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An act of state

the execution of Martin Luther King
2003
William Pepper, attorney and friend to Martin Luther King, describes his investigation into King's 1968 assassination and claims that King was the victim of a conspiracy involving the FBI, CIA, the military, organized crime, and the Memphis police, and discusses the 1999 wrongful death suit won by the King family.

The night trilogy

1987
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.

The boys who saved the children

1981
Ben Edelbaum describes the courage and strength which held his family together during the terror of the years in the ??d? ghetto until they were separated in Auschwitz.

Shirley Temple

2004
Focuses on the acting career of one of America's best known child stars, Shirley Temple.

Andy Warhol

1993
Discusses the artistic style of Warhol, including biographical information.

Liliana's journal

Warsaw 1939-1945
1980
An autobiographical journal written in 1946. Descibes her struggle to survive during World War II in the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto.

Elie Wiesel

surviving the Holocaust, speaking out against genocide
2005
Presents a biography of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, and describes how he and his family were forced from their town in Romania and brought to Auschwitz and Buchenwald, the death of his father, and how he was able to survive.

Whitey Ford

2004
Describes the life and career of New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford.

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