Author: Oliver Payne
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425076613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark (Scholastic Focus)
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545592224
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Critically acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings to bold life the remarkable story of the Danish resistance and rescue of over 7,000 Jews during WWII. When the Nazis invaded Denmark the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 1940, the people of this tiny country to the north of Germany awoke to a devastating surprise. The government of Denmark surrendered quietly, and the Danes were ordered to go about their daily lives as if nothing had changed. But everything had changed. Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson traces the stories of the heroic young men and women who would not stand by as their country was occupied. Rather, they fought back. Some were spies, passing tactical information to the British; some were saboteurs, who aimed to hamper and impede Nazi operations in Denmark; and 95% of the Jewish population of Denmark were survivors, rescued by their fellow countrymen, who had the courage and conscience that drove them to act. With her extraordinary talent for digging deep in her research and weaving real voices into her narratives, Hopkinson reveals the thrilling truth behind one of WWII's most daring resistance movements.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545592224
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Critically acclaimed Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings to bold life the remarkable story of the Danish resistance and rescue of over 7,000 Jews during WWII. When the Nazis invaded Denmark the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 1940, the people of this tiny country to the north of Germany awoke to a devastating surprise. The government of Denmark surrendered quietly, and the Danes were ordered to go about their daily lives as if nothing had changed. But everything had changed. Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson traces the stories of the heroic young men and women who would not stand by as their country was occupied. Rather, they fought back. Some were spies, passing tactical information to the British; some were saboteurs, who aimed to hamper and impede Nazi operations in Denmark; and 95% of the Jewish population of Denmark were survivors, rescued by their fellow countrymen, who had the courage and conscience that drove them to act. With her extraordinary talent for digging deep in her research and weaving real voices into her narratives, Hopkinson reveals the thrilling truth behind one of WWII's most daring resistance movements.
Defiance
Author: Valerie Hobbs
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312535810
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner, battling cancer, finds inspiration from an old woman and strength from a broken-down cow.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312535810
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner, battling cancer, finds inspiration from an old woman and strength from a broken-down cow.
Defiance
Author: Oliver Payne
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425076613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425076613
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Tyranny and Defiance
Author: William E. Johnson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546249915
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
Two dead bodies, with their faces eaten away, are found by two redcoat soldiers amid saltwater tea washed ashore in Boston Harbor in the early dawn of December 1773. Mired in the stench of rotting tea and the dread of retribution, the Boston Tea Party launches William E. Johnsons fourth in a series of five historical novels tracing the American Revolution. Its another mug full of intrigue and vacillating loyalties brimming with soldiers, spies, sex, politics, and deceit as John Hancock, Sam Adams, and Paul Revere connive, conspire, and defy the British Crown in their pursuit of liberty and independence. Once again, the heartbeat of the story lies in the bosom of the common people the merchants, cobblers, candlemakers, prostitutes, bartenders, sailors, and soldiers who share their own previously untold stories. Ironically, it is our story of the struggles between liberty and tyranny, superstition and enlightenment, wealth and poverty. It is a tale of Tories and patriots, cultured and crude, rich and poor; all endure the same history on different terms. It is their storyand ours. Travel back to one of the most troubling times in the creation of the new world. Settle next to the hearth with a full pint to savor a rousing story. Your destination is Lexington and Concord, where the world heard a SHOT!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546249915
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
Two dead bodies, with their faces eaten away, are found by two redcoat soldiers amid saltwater tea washed ashore in Boston Harbor in the early dawn of December 1773. Mired in the stench of rotting tea and the dread of retribution, the Boston Tea Party launches William E. Johnsons fourth in a series of five historical novels tracing the American Revolution. Its another mug full of intrigue and vacillating loyalties brimming with soldiers, spies, sex, politics, and deceit as John Hancock, Sam Adams, and Paul Revere connive, conspire, and defy the British Crown in their pursuit of liberty and independence. Once again, the heartbeat of the story lies in the bosom of the common people the merchants, cobblers, candlemakers, prostitutes, bartenders, sailors, and soldiers who share their own previously untold stories. Ironically, it is our story of the struggles between liberty and tyranny, superstition and enlightenment, wealth and poverty. It is a tale of Tories and patriots, cultured and crude, rich and poor; all endure the same history on different terms. It is their storyand ours. Travel back to one of the most troubling times in the creation of the new world. Settle next to the hearth with a full pint to savor a rousing story. Your destination is Lexington and Concord, where the world heard a SHOT!
Bulletin
Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Defiance in the Family
Author: David V. Keith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134941226
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Defiance in the Family follows the treatment of childhood and adolescent defiance through therapy, from intake to termination. The authors take a unique view of defiance as an expression of a child's worry for a family that is not working properly and as the child's means of protecting the inner self in the face of family turmoil.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134941226
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Defiance in the Family follows the treatment of childhood and adolescent defiance through therapy, from intake to termination. The authors take a unique view of defiance as an expression of a child's worry for a family that is not working properly and as the child's means of protecting the inner self in the face of family turmoil.
The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States
Author: A. D. Steight
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375242723X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States by A. D. Steight
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375242723X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States by A. D. Steight
United States of America V. Moore
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Honor, Romanticism, and the Hidden Value of Modernity
Author: Jamison Kantor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009123017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This rich cultural history shows how honor, as much as freedom, inspired poets, novelists, and abolitionists of the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009123017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
This rich cultural history shows how honor, as much as freedom, inspired poets, novelists, and abolitionists of the nineteenth century.
The Tragic and the Ecstatic
Author: Chafe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199711364
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentous turnaround, principally as a result of his discovery of Schopenhauer. Many of Schopenhauer's ideas, especially those regarding music's metaphysical significance, resonated with patterns of thought that had long been central to Wagner's aesthetics, and Wagner described the entry of Schopenhauer into his life as "a gift from heaven." Chafe argues that Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is a musical and dramatic exposition of metaphysical ideas inspired by Schopenhauer. The first part of the book covers the philosophical and literary underpinnings of the story, exploring Schopenhauer's metaphysics and Gottfried van Strassburg's Tristan poem. Chafe then turns to the events in the opera, providing tonal and harmonic analyses that reinforce his interpretation of the drama. Chafe acts as an expert guide, interpreting and illustrating most important moments for his reader. Ultimately, Chafe creates a critical account of Tristan, in which the drama is shown to develop through the music.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199711364
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentous turnaround, principally as a result of his discovery of Schopenhauer. Many of Schopenhauer's ideas, especially those regarding music's metaphysical significance, resonated with patterns of thought that had long been central to Wagner's aesthetics, and Wagner described the entry of Schopenhauer into his life as "a gift from heaven." Chafe argues that Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is a musical and dramatic exposition of metaphysical ideas inspired by Schopenhauer. The first part of the book covers the philosophical and literary underpinnings of the story, exploring Schopenhauer's metaphysics and Gottfried van Strassburg's Tristan poem. Chafe then turns to the events in the opera, providing tonal and harmonic analyses that reinforce his interpretation of the drama. Chafe acts as an expert guide, interpreting and illustrating most important moments for his reader. Ultimately, Chafe creates a critical account of Tristan, in which the drama is shown to develop through the music.