National Network for Equitable Library Service

Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Cokie Roberts brings war-torn Washington, DC, into focus through the lives of its formidable women.

Taken from his Czechoslovakian home and transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, Martin Greenfield was divided forever from his family. Here he remembers that horrific time-and how an impulsive decision to steal an SS soldier's shirt altered the course of his life.

Jeremy Dauber tells the sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination.

In 1944, six-year-old Tati and her four-year-old sister Andra were arrested and sent to Auschwitz. An unforgettable narrative of the power of sisterhood in the most extreme circumstances, and of how a mother's love can overcome the most impossible odds, the Bucci sisters' memoir is a timely reminder that separating families is an inexcusable evil.

Grab your magical sword and take the place of your favorite fantasy character with this fun and historically accurate how-to guide to solving epic quests.

Sabine Zuur, a young Dutch resistance fighter, spent over two years in three concentration camps during WWII. This true story is told by her daughter who used an archive of letters.

Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea. In this study of five decades that changed the course of history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire's beginning to its defeat in World War I.

A Jewish girl grows up during a difficult time of racial discrimination and war, and discovers light in unexpected places.

In November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill 500,000 people and begin a chain reaction of turmoil, genocide, and war. Scott Carney and Jason Miklian tell the dramatic story of how that storm sparked a country to revolution.

In Auschwitz in 1944, Lily Ebert made a promise to herself. She would survive the hell she was in and tell the world her story, for everyone who couldn't. Now, at ninety-eight, this remarkable woman fulfills that vow.