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Essays on the Holocaust written by High School students from around the world.

The echo of the spinning tire beneath her car seemed to ring louder than the music she attempted to drown her thoughts in. Watching the world pass by in a haze, America sped down the freeway and out of the city while flashbacks of her long-forgotten childhood consumed her. Her parents failed her, the foster care system failed her, social workers, probation officers, teachers and everyone who was supposed to protect her, tossed her aside. Now, years after emancipating and finding her husband in another woman's arms, America ran from her past yet again. Feeling weak and defeated, she sped into the distance leaving everyone, and everything she's ever known behind. Realizing that she was exactly what everyone always told her she would become - a statistic, her world shatters. Alone and suffering, she found herself spiraling into a dark hole as memories flood in. She's finally had enough.

History of Camp Kohler and the Western Signal Corps School in Northern California. What do a migrant worker camp, a Japanese American assembly center, an Army Signal Corps training center, a prisoner of war branch camp, an Army Air Corps overseas replacement depot, an Army branch port of embarkation, and Walerga engineer depot have in common? They were all located on the same property as Camp Kohler, California. The Army land holdings in Sacramento County would grow from a 160-acre tract in1942 to over some 3,800 acres at its high point in 1944. Most of the land was leased throughout its history and returned to its owners starting in 1946 when no longer needed by the Army.

Sunshine and Some Drizzle is a brief overview of living life: there are some good and pleasant days thus sunshine; and there are some days when we get wet from crying our own tears of hurt, disappointment and/or growing pain. The short narratives are intuitive yet instructive and help us to really look, feel, see and experience all that life and living has to offer when we take time to live in the moment. Sunshine and Some Drizzle expresses warm compassion and understanding of human mankind and appreciation of nature. It includes stories of: love lost and found; family stories extended; poetry about visit to Uganda, Africa; growing up experiences; growing pains and reflections; and almost grown reflections.

Maureen Arcuri and Matt White are members of a historical re-enactment Guild and have been performing on the Northern California Renaissance circuit for over seven years. Their stories are about the characters they portray. Tales of the Wycked Aye Tavern will take you back to the Highlands of 16th Century Scotland during a time of religious and political turmoil, where alliances are formed and destroyed over night, and where three people come together to be the best of friends.

Jessica Hudson is a high priced model who met Sabrina while they shared a photo shoot. Then Sabrina is kidnapped, and no one knows why. But Jessica and Brandon team up in the search for the child. Brandon is the photographer who took part in the shoot. Why did he team up with Jessica to find Sabrina? Leaving the reader wondering that question, too.

After traveling in the remote Amazonian jungles of Peru from 1924-1928, Leslie Davis returned to the United States to tell the tale of Shuyani. A young woman held captive on an isolated plateau, Shuyani seeks help in her escape when a white-skinned stranger drops from the sky.

Docent Details is a one-of-a-kind book that describes docent life in art museums. If you ever wondered what museum life for an art docent consists of, this is the book for you. Ivy Hendy, an experienced docent, has created a non-technical, easy to read book for the would-be art docent or the tour guide wanting fresh tips. Being an art docent is an exceptional, lifelong pursuit, suitable for young and old. This user-friendly book will clarify and charm. Humorous illustrations and elucidating photos reinforce the absorbing stories and narrative. The book motivates, helps and encourages and along the way there are entertaining, fun-filled disclosures that you will discover about the odd, funny, rousing, bizarre and aggravating details that occur in day-to-day docent touring. There are eight chapters in the book. Each chapter speaks to a central theme that is encountered in both art docent training and in the actual pursuit of giving tours. For example, Docent Details answers the questions: do you need to be an artist and do you need to know anything about art to become a docent in an art museum? Also in the book are explanations and descriptions about the beginnings of art and art institutions, launching a tour, speaking to the public, what is necessary to know, making the case for contemporary art, and building relationships. From the beginning of docent training to becoming a full-fledged tour guide in an art museum, this amusing and practical book will answer questions you never thought to ask.