political refugees

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political refugees

To destroy you is no loss

the odyssey of a Cambodian family
1987

In the sea there are crocodiles

2012
What would you do if, when you were ten, you were left to fend for yourself, and, in order to survive, you had to undertake a harrowing journey all the way from Afghanistan to Italy?.

Where the ashes are

the odyssey of a Vietnamese family
2009
Shows the Vietnam War through a child's eyes, the results and suffering after the Communist takeover, and the struggle of new immigrants to the United States, all from the personal experience and knowledge of the author.

The tempest

1996

Journey from the land of no

a girl caught in revolutionary Iran
2005
Presents the memoirs of the author that depict her childhood in Iran. She discusses the stories of her childhood in pre-revolutionary Iran, detailing things such as the religious fanaticism that gripped the country, censorship, and the plight of Iranian Jews.

When broken glass floats

growing up under the Khmer Rouge : a memoir
2001
A memoir in which the author discusses her experiences as a child living in Cambodia under the brutal Khmer Rouge, and tells of the hardships her family experienced until being brought to the United States by an uncle who was living in Oregon.

Music through the dark

a tale of survival in Cambodia
2000
Daran Kravanh recounts the experiences he had while living in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.

The tempest

2006
Presents the annotated text of the darkly humorous play about Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who is exiled to a magical island with his daughter, Miranda; and includes an introduction, an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare, and a note on the text used.

The tempest

1970

A Cambodian odyssey

1989
Haing Ngor's memoir of life under the communist Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.

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