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Books for Adults
Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones by Greg Campbell-
"Blood diamonds" are mined in war zones, smuggled out of the country, and sold to legitimate companies to finance civil wars and international terrorists.
The Hunter, the Hammer, and Heaven by Robert Young Pelton-
Explore a first-hand account of war and the people who survive it in three of the most war-ravaged countries on earth: Sierra Leone, Chechnya, and Bougainville.
Children at War by P.W. Singer-
In the last decade, more than two million children have been killed in combat, a rate of some 500 per day. Singer interweaves narrative voices of child soldiers as he explores the evolution of using children in warfare.
Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection by Michael Wessells-
Based on participatory research and interviews with hundreds of former child soldiers worldwide, the author explores the myriad of ways children serve in war: as combatants, porters, spies, human land mine detectors and sexual slaves.
Last Moon Dancing: A Memoir of Love and Real Life in Africa by Monique Maria Schmidt-
A 22-year-old midwesterner gives a hilarious and moving account of her two years as a volunteer English teacher in Benin, West Africa.
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman-
Erdman discovers astonishing spirit in a small village on the Ivory Coast, despite the harsh realities of AIDS, poverty, the indignities of patriarchal customs, and child labor.
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace-
This vivid report and call to action by a former Marine working in Africa is a powerful memoir of a young man's awakening to conscience and the first extensive on-the-ground account of the genocide in Sudan.
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch-
In April 1994, the Rwandan government called upon everyone in the Hutu majority to kill each member of the Tutsi minority, and over the next three months 800,000 Tutsis perished. This haunting work won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.