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My Boy Jack is the extraordinary story of Kipling's search for his son. John Kipling was reported missing in the Battle of Loos on the Western Front in 1915. His father, Rudyard, had pulled strings to get his myopic son into the firing line. Devastated at the loss of his only son, Rudyard undertook the sad mission to find John's grave but tragically never succeeded in his quest.

Clint Emerson is the only SEAL ever inducted into the International Spy Museum. Operating from the shadows, with an instinct for running towards trouble, his unique skill set made him the perfect hybrid of elite and modern-day counterintelligence agent. Emerson spent his career on the bleeding edge of intelligence and operations, often specializing in solo missions that took advantage of subterfuge, improvisation, the best in recon and surveillance tech and even elements of Hollywood disguise to combat the changing global battlefield.

The breathtaking memoir by a member of "Nicky's family", a group of 669 Czechoslovakian children who escaped the Holocaust through Sir Nicholas Winton's Kindertransport project. My Train to Freedom relates the trials and achievements of award-winning humanitarian and former Episcopal priest Ivan Backer.

My Life as a Clay Pigeon takes you back in time through the eyes of a 19-year-old country boy's WWII service diary and his fascinating journeys with the 306th Bomb Group, the Reich Wreckers.

Stephen 'Pista' Nasser was 13 years old when the Nazis whisked him and his family away from their home in Hungary to Auschwitz. His memories of that terrifying experience are still vivid, and his love for his brother Andris still brings a husky tone to his voice when he remembers the terrible ordeal they endured together. Stephen's account of the Holocaust, told in the refreshingly direct and optimistic language of a young boy, will help every listener to understand that the Holocaust was real.

Mixtape to My Future, from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley, is the podcast where us teens get to document our experiences in this unique time of our lives, between childhood and adulthood. Each episode reflects our voices, our perspectives and our stories. Join us as we tackle topics from music to mental health, and as we ask big questions about who we are now and who we want to be in the future.

Helene Munson resurrects her father’s WWII journals and embarks on a meticulous investigation, exposing how the Nazis trained 300,000 impressionable children as soldiers. In 1937, Munson’s father, Hans, was enrolled in an elite German school whose students were destined to take leadership roles in the Reich. At fifteen, he was drafted—along with the rest of the Hitler Youth—and assigned to an SS unit. A personal lens into a nation’s shameful past, Hitler’s Boy Soldiers documents the history of the largest army of child soldiers in recent memory.

This story is written to help young listeners understand the fun times, work ethics, and the inspirational activities of an American who wanted him and his race to enjoy all the privileges of full citizenship in the United States of America. Thurgood Marshall, the attorney who argued and won the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, authorized the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund to file a lawsuit on behalf of James H. Meredith. History records James H. Meredith opening the doors for Mississippi Negroes to obtain advanced and specialized degrees.

𝐘𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐢 𝐈𝐬 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐈 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 ...

In June 2022, at the Black Men’s Forum (BMF), we went to the source and provided a platform for African American men and a few African American male teenagers to speak their truths in answering 58 questions. All information shared is a part of history and will be passed onto the next generation to build upon society and learn about the strengths and hindrances affecting African-American boys.

Con seis años de edad, la vida de Bronislaw Zajbert como la de toda la población judía de Lodz sufrió un cambio profundo y violento cuando el ejército nazi invadió la ciudad polaca en septiembre de 1939. Las medidas drásticas de los nazis por extirpar a los judíos llegaron al extremo de aislarlos físicamente.