At age nineteen, Dorit Sasson, a dual American-Israeli citizen, was trying to make the status quo work as a college student—until she realized that if she didn’t distance herself from her neurotic, worrywart of a mother, she would become just like her. Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces is Sasson’s story of how she dropped out of college and volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces in an effort to change her life—and how, in stepping out of her comfort zone and into a war zone, she discovered courage and faith she didn’t know she was capable of.

Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces

A dinosaur learns to accept her differences from the other dinosaurs in her herd. Includes audio descriptions of the illustrations.

We're Different

This visually rich volume presents Harry G. Lang’s groundbreaking study of deaf people’s experiences in the Civil War. Based on meticulous archival research, Fighting in the Shadows reveals the stories of deaf soldiers and civilians who lived through this transformative period in American history.

Fighting in the Shadows: Untold Stories of Deaf People in the Civil War

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world.

American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

It's 1851 and Lucy Spencer's family is keeping a secret. Their Ohio home is a station on the Underground Railroad, the network of people and places that helps fugitive slaves escape to freedom in Canada. Lucy believes in what she and her family do to help the fugitives, even if it means putting herself in danger.
So Lucy doesn't hesitate when she is asked to stay with the Widow Aurelia Mercer and help her with a family of runaway slaves hiding in her attic. And she learns so much from her experience--about growing up, love, and standing on her own. But what will Lucy do when she is asked to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave all she loves behind?

North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad

When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “There are Indian people in West Virginia?” A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned in childhood about race and class, gender and sexuality continue to inform the way she moves through the world today: how she loves, how she teaches, how she advocates, how she struggles.
Another Appalachia examines both the roots and the resonance of Avashia’s identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman, while encouraging readers to envision more complex versions of both Appalachia and the nation as a whole. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, gun culture, and more, Another Appalachia mixes nostalgia and humor, sadness and sweetness, personal reflection and universal questions.

Another Appalachia: Growing Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

Travel onboard the Mighty Olympic passenger ship with a family of immigrants from Subbiano Italy to their new life in Pittsburgh in this true reminiscence as recounted by their granddaughter one hundred years later.

From There to Here: An Extraordinary Journey

Often called "The City of Bridges", Pittsburgh has more bridges than any other city, including Venice, Italy. This book honors them all and includes 150 contemporary and historical photos, tour maps, and historical drawings, along with detailed tables including The Big List identifying each and every bridge in the count.

Bridges of Pittsburgh

This is more than a cookbook, it is also a stroll back into the childhood of those of us who grew up in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The book is full of facts, poetry, writings and rare photos of Southwestern Pennsylvania with over 200 recipes collected over many years of time. The beauty of the rolling hills and meadows, the smells captured in a warm breeze on a spring day and the taste of a homegrown tomato sandwiched in between two pieces of Grandma's homemade bread can take you back to a moment in time that you would've otherwise forgotten.

I Grew Up In Southwestern Pennysylvania Cookbook

Critical Care takes us with author Theresa Brown as she struggles to tend to her patients' needs, both physical (the rigors of chemotherapy) and emotional (their late-night fears). Along the way, we see the work nurses do to fight for their patients' dignity, in spite of punishing treatments and an often uncaring hospital bureaucracy. We also see how a twelve-hour day of caring for the seriously ill gives Brown herself a deeper appreciation of what it means to be alive. Ultimately, this is a book about embracing life, whether in times of sickness or health.

Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life and Everything in Between

Pittsburgh Food Crawls is an exciting culinary tour through Steel City. Discover hidden gems and long-standing institutions. Each crawl is the complete recipe for a great night out, the perfect tourist day, a new way to experience your own city, or simply food porn to enjoy from home. Put on your walking shoes and your stretchy pants, and dig into Pittsburgh one dish at a time.

Pittsburgh Food Crawls

Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians

Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces

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