personal narratives

The author, a Jewish woman, recounts her experiences as a spy in the French Army, fooling Nazi troops into believing she was a German nurse searching for her fianc?.

Brother and sister Paul and Judy Karasik reflect, in text and comic strips, upon over forty years of their relationship with their autistic brother, David.

Presents the biography of Corrie Ten Boom, a leader of the Dutch underground who hid scores of Jews from the Nazi's during World War II.

Presents twenty-four personal accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 from those who survived it, and contains detailed information on the battleships that were damaged or destroyed and a complete list of both civilian and military casualties.

Contains the journal of Ruth Altbeker Cyprys detailing her experiences in Poland during World War II from her life in the Warsaw ghetto to her escape off of a death train with her daughter to their struggle to hide from the Germans in occupied Poland.

Thirty individuals saved by Oskar Schindler tell of their personal experiences during World War II and what their lives are like today as survivors of the Holocaust.

On November 16, 1940, the Nazis sealed off a large section of central Warsaw and created the Jewish Ghetto for Polish Jews. Over 400,000 people were sealed off from the outside world and forced to live under terrible conditions which included a severe shortage of food. Among them was a 47-year-old Jewish teacher who kept a record of events. Part of Abraham Lewin's diary, covering the period from April 1942 to January 1943, was found hidden in a milk churn after the war and published. This book is that partial diary.

Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniper kills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers.

Contains three works of Holocaust literature, including "Night, " an account of the author's experiences as a boy at Auschwitz; "Dawn, " a short novel about a young Palestinian terrorist who spends the night waiting to execute a British prisoner; and "The Accident, " the story of a Holocaust survivor who must choose whether to live or die after being hit by a car.

Tells the true story of a dog named Lava, who was rescued from an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, cared for by the Marines who found him, and eventually permitted to come to the United States.