Slave*****

By Mende Nazer
Mende Nazer's happy childhood was cruelly cut short at the age of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her village in the remote Nuba mountains of Sudan. Mende was taken and sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum. She was stripped of her freedom. For seven long years she was kept as a domestic slave, beaten, abused and without any pay or a single day off. Her food was the leftover scraps and her bed was the floor of the locked-up garden shed. She endured this harsh and lonely existence without knowing whether her family was alive or dead, for seven long years. Passed on by her master, like a parcel, to a relative in London, Mende eventually managed to escape to freedom. Slave is a shocking first-person insight into the modern day slave trade. It is also a fascinating memoir of an African childhood and a moving testimony to a young girl's amazing spirit and courage in the face of adversity.
Mende mène une enfance heureuse dans son village situé dans les monts Nuba, au centre du Soudan. Une nuit, des brigands l'enlèvent avant de la vendre à un couple de Khartoum. Elle n'a alors que 12 ans. Désormais, il lui faut travailler jour et nuit sous les coups, les humiliations et les brimades de Rahab, sa maîtresse. Sept ans plus tard, Mende est envoyée à Londres pour servir chez la sœur de Rahab, épouse d'un haut diplomate de l'ambassade du Soudan. Affaiblie, la jeune femme trouvera cependant les ressources pour s'évader... C'est le récit de sa vie qu'elle nous livre ici, le témoignage poignant d'une esclave d'aujourd'hui. Une histoire de courage qui m'a beaucuop touche.

Desert Flower****

By Waris Dirie
Ms. Waris Dirie's story, from her humble beginnings in Somalia to the glitzy world of high fashion would be fascinating even if it weren't for the dreadful tragedies she has endured. If ever a woman took pain and turned it to a positive, it's this woman. By courageously overcoming cultural conditioning to tell the story of her horrific mutilation. Her physical beauty is stunning, her courage unmatched, and her legacy will endure long after her modeling career is over. (some language and difficult themes)

A Partisan's memoir *****

By Faye Shulman
This book chronicles the experiences of Faye, a 19-year-old girl who was left alone after her family was murdered by the Nazis. It is a unique perspective of the Holocaust: Faye escaped the Nazis to join the partisans. She gives a moving account of her years of surviving in the woods, her participation in raids against Nazi forces, and her role as a self-trained nurse and photographer. It is a story of tremendous courage...

Ce livre est l'histoire des experiences de Faye Schulman, une jeunes fill de 19 ans, qui se retrouve toute seul, apres que sa famille a ete tue par les Nazis. C'est une perspective unique sur le Holocaust: Faye echappe les Nazis et rejoint un group de resistance. Elle donne un accont emouvant des ses annees a survivre dans les bois, sa participation contre les Nazis, et son role en temps qu' infermiere et photograph. C'est une histoire de courage incroyable!

90 minutes in Heaven *****

I picked up this book while I was traveleing... Do I not regret buying this book! It is a deep profound moving true story of human courage. I have read many accounts of life after death experiences and wondered how people could go there and return here on earth and still keep on living, from all accounts it is so much better there... In this incredible story Don retells his struggles and victories with so much honesty. Just amazing!

J'ai acheter ce livre en voyageant Je n'ai pas regrette! C'est une histoire tres emouvante remplie de courage. J'ai lu beaucoup d'histores sur le sujet de la vie apres la mort et me suis toujours demande comment les personnes qui ont ses experiences peuvent-elles supporter de revenir ici alors que c'est si bien de l'autre cote? Dans cette histoire incroyable de Don, il nous racconte son experience, ses douleurs, ses epreuves et ses victoires avec beaucoup d'honnetete.