When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death.
In this collection of haunting new work, he confronts moments and instances of his personal past—and finds redemption in the wellspring of his culture.
His gaze went to Cantrell, then returned to Sage. “I thought we were going to dinner.” “I'm sorry, Phillip. Didn't you get my message?” She sighed. “Ian hired Mr. Cantrell to help me learn the protocols before the Saudis arrive.
Susie Weksler was only eight when Hitler's forces invaded her Lithuanian city of Vilnius.
"The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"--
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A novelist discovers the dark side of Hollywood and reckons with ambition, corruption, and environmental collapse in “a darkly satirical reflection of ecological reality” (Time) LONGLISTED FOR THE ...
“In Canada the French and Indian War is known as”— arm outstretched—“Kelsey Rackowski!” Kelsey Rackowski squirms, looks around the room like the answer might be on awall somewhere. “Um, the battle of...” Mr. Griegs bites his mustache ...
Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Václav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance.
This fascinating book details his and his future wife Norma's family's journey through the dark days of war to a brighter future that they themselves created.
This magnificent novel from the Nobel laureate and author of Never Let Me Go is “an intriguing take on how artificial intelligence might play a role in our futures ... a poignant meditation on love and loneliness” (The Associated Press) ...
In the first two books of the series "The Book of the Long Sun," young priest Patera Silk tries to satisfy the gods living within the Whorl, a starship world sent from Urth to colonize a distant planet, while trying to save his own parish.