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The girl in the green sweater: a life in Holocaust's shadow

By Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger. 2008

Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Historical biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography, Lifestyle, World War II
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille

In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of…

Polish Jews sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, provides a first-person account of those fourteen months with her family. Also describes Leopold Socha, a Polish Catholic and former thief, who risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food and supplies. 2009, c2008.

The gifts of the Jews: how a tribe of desert nomads changed the way everyone thinks and feels (Hinges of history. #2.)

By Thomas Cahill. 1998

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History, Lifestyle, Judaism
Human-narrated audio

Cahill continues his study of civilizations, begun in "How the Irish Saved Civilization" (DC15036), with an extended look at the…

Torah. He shows how events therein, especially the Jews' belief in one God and their ability to look at reality in a whole new way, influenced civilization. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1998.

The flock: The Autobiography Of A Multiple Personality

By Joan Frances Casey, Lynn I Wilson. 1991

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Biography, Women biography, Psychology, Social issues
Human-narrated audio

In 1981, therapist Lynn Wilson diagnosed Joan Casey as having a multiple personality disorder. Joan's story, interspersed with the therapist's…

notes, describes the abuse she suffered as a child as well as Lynn Wilson's unorthodox 4-year treatment of the disorder. Violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c1991.

The feminine mystique

By Betty Friedan. 2001

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General non-fiction, Social issues
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This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist…

movement, and that has been awakening women and men with its insights into social relations. A new introduction by Anna Quindlen traces the book in her own history, we well as how it was prescient on consumer culture and domestic issues. Some descriptions of sex. 2001, c1963.

The fence: a police cover-up along Boston's racial divide

By Dick Lehr. 2009

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Law and crime biography, Law and crime, Police and military, True crime, Lifestyle, Social issues
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The Fence documents the true story of a Boston police incident during which an undercover officer was brutally beaten by…

fellow officers who mistook him for a murder suspect. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. c2009.

The end of power: from boardrooms to battlefields and churches to states, why being in charge isn't what it used to be (Your coach in a box)

By Moisés Naím. 2013

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Social issues
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Argues that the leaders of today actually have less power than ever before, discussing the changing nature of leadership and the modern dynamics of power. 2013.

The enemy that never was: a history of the Japanese Canadians

By Ken Adachi. 1976

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Lifestyle
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Adachi presents a comprehensive history of the Japanese experience in Canada from 1877 to 1975, focusing on the internment of…

Japanese Canadians in camps in the interior of British Columbia. He examines the course of Japanese immigration, transplanted traditions and beliefs, the growth of social, economic, and political organizations, and struggle against discrimination.

The fabric of the cosmos: space, time, and the texture of reality

By B Greene. 2004

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Science and technology, Physics
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String theory is a recent development in physics that, by positing that all which exists is composed of infinitesimally small…

vibrating loops of energy, seeks to unify Einstein's theories and those of quantum mechanics into a so-called "theory of everything." Greene offers a view of human understanding of space and time, beginning with Newton, moving through Einstein and quantum physics, and on to string theory and its hypotheses. c2004.

The errand runner: reflections of a rabbi's daughter

By Leah Rosenberg. 1981

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Family biography, Women biography, Canadian non-fiction, Lifestyle
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The mother of author Mordecai Richler tells of her relationships with her father, a famous rabbi, her husband, and her sons. c1981.

The end of time: the next revolution in our understanding of the universe

By Julian B Barbour. 1999

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Science and technology, Physics
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This text describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the cosmos: a quantum theory of the universe that brings…

together Einstein's general theory of relativity - which denies the existence of a unique time - and quantum mechanics - which demands one. The author contends that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the profound conflict between these two foundational pillars of modern physics, and in this book he proposes it: there is, quite literally, no time at all. 1999.

The color of water: a Black man's tribute to his white mother

By James McBride. 1996

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Biography, Family biography, Lifestyle
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One of twelve siblings in Brooklyn, the author was confused about his mother's race. She called herself light-skinned and refused…

to discuss her past. Years later she admitted to being an Orthodox rabbi's daughter whose family shunned her after her marriage to the first of her two black husbands. Some strong language. 1996.

The devil and the disappearing sea: a true story about the Aral Sea catastrophe

By Robert W Ferguson. 2003

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Canadian non-fiction, True crime, Science and technology, Social issues, Travel and geography, Asian travel and geography
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The Aral Sea, once the fourth-largest inland body of water, has lost over half its surface area and 80 percent…

of its volume since 1960, due to poorly planned irrigation systems. In January 2000, Canadian Rob Ferguson went to Uzbekistan to work on an environmental project to save the Aral Sea. After a year of dealing with corrupt officials, not only had the project gone nowhere, but Ferguson was under suspicion of murder. Some strong language. 2003.

The color of law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America

By Richard Rothstein. 2017

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Social issues
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In this history of the modern American metropolis, Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided…

through de facto segregation--that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, he incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation--the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments--that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day. 2017.

The elegant universe: superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory

By B Greene. 1999

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Science and technology, Physics
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How the amazing theories of relativity and quantum mechanics transformed our understanding of nature in the last century, and how…

new ideas, developed in seeking to unify the laws of nature, probably hold the seeds of a major upheaval in physics. 1999.

The elephant and my Jewish problem: selected stories and journals, 1957-1987

By Hugh Nissenson. 1988

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Multi-cultural fiction, Short storiesLifestyle, Essays
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Short stories and journal entries which describe the Jewish experience from the turn of the century to the aftermath of…

the Holocaust and the beginning of the state of Israel. 1988.

The handkerchief drawer: an autobiography in three parts

By Thelma Ruck Keene. 2002

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Biography, Historical biography, Lifestyle
Human-narrated audio

The author relives an extraordinary life, often at odds with the fog of convention surrounding religion, class distinctions, sex and…

war. During WWII she freelances her secretarial skill from the Balkans to the Middle East and Sicily. In 1966, she and her young son emigrate to Canada. Book reflects Thelma's curiosity, wit, and independent streak. 2002.

The hole in the universe: how scientists peered over the edge of emptiness and found everything

By K. C Cole. 2001

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Science and technology, Physics
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Science columnist for the Los Angeles Times elucidates the mysterious concept of nothingness. Discusses the Big Bang, black holes, string…

theory, vacuums, and zero while tracing their scientific history and the theories of experts in the field--from Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. 2001.

The history of human rights: from ancient times to the globalization era

By Micheline Ishay. 2004

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General non-fiction, History, Social issues
Human-narrated audio

Depicts the struggle for human rights, from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. Chapters are structured…

around questions such as: What are the origins of human rights? Why did the European vision of human rights triumph over those of other civilizations? Has socialism made a lasting contribution to the legacy of human rights? Is globalization eroding or advancing human rights? 2004.

The hanging of Angélique: the untold story of Canadian slavery and the burning of old Montréal

By Afua Cooper. 2006

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Biography, Historical biography, Women biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Lifestyle
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1734. Marie-Joseph Angélique is a slave woman convicted of starting a fire that destroyed a large part of Montréal. On…

appeal, her punishment of death was modified to torture, to encourage her to name an accomplice, a white man, Angélique's sometime lover. A narrative of a rebellious Portuguese-born Black woman who refused to accept her indentured lot. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2006

The Guggenheims: an American epic

By John H Davis. 1978

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Biography, Business biography, Lifestyle
Human-narrated audio
A biography of the famous and wealthy American family. 1978.

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