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Emanuel brothers say parents taught them to question authority, stand up for underdog. 

Award-winning historian Deborah E. Lipstadt’s 2011 book, "The Eichmann Trial," examines not only the trial but also the dramatic effect that Holocaust survivors’ courtroom testimony had on a world that until then had commemorated the Holocaust without fully understanding what the victims and survivors actually had experienced.

OUTSIDERS: Zines, Samizdat, and Alternative Publishing explores the use of self-produced books and pamphlets to express individualized, unconventional, controversial, or prohibited messages. Topics covered range widely in historical and geographical terms, and the speakers will address the current state of self-publishing as well as its history. 

You may have heard of Anna and Mr. Bates, but have you heard of Margaret Powell? Her 1968 memoir about servants’ life below the stairs was a direct inspiration for shows like Downton Abbey.

STFU, Parents has skewered the strange world of parental social media overshares and given me lots of laughs, silent commiseration and a bit of a guide on how not to behave online.

In her recent memoir, beloved blogger Jen Larsen details her experience losing almost 200 pounds via surgery – and her discovery that weight loss is not a magic bullet for happiness.

The Facebook COO discussed her controversial new book Thursday, and explained why she thinks women are holding themselves back from achieving the same workplace success as men.