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History for the IB Diploma: Causes, Practices and Effects of Warsby Mike Wells
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. more...
Hettyby Hetty Verolme
Fremantle Press 2010; US$ 9.95This is one of the remarkable, largely untold, stories of the Holocaust, a story of hope. It is a heartwarming tale that traces the extraordinary struggle and survival of a family through those terrible years. Hetty was just twelve years old in 1943 when her family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the Childrens House, within Belsen concentration camp. Hetty became the Little Mother of the camp, helping to care for the other children. The Australian said the adult version of this book was a powerful and chilling account of the holocaust. The Australian Book Review called it profoundly... more...
I Am a Starby Inge Auerbacher
Penguin Group Inc. 1993; US$ 5.99Inga Auerbacher's childhood was as happy and peaceful as any other German child's--until 1942. By then, the Nazis were in power, and she and her parents were rounded up and sent to a concentration camp. The Auerbachers defied death for three years until they were freed. This story allows even the youngest middle reader to understand the Holocaust. more...
Pocahontasby Caryn Jenner
Dorling Kindersley 2009; US$ 3.99In this book, children learn the story of Pocahontas. Famous for helping maintain peace between the English colonists and Native Americans, this brave Indian woman befriended the settlers at Jamestown, saving the life of their leader, Captain John Smith, whom she later married. more...
Shades of Grayby Carolyn Reeder; Tim O'Brien
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 2008; US$ 5.99COURAGE WEARS MANY FACES The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate family? And now Will has to leave his comfortable home in the Shenandoah Valley and live with relatives he has never met, people struggling to eke out a living on their farm in the war-torn Virginia Piedmont. But the worst of it is that Will's uncle Jed had refused to fight for the Confederacy. At first, Will regards his uncle as a traitor -- or at least a coward. But as they work side by side, Will begins to respect the man. And when he sees his uncle stand up for what he believes in, Will realizes that... more...
Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestorsby Shane K Bernard
University Press of Mississippi 2008; US$ 18.00Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. While written in a format comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students, it will prove appealing and informative as well to adult readers seeking a one-volume exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. The narrative follows the Cajuns' early ancestors, the Acadians, from seventeenth-century France to Nova Scotia, where they flourished until British soldiers expelled them in a tragic event called Le Grand D--and--eacute;rangement (The Great Upheaval)--an episode regarded by many historians as an instance of ethnic cleansing or genocide. Up to one-half of the Acadian population... more...
Debates in History Teachingby Ian Davies
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 38.95Debates in History Teaching encourages teachers to engage with and reflect on key issues, concepts and debates in their subject. It supports you in reaching your own informed judgements, enabling you to discuss and argue your point of view with deeper theoretical knowledge and understanding. Experts in the field consider the subject and its definition, perennial and new debates in the subject, the knowledge required to teach in the classroom, the philosophy of education and the subject, and the case for the subject in the curriculum. more...
The Betrayal of Africaby Gerald Caplan
Groundwood Books 2011; US$ 10.00In the wealthy West, it's assumed that Africa is the problem and we are the solution. This timely book argues the opposite. Though couched in benevolent terms, Western policies in fact have for decades helped fuel the continent's devastating decline. Every year, far more of Africa's riches flow out to the rich world than we plough into Africa. In this systematic process of exploitation, explains author Gerald Caplan, first-world leaders work in happy harmony with African despots to wreak havoc on their nations and peoples. The Betrayal of Africa explains its historical background, the contemporary situation, and how a conflation of elements — China's bold new presence in Africa, an active and angry civil society demanding... more...
History for the IB Diploma: Origins and Development of Authoritarian and Single Party Statesby Allan Todd; Sally Waller
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. more...
History for the IB Diploma: The Cold Warby Allan Todd
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. more...









