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A Tale of Survival: From War Ravaged Europe to the Promise of America
This is more than the tale of one man's life. It is a personalized story of the 20th century, complete with all of its horror and all of its promise.

American sociologist C. Wright Mills said that the central task of social science is to reveal the intersection of biography and history - the individual and social structure. The story which unfolds in these pages is a vivid illustration of this process - how our chaotic, global environment shapes our lives.

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Seychelles Global Citizen: The Autobiography of the Founding President
There is growing competition for power and influence in the Indian Ocean which is considered the world's pre-eminent energy and trade interstate seaway at the time when China and India find themselves locked in an "uncomfortable embrace."

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We Changed the World: Memoirs of a CNN Global Satellite Pioneer
Winner of the THE 42nd ANNUAL GEORGIA AUTHOR of the YEAR AWARDS

CNN is enjoying its highest ratings ever, and Sid Pike explains how this global telecommunications company was built.

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Fraternity: Lawyers and Judges in Collusion
"Judge Molloy's personal journey and the lessons he has drawn from it make interesting reading and provoke a good deal of introspection and analysis...aiming not just to rankle his colleagues in the legal profession but to spur them to much needed thought about their actions.

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Against All Hope: Resistance in the Nazi Concentration Camps, 1938-1945
Finally in paperback, in this major and comprehensive work, hailed by Le Monde as a "monumental study," Hermann Langbein shatters the myth that all prisoners of concentration camps, during World War II, passively let themselves be slaughtered.

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From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson
An inspiration to read
“From Rage to Responsibility does what the entire field of American sociology fails to do. It makes the point that traditional values are transformative in themselves and, therefore, the best antidotes to social dysfunction.

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Horyo: Memoirs of an American POW
“...a poignant, honest account of a tragic experience
unique in the annals of American military history. It is also a sad commentary
on the depths to which men may sink when confronted with unimaginable horrors
and privations.

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Narrow Escapes: Childhood Memories of the Holocaust and their Legacy
Powerful memoir of the Holocaust as experience by a twelve-year old boy Engrossing
“Perhaps the most engrossing book I have ever read of this painful subject”—William B.

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Job: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor
“I have read Joseph Freeman’s testimony and remain
moved by its painful and powerful message. I have never been in Radom, but Freeman brings back fragments of its Jewish life—as well as images of its death.

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Notes from a Wayfarer: The Autobiography of Helmut Thielicke
An informative glimpse into an important era
“This book is not only a good read but an informative glimpse into an important era of German history and theology.”–E. Earle Ellis, Southwestern Journal of Theology Helmut Thielicke
Helmut Thielicke was one of the most read and most listened to theologians of our time.

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Road to Hell, The: Recollections of the Nazi Death March
The horrors of the Nazi Death Marches
"Of all the horrors of World War II, perhaps none was a vicious or as pointless as the Nazi Death Marches. With the war lost and most of the camps in Allied hands, the Germans marched tens of thousands of sick, emaciated and famished prisoners–Jews, Russians, Poles, Gypsies and others–to their death, often egged on by the local German population.

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Conquering the Darkness: One Story of Recovering from a Brain Injury
Deborah's Story
Deborah Quinn was living a fairy tale life. Married to the man she loved and cherished, financially secure, and set to move her life from Massachusetts to Florida to help grow her own successful business, everything was wonderful.

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