Like A Haystack brings to life events and forces that drove the authors family to be uprooted from their ancestral community in Croatia during World War II.
"e;A remarkable and very powerful"e; account by a stalking victim "e;conveys her own fear and mounting sense of physical discomfort so well that we feel it, too"e; (Booklist, starred review).
Internationally beloved opera star Deborah Voigt recounts her harrowing and ultimately successful private battles to overcome the addictions and self-destructive tendencies that nearly destroyed her life.
As a child facing the fiery mayhem of Germany's raging World War, then moving to the vibrant streets of fifties and sixties Chicago, where prosperity is a possibility for everyone, Frank Nadell will rise above his tough past, overcoming prejudice and obstacles, to become one of the Windy City's most successful restaurateurs.
THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF SYLVIA BROOKE, THE LAST WHITE RULER OF THE JUNGLE KINGDOM OF BORNEOSylvia Brooke was one of the more exotic and outrageous figures of the twentieth century.
A fascinating description by German journalist Peter Boehm of his experiences and findings upon extensive travels to the Muslim former republics of the Soviet Union.
Mountains, Minerals, and Me is an account of the thrills and adventures of author Albert Lamarre, a young exploration geologist who learns not only about the rocks he is exploring but about himself.