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Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler risks his life and his fortune to save over one thousand Jews from extermination during World War II by employing them in his crockery factory.

Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.

Presents William Shakespeare's play in which a man, swayed by his jealous friend's deceptions, tragically doubts his wife's faithfulness; and includes an introduction, text glosses, the "Willow" song, background on Shakespeare and his world, a list of further resources, and tools and suggestions for exploring the play in the classroom.

Explores how the study of cosmic science has led to new insights into the formation and evolution of the universe and all its structures.

Minerva Mirabal and her sisters, known as the Butterflies, become heroes and martyrs for their country as they work to overthrow tyrannical dictator General Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic in the 1950s.

While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all.

Contains a collection of art and illustrations by sixteen contemporary artists that accompanies the four-hour PBS television broadcast of Art: 21.

A poor, unwanted orphan, Jane Eyre seems destined to live a sad and ordinary life.

A film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's novel in which the second Mrs.

Based on John Knowles' novel, this involving a young man's first glimpse of adult emotions and motivations is compelling in both plot and perfomrance.

Depicts the story of Helen Keller and her guardian, Annie Sullivan, who broke through Helen's barriers of blindness and deafness to communicate with her.

Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God.

Wang Lung, a peasant farmer in China, becomes a prosperous landowner with the help of his humble wife, O'Lan, but the newly accumulated wealth brings its own problems to the family.

Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.

"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to Penguin Classics in a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature.