europe, eastern

Profiles eight leaders for their attempts to introduce functional democracy in their respective countries: Andrei Sakharov, Alexander Dubcek, Boris Yeltsin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, Lech Walesa, Father Jerzy Popieluszko, and Pastor Laszlo Tokes.

Discusses recent events in Eastern Europe, focusing on the decisive year that saw the fall of Communist governments in several countries.

Tells the story of volunteer men and women who are working in the ex-communist countries of Eastern Europe. Among them are a former seminarian who is making life a little better for many of Bucharest's tragic street children and an English teacher who in his after-school time has introduced baseball to Bulgarian students.

Presents opposing viewpoints on the issues of Soviet Union foreign policy, human rights, Soviet economy, etc.

In the dangerous dark of winter in an Eastern European village during the early seventeenth century, Peter learns from a gypsy girl that the Shadow Queen is behind the recent murders and reanimations, and his father's secret past may hold the key to stopping her.

Addresses the developments, changes, and issues that have affected the countries of Central and Eastern Europe which, at the beginning of 1995, were independent, sovereign, and diplomatically recognized states with membership in the United Nations and other international organizations.

In 1989, Letta, an English teenager, learns of her heritage from her grandfather, great-grandson of the legendary hero of Varina, as he becomes involved in the nationalistic political struggles in Eastern Europe.

Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories, helping the children understand what has become of their lives and what it means to be free.