Toma and Malek, two thirteen-year-old Syrian children living in Beirut, struggle to provide for their families in a country that can be hostile against refugees like them, but they maintain hope that there is a way out of their seemingly impossible situation.

Irving Levy is a man with few roots and, now that he is terminally ill, is anxious to find anyone to whom he can leave his considerable property. When he learns that there may be more to the disappearance of his younger sister, who disappeared when she was a baby, he engages the services of Hakim and Arnold to investigate. Unwittingly in mortal danger, the private detectives and Levy enter the world of Barking Park Fair and the secrets its brightly...

"This is an amazing novel. The writing is piercing and clear, and the humanity of the author and her characters will inhabit my thoughts for years to come." -Anne Roiphe, National Book Award-winning author of Fruitful An astonishing tale of grief and anger, memory and survival, Displaced Persons marks the arrival of a supremely gifted new literary talent, Ghita Schwarz. Schwarz's powerful story of a group of Holocaust survivors-"displaced persons"-struggling...

In this eloquent and glorious memoir, reporter Joseph Berger reflects upon his days growing up in Manhattan's Upper West Side following World War II. Berger and his family, Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, arrived in New York in 1950. Their fascinating story of adaptation in a strange, new world speaks universally of the trials millions of American immigrants have faced.

The survivors of the Oshawa, Ontario disappearance are few and far between, and those that don't stick together continue to vanish without a trance. Down to a final 12, what will the remaining desperate group do to survive in a world where by all verifiable means… they don't exist?

After growing up and hearing many stories about his parents experiences in Europe before, during and after World War II, Richard E. Fuerch decided that he had to preserve these stories for his family. He took on the task of interviewing his parents, taking elaborate notes and weaving a narrative from what he had assembled. The initial product was a forty page binder comprising a brief retelling of the stories that were told to him. After many years,...

The city of Oshawa, Ontario has vanished without a trace. Even worse, nobody remembers it or the 170,000 missing residents that disappeared along with it. As the survivors also fall into the forgotten, they must seek each other out, if they hope to have any chance of surviving in a world where no one believes they exist… Highly acclaimed writer Ed Brisson (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Predator), rising star artist Luca Casalanguida (Regarding...

In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dramatically cutting the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States each year. The American people spoke up, with protests, marches, donations, and lawsuits that quickly overturned the order. Though the refugee caps have been raised under President Biden, admissions so far have fallen short. In...

Rainbow hair. Inked skin. New magic. Strange world.Effie Thropp is no longer in Oz. She's in a strange world where no one bats an eye at her green skin, but she still feels out of place until she finds new magic that helps her fit in. Is this magic powerful enough to work in Oz? There's only one way to know, but is she willing to risk her new life to find out?

About the story; From birth between the Two World Wars and just after the Great World Depression, then to childhood right through the Second World War and surviving the Siege of Budapest, a young boy reaches early teens. Still bearing the naiveté of childhood in spite of many jarring adventures and surviving harsh events, to find himself at the threshold of leaving an old and entering a brand new world, around the other side of the globe. Then through...