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Snakes and Ladders

Gita Mehta

Reports on the current state of affairs in India portraying the country's promise and problems and exploring India's history, culture, politics, and traditions.

954
MEH

The Stones Cry Out

Molyda Szymusiak

The author, born in Phnom Penh in 1962 to a high Cambodian official, discusses her experiences after the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975 which resulted in the deaths of over two million people, and tells

959.604
SZY

Sweet Tea with Cardamom

Teresa Thornhill

The author shares the story of her experiences in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1993, a period in which the Kurds were making progress toward self-government and democracy.

956.7
THO

No Mercy

Redmond O'Hanlon

916.724
OHA

Two Thousand Years in Rome

Richard Mertz

945.6
MER

Washington: a Reader

Bill Adler

Twenty-eight contemporary portraits of life in the nation's capital, from 1800 to the 1960s.

975.3
ADA

A Peking Diary

Lois H. Fisher

951.05
FIS
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