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Famine in Niger: Silent Guest Donations Needed to Feed Starving Children
Tonight at dinner imagine having one of the children in Niger as your guest.
Read More »Book Review: Khan al-Khalili by Naguib Mahfouz
A touching glimpse of World War 2 Cairo, through the eyes of the eldest son in a middle-class Egyptian family.
Read More »Book Review: The Commandant: An Account by the First Commanding Officer of Auschwitz by Rudolf Hoess, ed. by Jürg Amann
Condensing the autobiography of the commander of Auschwitz into a 16-page "monologue" doesn't make the horror any less.
Read More »Book Review: The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. Eisenhower by Stephen E. Ambrose
Reprint of Stephen E. Ambrose's classic (and controversial) military history and biography of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): Yours, Isabel
Christy Hall's charming one-act about love in a time of war makes its American Premiere at Actors Co-op in Hollywood.
Read More »Book Review: Two Gold Coins And A Prayer by James H. Keeffe III
Amazing account of World War II survivor Lt. Col. James H. Keefe Jr.
Read More »Book Review: The Druggist of Auschwitz: A Documentary Novel by Dieter Schlesak
Fiction and nonfiction combine to examine the human capacity to inflict and endure suffering at Auschwitz.
Read More »Book Review: The Last Page in a Diary by Colleen L. Reece
A historical fiction for ages 9-13 that teaches about the evils of prejudice against Japanese Americans during World War II.
Read More »The Battle of the Bulge and Fighting Global Hunger
Hunger continues to be the deadly companion of conflict and poverty around the globe.
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