a nine-hundred-year chronicle of the shtetl of Eishyshok
Eliach, Yaffa
1999
Chronicles the history of the shtetl of Eishyshok and discusses what daily life was like before Germans invaded the community and killed all but twenty-nine of its residents during the Holocaust.
A thirteen-year-old German-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.
Recounts the author's experiences and observations of the genocide in Darfur, and her role as a physician treating girls who had been raped and mutilated, after tensions between Sudan's Islamist dictatorship and communities such as the Zaghawa tribe exploded.
Chronicles the transformation of New York City's famous National Guard regiment, the Fighting 69th Infantry, in the days following the September 11 terror attacks.
A collection of essays that provides varying perspectives on issues concerning the Latino community in the United States, covering how it is perceived, immigration attitudes and policies, political power, education, and more.