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Author: Josie Martin
Publisher:
Published: 2002-03
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780759657076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld War II; a Jewish child secretly hidden by a courageous French nun during the German Occupation. This gentle memoir speaks to the trauma of war in all its haunting twists and its poignant impact long after war's end.
Author: Sherry Garland
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780395696866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn observer laments the lonely life of a teenage suicide whose neighbors didn't even know his name.
Author: Alwin Meyer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2022-01-11
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 1509545522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe children of Auschwitz: this is the darkest spot in the ocean of suffering that was the Holocaust. They were deported to the concentration camp with their families, with most being murdered in the gas chambers upon their arrival, or were born there under unimaginable circumstances. While 232,000 children and juveniles were deported to Auschwitz, only 750 were liberated in the death camp at the end of January 1945. Most of them were under 15 years of age. Alwin Meyer's masterwork is the culmination of decades of research and interviews with the children and their descendants, sensitively reconstructing their stories before, during and after Auschwitz. The camp would remain with them throughout their lives: on their forearms, as a tattooed number, and in their minds, in the memory of heart-rending separation from parents and siblings, medical experiments, abject confusion, ceaseless hunger and a perpetual longing for home and security. Once the purported liberation came, there was no blueprint for piecing together personal biographies after the unthinkable had happened. Many of the children, often orphaned, had forgotten their names or ages, and had only fragmented understandings of where they came from. While some struggled to reconnect to the parents from whom they had been separated, others had known nothing other than the camp. Some children grew up without the ability to trust and to play. Survival is not yet life – it is an in-between stage which requires individuals to learn how to live. The liberated children had to learn how to be young again in order to grow into adults like others did. This remarkable book tells the stories of the most vulnerable victims of the Nazis’ systematic attempt to extinguish innocent lives, and rescues their voices from historical oblivion. It is a unique testimony to the horrific suffering endured by millions in humanity’s darkest hour.
Author: Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-03-06
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0062820494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPoet. Dancer. Immigrant. Artist. Son. Brother. There’s always more than meets the eye . . . Valentin “Val” Chmerkovskiy has captivated viewers with his striking performances on Dancing with the Stars since his first step, season after season. His raw talent, dashing looks, and genuine kindness have made him an instant, beloved star. Now, for the first time ever, viewers will have an all-access pass to Val’s life—and in I’ll Never Change My Name, Val bares his soul, illuminating the thoughtful person he is both on and off the stage. In this revealing memoir, Val opens up about his life and career so far—where he’s come from and where he hopes to go. He shows the reader some of the most notable moments from his childhood in Odessa, Ukraine, and his tight-knit family’s immigration to the United States—including his struggles learning English as a stranger desperate to fit into a different culture, how he worked to become a premiere ballroom dancer, and, of course, the collaborations and competitions with his brother and fellow DWTS sensation, Maksim “Maks” Chmerkovskiy. After years of practice and discipline, Val, along with his older brother Maks, have reached the pinnacle of success, but it took a great deal of hard work and gratitude to get there. Sharing at times intimate and at times entertaining moments with early dance partners all the way up through celebrity dance partners such as Laurie Hernandez, Zendaya, Kelly Monaco, and Rumer Willis on Dancing with the Stars, Val expresses his enduring gratitude for the opportunities America has afforded him and his family, and for everything this country represents—offering hope not only to fans, but everyone with a dream. Inspiring, heartfelt, and compulsively readable—including sixteen pages of never- before-seen photographs, as well as a foreword by brother Maks Chmerkovskiy—I’ll Never Change My Name is filled with Val’s honesty and insight, and moments that are sure to touch readers’ hearts and inspire us all to keep it moving.
Author: D. M. Rowell
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 2022-11-08
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1639101284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOld grudges, tribal traditions, and outside influences collide for a Kiowa woman as forces threaten her family, her tribe, and the land of her ancestors, in this own-voices debut perfect for fans of Winter Counts. No one called her Mud in Silicon Valley. There, she was Mae, a high-powered professional who had left her Kiowa roots behind a decade ago. But a cryptic voice message from her grandfather, James Sawpole, telling her to come home sounds so wrong that she catches the next plane to Oklahoma. She never expected to be plunged into a web of theft, betrayal, and murder. Mud discovers a tribe in disarray. Fracking is damaging their ancestral lands, Kiowa families are being forced to sell off their artifacts, and frackers have threatened to kill her grandfather over his water rights. When Mud and her cousin Denny discover her grandfather missing, accused of stealing the valuable Jefferson Peace medal from the tribe museum—and stumble across a body in his work room—Mud has no choice but to search for answers. Mud sets out into the Wildlife Refuge, determined to clear her grandfather's name and identify the killer. But Mud has no idea that she's about to embark on a vision quest that will involve deceit, greed, and a charging buffalo—or that a murderer is on her trail.
Author: Sarah Warburton
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 2021-08-10
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1643857371
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPerfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Joshilyn Jackson, Sarah Warburton's chilling thriller, inspired by the Moors Murders, explores the twisted side of suburbia. Framed for embezzlement by her best friend Aimee, museum curator Kacy Tremain and her husband Michael move from New Jersey to a charming Texas suburb to escape their past. Kacy quickly makes new friends--preppy, inscrutable Elizabeth, chatty yet evasive Rahmia, and red-headed, unapologetic Lena. But good friends aren't always what they seem. As she navigates the unexpectedly cutthroat social scene of her new town, Kacy begins to receive taunting postcards--and worse, discovers cameras hidden in the wall of her home. Lena and her husband, Brady, reassure her that the cameras are just relics of the paranoid previous homeowner . Once the cameras are removed and Kacy's fears are quelled, Kacy and Michael make the happy discovery that they are going to be new parents. Months after the birth of their daughter, Michael accidentally makes a shocking discovery about Brady's past. And when Lena suddenly goes missing, Kacy and Michael begin to uncover the truth about their neighbors--and it's more terrible than anyone could have imagined. Interlaced with transcripts of a chilling "true crime" podcast that follow the tangled threads of the drama, You Can Never Tell is a taut and complex psychological thriller that never lets up until its breathless conclusion.
Author: Hunter Hazelton
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-18
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781948800938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kristie Lynn Higgins
Publisher: Kristie Lynn Higgins
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 102
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Author: Dominic O'Brien
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2002-07
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780811836340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Memory Champion an unprecedented eight times, Dominic OBrien shows how anyone can improve their memory with this fun and colorful palm-sized book. For just under $5-and just in time for those holiday parties-this essential helpmate reveals the secrets to remembering names and faces. OBrien, author of the best-selling Learn to Remember, packs this quick-reference book with fun and easy tips for recall know-how geared toward real-life situations. Simple visualization tools, brainpower boosters, and advice on focusing the mind will help turn forgetfulness into a thing of the past. This tiny volume is perfect as a stocking stuffers or not-so-subtle gift for forgetful friends. For anyone whos ever introduced Susan as Stephanie (or worse), Never Forget gives those memory muscles a much-needed workout.
Author: Will Greenway
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Published: 2008-02-08
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1921314532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBannor and Wren are on another adventure, doing what they do best...getting into and out-of trouble. The two savants embark on a simple reconnaissance mission with their new friends from the Shael Dal. Naturally there are the little bumps that make the danger duo's life so interesting--massacres, spies, and hostile alien assassins... At the behest of Koass the eternal, Bannor has pierced the veil of secrecy around the Baronians, and the soldiers of Baronia have a single response: Destroy.
