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"The Singularity is the English-language debut from a Swedish writer of Kurdish descent. This formally innovative novel explores motherhood, grief, and displacement through the intertwining stories of two women: the mother of a refugee family who throws herself into the sea after her daughter goes missing, and a woman who witnesses her suicide and later gives birth to a stillborn baby"--
2) The peacock
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"In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl's father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family's yard, much to her mother's dismay. The girl devises a plan to earn the peacock's trust and return it to its home at the zoo."--
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A rich boy turned refugee tells the story of coming full circle to succeed in ways beyond his imagination.
Born into a family that had recently fled British India during the partition of India and Pakistan, Ram' s early life in Mombasa seemed charmed with wealth and success. However, losing all of this overnight through a second deportation this time from Kenya to the UK, he saw the course of his life change beyond recognition.
Despite having had...
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How similar were white indentured servants in the Colony of North Carolina to the black slaves that eventually replaced them as labor on the plantations of wealthy landowners?
In 1896, John Spencer Bassett (1867-1928) compares and contrasts black slavery and white servitude in his highly regarded book "Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina."
In introducing his book, Bassett writes:
"The lives of the American slaves were without...
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"S.L. Hinde's intensely interesting volume 'The Fall of the Congo Arabs'...describes the Belgian expedition into the Upper Congo Basin in 1892...some...observations are too horrible for quotation...the passion for cannibalism."-Chicago Tribune, March 11, 1897
"Captain Hinde...entered the service of the Congo Free State...got his chance to distinguish himself in the remarkable campaign by which the Arab power was overthrown...soldiery on both sides...
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Winning the 2021 Moore Prize for writing that promotes the values consistent with the advancement of human rights and dignity, an account of the true stories of three refugees fleeing the civil war in South Sudan'A beautiful, moving and important book' - Simon Reeve, author, One Day in September Veronica is a teenager when civil war erupts in South Sudan, the world's youngest country. Lonely and friendless after the death of her father, she finds...
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"With bright, charming illustrations, The Brothers Zzli invites readers to join a bear family's search for home and belonging. This poignant story will spark lasting conversations about the struggles of refugees, the impact of prejudice, and what it means to welcome others."--Page [4] of cover.
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"Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers, by Samuel C. Reid...is the most entertaining work of the kind that has come under our view...gives an accurate account of the scouting expeditions of McCulloch's Rangers...including the skirmishes with the Indians...sketches of the lives of those celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker." -Natchez Weekly Courier, March 22, 1848
"Samuel Chester Reid...joined Captain Ben McCulloch's...
9) The postcard
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"Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front,...
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The Palgrave Macmillan/Amnesty International series illuminates the greatest human rights issues facing the world today. From human trafficking to poverty, terrorism to freedom of expression, this dynamic and accessible series encourages debate about the situation today and, the path we took to get here, allowing people with many different perspectives to tell their own stories of struggle.
Created Equal is a frank and clear-sighted introduction...
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In 1888, Mary L. T. Witter, of Berwick, Nova Scotia and author of religious works published "The Edomites: Their History as Gathered from the Holy Scriptures." As noted by the title, in this book Witter compiles the history of the Edomites as gathered from the Biblical sources.
In introducing her book Witter notes that "surely the study of a people to whom reference is made-sometimes frequent reference-in twenty-four of the books of the Bible cannot...
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"Burgon identifies Petra with ancient Edom, and reads its present-day desolation as the fulfillment of biblical prophecies concerning Israel's ancient enemy." - The Creationist Debate (2006)
"Petra...lies in ancient Edom, a perfect place of refuge from the Antichrist during the Tribulation period." -The A Complete Overview of Bible Prophecy (2012)
"Petra stands in the land of ancient Edom, modern-day Jordan." - The Swindoll Study Bible (2018)
"Petra...
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The author of the bestselling We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada (LLP 2022), Toula Drimonis traces the history of sanctuary, examines myths about refugees and migrants, and interviews with migration.
Human migration and the right to seek asylum from harm have been constants throughout the history of human existence. But only recently has Canada been forced to confront a global displacement crisis that much of the rest...
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Six Months on a Slaver is a true narrative providing a realistic descriptions of the horrors of the slave trade experience of an American seaman, Edward Manning (1839-1919), who ships from New London, Conn., in 1860, on a three years' cruise, in an ostensible whaler, which proves to be a slaver on its way to the African coast.
It is a plain, unvarnished narrative of the manner of obtaining and of conveying a cargo of Africans from the African coast...
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Najib Azad's memoir offers a whole new and more personal understanding of the ancient and magnificent country of Afghanistan and its people.
Leader of a progressive political party, and former spokesman for the President of Afghanistan, Azad knew he was a marked man the moment the Taliban entered Kabul in 2021. This is his harrowing and heartwarming story of how he, his wife and four small children were forced, like his parents and grandparents before...
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With perceptive, unflinching wit, these three early plays from award-winning Chilean Canadian writer Carmen Aguirre document the hardships, horrors, and heartache of exile, revealing the far-reaching effects of dictatorial violence and terror. Highlighting the fresh perspective refugees bring to North American society, Chile Con Carne and Other Early Works also provides essential context for her more recent plays, Refugee Hotel, Blue Box, and The...
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The custom of Indian enslavement during colonial times came from the necessity of disposing of war captives, from the greed of traders, and from the demand for labour.
In his 1913 book "Indian Slavery in Colonial Times," Almon Wheeler Lauber broadly defines "slave" as a "prisoner held by his captor as an inferior and forced to labor for him, or sold into servitude or freedom for the financial benefit of his captor." His book describes four kinds...
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John Eliot (1604-1690), a Puritan missionary to the American Indians known as "the apostle to the Indians" noticed that the Indians he observed shared many similarities to Jews. Reverend Thomas Thorowgood (1595-1669) was a friend of John Eliot's, and an efficient promoter of missionary work among the Indians. Based on his correspondence with Eliot discussing the similarities of Indians to Israelites, Thorowgood published in 1660 "Jews in America,...
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In his 1825 book "View of the Hebrews," Rev. Ethan Smith suggests that Native Americans are descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. These tribes were said to have disappeared after being taken captive by the Assyrians in the 8th century BCE.
Smith's speculation was inspired by the apocryphal 2 Esdras 13:41, which says that the Ten Tribes traveled to a far country, "where never mankind dwelt"-which Smith interpreted to mean North America. Smith...
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"Dr. J.H. Allen of Portland...a strong and interesting speaker and many of his ideas and the results of his researches are original and unique...ancestry of Queen Victoria has been traced all the way back to Adam." -Spokane Chronicle, Nov. 8, 1902
"J.H. Allen, evangelist, is evidently a man who believes that the Bible says is the word of God...the author dispels the prevailing notion that all prophecy is fulfilled...the children of Abraham are to...
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