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Summary: A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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Summary: In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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Summary: Packed with dramatic stories and compelling photos, this look at the most destructive wildfires in American history teaches us about the past and shows a better way forward to fight forest fires in the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023