The author, who is called Piri in the narrative, describes her experiences as a Jewish girl in Hungary during World War II. Although Piri's mother attempts to hold the family together and preserve their religious traditions, Piri experiences the slow but ever increasing persecution of the Jewish peo ...
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First published in 1921 The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth simplicity and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of ev ...
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Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probab ...
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David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our century.