diaries

Chronicles thirty days in the professional life of Carol Anderson, a music and movement teacher and an educational consultant.

Excerpts from Steinbeck's diary show him writing, reacting to the novel's reception.

Contains the diary entries of a jewish teenager living in the Krakow ghetto during World War II, with her subsequent recollections of life in the concentration camps written after her release.

Presents the notebooks of author Marguerite Duras kept between 1943 and 1949. Includes early drafts of some of her works including "The Lover" and "The War." Describes Duras's youth in colonial Vietnam where her mother sold her to "the lover" and discusses her war experiences.

Collects the October 2004-March 2006 Web log--or "blog"--entries of a young Iraqi woman, who presents an eyewitness civilian account of the U.S.-Iraq War's impact on her country, discussing her family life, the war's effect on women's lives, and such events as the kidnapping of reporter Jill Carroll.

The author describes her experiences in Baghdad as a war correspondent for National Public Radio during Operation Iraqi Freedom.