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Siberian Haiku
One morning in June 1941, a quiet village in Central Lithuania is shaken out of its slumber by the sudden arrival of the Soviet Army. Eight-year-old Algiukas awakes to the sound of Russian soldiers pounding on the door. His family are given ten minutes to pack up their things. They are not told where they're going or for how long. An airless freight train carries them from the fertile lands of rural Lithuania to the snowy plains of the Siberian taiga. There, in the distant, dismal North, they begin a life marked by endless hunger and unrelenting cold. And yet the darkness of exile is lightened, for Algiukas, by flights of imagination. This curious, brave and adaptable child transforms hardship into adventure. Drawing on her father's exile in Siberia, writer Jurga Vile brings to light a neglected, even suppressed, episode from the history of the Soviet Union. Beautifully drawn by Lina Itagaki, Siberian Haikuuses the child's perspective to tell an unforgettable story of courage and human endurance.
White Field, Black Sheep
Her parents never really explained what a D.P. was. Years later Daiva Markelis learned that “displaced person” was the designation bestowed upon European refugees like her mom and dad who fled communist Lithuania after the war. Growing up in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, though, Markelis had only heard the name T.P., since her folks pronounced the D as a T: “In first grade we had learned about the Plains Indians, who had lived in tent-like dwellings made of wood and buffalo skin called teepees. In my childish confusion, I thought that perhaps my parents weren’t Lithuanian at all, but Cherokee. I went around telling people that I was the child of teepees.” So begins this touching an...
We'll Soon Be Home Again
The testimonies of six survivors of the Holocaust are presented in comics form, aimed at teenage readers. Some of them were children then, and are still alive to tell what happened to them and their families. How they survived. What they lost--and how you keep on living, despite it all. Jessica Bab Bonde has, based on survivor's stories, written an important book. Peter Bergting's art makes the book accessible, despite its difficult subject. Using first-person point of view allows the stories to get under your skin as survivors describe their persecutions in the Ghetto, the de-humanization and the starvation in the concentration camps, and the industrial-scale mass murder taking place in the extermination camps. When right-wing extremism and antisemitism are being evoked once again, it's the alarm-bell needed to remind us never to forget the horrors of the Holocaust.
Ténèbres et Compagnie
" De nombreuses personnes creusaient des trous dans le cimetière. En ville, la mort régnait, il fallait de nombreux trous. " Lituanie, 1941. Vincentas, photographe, conclut un pacte morbide avec un officier SS : en échange de sa sécurité et de celle de son amante juive, Judita, il photographiera les massacres de Juifs dans les villages et les forêts de sa patrie occupée. Vincentas, habitué à être de l'autre côté de l'objectif, à être distancé de la réalité par la pellicule, devient malgré lui le témoin d'une histoire irrévocable " la guerre arrachera les masques de nos visages. " Témoin de l'assassinat massif des juifs, il se transforme en observateur qui ne peut rien changer ni aider personne. À travers la métaphore de la photographie, Sigitas Parulskis met à nu la passivité et la complicité de ses compatriotes dans le chapitre le plus sombre de l'histoire moderne de la Lituanie. Un roman très sombre et engagé, mettant en lumière les crimes perpétués durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, que l'on pourrait rapprocher du travail de Jonathan Littel version balte. - Prix National de la Culture et de l'Art lituanien
Space and Power
This scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured by power, and in which space becomes a resource for power, combines insights from social theory, politics, history and geography.
Year of the Rabbit
One family's quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer Rouge Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family’s desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country’s major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million citizens. Cartoonist Tian Veasna was born just three days after the Khmer Rouge takeover, as his family set forth on the chaotic mass exodus from Phnom Penh. Year of the Rabbit is ...
Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn't Sorry
A clever, quirky biography of a leading contemporary artist, for children Banksy is a world-famous graffiti artist who secretly spray paints pictures on streets and walls while no one is watching! His works are often about politics, war, and other important things, but he also likes to paint rats. Rats scurry around and hide, often creating a bit of a stir, just like he does! Millions of people know his work but no one really knows who Bansky is -- his true identity is a secret. Fausto Gilberti brings life, intrigue, and whimsy to the mysterious story of one of the most important contemporary artists of our time. Ages 4-7
PAYS BALTES 2025 Petit Futé
Depuis une quinzaine d'années, les trois Etats baltes (Estonie, Lituanie, Lettonie) ont écrit une nouvelle page de leur histoire. Bien décidés à transformer leur société, ils ont multiplié les infrastructures touristiques. Ces trois petits pays ont à juste titre soif de reconnaissance : Riga, magnifique avec son architecture médiévale, Vilnius, fière de ses églises considérées - notamment par Napoléon - comme les plus belles du monde et Tallinn, superbe avec sa vieille ville pittoresque. La nature est divinement conservée et la qualité de vie y est excellente. La vie est calme et tranquille. Le charme des côtes et de leurs traditions artisanales et gastronomiques n'a pas d'équivalent. Autant de raisons pour prendre le temps de visiter des destinations encore confidentielles...
