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Young Victor Baxter grows up under the guardianship of the mysterious Captain and the woman who gives him a new name – Jim. His search for the truth about their identities leads him to discoveries about love, betrayal and his own life.
This is a world divided by blood - red or silver.
The Night Job follows a former pilot who, due to vision problems, works as a night porter in a New York hotel. Entangled in a world of gambling, wealth and fraud, he tries to turn his life around.
Noriko Kamiza, of mixed blood (a Japanese aristocrat and an African-American soldier), is an outcast in post-war Kyoto. Hidden and abused because of her race, she struggles for identity, the love of her brother, and a place in a world that does not accept
Vietnam features Mary McCarthy's travelogues of war-torn Vietnam. The author critically portrays the war, political propaganda, and the dire consequences of the conflict for the civilian population.
"Nomads of the North" is an adventure work about the life of animals in the wilderness of northern Canada. Through the friendship of a dog and a bear cub, it depicts the struggle for survival, the power of nature, and life in harsh regions.