A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...

In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.

The story of the Joad family and their migration to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma in the 1930s.

Describes the Great Depression or 1929-1941 and its impact on the United States and other areas of the world.

Shows readers how to understand the past so that they can shape their financial future and use the Information Age tools and insights to their financial advantage and create a fresh start. "Segunda oportunidad está escrito para quienes son conscientes de que es tiempo de hacer las cosas diferente. Para los que se dan cuenta que es una locura ahorrar dinero cuando los bancos imprimen trillones de dólares; que es una locura invertir a largo plazo...

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. Exquisitely written, this Newbery Medal-winner is a poetic, compelling, and often melancholy novel of a young girl growing up in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl during the Depression.