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Guantanamo by Michael Ratner & Ellen Ray
Category: Fiction
The first book to be published on the subject of Guantanamo Bay! For two and a half years the U.S. military has imprisoned and interrogated more than 700 Muslims from 44 countries (including Australia) at Guant
In the Land of the Living by Austin Ratner
Category: Fiction
"IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING "made me laugh out loud, and it also left me deeply moved."--John Burnham Schwartz, author of "Reservation Road" and "Northwest Corner" Isidore is a brilliant man, driven in equal measure by grief at his young mother's death, rage at his distant, abusive father, and his own fi ...Show more
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Category: Fiction
For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. Soon the family's world of carefully guarded royal privilege is s ...Show more
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
Category: Fiction
This is a stunning, powerful novel set against the backdrop of the Cambodian War, perfect for fans of Chris Cleave and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the ...Show more
In the Shadow of the Banyan - A Novel by Vaddey Ratner
Category: Fiction
A beautiful celebration of the power of hope, this New York Times bestselling novel tells the story of a girl who comes of age during the Cambodian genocide. You are about to read an extraordinary story, a PEN Hemingway Award finalist "rich with history, mythology, folklore, language and emotion." I ...Show more
Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner
Category: Fiction
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorTeera returns to Cambodia for the first time since her harrowing escape to America as a child, carrying a letter from a man who claims he knew her father in the Khmer Rouge prison where he disappeared twenty-five years ago. A lyrical hymn to the power of forgiveness, M ...Show more
Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect on Children, and What to Do about It by Bill Ratner
Category: Parenting
From how to deal with cyberbullying to the strange, true stories behind "Barbie" and "G.I. Joe," media insider Bill Ratner takes an inside look at our wired-up world in a fascinating book part memoir, part parenting guide for the digital age. Landing his first job in advertising at age fourteen, Ratner ...Show more
Solution Focused Brief Therapy by Ratner Harvey
Category: Personal Development | Series: 100 Key Points Ser.
There are a number of books available on solution focused brief therapy, but this is the first that will present the information in 100 bite-sized sections
The Jump Artist by Austin Ratner
Category: Fiction
"The Jump Artist" by Austin Ratner is a prize-winning novel that tells an astonishing true story of injustice, survival, reinvention and fame against all the odds. "Panoramic, arresting, breathtaking". (Anna Funder, author of "Stasiland"). "Bold and wondrous". (A D Miller, author of "Snowdrops"). Austri ...Show more
The Jump Artist by Austin Ratner
Category: Fiction
Austin Ratner's superbly crafted, prize-winning novel The Jump Artist tells the story of one of the twentieth century's most renowned artists - and a murder trial that shook Europe. A young man stands unjustly accused of murdering his father. Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann speak out on his behalf. ...Show more