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The young life of Daoud Hari—his friends call him David—has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. He is a living witness to the brutal genocide under way in Darfur. The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world—an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Horrific
- De B.S.Johnston en 04-02-24
De: Daoud Hari
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Maybe You Will Survive
- A Holocaust Memoir
- De: Aron Goldfarb, Graham Diamond
- Narrado por: Laurence Dobiesz
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
In Graham Diamond's collaboration with Aron Goldfarb, the reader feels the struggles of people trying to survive during the Holocaust. The author recounts his experiences in Poland during the Holocaust, when he escaped from a forced labour camp and, with his brother, hid in underground holes on the grounds of an estate controlled by the Gestapo.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not accurate in all ways
- De Dinner en 05-11-20
De: Aron Goldfarb, y otros
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I Am a Bacha Posh
- My Life as a Woman Living as a Man in Afghanistan
- De: Ukmina Manoori, Stephanie Lebrun, Peter E. Chianchiano - translator
- Narrado por: Ariana Delawari
- Duración: 4 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 230
"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy. In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop and work - and in some cases, it saves them from the disgrace of not having a male heir. But in adolescence, religion restores the natural law.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, awful pronunciation
- De Anonymous User en 04-19-21
De: Ukmina Manoori, y otros
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places
- A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
- De: Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts
- Narrado por: Nancy Kwan
- Duración: 3 h y 3 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 100
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
This haunting memoir tells the brutal story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of an innocent victim whose childhood was dominated by violence, devastation, and conflicts between the teachings of her culture and the realities of war. The youngest in a close-knit Buddhist family, Le Ly Hayslip was 12 years old when U.S. helicopters landed in her village. She was raped and "ruined" for marriage by Viet Cong soldiers, imprisoned and tortured by the South Vietnamese, and sentenced to death by the Viet Cong. Ultimately fleeing to the U.S. with her children, she finally found peace, and in 1986, she was reunited with her family in Vietnam. The story of her homecoming, interwoven with her memories of the war years, paints a vivid picture of a noble, optimistic woman and her native country.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to listen to
- De heatherhg en 07-01-07
De: Le Ly Hayslip, y otros
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Tears of the Desert
- A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
- De: Halima Bashir, Damien Lewis
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 68
Halima Bashir was born into the Zaghawa tribe, whose customs have remained unchanged for centuries, in the remote western deserts of Sudan in the region of South Darfur. Halima's father named his daughter after the traditional medicine woman of the village, and she grew up in a happy and close-knit childhood environment. Her father became a wealthy man by his tribe's standards, so he could afford to send Halima to school and university. Halima went on to study medicine, and at 24 she returned to her tribe and began practicing as their first ever qualified doctor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A story that takes you there
- De Justicepirate en 05-22-17
De: Halima Bashir, y otros
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
- One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival
- De: Melissa Fleming
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
Doaa Al Zamel was once an average Syrian girl growing up in a crowded house in a bustling city near the Jordanian border. But in 2011 her life was upended. Inspired by the events of the Arab Spring, Syrians began to stand up against their own oppressive regime. When the army was sent to take control of Doaa's hometown, strict curfews, power outages, water shortages, air raids, and violence disrupted everyday life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One woman's story
- De msrae en 07-06-17
De: Melissa Fleming
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The Translator
- De: Daoud Hari
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 26
The young life of Daoud Hari—his friends call him David—has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. He is a living witness to the brutal genocide under way in Darfur. The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world—an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Horrific
- De B.S.Johnston en 04-02-24
De: Daoud Hari
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Maybe You Will Survive
- A Holocaust Memoir
- De: Aron Goldfarb, Graham Diamond
- Narrado por: Laurence Dobiesz
- Duración: 7 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
In Graham Diamond's collaboration with Aron Goldfarb, the reader feels the struggles of people trying to survive during the Holocaust. The author recounts his experiences in Poland during the Holocaust, when he escaped from a forced labour camp and, with his brother, hid in underground holes on the grounds of an estate controlled by the Gestapo.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not accurate in all ways
- De Dinner en 05-11-20
De: Aron Goldfarb, y otros
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The Nine
- The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
- De: Gwen Strauss
- Narrado por: Juliet Stevenson
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 370
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 331
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 328
The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a 10-day journey across the front lines of World War II from Germany back to Paris. Drawing on incredible research, this powerful, heart-stopping narrative is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important Story
- De JAL en 05-28-21
De: Gwen Strauss
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Led by Faith
- De: Immaculee Ilibagiza
- Narrado por: Immaculee Ilibagiza
- Duración: 4 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 187
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 166
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 162
For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously survived the savage killing spree that left most of her family, friends, and a million of her fellow citizens dead. Immaculée's remarkable story of survival was documented in her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting perspective
- De RayChu en 03-13-13
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Beneath the Tamarind Tree
- A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram
- De: Isha Sesay
- Narrado por: Isha Sesay
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 125
The first definitive account of Boko Haram’s abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters - by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First Hand Information.
- De Adewuyi t. en 08-28-19
De: Isha Sesay
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Stolen Girls
- Survivors of Boko Haram Tell Their Story
- De: Wolfgang Bauer, Eric Frederick Trump - translator
- Narrado por: Bahni Turpin
- Duración: 5 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
One night in April 2014, members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram raided the small town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria and abducted 276 young girls from the local boarding school. The event caused massive, international outrage. Using the hashtag "Bring Back Our Girls", politicians, activists, and celebrities from all around the world - among them First Lady Michelle Obama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai - protested.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perspective changer
- De frostyski3 en 05-13-17
De: Wolfgang Bauer, y otros
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Keeping Hope Alive
- One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
- De: Hawa Abdi, Sarah J. Robbins
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Dr. Hawa Abdi, "the Mother Teresa of Somalia" and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the founder of a massive camp for internally displaced people located a few miles from war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia. Since 1991, when the Somali government collapsed, famine struck, and aid groups fled, she has dedicated herself to providing help for people whose lives have been shattered by violence and poverty.
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5 out of 5 stars
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How Refreshing
- De Jean Watz en 07-21-14
De: Hawa Abdi, y otros
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Two Rings
- A Story of Love and War
- De: Millie Werber, Eve Keller
- Narrado por: Yelena Shmulenson, Eve Keller
- Duración: 7 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Trapped in Poland in 1941, like many Jews, Millie Werber went from the Radom Ghetto to slave labor in an armaments factory, survived Auschwitz, and toiled in a second factory until liberation came on April 1, 1945. She faced death many times but lived to marry a good man and fellow survivor. Meanwhile, she concealed a photograph in her closet and carried a secret in her heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a love story
- De Sbear en 11-19-18
De: Millie Werber, y otros
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A Girl Is a Body of Water
- De: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
- Narrado por: Tovah Ott
- Duración: 14 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 86
International award-winning author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s novel is a sweeping and powerful portrait of a young girl and her family: who they are, what history has taken from them, and - most importantly - how they find their way back to each other. In her thirteenth year, Kirabo confronts a piercing question that has haunted her childhood: who is my mother? Kirabo has been raised by women in the small Ugandan village of Nattetta - her grandmother, her best friend, and her many aunts - but the absence of her mother follows her like a shadow.
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3 out of 5 stars
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African narrators for African novels!
- De Lynn en 04-24-21
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A Grain of Wheat
- De: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 10 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Kenya's Great
- De Afro History fan en 07-31-19
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Growing Up bin Laden
- Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
- De: Jean Sasson, Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
A true story that few ever believed would come to light, Growing Up bin Laden uncovers startling revelations and hidden secrets carefully guarded by the most wanted terrorist of our lifetime, Osama bin Laden.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating. I could not stop listening.
- De Curatina en 04-14-10
De: Jean Sasson, y otros
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Mighty Be Our Powers
- How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War; a Memoir
- De: Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers
- Narrado por: Kimberly Scott
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 187
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 191
As a young woman growing up in Africa, 17-year-old Leymah Gbowee was crushed by a savage war when violence reached her native Monrovia, depriving her of the education she yearned for and claiming the lives of relatives and friends. As war continued to ravage Liberia, Gbowee’s bitterness turned to rage-fueled action as she realized that women bear the greatest burden in prolonged conflicts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and
- De Kathy en 10-07-11
De: Leymah Gbowee, y otros
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After the Roundup
- Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France
- De: Joseph Weismann
- Narrado por: J. Clark Allison
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. After being held for five days in appalling conditions in the Vélodrome d'Hiver stadium, Joseph and his family were transported by cattle car to the Beaune-la-Rolande internment camp and brutally separated. A thousand children were left behind to wait for a later train. The French guards told the children that they would soon be reunited with their parents, but Joseph and his new friend, Joe Kogan, chose to risk everything in a daring escape attempt.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A “must-listen” book
- De Jonathan R Scupin en 09-25-18
De: Joseph Weismann
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My Friend Anne Frank
- The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
- De: Hannah Pick-Goslar, Dina Kraft
- Narrado por: Alix Dunmore
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 83
In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the missing piece to Anne’s story and the complete picture of Hannah’s
- De Wilson en 07-13-23
De: Hannah Pick-Goslar, y otros