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The world made straight

2006
After stumbling into a bear trap surrounding a large marijuana grove on his neighbor's property, Travis Shelton finds himself drawn into a world of subtle evils and danger as he struggles to free himself from his neighbor's influence and protect his close friends from a painful conflict.

We need to talk about Kevin

a novel
2006
After Eva's son Kevin kills seven people at his school, Eva examines the amount of guilt she is responsibile for and thinks about whether her parenting, genetics, or a combination of the two is responsible for her child's lunatic behavior.

Consuming the Congo

war and conflict minerals in the world's deadliest place
2011
Much of the war-torn country has largely become lawless, overrun by warlords who exploit and murder the population for their own gain. Delving into the history of the former Belgian colony, this book exposes the horror of day-to-day life in the Congo, largely precipitated by colonial exploitation and internal strife after gaining independence. It offers not only a view into the dire situation but also examines how the Western world, a part of the problem, can become a part of the solution.

Massacre of the Conestogas

on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County
2010
Looks at the two massacres of Conestoga Indians in December 1763 by the Paxton Boys of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The world made straight

2007
Travis Shelton stumbles into a bear trap located in a large marijuana grove on his neighbor's property and finds himself drawn into a world of evil and danger as he tries to free himself from his neighbor's influence.

The farming of bones

a novel
1998
Amabelle, a Haitian woman who has grown up as a servant in the home of Dominicans, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, and together they try to weather the storms of persecution against their people.

The Columbine School shooting

2010
Examine the criminal investigators who are on the frontline of the Columbine school shootings. Includes sidebars, bibliographies, full-color photographs, charts, graphs and index.

The Ludlow massacre of 1913-14

2006
Presents an overview of the events of the Ludlow Massacre of 1913 - 1914, when state militia in Ludlow, Colorado killed striking miners in tent colonies, including two women and eleven children.

We need to talk about Kevin

2003
Eva Khatchadourian has been living a life plagued by guilt and denial since her son opened fire and killed seven of his classmates two years earlier, and as she tries to come to terms with her son's actions, she examines the parenting choices she made when raising him and wonders where she went wrong.

Like judgment day

the ruin and redemption of a town called Rosewood
1996
Details the events when a middle-class community of African-American residents were terrorized by whites who destroyed their town in 1923.

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