A biography of the Polish friar, canonized in 1982, who founded the Militia of the Immaculate, wrote numerous periodicals and newspapers, and while imprisoned in Auschwitz, sacrificed his life for ano
A collection of fifteen exuberant, brashly illustrated nonsensical poems pay tribute to the famous children's poet Edward Lear, who was known as the greatest "bosh" creator of all time.
You will be home before the leaves have fallen from the trees. So said Kaiser Wilhelm II to his German army in August 1914. But World War I would rage for more than 4 years, taking the lives of nearly
A young Welsh soldier fights along the Western Front during World War I, experiencing the horrors of trench warfare before participating in the famed Christmas Truce of 1914.
They went by many names, but the world came to know them best as the Harlem Hellfighters. Two thousand strong, these black Americans from New York picked up brass instruments—under the leadership of f
An alphabetical examination of creatures of popular legend, such as mummies, werewolves and zombies, as well as lesser-known monsters is presented by an award-winning children's book author and former
Recounts the life of the sixteenth-century Basque former soldier who founded the Society of Jesus, describing how the events in his life led to his religious commitment and the development of the Spir
