1921-

James McBride shares the story of his mother's life and complicated racial identity which he only learned after becoming an adult. He tells of her infancy in Poland as the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, her childhood in small-town Virginia, her move to Harlem at the age of eighteen, her marriage to an African-American man, her achievements as a wife and mother to twelve children, and her refusal to ever admit she is white.

Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.

James McBride chronicles his twelve-year journey to learn about his mother's past, describing her unhappy childhood, marriage, refusal to admit she was white, and creation of an all-black church in Harlem, and shares details of his own life and the challenges he faced coping with his family's secrets.

Nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz describes her experience at the war criminal trial of Oskar Gr?ning, who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.

Tells the life story of twentieth-century geologist Dave Hopkins, focusing on his discovery of proof that a land bridge between Alaska and Siberia existed during the Ice Ages.

Chronicles the experiences of a band of Jewish guerrillas who joined the Russian army in its attack on Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, in 1944.