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Author : Ann Pugh
Publisher : I. E. Clark Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780886800826
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Heidi written by Ann Pugh and published by I. E. Clark Publications. This book was released on 1962-09 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karin Finell
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826265464
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Good-bye to the Mermaids written by Karin Finell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good-bye to the Mermaids conveys the horrors of war as seen through the innocent eyes of a child. It is the story of World War II as it affected three generations of middle-class German women: Karin, six years old when the war began, who was taken in by Hitler's lies; her mother, Astrid, a rebellious artist who occasionally spoke out against the Nazis; and her grandmother Oma, a generous and strong-willed woman who, having spent her own childhood in America, brought a different perspective to the events of the time. It tells of a convoluted world where children were torn between fear and hope, between total incomprehension of events and the need to simply deal with reality. In one of the relatively few recollections of the war from a German woman's perspective, Finell relates what was for her a normal part of growing up: participating in activities of the Hitler Youth, observing Nazi customs at Christmas, and once being close enough to the Führer at a rally to make eye contact with him. She tells of how she first became aware of the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear, and of being asked to identify corpses from a bombed apartment house. She also depicts the lives of people tainted by Hitler's influence: her half-Jewish relatives who gave in to the strain of trying to remain unnoticed; a favorite aunt who was gassed because she was old and had broken her hip; and a friend of the family who was involved in the abortive putsch against Hitler and hanged as a traitor. When American and British forces intensified air raids on Berlin in 1943, Finell observed the stoical valor of women during the bombings, firestorms, and mass evacuations. Not yet a teenager, she witnessed the battle for Berlin and the mass rapes perpetrated by conquering Russian and Mongolian troops. Order was restored after the American and British troops arrived. The Marshall Plan jump-started an economic recovery for West Germany, provoking the Russians to blockade Berlin. From 1948 to 1949 the Americans and British kept Berlin's residents alive with the airlift. But even though food was flown in, the people of Berlin continued to go hungry. Deprivation forced Berliners to look inward and face their collective guilt as they withstood the threat of Soviet occupation during these postwar years. This eloquent and touching story tells how a decent people were perverted by Hitler and how a young girl ultimately came to recognize the father figure Hitler for the monster he was. From a time of innocence, Karin Finell takes readers along a nightmarish journey in which fantasies are clung to, set aside, and at last set free. Good-bye to the Mermaids presents us with the revelation that human beings can survive such times with their souls intact.
Author : Helge-Wolfgang Michel
Publisher : TWENTYSIX
ISBN 13 : 3740781718
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)
Download or read book What A Wonderful Story written by Helge-Wolfgang Michel and published by TWENTYSIX. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helge-Wolfgang Michel has written a short biographical novel about Leopold Heinrich Pfeil (1726-1792), "Ist das nicht eine wunderbare Geschichte - Das erfüllte Leben von Leopold Heinrich Pfeil". Richard W.P. Pfeil, a relative from England, has provided an introduction to this first English edition of, "What A Wonderful Story - The Fulfilled Life of Leopold Heinrich Pfeil". Dr Joachim Seng, director of the library at the Goethe House in Frankfurt am Main, has further supplemented this with a foreword about Leopold Heinrich Pfeil's special significance in the education of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his sister Cornelia. Leopold Heinrich Pfeil, known as, "Henri", followed a remarkable career path at the home of Johann Caspar Goethe (Johann Wolfgang Goethe's father). He initially entered the household as a servant, was then given the position of valet and later that of secretary. Through his marriage Leopold Heinrich Pfeil became a relative of Goethe's and continued to develop himself as a French language master eventually becoming the successful headmaster of a Frankfurt boarding school for English and French students. His efforts were always guided by the maxim that teaching and learning are mutually dependent. Johann Wolfgang Goethe praises Henri very highly in, "Dichtung und Wahrheit - Aus meinem Leben" (From my Life: Poetry and Truth; Part 1, Book 4) and dedicated a vaudeville to Henri. References to him appear in various works. Henri also maintained a pen friendship with Leopold Mozart. In his book, the author sketches a conceivable biography of Henri's life, based on historical data and facts. The story is presented in a discerning manner but is neither overbearing nor moralising. Henri narrates his own life from birth to death in the first person and in the present historic tense. In addition to his friend and patron Johann Caspar Goethe, family members as well as teachers and friends play leading roles in Henri's story. This book is aimed at readers interested in contemporary, cultural or literary history, who are interested in studying this subject matter in a biographical way. As a literary genre, the work is assigned to fiction and here, as already discussed at the outset, it belongs to the field of biographical novels.
Author : Peter Behrens
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1101870516
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Carry Me written by Peter Behrens and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A devastating novel of war, love, and escape from the award-winning author of The Law of Dreams and The O’Briens During childhood summers on the sunstruck Isle of Wight in the years before the First World War, Billy is entranced by Karin, the elusive daughter of a German-Jewish industrialist. Reunited on a Frankfurt estate in that war’s hungry aftermath, Karin and Billy become fascinated with tribal rituals found in the Wild West stories of Karl May, whose Winnetou tales are among the most popular books published in Germany. Coming of age in Frankfurt and Berlin, Karin and Billy share a passion for speed, jazz, and nightclubs. They also share a fantasy of escape—from darkening Germany, from history—to El Llano Estacado, the high plains of Texas and New Mexico, vividly reimagined in May’s fiction. Intriguing characters braid this intricate and harrowing story together, from golden Edwardian summers to London under Zeppelin attack, Ireland on the brink of its War of Independence, and Germany collapsing into the Hitler era. As a society loses its civic and moral bearings, a childhood friendship deepens into a love affair with extraordinarily high stakes. Brilliantly conceived and elegantly written, Carry Me is an epic for grown-ups, an unusual love story, and a lucid meditation on Europe’s violent twentieth century.
Author : Peter Ebere
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1098062663
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Kidnapped written by Peter Ebere and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kidnapped: GodaEUR(tm)s Hand in My Life is born out of my life experience. As a nine-year-old boy, starting life without the love of family members after going through war is one of the toughest things I have dealt with. That experience established my faith in God and has inspired me all through life. It is therefore most fitting that I gave credit to whom it belonged. Without GodaEUR(tm)s hand in my life, there is no way I could have survived all the life-threatening challenges I have faced. This book is my little way of telling the world that there is a living God in heaven who care for his creatures and able to deliver us from all harm. It is my way to give encouragement to everyone regardless of their situation, to trust God and give everything to Him and He will rescue you. It is my prayer and hope that the reader will experience GodaEUR(tm)s delivering power and that he or she will be encouraged and never give up hope and trust in the living God.
Author : Clayton Forrester
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595376002
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Spirit's Knock written by Clayton Forrester and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spirit's Knock presents stories from Clayton Forrester's life as he awakens to embrace the call to become a shaman. His journey takes him from Ohio to Texas, Switzerland, and Central Mexico. It is a story of possibilities, of death and rebirth, and of the evolution of consciousness. Through a series of life-changing experiences, including challenges growing up, a major health crisis leading to a near-death encounter, divorce, lucid dreams, out-of-the-body experiences, and visions, Clayton Forrester enters the shamanic world. From these experiences he comes to understand the power of inner silence and the heart to engage the capacities for perception waiting to awaken within himself. His experiences also show him that every single human being who is willing to accept the challenge to evolve might also develop these hidden capacities for perception. In accepting the call to become a shaman, Clayton Forrester develops an intimate relationship with the earth. Through this relationship he learns important lessons about his own journey and about humanity's journey to survive and evolve as a species. Along the way, he discovers a companion that will never leave his side.
Author : Harry Frankfurt
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307265951
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)
Download or read book On Truth written by Harry Frankfurt and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having outlined a theory of bullshit and falsehood, Harry G. Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: the truth, a concept not as obvious as some might expect.Our culture's devotion to bullshit may seem much stronger than our apparently halfhearted attachment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers) won't even acknowledge "true" and "false" as meaningful categories, and even those who claim to love truth cause the rest of us to wonder whether they, too, aren't simply full of it. Practically speaking, many of us deploy the truth only when absolutely necessary, often finding alternatives to be more saleable, and yet somehow civilization seems to be muddling along. But where are we headed? Is our fast and easy way with the facts actually crippling us? Or is it "all good"? Really, what's the use of truth, anyway?With the same leavening wit and commonsense wisdom that animates his pathbreaking work On Bullshit, Frankfurt encourages us to take another look at the truth: there may be something there that is perhaps too plain to notice but for which we have a mostly unacknowledged yet deep-seated passion. His book will have sentient beings across America asking, "The truth—why didn't I think of that?"
Author : Pradeep Berry
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524695092
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)
Download or read book My Connie written by Pradeep Berry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything changed for Pradeep K. Berry on February 28, 2015. That was the day his wife of forty-one years, Constance A. “Connie” Berry, died. He’s been mourning ever since, and he seeks to cope with his loss in this tribute to his beloved spouse. In My Connie, he celebrates their love—a love that would have never happened if he hadn’t left India to go to the United States. He only had seven dollars at the time, and he could not have dreamed that he’d meet a beautiful, intelligent, American wife. The author’s family embraced Connie as soon as they realized she was polite, smart, and self-made. In short order, she became the star of the family. Berry lovingly describes Connie’s qualities, character, and ethics as well as her professional career. He observes that even though he’s been in tremendous pain since she died, he would have never had such a long and happy marriage if he and Connie had not loved each other so much. Connie and Pradeep, both consider themselves as two bodies and one soul. Now, Pradeep is hoping that they will be again two bodies and one soul in the next life. Join the author as he shares lessons on enjoying a happy marriage and honors the woman who made his dreams come true. His only hope is to make some difference in other woman’s lives and how their husband can make a difference in their lives.
Author : Rahila Gupta
Publisher : Portobello Books
ISBN 13 : 1846275407
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Enslaved written by Rahila Gupta and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery in Britain did not end with William Wilberforce at the beginning of the nineteenth century. They may be largely invisible to us, but living in our midst are thousands of slaves. Rahila Gupta seeks out five escapees and persuades them to tell us their stories in this compelling book. We meet a pregnant child from Sierra Leone who was locked up in a London house as a domestic slave; a Russian teenager trafficked into prostitution; a Chinese man who lives in fear of the Triads; a religious Somali woman who had to exchange sex for food; and a young Punjabi woman forced into marriage and repeatedly abused by her husband. These are the stories of those who have escaped, through a combination of courage, timing, luck and the humanity of those who helped them. Their testimonies are harrowing but they need to be heard.
Author : George J. Vago
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462030513
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Journey Westward written by George J. Vago and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book gives to the reader a glimpse into the life of a Jewish family in Czechoslovakia from the end of WW I, throughout the Nazi horrors of WW II, to the era of Communist dictatorship and finally to the freedom in the West. This non-fictional narrative is written in chronological order and ties in related political events that occurred during this time. The authors WW II survival is followed in detail, showing how the will to fight for life aided in the achievement of that vision. Full recognition is given to the good people who took risks, without which the author could not have survived the war. While liberation brought happiness and hope for a better life, there was also a cloud of sadness over the loss of his father, dear family members and friends that can never be eradicated from memory. Unfortunately, the freedom that came with the end of the war was short lived. The establishment of Communist dictatorship marred that gained freedom. Once again, the authors determination to live in a free society, guided him through an adventurous escape to the West, where he finally achieved his dream of freedom.
Author : Jon Beckmon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469114585
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Codename: Lehi written by Jon Beckmon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the condensed version of my life. It contains the things I can remember most about what has occurred in my life. It is in effect the autobiography of Jonathan Daniel Beckmon which is my full legal name given to me by my parents Raymond Beckmon and Linda Helms (her maiden name) and assigned to me in the United States of America where I was born. At my current stage of life my only real goal is to get married. I have been looking for a suitable spouse for at least 15 years as of the time this book is being published with no luck. Its very hard to find a decent moral woman with the current state of our society and general lack of moral values in the United States of America. I honestly feel that had I been born in Russia I would have been married long ago. I had much better luck finding women there that were interested in my qualities and that were decent human beings. However I have only managed to make it to Russia once as it is beyond my current financial means to go there a lot until I find a wife. Since I refuse to lower my very high standards Ive lived out my life alone. It is better to die alone than to marry a wicked woman. You can read the book to find where the codename Lehi comes from.
Author : Julia Reed
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250279445
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Dispatches from the Gilded Age written by Julia Reed and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dispatches from the Gilded Age is a collection of essays by Julia Reed, one of America's greatest chroniclers. In the middle of the night on March 11, 1980, the phone rang in Julia Reed’s Georgetown dorm. It was her boss at Newsweek, where she was an intern. He told her to get in her car and drive to her alma mater, the Madeira School. Her former headmistress, Jean Harris, had just shot Dr. Herman Tarnower, The Scarsdale Diet Doctor. Julia didn’t flinch. She dressed, drove to Madeira, got the story, and her first byline and the new American Gilded Age was off and running. The end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first was a time in which the high and the low bubbled furiously together and Julia was there with her sharp eye, keen wit, and uproariously clear-eyed way of seeing the world to chronicle this truly spectacular era. Dispatches from the Gilded Age is Julia at her best as she profiles Andre Leon Talley, Sister Helen Prejean, President George and Laura Bush, Madeleine Albright, and others. Readers will travel to Africa and Cuba with Julia, dine at Le Bernardin, savor steaks at Doe’s Eat Place, consider the fashions of the day, get the recipes for her hot cheese olives and end up with the ride of their lives through Julia’s beloved South. With a foreword by Roy Blount, Jr. and edited by Julia's longtime assistant, Everett Bexley.
Author : Harry Jacobs
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532052936
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Raid Toward Prague written by Harry Jacobs and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Keefer took a leave of absence from Army Counterintelligence to search for the origin of the first military action of the Cold War, which occurred in Czechoslovakia in May 1945. Kevin was familiar with his fathers relentless efforts to uncover the circumstances surrounding this event, in which his father played an important role. His father died before he could complete his research. Kevin took it upon himself to continue it. After visits to the Czech Republic and pursuing leads in the United States, he eventually hit pay dirt when he came across extensive files in a Pentagon storage area. Kevin was surprised to find that the raid had almost failed, namely, the capture of intelligence on the Soviet Army, which were in the possession of the German Army headquarters, which had retreated into Czechoslovakia. Czech partisans guarding the headquarters refused passage of the truck his father had seized and insisted on taking it back with him. Finally, only after citing that he was under direct orders from Eisenhower did the partisans relent. Whether Eisenhower actually was involved in the raid is not clear. However, Eisenhower was familiar with Washingtons proclivity to acquire data on the military capabilities of the Soviets.
Author : Elgonda Brunkhorst
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490819355
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Looking back?to face tomorrow written by Elgonda Brunkhorst and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the darkest, most difficult, and most painful days of my life-injured at work, loss of job, inability to do the usual work, crisis at home with an injured and aging mother to support, feeling weak and helpless-God reminded me of King David encouraging himself in the Lord. As I looked back over my life, I saw I had a lot to be thankful for, because God is always faithful, He is and will always be the great I Am, and a help in our troubles. He will remain the stability of our times and life, and with that blessed assurance, we can truly face tomorrow without fear but with trust, walk on in obedience, and prepare the way for His return.
Author : W.E.B. Griffin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698164636
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book The Assassination Option written by W.E.B. Griffin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times– and Wall Street Journal–bestselling author comes the dramatic second adventure in the brand-new Clandestine Operations series about the Cold War, the fledgling Central Intelligence Agency—and a new breed of warrior. In Top Secret, W.E.B. Griffin introduced a remarkable new cast of heroes as they found themselves on the front lines of an entirely different kind of war. Now, these men and women are going to find out what they’ve really gotten themselves into. James Cronley thought he had done well—he didn’t know he’d done this well. His first successful mission for the about-to-be-official new Central Intelligence Directorate has drawn all kinds of attention, some welcome, some not. On the plus side, he’s now a captain; promoted to Chief, DCI, Europe; and in charge of a top secret spy operation. On the minus side, a lot of people would like to know about that operation, including not only the Soviets, but his own Pentagon, as well as a seething J. Edgar Hoover. Cronley knows that if just one thing goes wrong, he’s likely to get thrown to the wolves. As if that weren’t enough pressure, complications are springing up on all sides. He’s discovered a surprising alliance between the former German intelligence chief and, of all things, the Mossad. A German family that Cronley never knew he had has suddenly, and suspiciously, emerged. And he’s due for a rendezvous with an undercover agent against the Soviets known only as Seven K. It’s when he meets Seven K that he gets the real surprise.
Author : Harry McDaniel
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1685704301
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (857 download)
Download or read book The Fugitive Option written by Harry McDaniel and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Harry McDaniel, and I am not a criminal. The money I took belonged to me. Unfortunately, the FBI disagrees. In 1995, I fled the country with $1.7 million of my company’s money. Unwittingly, I set myself up for an adventure for which I wasn’t trained, qualified, or prepared. Along the way, I made friends all over the world who helped me move money into foreign accounts, travel across dangerous borders, and invest in shady schemes. While in Brazil, I bought my first fraudulent passport. While in Hungary, I survived a car crash with $1.5 million in cash in a duffle bag in the backseat. While in Poland, I owned a bar and restaurant and married a Polish woman. We had a son together whom she later abducted. I met criminals in the Irish IRA and Polish Mafia involved in arms dealing and counterfeiting. I was beat up and came within inches of losing my life. Later, I double-crossed these people and fed information to the FBI and Scotland Yard in exchange for a plea bargain and a ticket back to the United States. Yet in the end, I was unjustly charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
Author : Charles Stickney
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059518474X
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)
Download or read book World Enough written by Charles Stickney and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boating down Nepali rivers, tracking rhinos on foot and on elephant-back, seeing the “Buddha light” at dawn in Peru’s Macchu Picchu and from a sacred mountain peak in China, smoking opium in Thailand’s Golden Triangle, worshipping in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa just after Tibet was opened to Westerners, and having a pistol pulled on him in Kabul just before Afghanistan and Iran were closed to Westerners by revolutions and wars. By camel in Rajahstan and Morocco, by elephant in Thailand and Nepal, by bike in Sri Lanka, paddleboat in Kashmir, yacht in Panama, motorcycle in Japan, jammed minivan in Java, rickshaw in Jaipur, by thumb in the US, horse in Mexico, water buffalo in India, and on foot everywhere and often, Dr. Stickney invites you along on his travels—country by country, many of them several times over the years.
