Babel

Author: Gaston Dorren

Language: English

Summary: BABEL takes you to the 20 mightiest languages of our time. Half of the world population are native speakers of one of these 20. Well over three quarters can speak at least one of them. And just over 90% live in countries where one of them is used by central government. Continue reading “Babel”

Surviving Covid-19 in a Foreign Land: Stories of Expats and Migrants Around the World

Author: Irina Sirbu, Inna Rothmann Language: English Summary: The rules have changed, but life goes on. What is it like to live through the pandemic if you are stranded in a foreign land? Ten characters, expats and migrants, from all over the world find themselves cut off from their homelands, cultures and families at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Overcoming the initial shock and fear, … Continue reading Surviving Covid-19 in a Foreign Land: Stories of Expats and Migrants Around the World

Home/Land A MEMOIR OF DEPARTURE AND RETURN

Author: Rebecca Mead

Language: English

Summary: A moving reflection on the complicated nature of home and homeland, and the heartache and adventure of leaving an adopted country in order to return to your native land—this is a “winsome memoir of departure and reversal . . . about the way a series of unknowns accrue into a life” (Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror). Continue reading “Home/Land A MEMOIR OF DEPARTURE AND RETURN”