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Survival and Conscience: From the Shadows of Nazi Germany to the Jewish Boat to Gaza by Lillian Rosengarten
mobi |eng | 2015-10-06 | Author:Lillian Rosengarten [Rosengarten, Lillian]

SIX The Kitchen It was 1991. Spring arrived and the scent of blossoms and a river breeze drifted once again through the open windows of my Riverside Drive apartment. I ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 25,2020 )
My Sister by Selenis Leyva
epub |eng | 2020-03-24 | Author:Selenis Leyva [Leyva, Selenis and Leyva, Marizol]

I WAS still living with Cameron and his family when I turned eighteen. On my birthday, Cameron announced, “We’re gonna go party!” We went to the club that night, but ...
( Category: LGBT March 25,2020 )
The Other Madisons by Bettye Kearse
epub |eng | | Author:Bettye Kearse

Bonnie and I continued through the museum, taking in representations of slave auctions, the financially crippling and socially demeaning post–Civil War sharecropping system, and a black woman drinking from a ...
( Category: United States March 25,2020 )
Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella by Neil Lanctot
epub |eng | | Author:Neil Lanctot

14 ACHES, PAINS, AND A COMEBACK NO SOONER HAD THOMSON touched home plate than the Dodger switchboard was jammed with near-hysterical callers screaming, “Lemme talk to that blankety-blank O’Malley [or ...
( Category: Baseball March 25,2020 )
Windows into My World by Sarah Cortez
epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Sarah Cortez

Unforgettable Friend Flor Lopez “JUST A BOY, just an ordinary boy trying to get by . . . ” I sang the lyrics of the song in front of the ...
( Category: Hispanic & Latino March 25,2020 )
Toni Morrison by Barbara Kramer
epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Barbara Kramer [Kramer, Barbara]

… Tar Baby keeps you turning pages … a melodrama full of sex, violence, myth, wit, wry wisdom and the extraordinary sense of place that distinguishes all Morrison’s writing, it ...
( Category: Biographies March 25,2020 )
Battle Order 204 by Christobel Mattingley
epub, pdf |eng | 2007-01-03 | Author:Christobel Mattingley

High Explosive bombs going down over Calais, 1944 listened to a BBC report of the heavies’ raid, hearing of the damage inflicted by 1000 tons of bombs. And when they ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 25,2020 )
Murder on the Bluff by Molly Whittington-Egan
epub |eng | 2012-03-14 | Author:Molly Whittington-Egan

Judge: ‘I am of opinion that the evidence is such as ought to be placed before a jury.’ Edith Carew had no statement to make. Harry Dickinson was sworn in ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 25,2020 )
Obama by Deborah Willis
epub |eng | 2008-03-14 | Author:Deborah Willis

The May 19, 2008, cover of Time magazine features a portrait of a smiling Obama accompanied by the caption “And the Winner Is…(Really, we’re pretty sure this time).” The cover ...
( Category: Photo Essays March 25,2020 )
Buen Camino! by Peter Murtagh
epub |eng | 2011-11-27 | Author:Peter Murtagh

BERCIANOS DEL CAMINO PETER: Pity poor Bercianos. It’s a one-horse town and even he has checked out. Bercianos’ one obvious asset, the church of San Salvador, a substantial structure on ...
( Category: Irish March 24,2020 )
An Accidental Diplomat by Eamon Delaney
epub |eng | 2013-11-14 | Author:Eamon Delaney

14 Greens Under the Bed Each Monday, we would give oral reports on the outside events attended over the weekend. In general, the CG would do the power-broking events; Ireland ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 24,2020 )
Real Irish New York by Dermot McEvoy
epub |eng | 2020-03-02 | Author:Dermot McEvoy

THE PERFECT EPITAPH In late 1965, she moved from Brooklyn back to the Village, taking an apartment on the seventh floor of 35 West Ninth Street, only a few blocks ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 24,2020 )
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby
epub |eng | 2010-03-14 | Author:Barbara Ransby

SETTING THE STAGE AND PLANTING THE SEEDS The atmosphere on Shaw's campus that weekend was electric. The discussions were lively, and the mood was optimistic. For many of the students, ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 24,2020 )
Choosing a Jewish Life by Anita Diamant
epub |eng | 2007-08-06 | Author:Anita Diamant

Rabbi: May you grow in dedication to Torah and the covenant of peace, truth and righteousness for which it stands. All: Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheynu Adonai Echad Hear, Israel, Our ...
( Category: Animals March 24,2020 )
Young Thurgood by Larry S. Gibson
epub |eng | 2012-12-09 | Author:Larry S. Gibson

After reviewing Pearson's letter, Marshall drafted a letter on Murray's behalf to the University of Maryland's Board of Regents: On January 24, 1935, pursuant to and in accordance with the ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 24,2020 )

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