Author: Leon Silver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1760854360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and survival against all odds during the Second World war. Conscripted into the Polish army as Hitler’s forces draw closer, Jewish soldier Tolek Klings vows to return to his wife, Klara, and son, Juliusz. However, the army is rife with anti-Semitism and Tolek is relentlessly tormented. As the Germans invade Poland, he is faced with a terrible dilemma: flee home to protect his family – and risk being shot as a deserter – or remain a soldier, hoping reports of women and children being spared by the occupying forces are true. What follows is an extraordinary odyssey that will take Tolek – via a daring escape from a Hungarian internment camp – to Palestine, where his ability to type earns him the title of ‘The Miracle Typist’, then on to fight in Egypt, Tobruk and Italy. A broken telegram from Klara, ending with the haunting words, ‘We trouble’, makes Tolek even more determined to find his way home and fulfil his promise. This heartbreakingly inspiring true story is brought vividly to life by Tolek’s son-in-law, Melbourne writer Leon Silver. 'Told in gripping prose, The Miracle Typist is the story of one man's journey from World War II battlefields to Palestine and Italy and finally Australia. Tolek's courage and his determination to save his family is a wonder to read – made even more so by the fact that it is based on a heart wrenching true story. Highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction.' Anita Abriel, author of The Light After the War ‘Incredible, heart-wrenching and inspirational.’ Better Reading
The Miracle Typist
Author: Leon Silver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1760854360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and survival against all odds during the Second World war. Conscripted into the Polish army as Hitler’s forces draw closer, Jewish soldier Tolek Klings vows to return to his wife, Klara, and son, Juliusz. However, the army is rife with anti-Semitism and Tolek is relentlessly tormented. As the Germans invade Poland, he is faced with a terrible dilemma: flee home to protect his family – and risk being shot as a deserter – or remain a soldier, hoping reports of women and children being spared by the occupying forces are true. What follows is an extraordinary odyssey that will take Tolek – via a daring escape from a Hungarian internment camp – to Palestine, where his ability to type earns him the title of ‘The Miracle Typist’, then on to fight in Egypt, Tobruk and Italy. A broken telegram from Klara, ending with the haunting words, ‘We trouble’, makes Tolek even more determined to find his way home and fulfil his promise. This heartbreakingly inspiring true story is brought vividly to life by Tolek’s son-in-law, Melbourne writer Leon Silver. 'Told in gripping prose, The Miracle Typist is the story of one man's journey from World War II battlefields to Palestine and Italy and finally Australia. Tolek's courage and his determination to save his family is a wonder to read – made even more so by the fact that it is based on a heart wrenching true story. Highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction.' Anita Abriel, author of The Light After the War ‘Incredible, heart-wrenching and inspirational.’ Better Reading
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1760854360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and survival against all odds during the Second World war. Conscripted into the Polish army as Hitler’s forces draw closer, Jewish soldier Tolek Klings vows to return to his wife, Klara, and son, Juliusz. However, the army is rife with anti-Semitism and Tolek is relentlessly tormented. As the Germans invade Poland, he is faced with a terrible dilemma: flee home to protect his family – and risk being shot as a deserter – or remain a soldier, hoping reports of women and children being spared by the occupying forces are true. What follows is an extraordinary odyssey that will take Tolek – via a daring escape from a Hungarian internment camp – to Palestine, where his ability to type earns him the title of ‘The Miracle Typist’, then on to fight in Egypt, Tobruk and Italy. A broken telegram from Klara, ending with the haunting words, ‘We trouble’, makes Tolek even more determined to find his way home and fulfil his promise. This heartbreakingly inspiring true story is brought vividly to life by Tolek’s son-in-law, Melbourne writer Leon Silver. 'Told in gripping prose, The Miracle Typist is the story of one man's journey from World War II battlefields to Palestine and Italy and finally Australia. Tolek's courage and his determination to save his family is a wonder to read – made even more so by the fact that it is based on a heart wrenching true story. Highly recommended for lovers of historical fiction.' Anita Abriel, author of The Light After the War ‘Incredible, heart-wrenching and inspirational.’ Better Reading
Business Management
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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
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The Editor; the Journal of Information for Literary Workers
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Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Popular Mechanics
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
The President’s Ladies
Author: Bernard F. Dick
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617039802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
A fascinating story of Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Davis
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1617039802
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
A fascinating story of Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Davis
T.P.'s Weekly
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Category : British periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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Category : British periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
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Dun's Review and Modern Industry
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Category : Business
Languages : en
Pages : 1658
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Languages : en
Pages : 1658
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The Home Computer Companion
Author: John Pivovarnick
Publisher: Alpha Computer
ISBN: 9781567614312
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A compilation of information on home computing topics, including a software buying guide, The Home Computer Companion is broken into three main parts. The first is a short introduction to buying and setting up a home computer. The second part covers topics relating to home computing, from ergonomics to kids and computer.
Publisher: Alpha Computer
ISBN: 9781567614312
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A compilation of information on home computing topics, including a software buying guide, The Home Computer Companion is broken into three main parts. The first is a short introduction to buying and setting up a home computer. The second part covers topics relating to home computing, from ergonomics to kids and computer.
Building Cities that Work
Author: Edmund P. Fowler
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773511835
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Since 1945, North Americans have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on urban development, literally transforming the landscape of the continent. This development has been disastrous, Edmund Fowler maintains, because it is inordinately expensive, destructive of the environment, and disruptive of healthy social life and authentic politics. Revealing the connections between our basic cultural beliefs and why we build the way we do, he stresses that to build cities that work we must become aware of how our personal choices contribute to the form of the built environment.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773511835
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Since 1945, North Americans have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on urban development, literally transforming the landscape of the continent. This development has been disastrous, Edmund Fowler maintains, because it is inordinately expensive, destructive of the environment, and disruptive of healthy social life and authentic politics. Revealing the connections between our basic cultural beliefs and why we build the way we do, he stresses that to build cities that work we must become aware of how our personal choices contribute to the form of the built environment.
The World is Flat
Author: J. Joseph Ogden
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145687876X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
All is chaos for Mark and Emily Hitchcock. Overnight, everything they have built in twenty years of marriage has crumbled. Their child can only watch as her parents bicker and complain and turn the world upside down. The worst part—the deepest, darkest, most dire aspect of all—is that they have nothing better to fight about than a ballpark hot dog! Will a spiritual guru soar in and save the day? And save it from what? Things? Stuff? Perhaps the very changes brought about when one discovers that the world may be flat as a pancake?
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 145687876X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
All is chaos for Mark and Emily Hitchcock. Overnight, everything they have built in twenty years of marriage has crumbled. Their child can only watch as her parents bicker and complain and turn the world upside down. The worst part—the deepest, darkest, most dire aspect of all—is that they have nothing better to fight about than a ballpark hot dog! Will a spiritual guru soar in and save the day? And save it from what? Things? Stuff? Perhaps the very changes brought about when one discovers that the world may be flat as a pancake?