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Walking to listen

4,000 miles across America, one story at a time
At the age of 23, Andrew Forsthoefel had just graduated from Middlebury College in 2011. Unsure of what to do next, he decided to walk across America, just listening to everyone he met along the way. And as he listened, he discovered Americans' humanity, commonality, and the questions everyone shared. His only companions were his backpack, an audio recorder, copies of Whitman and Rilke and a sign that said "Walking to Listen." He was beset by fear, lonliness, and doubt and blessed by the incredible kindness of strangers.

Ties that bind

stories of love and gratitude from the first ten years of StoryCorps
2014
"StoryCorps founder Dave Isay draws from ten years of the revolutionary oral history project's rich archives, collecting conversations that celebrate the power of the human bond and capture the moment at which individuals become family"--Provided by publisher.

Humans of New York

stories
2015
"Humans of New York: Stories presents a whole new group of people in stunning photographs, ... and, most importantly, longer stories that delve deeper and surprise with greater candor"--Provided by publisher.

Footnotes in Gaza

2009
A graphic novel that explores the 1956 incident that left more than one hundred Palestinians dead in 1956 in Rafah, a small town at the tip of the Gaza Strip.

Way back when

2014
Ethan interviews his grandpa to find out what school was like when he was young and learns some new information.

Great fortune

the epic of Rockefeller Center
2003
Traces the history of Rockefeller Center, discussing how money, politics, art, architecture, business, and society helped shape the Center's history and the ways it redefined New York City.

Surviving beyond fear

women, children and human rights in Latin America
1993

Brazil on the rise

the story of a country transformed
2012
In this hugely praised narrative, New York Times reporter Larry Rohter takes the reader on a lively trip through Brazil's history, culture, and booming economy. Going beyond the popular stereotypes of samba, supermodels, and soccer, he shows us a stunning and varied landscape--from breathtaking tropical beaches to the lush and dangerous Amazon rainforest--and how a complex and vibrant people defy definition. He charts Brazil's amazing jump from a debtor nation to one of the world's fastest growing economies, unravels the myth of Brazil's sexually charged culture, and portrays in vivid color the underbelly of impoverished favelas. With Brazil leading the charge of the Latin American decade, this critically acclaimed history is the authoritative guide to understanding its meteoric rise.

Voices from the Third Reich

an oral history
1994
A thoroughly fascinating and occasionally depressing series of excerpts from hundreds of interviews of West German and Austrian survivors of the Nazi years. In 16 thematic chapters the authors have collated brief statements on topics such as the war, genocide, resistance, women, children, simple survival, and daily affairs. The contributors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and persuasion. The result is an intriguing and troubling picture of those who made the Third Reich. Many of those interviewed, who were children or teenagers when Hitler came to power, speak frankly about the allure of National Socialism and of the "adaptations" forced on them, internally and externally, during the war. As the editors point out, heroism and self-sacrifice are evident in many of the statements, but so are egoism and self- deception. The book challenges certain assumptions common among non-Germans: that most citizens of the Third Reich were fully aware of the crimes perpetrated by the regime; that the survivors of that generation are conscious of a burden of guilt; and finally that older Germans are happy to forget the war.

Yessir, I've been here a long time

the faces and words of Americans who have lived a century
1975

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