biography

Reissue of a 1987 book in which the author, winner of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize, presents his personal account of the ten-year struggle of the island nation of East Timor to win independence from Indonesia.

Presents a biography of Juan Carlos, King of Spain, discussing his early life and apprenticeship to dictator Francisco Franco, his education and marriage, his ascension to the throne in 1975, and his subsequent attempts to restore democracy to Spain.

An autobiography of Oscar Zeta Acosta, a Chicano lawyer who mysteriously disappeared in 1971, in which he tells about coming of age in the psychedelic sixties, his rowdy courtroom style, and his search for personal and cultural identity.

Profiles Louis XVI's life, exploring interpretations of his actions during the French Revolution and attempting to reconstruct his political thought.

Genevieve Jurgensen discusses the emotions she felt after she lost both of her daughters in a drunk driving accident and chronicles the few years she was able to spend with them.

Contains over four hundred letters written by famous people and ordinary citizens that provide insight into the people, places, events, and trends of the twentieth century.

Contains the memoirs of Holocaust survivor Ruth Elias and chronicles her life from a small Czechoslovakian town, to the infamous death camp at Auschwitz where she faced possible experimentation by Dr. Josef Mengele, to new challenges after the war in Israel.

Tells the story of the movement that led to Confederate independence from the perspectives of five Southern men who came to their own individual decisions to abandon the Union.