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8 best books like The Far Side of the Sky (Daniel Kalla): The Girl They Left Behind, The Hours Count, The Woman in the White Kimono, Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood, All The Emperor's Horses, The Reason You Walk, All the Light There Was, Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home

The Girl They Left Behind
AuthorRoxanne Veletzos
ISBN1501187686
A sweeping family saga and love story that offers a vivid and unique portrayal of life in war-torn 1941 Bucharest and life behind the Iron Curtain during the Soviet Union occupation—perfect for fans of Lilac Girls and Sarah’s Key.

On a freezing night in January 1941, a little Jewish girl...
The Hours Count
AuthorJillian Cantor
ISBN1594633185
A spellbinding historical novel about a woman who befriends Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, and is drawn into their world of intrigue, from the author of Margot.

On June 19, 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiring to commit espionage. The day Ethel was first arrested in 1950,...
The Woman in the White Kimono
AuthorAna Johns
ISBN0778308146
Oceans and decades apart, two women are inextricably bound by the secrets between them.

Japan, 1957. Seventeen-year-old Naoko Nakamura’s prearranged marriage to the son of her father’s business associate would secure her family’s status in their traditional Japanese community,...
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood
AuthorNega Mezlekia
ISBN0312289146
Winner of the Governor General's Award
A Library Journal Best Book of 2001

Part autobiography and part social history, Notes from the Hyena's Belly offers an unforgettable portrait of Ethiopia, and of Africa, during the 1970s and '80s, an era of civil war, widespread famine, and mass...
All The Emperor's Horses
AuthorDavid Kidd
ISBN1174887648
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important,...
The Reason You Walk
AuthorWab Kinew
ISBN0670069345
A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic Aboriginal star.

When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spend a year reconnecting with the accomplished but distant aboriginal man who’d raised...
All the Light There Was
AuthorNancy Kricorian
ISBN0547939949
All the Light There Was is the story of an Armenian family’s struggle to survive the Nazi occupation of Paris in the 1940s—a lyrical, finely wrought tale of loyalty, love, and the many faces of resistance.

On the day the Nazis march down the rue de Belleville, fourteen-year-old Maral Pegorian...
Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home
AuthorMatthew Kepnes
ISBN1250190517
Part memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad.

"Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding the world...
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