Changes occur during World War I as students are required to burn German books at school and German-Americans are beaten and thrown into prison.

Peter Mogan wants the new style of bibycle and is willing to work all summer to get one. But Peter's attention is also taken by the new family. But there is a problem in the family. What can Peter do to help?

The story of an American family and their Japanese-American friends who are imprisoned in internment camps during World War II.

Black people in Cincinnati are in danger due to racial prejudice. Louisa and Henry Lankford try to help warn their friends the Birneys.

During the Depression, cousins Fred and Alice look for ways to help a friend whose family will soon lose their home, and another friend who is forced to live on trains because the family cannot afford to feed him.

Henry Lankford survives the biggest Cincinnati flood, then must face the threat of cholera.

American divorc̈еee Armaiti has six months to live and her last wish is to see her three best friends again--Laleh, Kavita, and Nishta, all in Bombay. But Nishta's husband, Iqbal, a fellow university idealist turned fundamentalist, will be the biggest obstacle to fulfilling Armaiti's final desire.

Recounts the quest for and finding of gold in the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory of northwestern Canada (1896-1898), an event that brought joy to some, heartbreak to many, and adventure to all.

"Escape Into Meaning is the debut essay collection by the creator of the highly addictive, deeply informative, always unconventional Nerdwriter channel, which has 3 million subscribers on YouTube. In this debut collection of eleven incisive, engaging, and humorous essays, readers are immersed in a fascinating and multifaceted montage of subjects--from the origins of Superman to the future of the city of Venice to the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson to...