Border Crossings
A book of short stories, a memoir and two novels bring us to present day consideration of migration, immigration and refuge.
20th Century US Conflicts: The Rise of a Superpower
The Spanish-American War and its related conflict in the Philippines marked the debut of the United States as a world power. How have successive wars increased that power – or callled it into question?
Our Civil War Legacy
Discuss the crucial final month of the war and how, but for a handful of important decisions and a good deal of luck, the outcomeof the War and of the countrymight have been very different
The Rise of Nazism
Hitler’s appointment as German Chancellor on January 30, 1933 began a chain of horrific events that sent not only Germany, but the entire world, into the abyss.
World War II: The Loss of the Age of Innocence
These novels richly illustrate coming-of-age themes against the backdrop of World War II with three memorable protagonists- an Army bombardier, a girl on the American homefront, and a teenage survivor of the Nazi genocide.
Vermont Reads Past Picks
Vermont Reads is Vermont Humanities’ statewide community reading program. These books are all high-quality young-adult level works that offer food for thought for all ages.
Retellings
These novels all re-imagine classics works of fiction, retelling them from a different character’s perspective.
Shakespeare Mix & Match
Choose individual plays or run a series of comedies, tragedies, or histories.
Sustainability
This series explores how different authors and communities understand the multiple definitions and connotations of ecological sustainability and try to make it work in the world.
Understanding Post-Colonial Africa
These four books help to introduce post-colonial Africa to the novice and explore some of the continent’s crises in greater depth, including the West’s complicity in them.
