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Joshua Greene
Author
Publisher
Insight Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvii, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Unstoppable is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American teens were socializing in ice cream parlors, Siggi was suffering beatings by Nazi hoodlums for being a Jew and was soon deported along with his family to the darkest place the world has ever known: Auschwitz. Siggi used his wits to stay alive, pretending to have trade skills the Nazis could exploit to run the camp. After two death marches and near...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An unprecedented close-up portrait, offering fresh insights into Harrison's underrated contribution to the Beatles music, his spiritual awakening through Indian music and meditation, and his efforts to spread spirituality through his solo career. Here Comes the Sun also includes fresh new anecdotes about Harrison and other musical greats, including Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. Written with a you-are-there immediacy and complete with 20 pages of rare...
Author
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A neuroscientist explores how globalization has illuminated the deep moral divisions between opposing sides, drawing on pioneering research to reveal the evolutionary sources of morality while outlining recommendations for bridging divided cultures.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
112 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable -- together. This is their true story. As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and...
9) Partisan
Language
English
Formats
Description
11-year-old Alexander is the oldest kid in the compound, with lots of mothers but only one dad: Gregori (Vincent Cassel), who keeps everyone safe from the outside world. He's Gregori's star pupil - and a trained assassin.
