Defying the Nazis, Paperback - Artemis Joukowsky

The true story of the Sharps, a family who saved the lives of refugees, dissidents and Jews on the eve of WWII. Ties in with a new TV documentary f...

Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, has invaded Poland. But from the depths of despair rose some very courageous, selfless individuals, such as Sophie Sc...

Reducere. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (author of Making Bombs for Hitler) crafts a story of ultimate compassion and sacrifice based on true events during WWII.Th...

Reducere. 1941. After discovering Santa Claus' factory, the Nazis enslave the elves, incapacitate Santa and convert the factory into a factory of war. Two of...

What can one girl do to fight back against the Nazis? Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a b...

Witnesses of War is the first work to show how children experienced the Second World War under the Nazis. As they absorbed the brutal new realities...

Publisher: Fantom Films LimitedAuthor(s): Alan StaffordPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera ...

In this timely new work, Professor Brett Kahr investigates Sigmund Freud's own personal struggle with many near-death experiences, ranging from the...

Reducere. As a successful businessman, Ernst Leitz helped hundreds of Jews escape death by creating an escape path out of Nazi Germany. His business manufact...

The incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of Berlin, by the author of the in...

The compelling story of the army chaplain who was sent to save the souls of the Nazis incarcerated at Nuremberg, raising questions of faith, guilt,...

"A story of love, incredible bravery and self-sacrifice . . . brilliantly told."--Antony Beevor, New York Times best-selling author of The Fall of ...

Reducere. The Other Victims: First-Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted by the Nazis, Paperback

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Leah GarrettNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 28Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. "An extraordinary piece of history...a fresh and lively read" (The Christian Science Monitor)--the passionate, gripping, true story of one man's si...

Reducere. A PEOPLE BOOK OF THE WEEK WINNER OF THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE "A haunting tribute to survivors and those lost forever--and a reminder, in our o...

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In the tradition of `Agent Zigzag' comes a breathtaking biography of WWII's `Scarlet Pimpernel' as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best...

Throughout the occupied territories, Catholic sisters were active in resistance to the NazisPublisher: Ad Lib Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Dennis J. Tu...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Once Adolf Hitler was defeated, U.S. Army Chaplain Henry Gerecke received his most challenging assignment: he was sent to Nuremberg to minister to ...

Reducere. The Book Smugglers is the nearly unbelievable story of ghetto residents who rescued thousands of rare books and manuscripts--first from the Nazis a...

DescriptionIn August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her aw...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the clo...

Sex and the Weimar Republic shows how, in Weimar Germany, the citizen's right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-com...

Publisher: Algonquin Books (division of Workman)Author(s): Jeffrey H. JacksonIllustration(s): Text onlyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2021Di...

Reducere. DescriptionConjoined twins have long been a subject of fantasy, fascination, and freak shows. In this first collection of its kind, Millie-Christin...

Reducere. Few diseases are more gruesome than typhus. Transmitted by body lice, it afflicts the dispossessed--refugees, soldiers, and ghettoized peoples--cau...

The remarkable true story of how three British heroes saved thousands of endangered Czech men, women, and children from the Nazis at the beginning ...

A Jewish boy kills a Nazi by the Polish ghetto. He must escape the Third Reich, at all costs.Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General DivisionAuthor(s...

A powerfully moving family memoir of loss, exile and self-concealment in Nazi Germany.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Simon MayIllustration(s): ...

Reducere. Love in a Time of Hate tells the gripping tale of Magda and Andre Trocme, the couple that transformed a small town in the mountains of southern Fra...

One of the first female artists to achieve recognition in her own time, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) became instantly popular in the 1970s whe...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andy WeirArtemisa es la esperada nueva novela del autor de El marciano, el libro que ha abierto la ciencia ficci n al gran ...

Reducere. Follow the author's odyssey from lumpen drug dealer to prisoner, to revolutionary New Afrikan, a teacher and mentor, one of a new generation rising...

DescriptionSibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escap...

Reducere. In this book, Roberto Poli presents original discoveries that have generated ground breaking insights based on years of research and performance: l...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER An inspirational, uplifting, and life-affirming memoir about passion, resilience, and living life to the fullest, from ...

Storytelling radio phenomenon }The Moth{ draws together stories from voices familiar and lesser known. The selection here are along the theme of mo...

During the Second World War, Christians from many nations and denominations stepped forward with courage, ingenuity and determination to protect an...

Reducere. When Pepper Roux was born his aunt foretold that he would not live past 14 years of age. Throughout his childhood his parents haven't bothered with...

New editions of the first 6 books in the }Artemis Fowl{ series, published to tie in with the 7th, }Artemis Fowl & The Atlantis Complex{, and to cel...

Reducere. Now in paperback, the unbelievable finale to this multi award-winning series - but will it all end happily ever after? Is this armageddon for Artem...

Reducere. The 7th book in the multi-million selling }Artemis Fowl{ series, which celebrates 10 years. The previous novels are also reissued this month, in a ...

REWRITING HISTORY, ONE TARGET A TIME. What happens when a time-traveling assassin and a spy from 1944 try to kill each other? For a price, a top-se...

This free structured look at the 1986 Challenger disaster places the teacher who died with six others as they hurtled into space at the center of a...

-Dan Ariely is a genius at understanding human behavior: no economist does a better job of uncovering and explaining the hidden reasons for the wei...

Reducere. In 1943, Jan Baalsrud traversed the icy mountains and fjords of Nazi-occupied Norway. The journey was fraught with danger, but Baalsrud received pl...