by Lloyd Jones
This amazing story is set on a lonely island with only one white person whose uniqueness and love for English literature leads him to be the teacher for a class of children when the other teachers have fled the island during a civil war.
June 8th, 2009
by Jeff Shaara
While Hitler pushes through western Europe, Allied forces face off against Rommel in the North African desert and prepare for an invasion of Italy.
February 16th, 2009
by Winston Groom
This is an historical account of the pivotal battle of the War of 1812. How did a motley crew of American soldiers led by Andrew Jackson defeat the militarily superior English?
February 16th, 2009
by E. L. Doctorow
General Sherman’s march through the south at the end of the Civil War is recounted from multiple viewpoints, complex and significant.
February 16th, 2009
by Jeanne Houston
Sayo must rise above her disastrous birth sign, the Fire Horse, when she and her family are imprisoned in an internment camp during World War II.
February 10th, 2009
by Ibtisam Barakat
A telling memoir beginning as a three-year-old Palestinian refugee in Israel, and continuing through childhood, the Six-Day War and its aftermath.
February 10th, 2009
by Dave Eggers
Valentino Achak Deng, one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” survives a harrowing 13 years in camps before arriving in Atlanta. What was lost or gained, what endures, and where can one go from here?
February 9th, 2009
by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast
What can YOU do to stop atrocities that are occurring half a world away? Read on and learn from a leading activist how you can become an agent of change in your community and beyond.
February 9th, 2009
by Ishmael Beah
An innocent visit to a neighboring village begins Ishmael’s life-altering journey. Follow his harrowing survival story from child-soldier in Sierra Leone to a graduate of Oberlin College.
February 9th, 2009
by Rory Stewart
Walking across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul just as the Taliban had been ousted brings back strong memories for the author.
February 9th, 2009
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