Author: Susan Gayle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684337392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath, two families are forever bonded by an act of heroism and their mutual love for one man.
The Caves of San Pietro
Author: Susan Gayle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684337392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath, two families are forever bonded by an act of heroism and their mutual love for one man.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684337392
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath, two families are forever bonded by an act of heroism and their mutual love for one man.
A Death in San Pietro
Author: Tim Brady
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306822148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An account of the heroic but tragic campaign of Captain Henry Waskow's 36th Division documents their successful mission to drive away German forces from the mountain region infamously dubbed "Purple Heart Valley" at the cost of Waskow and 80 percent of his company.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306822148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An account of the heroic but tragic campaign of Captain Henry Waskow's 36th Division documents their successful mission to drive away German forces from the mountain region infamously dubbed "Purple Heart Valley" at the cost of Waskow and 80 percent of his company.
Pietro's Book: The Story of a Tuscan Peasant
Author: Pietro Pinti
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 161145980X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Pietro Pinti, born as he says 'in the Middle Ages,' worked the land with hoe and plow from his earliest youth. Growing up under Mussolini's Fascist regime on a farm near Florence, he and his family lived under conditions of extreme poverty, as sharecroppers to generally unscrupulous landowners. But during World War II, when millions in towns and cities suffered untold hardships, the hardy Tuscan peasants were well equipped to face the rigors of the era: war or no war, work on the land went on, and Pietro describes month by month a typical year in their lives: how they made wine and olive oil, planted and harvested the wheat by hand, made baskets and ladders from chestnut wood-skills now lost. With sly wit and salty wisdom, Pietro, a natural storyteller who played the trumpet, wrote poetry, and grew famous for his tales of peasants, knights, and brigands, recreates in colorful detail a world and peasant culture that is fast disappearing. Jenny Bawtree, an Englishwoman long settled in Tuscany, was so fascinated by Pietro's stories that she helped shape them into this autobiography, full of color and humor, hardship and nostalgia.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 161145980X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Pietro Pinti, born as he says 'in the Middle Ages,' worked the land with hoe and plow from his earliest youth. Growing up under Mussolini's Fascist regime on a farm near Florence, he and his family lived under conditions of extreme poverty, as sharecroppers to generally unscrupulous landowners. But during World War II, when millions in towns and cities suffered untold hardships, the hardy Tuscan peasants were well equipped to face the rigors of the era: war or no war, work on the land went on, and Pietro describes month by month a typical year in their lives: how they made wine and olive oil, planted and harvested the wheat by hand, made baskets and ladders from chestnut wood-skills now lost. With sly wit and salty wisdom, Pietro, a natural storyteller who played the trumpet, wrote poetry, and grew famous for his tales of peasants, knights, and brigands, recreates in colorful detail a world and peasant culture that is fast disappearing. Jenny Bawtree, an Englishwoman long settled in Tuscany, was so fascinated by Pietro's stories that she helped shape them into this autobiography, full of color and humor, hardship and nostalgia.
The Day of Battle
Author: Rick Atkinson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805088618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805088618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, with a New Atlas of the World: The Century atlas of the world, prepared under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Saint Gianna Molla
Author: Pietro Molla
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681494159
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This is the inspiring story of a canonized contemporary woman. Gianna Molla (1923-1962) risked her life in order to save her unborn child. Diagnosed with uterine tumors during her fourth pregnancy, she refused a hysterectomy that would have aborted the child, and opted for a riskier surgery in an attempt to save the baby. Herself a medical doctor, Molla did give birth to the child, but succumbed to an infection. An Italian woman who loved skiing, playing piano, attending concerts at the Milan Conservatory, Molla was a dedicated physician and devoted wife and mother who lived life to the fullest, yet generously risked death by cancer for the sake of her child. A unique story, co-authored by her own husband, with his deeply moving personal insights of the heroic witness, love, sacrifice and joy of his saintly wife. A woman for all times and walks of life, this moving account of the multi-faceted, selfless St. Gianna Molla, who made the ultimate sacrifice to save her unborn child, will be an inspiration to all readers. Illustrated "A woman of exceptional love, an outstanding wife and mother, Gianna Molla gave witness in her daily life to the demanding values of the Gospel." - Pope John Paul II
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681494159
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This is the inspiring story of a canonized contemporary woman. Gianna Molla (1923-1962) risked her life in order to save her unborn child. Diagnosed with uterine tumors during her fourth pregnancy, she refused a hysterectomy that would have aborted the child, and opted for a riskier surgery in an attempt to save the baby. Herself a medical doctor, Molla did give birth to the child, but succumbed to an infection. An Italian woman who loved skiing, playing piano, attending concerts at the Milan Conservatory, Molla was a dedicated physician and devoted wife and mother who lived life to the fullest, yet generously risked death by cancer for the sake of her child. A unique story, co-authored by her own husband, with his deeply moving personal insights of the heroic witness, love, sacrifice and joy of his saintly wife. A woman for all times and walks of life, this moving account of the multi-faceted, selfless St. Gianna Molla, who made the ultimate sacrifice to save her unborn child, will be an inspiration to all readers. Illustrated "A woman of exceptional love, an outstanding wife and mother, Gianna Molla gave witness in her daily life to the demanding values of the Gospel." - Pope John Paul II
La Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano: Atalante
Author: Antonio Pinelli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1992
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1992
Book Description
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1038
Book Description