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Augustvinnare 2011! Årets fackbok. Femhundra brev från Wien, prydligt sorterade efter årtal, ombundna med snöre och förvarade i en IKEA-kartong. Adressaten var Otto, en judisk pojke som tretton år gammal ensam kommit till Sverige från ett Österrike som alltmer präglades av nazisternas maktövertagande 1938. Ottos föräldrar blev kvar i Wien och bevittnade den tilltagande terrorn mot den judiska befolkningen. Breven till Otto visar hur deras vardagsliv hela tiden kringskärs. De försöker hålla modet uppe, både på sig själva och på sonen, de gläds åt att han har nått friheten, men samtidigt lyser sorgen och saknaden igenom. De sista brev Otto får har avsändaradressen Theresienstadt - hans föräldrar skulle aldrig återvända. I Sverige hamnade storstadspojken Otto på landet, i gränstrakterna mellan Skåne och Småland. Med tiden fick han arbete som dräng hos familjen Kamprad på gården Elmtaryd i Agunnaryd. Mellan sonen i huset, Ingvar, och Otto uppstod en stark vänskap. Samtidigt var Ingvar Kamprad aktivt engagerad i nazistiska organisationer och en stor anhängare av fascisten Per Engdahl. Hur kunde detta hänga ihop? Med utgångspunkt i detta unika brevmaterial ger Elisabeth Åsbrink en personlig och engagerad skildring av den svenska stelbentheten och räddhågsenheten under andra världskriget och visar hur anti-semitismen genomsyrade samhället. Intervjuer med Ingvar Kamprad gjorda 2010 ger relief åt hennes berättelse. Femhundra brev från Wien, prydligt sorterade efter årtal, ombundna med snöre och förvarade i en IKEA-kartong. Adressaten var Otto, en judisk pojke som tretton år gammal ensam kommit till Sverige från ett Österrike som alltmer präglades av nazisternas maktövertagande 1938. Ottos föräldrar blev kvar i Wien och bevittnade den tilltagande terrorn mot den judiska befolkningen. Breven till Otto visar hur deras vardagsliv hela tiden kringskärs. De försöker hålla modet uppe, både på sig själva och på sonen, de gläds åt att han har nått friheten, men samtidigt lyser sorgen och saknaden igenom. De sista brev Otto får har avsändaradressen Theresienstadt hans föräldrar skulle aldrig återvända. I Sverige hamnade storstadspojken Otto på landet, i gränstrakterna mellan Skåne och Småland. Med tiden fick han arbete som dräng hos familjen Kamprad på gården Elmtaryd i Agunnaryd. Mellan sonen i huset, Ingvar, och Otto uppstod en stark vänskap. Samtidigt var Ingvar Kamprad aktivt engagerad i nazistiska organisationer och en stor anhängare av fascisten Per Engdahl. Hur kunde detta hänga ihop? Med utgångspunkt i detta unika brevmaterial ger Elisabeth Åsbrink en personlig och engagerad skildring av den svenska stelbentheten och räddhågsenheten under andra världskriget och visar hur anti-semitismen genomsyrade samhället. Intervjuer med Ingvar Kamprad gjorda 2010 ger relief åt hennes berättelse.

Elisabeth åsbrink (Author), Elisabeth åsbrink (Narrator)

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Och cancern bara försvann: en självupplevd historia

I juli 2014 fick Sven Erik Nordin beskedet att han hade en aggressiv form av cancer i underlivet. Samtidigt fick han veta att hans enda chans att överleva var att genomgå en omfattande operation som bland annat innebär att hela penis skulle avlägsnas. Efter en kort betänketid bestämde sig Sven Erik för att inte följa läkarens råd och tackade nej till behandling. I stället började han febrilt leta efter alternativa metoder som kunde bota honom. I dag är han friskförklarad! I boken berättar Sven Erik om hur han som dödsdömd cancerpatient lyckades hitta en väg tillbaka till livet. Och om hur hans syn på sjukdomen och den traditionella vården dramatiskt kom att förändras under färden.

Sven Erik Nordin (Author), Johan Svensson (Narrator)

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Occupational Hazzards

At the age of thirty, Rory Stewart was appointed coalition deputy Governor of two provinces in the Marsh region of southern Iraq. He kept a journal of his experiences struggling to control assassinations and tribal conflict, rebuild the region's infrastructure and establish a new Iraqi government before the hand over of power in June 2004. His time in the Marsh region culminated in a terrifying siege during which he and his team were under sustained attack by insurgents. Haunted by his previous work and travels in Asia, Rory brings a unique sensitivity and perspective to the daily interactions between Iraqis and the coalition and to the perils and even comedy of foreign occupation.

Rory Stewart (Author), Rory Stewart (Narrator)

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Obama: From Promise to Power

The biography of America's hottest political superstar, Barack Obama, from a journalist who has been covering his career since his successful run for U.S. Senate. Barack Obama's meteoric rise is the stuff of legend. Since his headline-grabbing speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama has come to represent the promise of unity among groups of all types, blacks and whites; Democrats, Republicans, and moderates; the upper, middle, and lower classes. In this groundbreaking biography, veteran journalist and Obama chronicler David Mendell gives an in-depth, comprehensive portrait of a man whose last name has become a catchphrase for hope in a politically jaded society desperate for a new star. Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of Obama's campaign for the Senate and as a result enjoys far-reaching access to the new Senator. His research includes exclusive interviews with Obama's closest aides, mentors, political adversaries, and family. Mendell reveals the surprising, cutthroat campaign tactics sanctioned by Obama, who has steeped his image and reputation on the ideals of clean politics and good government, to win his Senate seat by employing some of the most ruthless operatives in the business. Eye-opening, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Obama: From Promise to Power is a necessary look at the evolution of a politician from public servant to candidate-savior.

David Mendell (Author), Dion Graham (Narrator)

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Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-Torn Syria in a Wheelchair

Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude, grit, and hope that lends a face to the greatest humanitarian issue of our time, the Syrian refugee crisis. For millions around the globe, sixteen-year-old Nujeen Mustafa embodies the best of the human spirit. Confined to a wheelchair because of her cerebral palsy and denied formal schooling in Syria because of her illness, Nujeen taught herself English by watching American soap operas. When her small town became the epicenter of the brutal fight between ISIS militants and US-backed Kurdish troops in 2014, she and her family were forced to flee. Despite her physical limitations, Nujeen embarked on the arduous trek to safety and a new life. The grueling sixteen-month odyssey by foot, boat, and bus took her across Turkey and the Mediterranean to Greece, through Macedonia to Serbia and Hungary, and finally, to Germany. Yet, in spite of the tremendous physical hardship she endured, Nujeen's extraordinary optimism never wavered. Refusing to give in to despair or see herself as a passive victim, she kept her head high. As she told a BBC reporter, "You should fight to get what you want in this world."Nujeen's positivity and resolve infuses this unforgettable story of one young woman determined to make a better life for herself. Told by acclaimed British foreign correspondent Christina Lamb, Nujeen is a unique and powerful memoir that gives voice to the Syrian refugee crisis, helping us to understand that the world must changeand offering the inspiration to make that change reality.

Christina Lamb, Nujeen Mustafa (Author), Raghad Chaar (Narrator)

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Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair

The story that is inspiring the world. Read about Nujeen who escaped the hell of war in Aleppo and travelled to Europe in a wheelchair. 'She is our hero. Everyone must read her story. She will inspire you' MALALA YOUSAFZAI Nujeen Mustafa has cerebral palsy and cannot walk. This did not stop her braving inconceivable odds to travel in her wheelchair from Syria in search of a new life. Sharing her full story for the first time, Nujeen recounts the details of her childhood and disability, as well as the specifics of her harrowing journey across the Mediterranean to Greece and finally to Germany to seek an education and the medical treatment she needs. Nujeen's story has already touched millions and in this book written with Christina Lamb, bestselling co-author of 'I Am Malala', she helps to put a human face on a global emergency. Trapped in a fifth floor apartment in Aleppo and unable to go to school, she taught herself to speak English by watching US television. As civil war between Assad's forces and ISIS militants broke out around them, Nujeen and her family fled first to her native Kobane, then Turkey before they joined thousands of displaced persons in a journey to Europe and asylum. She wanted to come to Europe, she said, to become an astronaut, to meet the Queen and to learn how to walk. In her strong, positive voice, Nujeen tells the story of what it is really like to be a refugee, to have grown up in a dictatorship only for your life to be blighted by war; to have left a beloved homeland to become dependent on others. It is the story of our times told through the incredible bravery of one remarkable girl determined to keep smiling.

Nujeen Mustafa (Author), Raghad Chaar (Narrator)

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Nowhere to Hide: Trapped, abused and sold for sex

A shocking true story that reveals how one woman was tormented to the very depths of despair by her husband through coercive control and continual physical and sexual abuse. Broken in mind, body and spirit and completely isolated from the rest of the world, Hannah thinks she’ll never find the strength to escape, until one day an opportunity arrives…

Hannah Morgan (Author), Una Byrne (Narrator)

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Now You See Me: How I Forgave the Unforgivable

On April 19, 1995, Kathy Sanders' life was changed forever when a bomb exploded and destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, killing her two grandsons Chase and Colton. For months, Kathy struggled with coping and wondered if the God she'd worshipped all her life even existed. After battling bitterness and contemplating suicide, she turned to the Lord and asked what He'd have her do. The answer was clear: Forgive your enemies. Thus Kathy forged a friendship with Terry Nichols, one of the men convicted in the bombing, via phone conversations, letters, and even face-to-face meetings. She also began searching for answers about what happened that fateful day in April and found opportunities to cultivate relationships with Nichols' children, mother, sister, wife, and ex-wife in separate turns. She demonstrated the same type of warmth to family members of Timothy McVeigh, the second man convicted of orchestrating the bombing. Her courageous efforts of extending compassion and grace gave her peace and removed the bitterness from her life.With photos, interviews, and actual letters exchanged between Kathy and Terry Nichols, NOW YOU SEE ME tells the story of one woman who walked the road less traveled and forgave the unforgivable.

Kathy Sanders (Author), Kathy Sanders (Narrator)

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Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life

In the most eagerly awaited political memoir of the season, Mary Cheney presents a behind-the-scenes look at the high-intensity world of presidential politics and talks for the first time about her life, her family, her political views and her role in the campaigns of 2000 and 2004. As a senior adviser to her father, the vice president, she was in the middle of every major event of the 2000 and 2004 presidential contests -- at the conventions, the debates, and on the trail. Both elections made history -- and so did Mary. And for the first time ever, she writes about what it was like to be at the center of her father's campaigns as his daughter, as a member of the senior staff, and, though she never intended it, as a political target for the other side. In her frank, funny, and down-to-earth memoir, Mary Cheney describes life inside the bubble of a national campaign. She talks about her close relationship with her parents, how it feels to be pursued by the press, and what it was like when John Edwards and John Kerry made her sexual orientation an issue in live debates televised to millions of Americans. As she describes it, life inside a presidential campaign can be uplifting, frustrating, and heartbreaking, but no matter what else it may be, it's always entertaining.

Mary Cheney (Author), Mary Cheney (Narrator)

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Novelist as a Vocation

A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels. Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing.

Haruki Murakami (Author), Kotaro Watanabe (Narrator)

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Notorious: Life with no parole for a crime I did not commit

Some would call this an autobiography. Others would say it's a hell of a story. I call it my life. Living it had become the norm, but choosing to write about it wasn't easy. It's one thing to react to whatever life throws at you, and another to reflect on it. I've been sentenced to life imprisonment, and confined to a prison within a prison, for a crime I did not commit. Being outspoken and relentless in fighting for justice had become my only choice, and as it turns out, my redemption. My personal life, on the other hand, I have chosen to keep private. Until now. For the first time ever, this book will walk you through my improbable personal journey with brutal honesty. The good, the bad and the ugly. My story, combined with an exceptional journey to the forefront of investigative journalism remains unparalleled. As the host of the critically-acclaimed Netflix series 'inside the World's Toughest Prisons,' I continue to do what no-one else has ever done before. I am Raphael Rowe and my career was born as a result of spending 12 years in prison for crimes I did not commit.

Raphael Rowe (Author), Raphael Rowe (Narrator)

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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Irin Carmon: I heard you can do 20 pushups. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Yes, but we do ten at a time. And then I breathe for a bit and do the second set. Nearly a half-century into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the octogenarian won the internet. Across America, people who weren’t even born when Ginsburg made her name are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute. In a class of its own, and much to Ginsburg’s own amusement, is the Notorious RBG Tumblr, which juxtaposes the diminutive but fierce Jewish grandmother with the 350-pound rapper featuring original artwork submitted from around the world. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a visually rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the Justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg’s refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation’s highest court—with the fierce dissents to match—get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stands as a testament to how far we can come with a little chutzpah. ***Please contact member services for additional documents***

Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik (Author), Andi Arndt (Narrator)

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