Karen Blixen Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her...

Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau With a foreword by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel!Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp...

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Aaron Lansky “Incredible . . . Inspiring . . . Important.” — Library Journal, starred review“A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations.” —...

Richaed Z ChesnoffPack of Thieves: How Hitler and Europe Plundered the Jews and Committed the Greatest Theft in HistoryIt was the largest organized robbery in history--the detailed, systematic looting of...

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Conrad Russell Parliaments and English Politics 1621-1629 by Conrad Russell offers a detailed examination of the complex political landscape in early 17th-century England. This scholarly work provides an expert analysis...

Taylor Branch In Parting the Waters , the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” ( The...

Edward Keith-Roach The life of Edward Keith-Roach spans the transition of Britain's imperial history from a position of power, serenity and confidence, to one of growing frustration and decline. Perhaps...

Beverley Birch and Christian Birmingham Who was Louis Pasteur? He revolutionized medicine and biology! An exciting tale of scientific exploration for kids!Parents, teachers, and gift givers will find:an exciting kids...

Rabbi Berel Wein Patterns in Jewish History is Rabbi Berel Wein's masterful, thematic exploration of the history of the Jewish people. Through the prism of timeless themes: education, customs, anti-Semitism,...

Isabel Allende   "Listen, Paula. I am going to tell you a story so that when you wake up you will not feel so lost." So says Chilean writer Isabel...