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A Long Way Gone
Memoirs of a Boy SoldierThis is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become the soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.Read OnPicking Cotton
Our Memoir of Injustice and RedemptionIn their own words, Jennifer and Ronald unfold the harrowing details of their tragedy, and challenge ideas about memory and judgment while demonstrating the profound nature of human grace and the healing power of forgiveness.Read OnThe Mexican Wars For Independence
Mexico’s wars for independence were not fought to achieve political independence. Unlike their neighbors to the north, Mexico’s revolutionaries aimed to overhaul their society. Intending profound social reform, the rebellion’s leaders declared from the onset that their struggle would be incomplete, even meaningless, if it were merely a political event.Read OnThe Photographer
Into war-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without BordersIn 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter’s arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan, accompanying the Doctors Without Borders.Read OnThe Stuff Of Life
A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNALet’s face it: From adenines to zygotes, from cytokinesis to parthenogenesis, even the basics of genetics can sound utterly alien. So who better than an alien to explain it all? Enter Bloort 183, a scientist from an asexual alien race threatened by disease...Read OnThe United States Constitution
A Graphic AdaptationUnited States leaders swear to uphold it, the U.S. military to defend it. It is the blueprint for the shape and function of government itself and what defines Americans as Americans. But how many Americans truly know their Constitution?Read On