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La straordinaria avventura dell'ariano che rischiò la vita per salvare centinaia di prigionieri dallo sterminio nella Polonia occupata è ormai leggendaria, ma avrebbe potuto non diventarlo mai se un tenace ebreo scampato all'Olocausto e divenuto bottegaio a Beverly Hills non si fosse imbattuto in Thomas Keneally, romanziere della lontana Australia. In questo volume l'autore rivela il lungo percorso, affascinante e spesso frustrante, che ha por...

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Drawing on his own experience studying for the priesthood in his youth, Keneally has created an endearing protagonist who speaks to the conundrums of our age while paying tribute to quiet heroes of the past.

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With the authority of a renowned historian and the narrative grace of a brilliant novelist, Thomas Keneally offers an insider's perspective into the dramatic saga of the birth of a vibrant society in an unfamiliar land. A Commonwealth of Thieves immerses us in the fledgling penal colony and conjures up colorful scenes of the joy and heartbreak, the thrills and hardships that characterized those first four improbable years. The result is a live...

The ideal concise biography of an American icon- now available in paperback for the bicentennial of his birth The self -mad e man from a log cabin, the great orator, the Emancipator, the Savior of the Union, the martyr-Lincoln's story is at the very heart of American history. But who was he, really? In this outstanding biography, award-winning author Thomas Keneally follows Lincoln from his impoverished birth through his education and presiden...

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Subtitled, "The Story Of The Founding Of Australia". A lively history of the 'First Fleet' which took convicts from Britain to Australia in 1787. It also tells the story of the early years of Sydney, which was founded as 'an open-air prison', and the colonisation of New South Wales. 'Evocative, broad-ranging and intelligently observed' "Mail on Sunday

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Featuring passion, politics, and war, "American Scoundrel" tells the story of Civil War General Dan Sickles, a notorious 19th century rogue who got away with murdering his wife's lover.

This national bestseller by the highly-acclaimed author of "Schindler's List" tells the deeply moving and spellbinding story of an alienated Australian journalist's soul-searching journey across a war-torn Africa.

Keneally's magnificent story of a young officer in a penal colony during the founding days of Australia transports readers through layer after layer of life in Sydney Cove, Australia. Advertising in New York Review of Books and Village Voice Literary Supplement.

From the award-winning author of "To Asmara" comes a riveting and richly-textured tale of magic, terrorism, the loss of dreams, and the extraordinary powers of the human spirit. After terrorists hijack his plane, a dance troupe manager is transformed into a hero.

In The Great Shame, Thomas Keneally--the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler's List--combines the authority of a brilliant historian and the narrative grace of a great novelist to present a gripping account of the Irish diaspora. The nineteenth century saw Ireland lose half of its population to famine, emigration, or deportation to penal colonies in Australia--often for infractions as common as stealing food. Among the victim...