Author: Ida Cook
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 142682386X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A remarkable memoir about two sisters and their brave acts of resistance and heroism during World War II Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable civil service jobs. But in 1923, a chance encounter sparked a determination to rescue of dozens of Jews facing persecution and death. Even when Ida began to earn thousands as a successful romance novelist, the sisters never departed from their homespun virtues of thrift, hard work, self-sacrifice and unwavering moral conviction. Through ingenuity, bottomless goodwill, and incredible bravery, the Cook sisters embark on dangerous undercover missions into the heart of Nazi Germany. They directed every spare resource toward saving as many people as they could from Hitler’s death camps, and coordinated networks of satellite families in safe nations for displaced Jews. No one would have predicted such glamorous and daring lives for Ida and Louise Cook—but saving people became their greatest happiness. First published in 1950, Ida’s memoir of the adventures she and Louise shared remains as fresh, vital and entertaining as the woman who wrote it, and is a moving testament to the extraordinary acts of courage by two everyday heroes. “Safe Passage is well worth reading.” —The New Yorker
Safe Passage
Author: Ida Cook
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 142682386X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A remarkable memoir about two sisters and their brave acts of resistance and heroism during World War II Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable civil service jobs. But in 1923, a chance encounter sparked a determination to rescue of dozens of Jews facing persecution and death. Even when Ida began to earn thousands as a successful romance novelist, the sisters never departed from their homespun virtues of thrift, hard work, self-sacrifice and unwavering moral conviction. Through ingenuity, bottomless goodwill, and incredible bravery, the Cook sisters embark on dangerous undercover missions into the heart of Nazi Germany. They directed every spare resource toward saving as many people as they could from Hitler’s death camps, and coordinated networks of satellite families in safe nations for displaced Jews. No one would have predicted such glamorous and daring lives for Ida and Louise Cook—but saving people became their greatest happiness. First published in 1950, Ida’s memoir of the adventures she and Louise shared remains as fresh, vital and entertaining as the woman who wrote it, and is a moving testament to the extraordinary acts of courage by two everyday heroes. “Safe Passage is well worth reading.” —The New Yorker
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 142682386X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A remarkable memoir about two sisters and their brave acts of resistance and heroism during World War II Ida and Louise Cook are two ordinary Englishwomen, seemingly destined never to stray from their quiet London suburb and comfortable civil service jobs. But in 1923, a chance encounter sparked a determination to rescue of dozens of Jews facing persecution and death. Even when Ida began to earn thousands as a successful romance novelist, the sisters never departed from their homespun virtues of thrift, hard work, self-sacrifice and unwavering moral conviction. Through ingenuity, bottomless goodwill, and incredible bravery, the Cook sisters embark on dangerous undercover missions into the heart of Nazi Germany. They directed every spare resource toward saving as many people as they could from Hitler’s death camps, and coordinated networks of satellite families in safe nations for displaced Jews. No one would have predicted such glamorous and daring lives for Ida and Louise Cook—but saving people became their greatest happiness. First published in 1950, Ida’s memoir of the adventures she and Louise shared remains as fresh, vital and entertaining as the woman who wrote it, and is a moving testament to the extraordinary acts of courage by two everyday heroes. “Safe Passage is well worth reading.” —The New Yorker
The Talmud - A Personal Take
Author: Daniel Boyarin
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 3161528190
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
This collection of Daniel Boyarin's previously uncollected essays on the Talmud represents the different methods and lines of inquiry that have animated his work on that text over the last four decades. Ranging and changing from linguistic work to work on sex and gender to the relations between formative Judaism and Christianity to the literary genres of the Talmud in the Hellenistic context, he gives an account of multiple questions and provocations to which that prodigious book gives stimulation, showing how the Talmud can contribute to all of these fields. The book opens up possibilities for study of the Talmud using historical, classical, philological, anthropological, cultural studies, gender, and literary theory and criticism. As a kind of intellectual autobiography, it is a record of the alarums and excursions of a life in the Talmud.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 3161528190
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
This collection of Daniel Boyarin's previously uncollected essays on the Talmud represents the different methods and lines of inquiry that have animated his work on that text over the last four decades. Ranging and changing from linguistic work to work on sex and gender to the relations between formative Judaism and Christianity to the literary genres of the Talmud in the Hellenistic context, he gives an account of multiple questions and provocations to which that prodigious book gives stimulation, showing how the Talmud can contribute to all of these fields. The book opens up possibilities for study of the Talmud using historical, classical, philological, anthropological, cultural studies, gender, and literary theory and criticism. As a kind of intellectual autobiography, it is a record of the alarums and excursions of a life in the Talmud.
Heroic Women of History
Author: Henry Clay Watson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Saving One's Own
Author: Mordecai Paldiel
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0827612974
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
In this remarkable, historically significant book, Mordecai Paldiel recounts in vivid detail the many ways in which, at great risk to their own lives, Jews rescued other Jews during the Holocaust. In so doing he puts to rest the widely held belief that all Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe wore blinders and allowed themselves to be led like “lambs to the slaughter.” Paldiel documents how brave Jewish men and women saved thousands of their fellow Jews through efforts unprecedented in Jewish history. Encyclopedic in scope and organized by country, Saving One’s Own tells the stories of hundreds of Jewish activists who created rescue networks, escape routes, safe havens, and partisan fighting groups to save beleaguered Jewish men, women, and children from the Nazis. The rescuers’ dramatic stories are often shared in their own words, and Paldiel provides extensive historical background and documentation. The untold story of these Jewish heroes, who displayed inventiveness and courage in outwitting the enemy—and in saving literally thousands of Jews—is finally revealed.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0827612974
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
In this remarkable, historically significant book, Mordecai Paldiel recounts in vivid detail the many ways in which, at great risk to their own lives, Jews rescued other Jews during the Holocaust. In so doing he puts to rest the widely held belief that all Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe wore blinders and allowed themselves to be led like “lambs to the slaughter.” Paldiel documents how brave Jewish men and women saved thousands of their fellow Jews through efforts unprecedented in Jewish history. Encyclopedic in scope and organized by country, Saving One’s Own tells the stories of hundreds of Jewish activists who created rescue networks, escape routes, safe havens, and partisan fighting groups to save beleaguered Jewish men, women, and children from the Nazis. The rescuers’ dramatic stories are often shared in their own words, and Paldiel provides extensive historical background and documentation. The untold story of these Jewish heroes, who displayed inventiveness and courage in outwitting the enemy—and in saving literally thousands of Jews—is finally revealed.
How to Save Heavenly Marriages Being Destroyed on Earth
Author: Dr. Kapil Kakar
Publisher: IPSSR KAPIL KAKAR
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Relationships in life can be solved if one has the resolute. In couple since it takes two to tango, hence the resolute to resolve has to be from both sides. Being Two different Individuals with different style of rearing, color of thoughts, desires and aspirations, things can be quiet messy. This book may jolt you if you are of firm opinion that your parents, friends or law of the land is the biggest help when one is in turbulent relationship. This book apart from giving solutions also helps you understand, the essence of bringing back the relationship in couple. And if couples have kids, the biggest losers are always the children and the scars they carry thanks to their parents.
Publisher: IPSSR KAPIL KAKAR
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Relationships in life can be solved if one has the resolute. In couple since it takes two to tango, hence the resolute to resolve has to be from both sides. Being Two different Individuals with different style of rearing, color of thoughts, desires and aspirations, things can be quiet messy. This book may jolt you if you are of firm opinion that your parents, friends or law of the land is the biggest help when one is in turbulent relationship. This book apart from giving solutions also helps you understand, the essence of bringing back the relationship in couple. And if couples have kids, the biggest losers are always the children and the scars they carry thanks to their parents.
The Church of England Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Nahant, and Other Places on the Northshore
Author: James Lloyd Homer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Saving Deets!
Author: Zack Gonzalez
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426917627
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Saving Deets! is a book all about love and devotion. Narrated from a brother's point of view, Zack tells the story of accepting and healing his brother, Ethan. The book is filled with heart-filled stories by Zack and a few other hand-picked families. The stories include family pictures. The book contains all of the topics pertaining to autism. It's bold and controversial but soft and lovable. It is filled with nothing more than truth told through the eyes of the families; the real experts. At 16, Zack explains what most of us wish the traditional doctors knew -how autism is reversible and preventable, NOW. Stan Kurtz, President of Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy's Autism Organization The author will donate a portion of his proceeds to a variety of autism organizations that will help fund research and assist other families.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426917627
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Saving Deets! is a book all about love and devotion. Narrated from a brother's point of view, Zack tells the story of accepting and healing his brother, Ethan. The book is filled with heart-filled stories by Zack and a few other hand-picked families. The stories include family pictures. The book contains all of the topics pertaining to autism. It's bold and controversial but soft and lovable. It is filled with nothing more than truth told through the eyes of the families; the real experts. At 16, Zack explains what most of us wish the traditional doctors knew -how autism is reversible and preventable, NOW. Stan Kurtz, President of Generation Rescue, Jenny McCarthy's Autism Organization The author will donate a portion of his proceeds to a variety of autism organizations that will help fund research and assist other families.
The Land of Crystals
Author: Deborah J. Taranto
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463449569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
William was truly at a loss for words. He moved closer to her. As he approached the window where she was standing, the scent of fresh blossoms in her hair filled the air. Helena had a natural beauty that hadnt aged with the years. Life had been good to them both. Over the years, he wanted to tell her so many things about his past, about his life in the Valley. She never asked where he came from; as far as she knew he had no family and no homeland. He had traveled far and wide fighting in many wars securing his own future as an adept swordsman, one not to be challenged with in battle. He had obtained his fortune through his bounties. When he met Helena, war was raging in her land, their land now. Helenas kingdom was being torn apart by the greedy and black magic worshippers of Augustas family. It was this war, which had brought him to her, and now he feared, it would be war again, which would take her from him.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463449569
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
William was truly at a loss for words. He moved closer to her. As he approached the window where she was standing, the scent of fresh blossoms in her hair filled the air. Helena had a natural beauty that hadnt aged with the years. Life had been good to them both. Over the years, he wanted to tell her so many things about his past, about his life in the Valley. She never asked where he came from; as far as she knew he had no family and no homeland. He had traveled far and wide fighting in many wars securing his own future as an adept swordsman, one not to be challenged with in battle. He had obtained his fortune through his bounties. When he met Helena, war was raging in her land, their land now. Helenas kingdom was being torn apart by the greedy and black magic worshippers of Augustas family. It was this war, which had brought him to her, and now he feared, it would be war again, which would take her from him.
Stories Can Save Us
Author: Matt Tullis
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082036679X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis uses the material he gathered in the more than seventy-five interviews he conducted with the best narrative and literary journalists in the country through his podcast, Gangrey: The Podcast, to show how these professionals conceive and writesuch compelling stories. Through his podcast, Tullis interviewed Pulitzer Prizewinners, National Magazine Awardwinners, and many authors of books of narrative journalism, including New York Times best-selling authors. He also spoke with reporters of different races and backgrounds, styles and strengths—journalists who have been published in the most prestigious newspapers and magazines—to ask: How do they find story ideas? How do they reach out to potential story subjects? What are their interviewstrategies? How do they conduct other information gathering? How do they come up with their amazing and enticing leads? How do they develop story structure? How does the story change in the revision process? How do they make their stories great and make them into the types of stories that people read and talk about for years? Through Tullis’s conversations with these top-tier journalists, we are offered a window into their methods and practices as well as the motivations behind great journalism and how it speaks to the cultural climate of its time. Tullis’s goal was to expand the power and potential of what amazing reporting and narrative writing can do, believing that it can literally change a reader’s mood and, possibly, a reader’s life.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082036679X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Great journalism relies on a narrative arc to engage and inform the reader. Stories Can Save Us looks at how the best reporters and writers craft narrative literary journalism. Journalist Matt Tullis uses the material he gathered in the more than seventy-five interviews he conducted with the best narrative and literary journalists in the country through his podcast, Gangrey: The Podcast, to show how these professionals conceive and writesuch compelling stories. Through his podcast, Tullis interviewed Pulitzer Prizewinners, National Magazine Awardwinners, and many authors of books of narrative journalism, including New York Times best-selling authors. He also spoke with reporters of different races and backgrounds, styles and strengths—journalists who have been published in the most prestigious newspapers and magazines—to ask: How do they find story ideas? How do they reach out to potential story subjects? What are their interviewstrategies? How do they conduct other information gathering? How do they come up with their amazing and enticing leads? How do they develop story structure? How does the story change in the revision process? How do they make their stories great and make them into the types of stories that people read and talk about for years? Through Tullis’s conversations with these top-tier journalists, we are offered a window into their methods and practices as well as the motivations behind great journalism and how it speaks to the cultural climate of its time. Tullis’s goal was to expand the power and potential of what amazing reporting and narrative writing can do, believing that it can literally change a reader’s mood and, possibly, a reader’s life.