The sinking of the Titanic was avoidable, but the loss of life that night is tragic. The details of that fateful night have been passed on by survivors and compiles in the book A Night to Remember.
A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Cases of Vodka is a memoir that taught me so much about a refugee’s perspective. Lev honestly tells the reader about not just his experiences, but his feelings and how he was deeply affected by the 10 years he spent as a Jew in the USSR.
Is there any science that can explain teenage behavior? The Clarks explore this idea in Your Teenager is Not Crazy: Understanding Your Teen's Brain Can Make You a Better Parent. Teenagers’ brains are rapidly changing and learning how to process feelings and information. Learning the biology of how teenagers are developing can help parents more readily understand and prepare for the teenage years.
Chasing the Scream explains the history of drugs in America and some other European countries and shares personal stories to explain the ways in which the War on Drugs harms society and how addiction might be more about human connection than powerful drugs.
“It is testimony to the importance of beer in their story that the brewery was the first permanent building the Pilgrims constructed.” Looking at history through the role beer played reveals how important it was to many countries, including America. Beer was often the safe drink since it was boiled […]
Cunard, who owned the Lusitania, not only set sail after being warned, but they also decided to load the ship with some weapons and ammunition without telling the passengers.
“And given everything that was going wrong in the world, it was reassuring to see that right now, right here, in one small corner of the planet, something was going right.” Sept. 11, 2001, changed the entire world. For the people of Gander, Newfoundland, the day was a way to […]