Memoirs of Birnbaum (b. 1922), a Polish Jew who lived in Piotrków Trybunalski and in Dąbrowa Gornicza. In 1942 he was sent to the Anhalt labor camp near Auschwitz, and then to five other labor camps: Markstadt, Ludwigsdorf (a munitions factory), Graditz, Langenbielau, and Faulbrück. At the last two camps he was sent to work in a parachute factory. There, he was sentenced to death by a German civil court for arson, but the SS claimed jurisdiction over him because he was a number and not a person, thereby saving him. He was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1949. An appendix on pp. 153-174 relates the fate of the Piotrkow Jews in the Holocaust.

I Kept My Promise! is a story of how a murder, a question, and an accusation changed my life. It is a guide into understanding and catering to a woman who is about to lose her hair while living with cancer. It is specifically geared toward salons and stylists to be equipped when catering to this specific client. It is also an aid for family and friends who have no clue on how to approach this touchy subject. The book is in three parts my story, advice to salons, references into asking the right questions and a guide into the right direction! It addresses four major areas: 1. Living with a degenerative disease 2. Psychosomatic issues 3. Malnutrition 4. Hair loss In order to understand her hair loss, you need to connect with the other three.

In 1937 Edith had received a doctorate in psychology from the University of Vienna, and high recommendations from her famous teachers. Her career prospects looked bright indeed. But a year later, she was a refugee from Hitler's war on Jews. She left her Nazi-occupied homeland and immigrated to the United States in 1939. In the United States, she pursued her career in psychology as a professor at prominent universities as well as a clinical consultant for the State of Indiana. As a psychology professor at Purdue, she contracted tuberculosis and spent 1962-64 in a tuberculosis hospital. Before she was released, she began to experience instances of schizophrenia. In this condition, she taught at St. Mary-of the-Woods College in Terre Haute, Indiana, for a year. Just before her stay there was to end, a priest discovered her mental illness. All through her mental illness, she kept a diary chronicling her schizophrenic episode. Father, Have I Kept My Promise? is that diary-turned-book. Part of the book's charm is Edith's honesty--she does not bide anything from her reader.

A decade ago, my mom was diagnosed with cancer. She was vivacious and selfless and joyful, and cancer took her from me. But it was not just the disease; it was intense medical malpractice and negligence, a case that should have garnered millions of dollars in lawsuits but could never bring back the person I loved most.We fought for her for months, and right until the end, we did everything we could to save her from the disease and the medical mistakes that were slowly killing her. This memoir should serve as the story of my family, the fraying threads in a tapestry that held together at all costs, but also as a guide for anyone who needs to fight for the person they love. This book is dedicated to all the patients, families, loved ones, friends, nurses, doctors, lab technicians, x-ray technicians, aids, and everyone who finds themselves either working in or needing help from an imperfect system.

A small Torah scroll passes from a Dutch rabbi, to a Bar Mitzvah boy during the Holocaust, to the first Israeli astronaut.

Winner of 2008 Royal Palm Literary Award, the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award. "I Must Be in Heaven, a promise kept," a true, inspirational love story about two ordinary people that have spent an extraordinary life together, all because they fell in love. They were young when they met: she was twelve and he sixteen. Still, love was real. Faith, love and hope are key ingredients for any relationship. But unexpected tragedy can strike without regard, and it takes a pocketful of miracles to help even a most secure marriage. Insights into a special love, are shared with the reader. Life and strife are captured in heart-warming detail, as well as that dreadful day, "When sirens could be heard coming down the street until they ended in an abrupt death... silence." Valerie Anne Faulkner's unique ability to tell a story, combined with her own personal experience, is the premise of this book. But a promise made one lonely night is the reason it had to be told.

In her debut middle grade novel—inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets—and finds her own Native American identity. All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her family doesn’t have any answers. Until the day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic—a box full of letters signed “Love, Edith,” and photos of a woman who looks just like her. Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new questions about this woman who shares her name. Could she belong to the Native family that Edie never knew about? But if her mom and dad have kept this secret from her all her life, how can she trust them to tell her the truth now?