"Based on the true story of Taj Rowland, who was kidnapped as a child from his village in Southern India, sold to an orphanage, and then adopted by an American couple"--

In October, 1942, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! Nine is just the right number Ketem the cat is looking for a new home. Professor Buber's house looks like a good place to live, but the local cats tell Ketem the famous writer doesn't want any pets. He once let his cat distract him when a man came to him for advice, say the cats. Since then, no more cats, they say. But Ketem has a...

Follows the final days of Mordechai Anielewicz, leader of the Jewish Fighting Organization that led the insurrection against Nazi control in Poland during the Holocaust.

Partly autobiographical, this is the third title in Judith Kerr's internationally acclaimed trilogy of books following the life of Anna through war-torn Germany, to London during the Blitz and her return to Berlin to discover the past... Berlin is where Anna lived before Hitler, when she was still a German child; before she spoke a word of English, before her family had all become refugees. Long before her happy new existence in London. But Mama is...

On September 11, 1973, in Santiago de Chile, Augusto Pinochet took power and installed a dictatorship in place of the democratic government of President Salvador Allende. That day Victor Jara, a young songwriter and activist, poet and playwright is arrested and imprisoned with hundreds of other people in the Santiago stadium because of his association with the socialist opposition. His hands, so crucial to playing music, are broken by one of Pinochet's...

A war from far across the ocean washed up onto our new country's shore. I wish that I could skip this chapter of the story, darling. Just as you may want to skip parts of your own life story in time. But, you see, one mustn't do that. You need to know your darkness to know your light. And I can see so much light in you. So I'll keep going through the dark. Framed as a conversation between a grandmother and the reader, Shizue's Path follows...

With one of the most powerful kicks in soccer, young Lily Parr is becoming a soccer star. That is until 1921, when the Football Association in England bans women's soccer; a decision that will affect future generations! Will Lily and her team be able to overcome this hurdle, or will they have to give up doing what they love?

Tu aimes les témoignages? Tu adoreras ce livre! C'est un roman basé sur une histoire vraie. Voir ainsi la tête de sa mère si fragile et sans protection fut déstabilisant pour Corinne. Sans ses cheveux, elle ne ressemblait plus à sa mère. Elle avait maintenant l'air d'une patiente atteinte de cancer. Impossible à présent de cacher la vérité à qui que ce soit. Sa mère la regardait encore dans le miroir et Corinne s'efforça de sourire....

Tu aimes les témoignages? Tu adoreras ce livre! C'est un roman basé sur une histoire vraie. - Souris! Elle prend une photo. Quand elle la regarde, elle se met à rire. - Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? la questionnai-je. - Regarde-toi, on dirait que tu te fais prendre en photo dans un souper de Noël. Je me regarde et pourtant, je me trouve bien: je souris, j'ai les deux yeux ouverts, les cheveux bien placés. - T'as l'air d'une petite fille, Anna....