The Holocaust was one of the darkest times in recent Western history. Filled with prejudices and hatred, the Nazis tried to exterminate all those they thought of as lesser than themselves. The Jews bore the brunt of the Nazis' hatred, but other groups were targeted as well: Roma, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the physically and mentally disabled, black people, along with anyone who disagreed with the Nazis' political ideas. Approximately ten million were killed - starved, beaten, shot, and gassed. Those who survived the Holocaust spent years trying to work through what had happened to them. They had experienced brutality and dehumanization at the hands of other human beings, including their own neighbors and former friends. They had seen their parents, children, sisters, and brothers pulled away from them and sent to their deaths, or even killed in front of them. How does a person survive such a thing? How do they make themselves keep going in the face of such hatred? And, having lived, how do they deal with their pain? Can anything good come out of such an experience? Here you will read the stories of some of those who did survive the Holocaust. The things that helped them survive and the ways they have coped in the years since will speak to your own life and the situations you face every day....

The 1960s and 1970s were a tumultuous time in Canada, especially in the province of Quebec. Quebec's 'Quiet Revolution', a series of reforms carried out at breathtaking speed, gave the Quebec people a new sense of identity. As a province largely populated by French speakers in a country largely populated by English speakers, Quebec faced unique challenges. As Quebec developed its own identity, Canada as a whole also gained a new sense of itself. The Canadian Flag, adopted in 1965, was symbolic of this developing image. In this book, you will read about the high and low points Canadians experienced in the 1960s and 1970s: Expo 67, the triumphant World's Fair some Canadians regarded as 'the best thing Canada had ever done'; the FLQ Crisis of October 1970, when a terrorist group who believed Quebec should leave the rest of Canada held many in fear of their lives; environmental groups, and government agencies' struggles to balance efficiency and ecology; and, in 1982, Canada's final ownership of its constitution after prolonged and often heated political debates....

When Hannah finds out she has cancer, she's confused...scared...angry. It doesn't seem possible, it doesn't seem fair. But as the weeks go by, she realizes there are many people to help her - and that there is hope. Cancer doesn't mean she's going to die.Cancer is a scary word. Even today, with many treatment options available, the word "cancer" still conjures up fearful images in most people's minds. Sometimes, though, the more we learn, the less afraid we are of something.Understanding what's real and what's not helps us confront even frightening diseases like cancer. This book will give you the opportunity to learn more about cancer - and discover the challenges and the triumphs a teen with cancer faces....

Disagreements between nations have often led to war, but the United Nations, along with other international bodies, work instead for peaceful outcomes to disputes. International law is a complex field, covering both quarrels between countries and between citizens of the same country. The founders of the United Nations believed international law to be important enough to create the International Court of Justice as one of the UN?s main bodies, Later, with the creation of peacekeeping forces, the United Nations developed another means of dealing with international disagreements.In this book, you will read about the development of international law from centuries before the founding of the United Nations. You will also learn about some of the successes of international law organizations and about the many challenges faced by those trying to enforce the decisions of the UN's International Court of Justice....