A Jewish family, victimized by anti-Semitism in Poland and Germany, flees to Minsk, Byelorussia and eventually to the Minsk forests when the Soviet Union is invaded by Nazi Germany in World War II. They become Jewish partisan fighters, and in an unusual collaboration with other Jews, a Polish-Jewish World War I veteran, a Byelorussian Christian, and two Russian partisan leaders, they join forces to wreak havoc behind Nazi lines.<br><br& ...
From Booklist Muchman was born in Berlin in 1933. In March 1939, she, her parents, and four relatives fled to Brussels to escape the Nazi regime. In 1942, Germany occupied Belgium, and Muchman's parents brought her and her cousin to the home of two Catholic women for safekeeping. Her parents were killed; she survived and was ultimately brought to the U.S., where she was adopted by an aunt and uncle in Chicago. Muchman grew up believing t ...
When Ermentrude, a young Gothic woman, leaves home to gain her independence, she enters a world of perilous events, romance, and adventure.<br><br>Caught between her love of exploring Middle Earth and the love for her family, Ermentrude struggles with the dangers of life around 175 C.E. Ermentrude is faced with difficult decisions that will determine her future. ...
Walk along side of three of the most amazing Native American Women as they journey across the United Sates: Sacagawea, Watkuese and Marie Dorion, whose adventures are intertwined. Each lived on the edge,loved family and friends and led the way with wisdom and action. You will be inspired by this account, to journey through life as courageously as they did. ...
The author provides a personal, eye-witness account from the mid 1960's through the turn of the 21st century, starting as a graduate student at Moscow State University and ending as the wife of the American Ambassador to Russia.<br><br>"This book is like a script for a documentary spanning four decades when an especially astute and literate observer watched Russia emerge from stagnation and enter a period of dramatic ...
Ее по праву именуют Великой. Ее царствование считается одной из самых успешных и блистательных эпох русской истории. Но потомкам больше памятны не громкие победы «екатерининских орлов» и не грандиозные свершения «золотого века Екатерины», а ее скандальные сексуальные похождения. Вслед за недругами, ославившими императрицу «северной Мессалиной», мы продолжаем пересказывать сальные анекдоты о ее «неслыханных похоти и разврате»: якобы ее любовного ...
Две загадочные, неоднозначные фигуры в истории. Король Испании Филипп II – герой «Чёрной легенды», непримиримый католик, и нидерландский художник Иероним Босх, которого клеймили еретиком и безбожником. Как это не парадоксально, но первый становится вдохновенным коллекционером картин второго.
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Я где-то читал, что умер тот, кто забыт. А я полагаю, что эту историю знаете только вы, а теперь будем знать и мы, и уж поверьте, она будет передаваться от дедушки к внуку и так далее. Я уверен, что когда-нибудь история эта заменит детям сказку на ночь, а простая Золушка уйдет в небытие. Ведь правда?
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