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Examining the diary as a particular form of expression, Holding On and Holding Out provides unique insight into the experiences of Jews in France during the Second World War. Unlike memoirs and autob …

In the fall of 1964, sinologist Erik Zurcher travelled to China for the first time, a country he had been studying since 1947. A collection of Zurcher’s personal writings from his trip, including let …

’The author’s home town is falling apart. Lebanon’s capital […] has morphed into a symbol of devastation and hatred and madness. Majdalani is a survivor who still finds in himself the elegance to s …

In August 1942, Allied forces mounted an attack on the German-held port of Dieppe; titled Operation Jubilee, it represented a rehearsal for invasion. The amphibious attack saw over 6, 000 infantrymen …

Following completion of his medical training and a one-year stint as attending physician on Howard Champion’s Surgical Critical Care Service and Med Star Unit at Washington Hospital Center in the Dis …

During World War I, Dr. Mary M. Crawford spent nearly a year volunteering at the American Ambulance Hospital in France. Among the first American physicians to join the Allied war effort in 1914, she …

A beautifully illustrated, celebratory anthology exploring sadnessand the transformative power of tears.When was the last time you cried? Was it because you were sad? Or happy? Overwhelmed, or frustr …

A guided journal for learning to fully love and accept yourself as you are There are so many things to celebrate about your body. Just think of everything it’s got you through – the happy times and t …

In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate army. William, Thomas and Andrew soon followed, along with brother-in-law Fenton …