Compares the 2010 Chilean earthquake with the 1985 Mexico City quake as the author experienced them and in the words of other survivors, and examines how other writers have described surviving real and fictional earthquakes

Presents the life and work of the twentieth-century American writer, focusing on his fascination with words from a young age and highlighting his poetry's inspirational properties.

"The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Consider Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived andworked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty years--Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore--a group of women who call themselves The Colored Girls. Like many people...

"After meeting on a subway platform in New York City, Landowne and Horton share a conversation about art and life while riding uptown and downtown. Youme listens carefully as Anthony tells his story of living on the streets after being abandoned by his adoptive family. At first he stayed at a homeless shelter where he witnessed, 'things no kid should ever see.' He discovered a city below the city when one day the police chased him into a subway tunnel....

By bringing soccer to young Afghan women, Awista re-introduced the very traits decades of war in Afghanistan had cruelly stripped away from them--confidence and self-worth. In However Tall the Mountain, she tells her story and the stories of the eight original girls. Timely, heartfelt, and moving, it shows how women can find strength in each other, in teamwork, and in themselves--risking their lives to obtain the freedom that we take for granted.

Briefly examines the life, achievements, and legacy of Cesar Chavez, founder of the first successful union for migrant farmworkers in the United States.

Don Haskins, a future Hall of Fame coach of tiny Texas Western University, bucks convention by simply starting the best players he can find: history's first all-African American lineup.

A former priest describes his clash with his father, an Air Force general, over the Vietnam War and the issues that divided families at the time

From his first public denunciation of slavery and debates with Stephen Douglas to his election to the presidency, a study of Lincoln's emergence onto the political scene explores the evolution of his beliefs about democracy, slavery, the Constitution, and the Civil War.