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|  | Fear No Evil by Natan Sharansky
Temperamentally and intellectually, Natan Sharanskey is a man very much like many of us -- which makes this account of his arrest on political grounds, his trial, and ten years' imprisonment in the Orwellian universe of the Soviet gulag particularly vivid and resonant. Since Fear No Evil was originally published in 1988, the Soviet government that imprisoned Sharansky has collapsed. Sharansky has become an important national leader in Israel -- and serves as Israel's diplomatic liaison to the former Soviet Union! New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Serge Schmemann reflects on those monumental events, and on Sharansky's extraordinary life in the decades since his arrest, in a new introduction to this edition. But the truths Sharansky learned in his jail cell and sets forth in this book have timeless importance so long as rulers anywhere on earth still supress their own peoples. For anyone with an interest in human rights -- and anyone with an appreciation for the resilience of the human spirit -- he illuminates the weapons with which the powerless can humble the powerful: physical courage, an untiring sense of humor, a bountiful imagination, and the conviction that Nothing they do can humiliate me. I alone can humiliate myself . AUTHOR: Natan Sharansky
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Children of the Atomic Bomb by James N. Yamazaki, John Dower, Louis B. Fleming
Children of the Atomic Bomb is Dr. Yamazaki`s account of a lifelong effort to understand and document the impact of nuclear explosions on children, particularly the children conceived but not yet born at the time of the explosions. Assigned in 1949 as Physician in Charge of the United States Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission in Nagasaki, Yamazaki had served as a combat surgeon at the Battle of the Bulge where he had been captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Germans. In Japan he was confronted with violence of another dimension - the devastating impact of a nuclear blast and the particularly insidious effects of radiation on children. Yamazaki`s story is also one of striking juxtapositions, an account of a Japanese-American`s encounter with racism, the story of a man who fought for his country while his parents were interned in a concentration camp in Arkansas. AUTHOR: James N. Yamazaki, John Dower, Louis B. Fleming
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial
Photographs trace the route of the underground railroad, including the plantations that slaves escaped from, the houses that gave them shelter along the way, and the difficult terrain that had to be crossed. Drawings and prints from the times, including a poster advertising a reward for the return of a runaway slave, illustrate the text which provides a brief historical overview. AUTHOR: Raymond Bial
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Blenheim Units of World War 2 by Jon Lake
When Bristol`s Blenheim was first introduced in 1935, its high speed and impressive range marked it as the world`s most formidable bomber. When World War II began, the Mark IV was the backbone of Britain`s Bomber Command and made the first bombing raids on Germany. Obsolete for European duty by 1940, it continued to serve in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Far East until 1943. AUTHOR: Jon Lake
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Mayflower Compact by Melissa Whitcraft
Description not available.Discusses the Pilgrims' voyage to Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the colony they established after their arrival, aided by Native Americans and governed by an agreement called the Mayflower Compact. AUTHOR: Melissa Whitcraft
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani, William Weaver
The young narrator of this story tells of life in 1930s Italy as a Jew. He is fascinated with the aristocratic Finzi-Contini family, who live behind walls on an expansive estate. The beautiful Micol Finzi-Contini first invites the narrator into her private, assimilated world as the laws restricting Jewish activity in the city intensify. From then on, the narrator frequents the family's estate to play tennis and study within the father's library, until his relationship with Micol becomes more complex and confusing. The novel was the basis of the 1970 film directed by Victorio De Sica. AUTHOR: Giorgio Bassani, William Weaver
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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