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The book was a new york times bestseller in hardcover and paperback, and was translated into 14 languages. He is the coauthor of the new york times bestselling book. I loved this book about an extraordinary man i saw the movie and loved it so i wanted to read the book too. A new york times bestseller, in cloth and paperback. As his country was torn apart by violence during the rwandan genocide of 1994, hotel manager rusesabaginathe oskar schindler of africarefused to bow to the madness that surrounded him. Tom zoellner talked about and presented slides on his book uranium. Readers who were moved and horrified by hotel rwanda will respond even more intensely to paul rusesabaginas unforgettable autobiography. Paul rusesabagina, author, dominic hoffman, read by, tom zoellner, with, with tom zoellner, read by. His voice, his personality, his clearsightedness all come through brilliantly in this cowritten autobiography.
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