National Network for Equitable Library Service

On Call begins with a newly-minted doctor checking in for her first day of residency—wearing the long white coat of an MD and being called “Doctor” for the first time.

National Book Award winner: This story of a family torn apart by the Vietnam era is “a magnificent portrayal of two noble men who broke each other’s hearts” (Booklist).

Celia Sánchez is the missing actor of the Cuban Revolution.

Today, in violence-torn regions across the globe, 20 million children have been uprooted, orphaned, or injured by war, famine, and poverty. This is their story . . . and ours.

The key to ongoing freedom from alcoholism or any other kind of addiction is right before us, here and now, in the ordinary and perfect present moment.

A mother recounts her interactions with the US government as she struggled to bring home her abducted daughters from Saudi Arabia.

An intimate and darkly comic memoir of a woman who does a 180 with her body. In the opening pages of *Passing for Thin*, Frances Kuffel waits at the airport to be picked up by her brother, Jim.

Patient by Patient is the memoir of a young doctor, fresh from residency, as she explores the joys and frustrations of beginning her medical practice.

"Intense and absorbing... If you buy only one book on the Vietnam War, this is the one you want." - Chicago Tribune. Christian G.

“Much will be made—and rightly so—of the eloquent commentary [Lam’s] essays provide on Vietnam and the Vietnamese . . .

Delve into the chilling narrative of one of history's most infamous serial killers, Ed Kemper.

Twelve essays by a Japanese-American writer about being caught between past and present, old country and new.

A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years, Poseidon's Steed follows the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe, tracing

Et si la pensée positive vous rendait anxieux? Partout et en tout temps, on nous somme d'être positifs au travail, dans nos relations, et même face à la souffrance.

"Behind the Mask: Amanda Knox" delves into the gripping and controversial case of Amanda Knox, a young woman who found herself at the center of an international murder trial.