Ms. Allende focuses on children, and how policies of cruelty use them as pawns. Only the fact that good people have attempted to help them save those children

The untold weirdness of history’s greatest geniuses. Laugh & learn with 30 mini-bios that humanize these larger-than-life figures. Perfect for teens and adults

Joy Adamson was an author, painter, and naturalist who is known for her book Born Free which chronicles her experiences raising Elsa the lioness

Douglas Adams was a British author, humorist, screenwriter, dramatist, and even game designer. He is known for his book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

A terrorist group took over a 100 hostages in Vienna. The rescue attempt went horribly wrong. CIA Vienna branch believes the inside breach was in their office.

1,000 Perfect Weekends: Great Getaways Around the Globe is another addition in the National Geographic Society books to inspire and educate.

The Empress by Laura Martinez-Belli (translated by Simon Bruni) is a novel about the life of Empress Carlota, wife of Maximilian von Habsburg of Austria who was, for a sort time, installed by the French as Mexico’s Emperor.

Primo Levi (31 July, 1919 – 11 April, 1987) was an Italian chemist and writer books about his experiences as a Jewish man during World War II.

The book is certainly worth reading, we should not be losing this kind of history, and future generations of the author’s family will have something that many others wish they did.

Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee’s Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis – The true story of Fred Mayer, a Jew born in Germany returns during World War II.