1929-

Adam Fortunate Eagle, an enrolled member of the Ojibwe Nation, was a young student at the Pipestone Indian Boarding School and offers a rare, firsthand account that disproves the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike. He attended the school between 1935 and 1945 and has fond memories of his time there. He grew up to be a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz.

Descended from an ancient Lithuanian family, the author's forebears were princes in their native Lithuania. Born in what is now Belarus, his family was ousted in 1939 as the Germans and Russians carved up Poland, and the area round it, between them. His family, along with thousands of others, was deported to Soviet Siberia to work and die. Before all hope was gone, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, and Stalin needed help wherever he could get it. An army of Polish ex-prisoners, and part of the deported male civilian Polish population, fought the Germans. The rest of the deported civilians had to fend for themselves and Michal's mother and her children set off on a second grueling journey that would eventually take them to England.

An account of Julian Kulski's experiences from the ages of ten to sixteen in Poland during World War II. Chronicles Kulski's life in occupied Warsaw and his experiences as a child soldier in the Polish Army and as an activist in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Includes links to additional online resources and a list of discussion questions.

Chronicles the life and criminal career of Whitey Bulger, who, after being raised in Boston, rose through the ranks of organized crime and became one of America's most wanted fugitives.

Dunne describes three journeys to Jerusalem: the first, a pilgrimage of the mind; the second, a pilgrimage of the heart; and the third, a pilgrimage of the soul. Writing in an almost musical voice, he comes back over and over to themes developed in earlier chapters to orchestrate a most insightful story that ends with a discovery of the home of "the human spirit in a life larger than life." As with most of his books, the central issues are front and center: "Where do you come from?" and "Where are you going?" And he asks this of Jews, Muslims, and Christians in this city that is so sacred to these religions.

A biography of the shy dreamer from Toronto, Ontario who grew up to become the most innovative architect in the world.

Presents an interview with Frank Gehry that reveals information about the architect's life, childhood, relationships with clients, architectural influences, his designs, and more; and includes photographs and illustrations.

Examines the public and private life of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis through excerpts from her writings and quotations from family and friends, including Lady Bird Johnson, Edward Kennedy, and Pierre Salinger.