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Author: Josie Martin
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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: 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: 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: Chanel Miller
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-08-18
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0735223726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful." --Washington Post Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap). Her story of trauma and transcendence illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicting a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shining with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life. Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic.
Author: Hunter Hazelton
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-18
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781948800938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: 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: Anthony Scarpo
Publisher:
Published: 2019-07-18
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780578546698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom modest beginnings in a Pennsylvania coal mine to the height of success in Tampa, Florida, there was one constant threat in the Scarpo family's lives--the mafia. In small-town Pennsylvania, Tony Scarpo's grandfather Antonio, an immigrant from Bari, Italy, ran afoul of a gangster who terrorized the family for months. Antonio's message to his children was: "Never let them steal your name." It was a lesson Tony's father, Art Scarpo, took with him into the bar business in Tampa, a lesson he never forgot when the Trafficante crime family came calling. Alongside the Chicago Syndicate and New York's Five Families, the Trafficantes were one of the pillars of the American Mafia. But little Tony had no idea why his father came home beaten and bloodied. He was just a kid growing up on the outskirts of Tampa, with little-boy dreams and calls to adventure. His 'normal' featured sideshow freaks, crime, violence, bizarre deaths--and murder. As he grew older, however, his father peeled back the veneer to reveal just how dangerous it was for a bar owner in Tampa and how devastating it was to say 'no' to the Trafficante crime family. But could the Scarpo family escape the reign of terror brought down by the mob while saving both their name and their lives? Read this enthralling, heart-wrenching story of one family's struggle against organized crime and of one boy's coming of age that was anything but 'normal.'
Author: Brenna Blaylock
Publisher:
Published: 2021-08-30
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781636764689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll Aaliyah's ever known are the nurturing and culture-affirming bounds of her hometown. While her parents are absolutely ecstatic about her attending an Ivy League school Aaliyah, on the other hand, is not so sure. It's not that she doubts the university's quality of education, she's just never been in such a predominantly White atmosphere before. As Aaliyah adjusts to dorm life and tries to find her place in the school's community, she's forced to consider more than whether to be offended by her white roommate's curiosity for her hair products. The grimy roots of covert racism push a resentment-fueled hate crime into full bloom in her university's backyard. Her preconception of white people paired with the hate in front of her cause Aaliyah to fight to maintain balance in her response to the tragic event. Aaliyah's pro-Black upbringing prepares her to stand against hate but obstacles and brazen apathy make her question the degree to which she'll be able to affect change. Is mere belief in a just cause enough to hack away at the roots of hate? And where do allies fit into the big picture?
Author: Emile Zola
Publisher: e-artnow
Published: 2017-10-06
Total Pages: 1852
ISBN-13: 8027218632
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume includes three books intended to illustrate the cardinal principles of human life according to Emile Zola. Originally named "Les Quatre Évangiles" was supposed to consist of 4 novels, but the last novel "Justice" was never completed: Fécondité (1899) Travail (1901) Vérité (1903, published posthumously) Justice (unfinished) "Fruitfulness" is the first of a series of three works in which M. Zola proposes to embody what he considers to be the four cardinal principles of human life. These works spring from the previous series of The Three Cities: "Lourdes", "Rome", and "Paris", which dealt with the principles of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Émile Zola (1840 – 1902), French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and for his intervention in the Dreyfus Affair through his famous open letter, "J'accuse."
