Eight decades ago, an aspiring young writer received a journal for her 13th birthday. Her life and history were forever changed. IT WAS LOVE at first sight for Anne Frank when she saw a red-checkered diary on display in a store window in 1942. She had to have it—and days later, it was among the gifts she received on her 13th birthday. When her Jewish family escaped to the Secret Annex amid Nazi persecution in World War II, the diary was the first

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Charles Darwin chronicles the five years he spent early in his career aboard the survey ship HMS "Beagle," exploring the Southern Hemisphere, including Brazilian rain forests, the Andes, and the Gal�pagos Islands.

The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the ��abi��skis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts....

The story of Manhattan columnist Carrie Bradshaw's high school years, her relationships with her peers, and how she became a writer.

Carrie, a small-town girl, learns to navigate her way around New York City, and meets her new friends Samantha and Miranda.

"Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Lewis) is now a U.S. congressman, and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Danes) has returned to civilian life. But when a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges, Brody and Carrie's lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion, deceit and desire"--Container.

The hilarious story of a struggling young actress trying to get ahead--and keep it together--in New York City.

"Christopher Dollanganger was fourteen when he and his younger siblings���Cathy and the twins, Cory and Carrie���were locked away in the attic of Foxworth Hall, prisoners of their mother���s greedy inheritance scheme. For three long years he kept hope alive for the sake of the others. But the shocking truth about how their ordeal affected him was always kept hidden���until now. Seventeen-year-old Kristin Masterwood is thrilled...

Nancy and her friends hit the campaign trail in search of a political trickster in this fifth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series. Who knew a new sports field could cause so much drama? That's what Nancy, Bess, and George are investigating. Ever since George's cousin Carrie Kim announced her candidacy for city council, along with her platform of building a new football field and a state-of-the-art sports complex, someone...

On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot. Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did? Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, they were men...