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The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II--the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict. In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Dorothy Thom, Spelman graduate, librarian and Francophile, joins the Women's Army Corps wanting to do her part for the war effort. Longing for adventure, she has one question for the recruiter: "Do you think I'll get to go abroad?"As Dorothy and her sister WACs discover, life in the Army is an adventure filled with unexpected deprivations and culture shock. Women from all levels of society, secretaries, teachers, and sharecroppers, work together to navigate a military segregated by race and gender. At boot camp, the "colored girls" are separated for processing. At Ft. Riley, the women's barracks are rustic and heated by coal-burning pot-bellied stoves while German POWs spend their incarceration in buildings with central heat and hot water.In early 1945, Dorothy and eight hundred African American WACs cross the turbulent North Atlantic to their post in England. Their orders are to process the mail sent to GIs from their loved ones back home, an estimated 17 million pieces. The women arrive to find mail stockpiled for over two years in warehouses and airplane hangars, many pieces in poor condition, the names illegible. In England and France, the WACs traverse a landscape of unimagined possibilities. With their outlooks changed forever, they return to the United States as the catalysts for change in America and build lives that transcend anything their ancestors ever dreamed of. No Better Time illuminates a love of country and duty that has been overlooked until now.

Vale la pena di morire per un dipinto? Ispirato a fatti realmente accaduti, un indimenticabile racconto su come amore, coraggio e sacrificio possono salvare il patrimonio di un Paese. Italia, 1943. Elena Marchetti lascia a malincuore la propria professione di curatrice d'arte in una Milano bombardata dagli Alleati, per fare ritorno dalla propria famiglia a Urbino. Per lei è pronto un ruolo a fianco di Pasquale Rotondi, Sovrintendente regionale alla cultura: assieme a lui, Elena proteggerà opere d'arte provenienti da tutta Italia, fino a quel momento tenute nascoste nella relativa sicurezza delle campagne. Durante una festa in famiglia, Elena incontra Luca, un caro amico di infanzia. Un evento sconvolgente, determinato dalle azioni degli occupanti tedeschi, rafforzerà la loro relazione, tanto che i due inizieranno a progettare la loro vita insieme. Quando si sparge la voce che i tedeschi stanno trafugando opere d'arte italiane, Pasquale escogita un piano audace per salvare gli inestimabili dipinti in proprio possesso. Elena e Luca saranno costretti a fare una scelta coraggiosa: decideranno di lanciarsi in questa missione impossibile, per salvare il patrimonio culturale italiano?

A Small Life is a captivating journey through the beautiful and varied Chilean landscape, following women who seem to be living "a small life" and yet, armed only with grit and values, they overcome great losses and forge ahead to strive for a better life. Agata, a Catholic nun, finds the infant, Lilia, abandoned at a foundling wheel. She and a resolute social worker, Señora Alvarez, do everything they can to help Lilia survive and thrive. They travel different paths, but their lives, unbeknownst to them, are inextricably interwoven, demonstrating that every life, no matter how small, is significant. The musically gifted Lilia finds love with an Italian self-made man, but things are not always as they appear.___________"Magical. With intelligent and graceful prose reminiscent of Alice Hoffman, Roxanne Z. Kind emerges as a female voice worthy of our attention. Her characters come to life so vividly and fiercely. Yet, Ms. Kind takes you by the hand and lovingly walks you through this tale of three disparate women, who, once upon time, touched and changed one another's small lives forever."-Sara Wood, Actor/Director/Producer/Founder of Actors Space West"Roxanne Z. Kind's A Small Life had me enthralled from the very first paragraph. It is a magically beautiful recounting of her family lore, drawn with nuances that, imagined or otherwise, seem both real and mystical. It is a novel, a history, and a poem all combined."-Gila Zalon, Screenwriter/Film Producer

Fünf Jahre alt ist Roland, als er in einer kalten Kriegsnacht 1945 mit seiner Familie von Breslau nach Westen fliehen muss.Mangel, Improvisation und Orientierungslosigkeit begleiten fortan seine Kindheit im Karlsruhe der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit bis ins frühe Erwachsenenalter hinein.Beharrlich sucht und seinen Weg zwischen verkrusteten Ordnungsvorstellungen und Selbstbestimmung.Das Bild, das er dabei von seiner Familie zeichnet, offenbart den Konflikt zwischen Kriegs- und Nachkriegsgeneration im schlichten bürgerlichen Milieu.Dem ¿Gespenst Ordnung¿ begegnet er auf seine Weise: ¿ Vor allem war es das Spielerische und Zufällige, das mich in seinen Bann zog, was es in Gang setzte, welche Welten es erschloss und welche Spielräume sich meiner Neugier und Phantasie öffneten.¿Präzise, in oft ironisch-kritischen Beobachtungen und Reflexionen beleuchtet der Erzähler, bisweilen mit umwerfender Komik, die Gesellschaft der jungen Bundesrepublik, eng verwoben mit seinen eigenen Lebensentscheidungen.Authentisch und von verblüffender Aktualität!

It was September 1943, and the world was again at war, when my mother, Alexis Hart Barclay, first stepped foot in Venezuela, South America. She was twenty-four, smart, sophisticated, athletic, beautiful, worldly, romantic, and fluent in four languages. She and her equally gifted new husband yearned for the adventure and skill required to serve as both faithful missionaries and all-consuming spies during World War II for the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the direct predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The dual role required faithfulness and adultery, giving and taking of life, and lying and speaking the truth - in an effort to assure freedom of all mankind from the tyranny and evil of the World War II Axis powers (the German Third Reich, and the Empires of Japan and Italy).The lives and paths of my parents and other individuals from the Axis powers crossed in dangerous and critical ways between 1943 and the end of World War II in 1945. This story, based on actual historical events, is about my parents' incredible lives and their belief systems, both of which were necessarily compromised for the benefit of all mankind.

When a letter mistakenly makes its way to Elly's door, an unlikely friendship grows between herself and a young stranger, Pieter. Pieter has recently lost his mother and Elly has always wished for a son-perhaps it was God's will that they found one another. But over months of correspondence, Elly begins to suspect the truth about who Pieter is. She must find the courage to go on being a shining candle to the very man who holds the power to extinguish her light.Pieter is at odds with himself, his family, and his nation. He is convinced that the only way to a strong and healthy Netherlands is through radical means. But Elly's gentle guidance shows him a different way. When he finds himself at a crossroads, he must choose: will he save Elly, or hold fast to his ideals?

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this life-affirming intergenerational memoir, Lily Ebert, a Holocaust survivor, and her great-grandson, Dov Forman, come together to share her story?an unforgettable tale of resilience and resistance. On Yom Kippur, 1944, fighting to stay alive as a prisoner in Auschwitz, Lily Ebert made a promise to herself. She would survive the hell she was in and tell the world her story, for everyone who couldn't. Now, at ninety-eight, this remarkable woman?and TikTok sensation, thanks to the help of her eighteen-year-old great-grandson?fulfills that vow, relaying the details of her harrowing experiences with candor, charm, and an overflowing heart.In these pages, she writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her mother and two youngest siblings on their arrival at Auschwitz, and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. She describes the inhumanity of the camp and the small acts of defiance that gave her strength. Lily lost so much, but she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then in London.Dov knows that it is up to younger people like him to keep Lily's promise. He and Lily bridge the generation gap to share her experience, reminding us of the joy that accompanies the solemn responsibility of keeping the past?and our stories?alive.

Published to acclaim in the UK, an authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust that "shatters many myths about the Nazis' genocide" (Sunday Times), from one of the leading scholars of his generation."A stunning, original, concise analysis. ... Masterful." --Wendy Lower, author of Hitler's FuriesThe Holocaust is much discussed, much memorialized, and much portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.Spanning the entirety of the Holocaust, this sweeping history deepens our understanding. Dan Stone--Director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London--reveals how the idea of "industrial murder" is incomplete: many were killed where they lived in the most brutal of ways. He outlines the depth of collaboration across Europe, arguing persuasively that we need to stop thinking of the Holocaust as an exclusively German project. He also considers the nature of trauma the Holocaust engendered, and why Jewish suffering has yet to be fully reckoned with. And he makes clear that the kernel to understanding Nazi thinking and action is genocidal ideology, providing a deep analysis of its origins.Drawing on decades of research, The Holocaust: An Unfinished History upends much of what we think we know about the Holocaust. Stone draws on Nazi documents, but also on diaries, post-war testimonies, and even fiction, urging that, in our age of increasing nationalism and xenophobia, it is vital that we understand the true history of the Holocaust.

"Inside the Nazi War Machine vividly recounts how Rommel, von Manstein and Guderian turned the Blitzkrieg into a fearsome weapon of war in France in 1940, and how Hitler botched his best opportunity to have defeated the BEF, and perhaps defeated Britain."-Carlo D'Este, author of Patton: A Genius For WarIn 1940, as Hitler plotted to conquer Europe, only one nation posed a serious threat to the Third Reich's domination: France. The German command was wary of taking on the most powerful armed force on the continent. But three low-ranking generals-Eric von Manstein, Heinz Guderian, and Erwin Rommel-were about to change the face of modern warfare.By grouping tanks into juggernauts to slam through enemy lines, the blitzkrieg was born. With this aggressive, single-minded plan, the Nazis bypassed the supposedly impenetrable Maginot Line, charged into the heart of France, and alerted the world that the deadly might of Germany could no longer be ignored.

O livro tentará ler, analisar e interpretar três textos de Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas e Mrs Dalloway num contexto material em que o poder e a resistência se encontram numa relação dinâmica em que quase se reforçam mutuamente. Em particular, reflectirá sobre a construção das mulheres envolvidas no processo de reinvenção de si próprias nos romances de Virginia Woolf à luz do feminismo "material", devido à importância primordial que este teve na visão e criatividade de Woolf. Quero agradecer à minha família; à minha mãe Huriye Dimililer e ao meu pai Yahya Dimililer. Obrigado por estarem comigo e ajudarem a minha vida. Sem o apoio da minha família, seria impossível. A ajuda de Ahmet Güneyli também foi muito apreciada. Quero dedicar este livro ao meu filho, Efe Yahya K¿sac¿k.

Il libro cerca di leggere, analizzare e interpretare tre testi di Virginia Woolf: Una stanza tutta per sé, Tre ghinee e La signora Dalloway in un contesto materiale in cui potere e resistenza sono in una relazione dinamica in cui si rafforzano quasi reciprocamente. In particolare, si rifletterà sulla costruzione delle donne coinvolte nel processo di reinvenzione di se stesse nei romanzi di Virginia Woolf alla luce del femminismo "materiale" per l'importanza fondamentale che ha avuto sulla visione e sulla creatività della Woolf. Desidero ringraziare la mia famiglia: mia madre Huriye Dimililer e mio padre Yahya Dimililer. Grazie per essere stati con me e per aver contribuito alla mia vita. Senza il sostegno della mia famiglia, sarebbe impossibile. Anche l'assistenza di Ahmet Güneyli è stata molto apprezzata. Desidero dedicare questo libro a mio figlio: Efe Yahya K¿sac¿k.

V knige predprinqta popytka prochest', proanalizirowat' i interpretirowat' tri texta Virdzhinii Vul'f: A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas i Mrs Dalloway w material'nom kontexte, gde wlast' i soprotiwlenie nahodqtsq w dinamicheskom sootnoshenii i pochti wzaimno usiliwaüt drug druga. V chastnosti, w rabote budet rassmotrena konstrukciq zhenschin, wowlechennyh w process pereosmysleniq sebq w romanah Virdzhinii Vulf, w swete "material'nogo" feminizma, poskol'ku on imel perwostepennoe znachenie dlq wideniq i tworchestwa Vulf. Ya hochu poblagodarit' swoü sem'ü: moü mamu Hurie Dimililer i moego otca Yah'ü Dimililer. Spasibo wam za to, chto byli so mnoj i pomogali mne zhit'. Bez podderzhki moej sem'i äto bylo by newozmozhno. Pomosch' Ahmeta Günejli takzhe byla wysoko ocenena. Ya hochu poswqtit' ätu knigu swoemu synu Jefe Yah'e Kysachyku.

The samurai are among the most iconic warriors in history. The fighting elite of feudal japan, they have played a dominant role in the country's life for over a thousand years. Even today, a century and a half after the rule of the samurai has formally ended, they remain a powerful symbol of martial might, and the embodiment of the stoic warrior.Like the knights who fought in europe during the same era, the samurai were a feudal aristocracy. Militarily, politically, socially, and economically, they were the most powerful, the most influential, and the most privileged members of society. Though not all samurai were equal in power and status, they were almost always better off than the rest of japanese society. You will discover:How the samurai were born - and the core of their beingThe type of training that helped them resist the emotions that could hinder them from winning a battleHow these professional fighters were trained to endure pain and misery Who minamoto yoritomo is - and how he gained political authority to establish japan's first warrior governmentThe event that resulted in the collapse of the samurai in the late 19th centuryArmed with faith and steel, experimental weapons and new tactics, he must lead the way into the depths of the dungeon through swarms of horrific abominations and countless traps. But the dungeon itself is changing. And at the bottom floor, the demon ruler of the world awaits.The final campaign begins. A desperate, gruelling crusade to win through the dungeon and find a way home. Now is the time for seisen.

My grandfather, went from one side of the globe to the other on board LST 534, which saw action in two of the worst battlefields of World War II, the Invasion of Normandy, and the Invasion of Okinawa. I have attempted to put this story together from the perspective of my grandfather through his letters to his parents and other ephemera from the midst of the conflagration.

In dem Buch wird versucht, drei Texte von Virginia Woolf zu lesen, zu analysieren und zu interpretieren: A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas und Mrs Dalloway in einem materiellen Kontext, in dem Macht und Widerstand in einer dynamischen Beziehung stehen, in der sie sich gegenseitig verstärken. Insbesondere soll die Konstruktion von Frauen, die sich in den Romanen von Virginia Woolf neu erfinden, im Lichte des "materiellen" Feminismus betrachtet werden, da dieser für Woolfs Vision und Kreativität von überragender Bedeutung war. Ich möchte meiner Familie danken: meiner Mutter Huriye Dimililer und meinem Vater Yahya Dimililer. Danke, dass ihr mir beigestanden habt und mir in meinem Leben geholfen habt. Ohne die Unterstützung meiner Familie wäre es unmöglich. Auch die Hilfe von Ahmet Güneyli habe ich sehr zu schätzen gewusst. Ich möchte dieses Buch meinem Sohn, Efe Yahya K¿sac¿k, widmen.

Ce livre tente de lire, d'analyser et d'interpréter trois textes de Virginia Woolf : A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas et Mrs Dalloway dans un contexte matériel où le pouvoir et la résistance se trouvent dans une relation dynamique où ils se renforcent presque mutuellement. En particulier, il s'agira de réfléchir à la construction des femmes impliquées dans le processus de réinvention dans les romans de Virginia Woolf à la lumière du féminisme "matériel" en raison de l'importance primordiale qu'il a eue sur la vision et la créativité de Woolf. Je souhaite remercier ma famille, ma mère Huriye Dimililer et mon père Yahya Dimililer. Merci d'avoir été à mes côtés et d'avoir contribué à ma vie. Sans le soutien de ma famille, tout serait impossible. L'aide d'Ahmet Güneyli a également été très appréciée. Je souhaite dédier ce livre à mon fils, Efe Yahya K¿sac¿k.

Throughout the spring and summer of 1945, Major General Curtis LeMay and his squadron of B29 bombers targeted Tokyo and numerous Japanese cities with near-nightly incendiary bombing campaigns.

A chronicle of one of WWII's most dramatic and secret operations.

Britain in 1940 was not unprepared nor alone--this new history assesses the British armed forces and secret civilian organisations that stood ready to fight off a German invasion.

A fully illustrated account of the final battle for Berlin.

A new, readable account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an explosive novel of history's most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose: her country or her family?Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters--each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next--dominate the English political, literary, and social scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress.As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious of her sisters' constant visits to Germany and the high-ranking fascist company they keep. When she overhears alarming conversations and uncovers disquieting documents, Nancy must make excruciating choices as Great Britain goes to war with Germany.Probing the torrid political climate in the lead-up to World War II and the ways that seemingly sensible people can be sucked into radical action, The Mitford Affair follows Nancy's valiant efforts to stop the Nazis from taking over Great Britain, and the complicated choices she must make between the personal and the political.

Wake Island Wildcat tells the story of "Hammerin' Hank," Henry Elrod, the fighter pilot who was the linchpin of the defense of Wake Island, attacked by the Japanese on the same day as Pearl Harbor. This is not only the story of the battle for Wake Island, but also the story of a Marine fighter pilot at war, told with drama and verve.

A dramatic firsthand account of the miraculous evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, a pivotal moment of World War II.

When everything is at stake, how far would you go to save your neighbor?

Directed by MI6 to Berlin in 1963 to negotiate a delicate prisoner exchange on either side of the wall, Joe Wilderness covertly plans to use the operation to make a little something extra on the side, with unexpected results.