This classic of the Jewish-American immigrant experience was an instant critical and popular success upon its 1912 publication. Author Mary Antin arrived in the United States from Russia in the 1890s at the age of 12. Her memoir vividly recaptures scenes from both Old and New World cultures, chronicling the poverty and oppression of Czarist Russia as well as the excitement and challenges of her assimilation into American life at the turn of the twentieth...

"In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both hispolitical education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil"--

A Union city is in danger of being wiped off the map.After an anthrax attack terrorized the Union's populace, Rook and Thorn have been busy attempting to figure out what the terrorist plan of Promised Land really means. The anthrax attack was merely the opening salvo. What's next?Now Rook and Thorn learn that the German Empire has created a bomb that can destroy entire cities, and that Confederacy president Bradenton has one and has plans to use it....

So many people are really just looking for someone to love them. Most have burned their bridges with their families and have been alone in their addictions for so long that they have forgotten how to give or even receive love. This is really the basis of everything we do at Promise Land. Our ultimate underlying goal is to love those God sends to us. In this, we will bring honor to God. When love is given and compassion is received, God begins His...

Sparked by the Industrial Revolution, a wave of migrants flood the United States.

"Desperate to mend her marriage and herself, Abbie Bartholomew joins her son in walking the famed Camino pilgrimage. During their journey, they encounter an Iranian working in secret to help refugees and a journalist searching for answers from her broken past-and everyone is called into a deep soul-searching that threatens all their best laid plans"--

A young farmer and his wife who have migrated to Tanzania from Kenya become embroiled in issues of personal jealousy and materialism, and a melodramatic tale of tribal hatreds ensues. The novel explores Ogot's concept of the ideal African wife: obedient and submissive to her husband; family and community orientated; and committed to non-materialist goals. The style is distinctively ironic giving the story power and relevance. Grace Ogot has been employed...

Marwan Dajani was born in 1940 just at the end of the second world. It appears that the war would be the companion of Marwan's life though he is peaceable. In 1948 war began in Palestine and throughout his 82 years, it still raging. His parents left Palestine for safety reasons after being told that the Arab army would get everything back. We are still waiting. He lived in Lebanon and got his education in a British school and achieved his MBA degree...

AMERICA: PROMISED LAND chronicles the massive immigration patterns of ethnic groups to the United States, anchored by interviews with descendants of ancestors.