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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
And justice for all And justice for all John Tateishi Recorded interviews with twenty-five Japanese Americans, who were among the 120,000 detained in relocation camps during World War II, reveal the scope of suffering and injustice involved. OL15860300W
The Holocaust odyssey of Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando The Holocaust odyssey of Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando Rebecca Fromer Daniel Bennahmias is one of the few persons in the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau to have survived the war, and the recounting of his experiences reveals details heretofore unknown about the "i… OL1810383W
A Leg to Stand on A Leg to Stand on Oliver Sacks Dr. Oliver Sacks's books *Awakenings*, *An Anthropologist on Mars* and the bestselling *The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat* have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment… OL1811908W
Traumatische Tropen. Notizen aus meiner Lehmhütte Traumatische Tropen. Notizen aus meiner Lehmhütte Nigel Barley 249 S. 19 cm OL2672604W
The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself Mary Prince,Moira Ferguson "Interesting and highly valuable first-person narrative of a woman slave who details her experiences in Bermuda and Antigua and also in Britain where she was employed by abolitionist Thomas Pringle. … OL2720812W
Wunder des Lebendigen Wunder des Lebendigen Martin Lindauer,Jean-Henri Fabre,Jost M. Franz Fabre, Jean Henri (1823-1915, Insektenforscher). OL28600509W
Escape or die Escape or die Ina R. Friedman Twelve true stories of young men and women, both Jews and non-Jews, who endured the horrors of the Holocaust. OL3371592W
Finding Out Finding Out Leo Bogart "In Finding Out, Mr. Bogart displays not only his analytical skills but the art of a raconteur. His memoir is punctuated with excerpts from some of his most fascinating reports - for Macy's, Standard… OL3462283W
Russian journal Russian journal Andrea Lee A journal of a black American's trip to the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. OL3917002W
Going out of our minds Going out of our minds Sonia Johnson Chronicles Johnson's external political journeys and her internal transformations - and the vital connection between. OL3929891W
Flags of our fathers Flags of our fathers Bradley, James,James Bradley,Ron Powers In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who ra… OL5799329W
Crossing Guadalupe Street Crossing Guadalupe Street David Maldonado "To grow up as a Mexican-American Methodist in a small town in south central Texas in the 1940s and 1950s was to be a minority within a minority. This account of a boyhood in Seguin, Texas, broadens … OL6208191W
Piaf Piaf Simone Berteaut Interesante biografía de la cantante francesa Edith Piaf, narrada desde la perspectiva de su media hermana Simone Berteaut, con quien compartió prácticamente toda su vida, desde los inicios como cant… OL7076684W
Grenzenlos und unverschämt Grenzenlos und unverschämt May Ayim Politische Texte und Gespräche von und mit May Ayim. Diese Sammlung vereint 13 Abhandlungen, Gespräche und Reden aus verschiedenen Veröffentlichungen, sowie unveröffentlichtes Material und Photograph… OL9079429W