Presents a photographic introduction to the land, history, government, economy, people, and culture of the African country of Central African Republic.

Winner of the first John Newbery Medal in 1921, here is van Loon's renowned classic record of historic adventure, updated for the 21st century.

This book describes the Mexican Revolution between 1910 and 1920 when the Mexican people celebrated the 1810 Mexican War of Independence under the aging Porfirio Diaz and when revolutionaries Zapata and Villa continued their guerilla wars to the 1920 election of Alvaro Obregon.

Frederick Joseph call up race-related anecdotes from his past, explaining why they were hurtful and how he might handle things now. Each chapter features the voice of at least one artist or activist, including Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give; April Reign, creator of #OscarsSoWhite; Jemele Hill, sports journalist and podcast host; and eleven others. Touching on everything from cultural appropriation to power dynamics, "reverse racism" to white...

"The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist...

Traces the origins and progression of hysteria, fear, and persecution associated with witches and witchcraft in western societies.

Describes six years in the life of a daring and resourceful Polish Jewish boy and his family, who survived the Holocaust by using false papers and posing as Catholics.