrong side is bound to find her sooner or later and whoever will stumble upon her house can’t certainly be armed with good intentions… …or can they? With only their journals to gather their confidences, Dean and Nadja stumble upon each other when they both need it the most. While what is now recognized as the worst European conflict of our time since World War II rages in the background, the two being a personal journey that will lead them to discover that life and love are stronger than any war.
As Long as Sarajevo Exists
Author: Kemal Kurspahić
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"No journalist would argue with the claim of Bosnia's principal morning paper, Oslobodjenje to be Newspaper of the Year," commented The Guardian of London after the BBC and Granada Television announced the prestigious award. "This morning's issue is the 319th to emerge from the nuclear shelter beneath the rubble of its Sarajevo press center.".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"No journalist would argue with the claim of Bosnia's principal morning paper, Oslobodjenje to be Newspaper of the Year," commented The Guardian of London after the BBC and Granada Television announced the prestigious award. "This morning's issue is the 319th to emerge from the nuclear shelter beneath the rubble of its Sarajevo press center.".
Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals
Author: Jesse Armstrong
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399184201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing."
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399184201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing."
Fax From Sarajevo (New Edition)
Author: Joe Kubert
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506716636
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A brand-new edition of the greatest work from comics master Joe Kubert! The astonishing true story of a family in Sarajevo, Bosnia, trapped in a city under siege as war and genocide rage around them, with only a fax machine to communicate. On the receiving end of these faxes from his trapped friend, Kubert brilliantly illustrates their struggle toward freedom against the worst kind of odds. It's the tale of a very real war, told from the perspective of innocent victims, but it's also full of strength, survival, and love.
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1506716636
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A brand-new edition of the greatest work from comics master Joe Kubert! The astonishing true story of a family in Sarajevo, Bosnia, trapped in a city under siege as war and genocide rage around them, with only a fax machine to communicate. On the receiving end of these faxes from his trapped friend, Kubert brilliantly illustrates their struggle toward freedom against the worst kind of odds. It's the tale of a very real war, told from the perspective of innocent victims, but it's also full of strength, survival, and love.
The Face of War
Author: Martha Gellhorn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military history, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Author's selection from her reporting on wars in progress and wars about to be, during eight years in twelve countries, when she worked as a correspondent for "Colliers."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military history, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Author's selection from her reporting on wars in progress and wars about to be, during eight years in twelve countries, when she worked as a correspondent for "Colliers."