Böcker av James DeVita

Marena struggles to remember what life was like before the Zero Tolerance Party installed listening devices in every home. Before they murdered her mother and put her father under house arrest. A time when difference was celebrated.When the new Minister of Education cracks down in her school, eliminating personal expression and independent thought, Marena decides she has to fight back. Fueled by her memories and animated by her mother’s spirit, Marena forms a resistance group–the White Rose. With little more than words, Marena defies the state officers lurking around every corner, and embarks on a campaign of life-affirming civil disobedience.The Silenced draws on the true story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, a movement that courageously resisted the Nazis. In an era when new technologies are accompanied by increasing surveillance, this is a powerfully relevant story of the enormous change that is possible when one person is courageous enough to speak the truth to power.

The Desert Queen In 1921 Winston Churchill summoned the greatest experts on the Middle East to a conference in Egypt to determine the future of Mesopotamia. The conference included 39 men. And Gertrude Bell. A fascinating look at the woman -- mostly lost to history -- who helped draw the borders of modern-day Iraq and greatly influenced the political future of the middle east.Waiting for VernOpening night of a new two-person play. Only one actor shows up. A comic ode to Waiting for Godot.Dickens in AmericaAn evening with Charles Dickens, adapted from his works and words. 1867. Charles Dickens, on his final speaking tour of the United States, muses on literature, life, career, and this young country called America.