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  Still Alive - A Holocaust...

  Ruth Kluger, Lore Segal

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  A controversial bestseller likened to Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel, Still Alive is a harrowing and fiercely bittersweet Holocaust memoir of survival: "a book of breathtaking honesty and extraordinary insight" (Los Angeles Times).Swept up as a child in the events of Nazi-era Europe, Ruth Kluger saw her family's comfortable Vienna existence systematically undermined and destroyed. By age eleven, she had been deported, along with her mother, to Theresienstadt, the first in a series of concentration camps which would become the setting for her precarious childhood.Interwoven with blunt, unsparing observations of childhood and nuanced reflections of an adult who has spent a lifetime thinking about the Holocaust, Still Alive rejects all easy assumptions about history, both political and personal. Whether describing the abuse she met at her own mother's hand, the life-saving generosity of a woman SS aide in Auschwitz, the foibles and prejudices of Allied liberators, or the cold shoulder offered by her relatives when she and her mother arrived as refugees in New York, Kluger sees and names an unexpected reality which has little to do with conventional wisdom or morality tales.

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  Escape from the Deep - the Epic...

  Alex Kershaw

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  Alex Kershaw is widely praised for his enthralling nonfiction. In this harrowing war saga, he recounts the incredible story of the U.S. Navy's deadliest World War II submarine, the USS Tang. Across the Pacific theater, dodging mines and depth charges, the 80 men of the Tang became legends. By 1944, they had sunk more Japanese ships than any other Allied submarine.

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  How Not To Run A B&B

  Bobby Hutchinson

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  Bobby Hutchinson, a bestselling Harlequin writer, decides to open a B&B in Vancouver, B.C., when sales of romance novels falter. Despite never having stayed in a B&B and knowing absolutely nothing about running one, she jumps right in. Strange people from nearby and halfway around the world arrive at her home with their stories and struggles, not to mention their baggage, psychological and otherwise.Each chapter is peppered with a humor, a little tragedy and many life lessons (but mostly humor). There are sure fire breakfast recipes guaranteed to turn out even if the cook is half asleep.In explaining why she opened a B&B, she says, "I was far too old for prostitution, the only other job I could think of which might net enough to pay the mortgage."

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  Teen Recidivism Rate

  PBS NewsHour

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  Rikers Island prison houses 88,000 inmates a year, many of whom are repeat offenders. In an effort to decrease the teen recidivism rate, high finance and do-good innovation have made an unlikely partnership. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores a new way to fund government social services through private investment.

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  Up From Slavery- An Autobiography

  Booker Washington

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  "Up From Slavery" is an autobiography written by Booker T. Washington, published in 1901. The book is a powerful account of his life as a slave and his journey towards becoming one of the most prominent African-American leaders in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 
  In the book, Washington recounts his experiences growing up as a slave in Virginia, his struggles to obtain an education, and his eventual rise to prominence as the founder and first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, a school for African-Americans in Alabama. He also discusses his views on race relations and his belief in the importance of education and hard work as the keys to success. 
  Throughout the book, Washington emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, determination, and perseverance. He also discusses the role of education in empowering individuals and communities, and the need for African-Americans to work hard and prove their worth in order to gain acceptance and respect from the broader society. 
  "Up From Slavery" is widely regarded as one of the most important works in African-American literature, and has had a profound impact on American history and culture. It remains a powerful and inspiring testament to the human spirit and the power of education to transform lives and create a better world

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  Mandela - An Audio History

  Nelson Mandela

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  One of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid, Mandela: An Audio History tells the story of the struggle against apartheid. It weaves together more than 50 first-person interviews with an unprecedented collection of archival sound: a rare recording of the 1964 trial that resulted in Mandela’s life sentence; a visit between Mandela and his family secretly taped by a prison guard; and pirate radio broadcasts from the African National Congress.

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