Young Adult Nonfiction

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Hiding in Plain Sight: My Holocaust Story of Survival - Hardcover

$41.02

by Beatrice Sonders (Author), David Salama (Editor)After decades of concealing the full account of her experiences, Holocaust survivor Beatrice Sonders (Basia Gadzuik) writes her story of survival and courage in the face of the ultimate horrors.Born in 1924 and growing up in the small town of David-Horodok, a village in eastern Poland, Basia spent her childhood surrounded by family, traditions, and a Jewish education that rebirthed the Hebrew language. But when the Germans and Ukrainians obli...

St. Patrick's Day, Traditions, Tales, and Trivia - Paperback

$24.28

by James M. Volo (Contribution by), Dorothy Denneen Volo (Author)St. Patrick's Day is a foundation of Irish culture. This full color illustrated book is meant as a brief guide to the history, traditions and delights that make March 17th "a great day for the Irish" and for anyone who knows someone who is Irish. The Irish remembered the day as they moved to other lands. In the United States, they began publicly observing the day in the early 18th century. The Irish presence in America increased...

King Maker: Applying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Leadership Lessons in Working with Athletes and Entertainers - Paperback

$19.42

by Marcus Goodloe (Author)"The story of Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most influential narratives in American and world history. Here, Dr. Marcus 'Goodie' Goodloe shares a missing and often forgotten part of that story, writing vividly and insightfully about King's efforts to intersect athletes and entertainers in the struggle for equal opportunity, justice, and peace.Kingmaker: Applying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 's Leadership Lessons in Working with Athletes and Entertainers will in...

The First Million Digits of Pi - Paperback

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by David E. McAdams (Editor)Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, has been know to exist for thousands of years. Even before the common era, ancient mathematicians had found approximations for pi that were accurate to two digits (3.1). The Babylonians used 25/8 as an approximation of pi. The ancient Egyptians used 16/9 squared for pi. The next to improve the approximations for pi were Chinese mathematicians. The Chinese approximation was correct to seven digits (3.14...

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by Anne Frank (Author) Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old school girl. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I feel like writing. -Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl is a remarkable first-hand account of the life of a holocaust victim, Anne Frank. A young girl in her teenage, Anne, docu...

Miracles Through Hell: A True Story of Holocaust Survival and Intergenerational Healing - Hardcover

$41.69

by Jerry M. Elman (Author)Miracles Through Hell is an untold story of bravery, luck, guilt, redemption, intergenerational pain, and healing. Few Holocaust-related books have been written with such depth and insight. This book is hard to put down once started. Elman uncovers the details of his parents' lives before the Nazis took control of Poland. He leads us through the miracles and hell they experienced as the war raged on. The decisions and choices forced on them, the rebuilding of their l...

Black Inventors Who Changed History: 1800s-1900s - Paperback

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by Debra D. Rich (Author)Black Inventors Who Changed History 1800s-1900sBy: Debra D. RichAfrican American scholar and historian Lerone Bennett Jr. once said, "If our children are to make history, they must first know their own history." Deeply inspired by this sentiment, author Debra Rich set out to chronicle the lives of groundbreaking black inventors who have helped shape the world but who receive little credit or fame. With great talent and an unbreakable spirit, these African Americans ov...

An Heiress of Holocaust - How my family survived the holocaust and the lasting effects on my life - Hardcover

$33.10

by Sarah Segal (Author)A unique memoir of Holocaust atrocities and life under their heavy influencePoland, 1942. "My mom told me how her sister, Cirella, threw her two-year-old daughter Bella from the window of the moving train that was taking them to the concentration camp Treblinka. How the mother had leaped after the baby but was killed by the bullet of a Polish guard. Mom told how the toddler was last seen sitting in the place where she had fallen, while a Polish woman gathered her up int...

Kings of a Lonely Kingdom: Earth Day Essays, Poems, and Musings on Nature - Paperback

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by David C. Mahood (Author), Gina Poirier (Designed by)In his latest book, Kings of a Lonely Kingdom, author David C. Mahood shares his passion for preserving nature, biodiversity, and for combating climate change, through ten years of Earth Day essays, original poetry, and related sentiments. Throughout the book he shares compelling examples of a world in need of greater care in order to bring attention to the unfavorable, long-term consequences of climate change, and the loss of biodiversit...

Holocaust Rescuers: True Holocaust Survivor Stories Of The Liberators Of Auschwitz: Accounts Of The Holocaust Rescuers - Paperback

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by Cyrus J. Zachary (Author)True Holocaust Survivor Stories Of The Liberators Of Auschwitz: Accounts Of The Holocaust Rescuers Every so often, an event happens that yanks the reigns of the ever-churning machinery of time and stops the world in its tracks. The repercussions of such an event may send shock waves that can be felt in every nook and corner of our sphere. These events and happenings will vary in the actual magnitude, but their lasting effect can be immeasurable in the manner they i...

St Patrick's Day Word Search Large Print: Fun Activity Themed Saint Patricks Day Puzzle Book For Kids And Adults - Paperback

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by Eve Nancy (Author)A very fun, entertaining & exciting word search puzzle books for slightly older kids and adults.This awesome St. Patrick's day word search makes the perfect gift! Enjoy hours of relaxing and engaging NEVER SEEN BEFORE word search puzzles to give your brain a good workout. Very Easy to Read, Large Font Size Unique Never seen before Word Search Puzzles 16x16 Letters Across Down Handy 8.5 X 11 Inch Layout Over 100 Puzzles with Solutions PERFECT GIFT FOR SMART KIDS & ...

The Diary of a Young Girl Class 10th - Paperback

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by Unknown (Author)English-Hindi Edition Anne Frank's extraordinary diary, written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, has become a world classic and a timeless testament to the human spirit. Now, in a new edition enriched by many passages originally withheld by her father, we meet an Anne more real, more human, and more vital than ever. Here she is first and foremost a teenage girl—stubbornly honest, touchingly vulnerable, in love with life. S...

Purim Activity Book for Kids: Holiday-themed Word Search, Mazes, Crosswords, Dot-to-Dot and Sudoku Activity Book for Kids 2nd Grade and Over - Paperback

$11.47

by Curveball Velocity Books (Author)This Purim activity book contains plenty of puzzles and activities to keep your child occupied during the festive season Here are the things you will find- word word scrambles, mazes, sudoku, crossword puzzles, Dot-to-Dot puzzles and more. The book is suitable for kids from Grade 2 and over, or those over 5 years old with parental supervision. Instructions and solutions are provided. If your child struggles with the activities, don't fret- all he/ she need...

Passover Activity Book for Kids: Puzzles for Kids Aged 6-12 - Paperback

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by Curveball Velocity Books (Author)This Passover activity book contains plenty of puzzles and activities to keep your child occupied! Here are the things you will find- word scrambles, mazes, word searches, sudoku, kakuro and Dot-to-Dot puzzles. . Instructions and solutions are provided. The puzzles are suitable for kids between the ages 6-12, though parental supervision may be needed for the younger ones. This book is a suitable gift for your kids, nephews, nieces and friends' kids. It is ...

Someone to Watch Over Me: A Holocaust Memoir Looking Back on a Life of Upheaval Kindness and Fortune - Paperback

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by Sylvia Karwaser Goodman (Author)An inspiring story of exceptional goodness in the midst of extraordinary evil. In 1942, Sylvia Karwaser was only two years old when Germany invaded Belgium and extreme danger loomed at her family's doorstep. Desperate to find a safe place for their daughter to hide, Getty & Srul Karwaser's prayers were answered when their landlady, Alida Pontus, offered to take Sylvia, a Jewish child and pass her off as her Christian granddaughter. Within a few short day...

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by James Tanton (Author)Who said "pi" applies only to circles? What is the value of pi for a square? For a triangle? For other shapes? What about ropes wrapped around the Earth? What is the "right" value of pi for any shape? Can the value of pi change? In this little text we'll learn that playing with values of pi for shapes other than circles has surprising and beautiful good uses. All jolly mathematical fun for all ages! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Stuart Tanton, PhD is an Australian mathem...

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition - Paperback

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by Anne Frank (Author)The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while In 1942, with zis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding.The family was apprehended in 1944, and Anne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during th...

The Altered I: Memoir of Holocaust Survivor, Joseph Kempler - Paperback

$21.53

by April Voytko Kempler (Author), Joseph Kempler (As Told by)Captivating. One of those rare books that once you start reading, you can't put it down. Extremely well written and very descriptive. This vivid recollection of Joseph Kempler's struggle for survival inside Nazi concentration camps is a MUST read The horrific and total disregard for human life during Hitler's reign is beyond comprehension. The Altered I. April Voytko Kempler did an exemplary job in vividly depicting her father-in-l...

Valentine's Day Puzzle Word Search Happy Valentine's Day - Paperback

$11.86

by Word Puzzle Search Book (Author)Are you searching for something to do? Look no further. Enjoy hours of LARGE PRINT word search puzzle fun with this Book. Number of Pages: 202 Dimensions: 0.43 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: January 04, 2020 Large Print: Yes

Chinese New Year Word Search: Puzzle Book for Adults and Teens with 20+ Games - Paperback

$11.47

by Seasons Fire Media (Author)Chinese New Year Word Search Puzzles - A suitable activity book for adults and teens alike This unique Chinese New Year Word Search puzzle book provides you with a great way to relieve stress and relax on the go. This season, try solving the puzzles to test your knowledge of the Chinese (Lunar) New Year The book contains 20+ pages of word search puzzles with answers provided in case you can't figure it out. The puzzles come in varying levels of difficulty, from...

A Survivor Named Trauma: Holocaust Memory in Lithuania - Paperback

$59.76

by Myra Sklarew (Author)A Survivor Named Trauma examines the nature of trauma and memory as they relate to the Holocaust in Lithuania. How do we behave under threat? How do we remember extreme danger? How do subsequent generations deal with their histories--whether as descendants of perpetrators or victims, of those who rescued others or were witnesses to genocide? Or those who were separated from their families in early childhood and do not know their origins? Myra Sklarew's study draws on i...

Genocide Perspectives IV: Essays on Holocaust and Genocide - Paperback

$28.80

by Colin Tatz (Author)Genocide isn't past tense and the Nazi and Bosnian eras are not yet closed. The demonising of people as 'unworthy' and expendable is ever-present and the consequences are all too evident in the daily news. These fourteen essays by Australian scholars confront the issues: the need for a measuring scale that encompasses differences and similarities between seemingly divergent cases of the crime; the complicity of bureaucracies, the healing professions and the churches in t...

Holocaust Rescuers: True Stories Of Brave Holocaust Rescuers Who Saved The Destitute Prisoners Of Auschwitz - Paperback

$16.18

by Cyrus J. Zachary (Author)True Stories Of Brave Holocaust Rescuers Who Saved The Destitute Prisoners Of Auschwitz The Second World War, was a classic example of how good and evil man can be - where Hitler and his men were doing every thing they could to destroy entire races, the Allied Powers of the world came together to fight and rescue the millions caught in the crossfire. Called Ho-Shoah in Hebrew, the Holocaust was, undoubtedly, the most painful and devastating man-made disaster the wo...

Dear Andrew: Letters and Memoirs of a Holocaust Survivor to His Grandson - Paperback

$20.52

by Andrew Ross (Author), Deborah Erna Oury (Author)Endre Lovinger was only 17 years old when the Nazis invaded Budapest, Hungary, in March 1944. Taken from his family at gunpoint to work on a Jewish Forced Labor Brigade, he eventually escaped and found himself on the run trying to keep one step ahead of the Nazis and certain death. After more than seventy years of buried memories, he finally opened up and shared his past in letters to his oldest grandson who was attending the Air Force Academ...

Word Search St. Patrick's Day Edition: Fun Activity Themed Saint Patrick's Day Puzzle Book For Kids And Adults Word Finder Large Size - Paperback

$12.35

by Willow Trinity (Author) Enjoy this themed word search book celebrating all things St Patrick's Day and Irish culture Up to 20 word search puzzles Color the decorations (line drawing designs) on every page featuring leprechauns, traditional Irish folklore and Celtic symbol art The solutions (answers) to the word search puzzles included at the end of the book White paper Large A4 size / 8.5" x 11" Suitable for kid, teen, adult and anyone who enjoys word search puzzles and St Patrick's Day N...

St. Patrick's Day Favorites Cigar Box Guitar Songbook: Tablature, Chords & Lyrics for 35 Beloved Irish Songs Perfect for Celebrating St. Patrick's Day - Paperback

$22.93

by Ben Gitty Baker (Author)This 136-page songbook contains 35 of the best-known and beloved Irish/Celtic songs and tunes, all arranged specifically for playing on 3-string cigar box guitars tuned to Open G GDG. The words and additional verses are included for all of the songs, along with chords and chord forms and as well short historical sketches. All of the songs are presented with multiple arrangements for different skill levels and vocal ranges. Ben Gitty writes: Irish music, and the peop...

The Holocaust: A Novella About a True Miracle in the Holocaust - Hardcover

$53.98

by Marcel Moring (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ● From the bestselling author of The Survivor comes a touching novella of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream ● Inspired by the lives of two World War II survivorsIn their early teens, two girls were forced to sit next to each other in school. Although they were complete opposites-one a social butterfly and the other a withdrawn bookworm-they soon realized that they shared similar hopes and ...

Vanished History: The Holocaust in Czech and Slovak Historical Culture - Paperback

$59.76

by Tomas Sniegon (Author) Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler's Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands of Jewish inhabitants in the so called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia soon felt the tragic consequences of Nazi racial politics. Not all Czechs, however, remained passive bystanders during the genocide. After the destruction of Czechoslovakia in 1938-39, Slovakia ...

God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors - Paperback

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by Menachem Z. Rosensaft (Editor), Elie Wiesel (Prologue by)Almost 90 children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from 16 countries explore how their parents' and grandparents' experiences of the Shoah helped shape their identity and their attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world. Their reflections will inform and inspire people of all faiths and backgrounds. Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.79 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date...

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by Michael J. Varhola (Author)Come along with author Michael J. Varhola as he explores some of the most eerie sites in Virginia and the nation's capital. Virginia and the District of Columbia are fertile ground for serious and casual ghosthunters alike and have no shortage of venues for paranormal investigation -- if visitors know where to look. Author Michael J. Varhola has spared no efforts to make Ghosthunting Virginia as useful a resource as possible for those interested in visiting haun...

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by Robert Mshengu Kavanagh (Author)Making Theatre is an A - Z guide to making and performing theatre. There are hundreds of books on the various aspects of theatre but almost all of them are about theatre as it is practised in Europe and North America. Making Theatre is a guide to theatre that many theatre practitioners in the rest of the world might find refreshing and extremely helpful. With knowledge, experience and insights derived from over 30 years of practical theatre and teaching in m...

Irma Grese - The Holocaust: The Incredible Life Of Irma Grese And The Holocaust: The Intriguing Life And History Of The Blonde Beast - Paperback

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by Wilbur Chindler (Author)The Incredible Life Of Irma Grese And The Holocaust: The Intriguing Life And History Of The Blonde Beast The two World Wars were standing testimony of man's willingness to degenerate into cannibalistic beings; any attempt to justify a war is a useless one, if only because we cannot account for the millions of innocent people who lose their lives in the process. It isn't just the soldiers who die; from political prisoners to the innocent women and children who are no...