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Hispanic American History Guide

Read about the history of Hispanic Americans, including books, articles, media, primary and secondary sources. Go to the guide . Features Watch the PBS series Latin Music U.S.A. Listen to first hand accounts from Cesar Chavez or learn about Flor Del Pueblo from the the audio CD From the vault subject series, Volume II .   Read the book The Hispanic presence in North America from 1492 to today.   Read the eBook Del Pueblo : A History of Houston's Hispanic Community.  

The Holocaust as History and Warning

In this epic history of extermination and survival, Timothy Snyder presents a new explanation of the great atrocity of the twentieth century, and reveals the risks that we face in the twenty-first.  Based on new sources from eastern Europe and forgotten testimonies from Jewish survivors, Black Earth recounts the mass murder of the Jews as an event that is still close to us, more comprehensible than we would like to think, and thus all the more terrifying.        The Holocaust began in a dark but accessible place, in Hitler's mind, with the thought that the elimination of Jews would restore balance to the planet and allow Germans to win the resources they desperately needed.  Such a worldview could be realized only if Germany destroyed other states, so Hitler's aim was a colonial war in Europe itself.  In the zones of statelessness, almost all Jews died.  A few people, the righteous few, aided them, without support from institutions.  Much of the new research i

Keep Calm and Write On!

With COM Library's guide, Writing for College. Get great resources to help you write for college. Go to the guide . Features Watch the presentation How to Write an Awesome Paper with 1/2 the Stress!   See an Annotated Bibliography Example. Read the book Thank you for arguing : what Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson can teach us about the art of persuasion.   Read the eBook Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style.   Read the eBook Write Great Essays!

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