Water for Elephants

Posted on April 28, 2009 by cindyli106

Water for Elephants. Sara Gruen. (2007).
Water for Elephants is not a mere circus tale or period piece, but a coming of age story that epitomizes love, death and internal struggle. In the year 1932, a horrific family accident changes Jacob’s life and he is transported to the bizarre world of the “Benzini Brothers Most [...]

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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

Posted on April 15, 2009 by cindyli106

Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. David M. Kennedy. Oxford University Press, 1999. 922 pages, $24.95 paperback (978-0195144031)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History for 2000, this engaging, long account of the experience of many American people during the Great Depression and subsequent World War has aged remarkably well in [...]

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