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As a senior foreign correspondent for The Times of London, Janine di Giovanni was a firsthand witness to the brutal and protracted break-up of Yugoslavia. With unflinching sensitivity, Madness Visible follows the arc of the wars in the Balkans through the experience of those caught up in them: soldiers numbed by the atrocities they commit, women driven to despair by their life in paramilitary rape camps, civilians (di Giovanni among them) caught in bombing raids of uncertain origin, babies murdered in hate-induced rage.Di Giovanni's searing memoir examines the turmoil of the Balkans in acute detail, and uncovers the motives of the leaders who created hell on earth; it raises challenging questions about ethnic conflict and the responsibilities of foreign governments in times of mass murder. Perceptive and compelling, this unique work of reportage from the physical and psychological front lines makes the madness of war wholly visible.

Zoltán Kodály hat die ungarische Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts geprägt. Weltweit wird nach der nach ihm benannten Kodály-Methode Musik unterrichtet.Seine Biographen behaupten, daß seine Vorfahren flämische Tuchmacher gewesen seien, die vor langer Zeit aus Brügge nach Brünn gekommen waren. Bislang bekannt und belegt ist nicht viel. Der Urgroßvater wie auch (zeitweise) der Großvater Zoltan Kodály's lebten in Brünn und waren tatsächlich Tuchmacher. Mehr weiß man nicht.Die Eintragungen in den Brünner Kirchenbüchern liefern ein anderes Bild. Die Vorfahren von Zoltán Koddály lassen sich lückenlos bis ins frühe 17. Jahrhundert zurückverfolgen. Ob sie aber wirklich einst aus Brügge kamen, ist fraglich, und Tuchmacher waren sie nicht.

"Extraordinary storytelling about unfathomable horror." - Library Journal (starred review)"[A] worthy tribute to the extraordinary bravery of a remarkable woman." -- Publishers WeeklyIn World War II's Poland, thirty year old Zofia Sterner and her husband Wacek refuse to be classified as Jews destined for extermination.Instead, they evade the Nazis and the Soviets in several dramatic escapes and selflessly rescue many Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto and a labor camp, later becoming active participants in the Warsaw Uprising where they are taken prisoner. This retelling, captured through diaries, interviews, war crime trial testimonies, and letters, detail the Sterners' heroic rescues, escapes, and ultimate survival. A true story of hope amid horrifying tragedy, How We Outwitted and Survived the Nazis illustrates how war brings out the worst and the best in people, and how true humanity and heroism of ordinary people are revealed by their willingness to risk everything and help others. This story is about being human under the most inhumane conditions.

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The 2nd Tank Army was not an ordinary force; by 1945 it was an elite Guards formation which played a role in the Soviet offensive operations and whose tanks were the first to enter Berlin's streets. This study is based on the operational documents of the Army and provides an analysis of every battle it fought in World War II.

Si sostiene che l'ASEAN (Associazione delle Nazioni del Sud-Est Asiatico), con un mandato formale debole, sia stata più efficace nel rafforzare la sicurezza e l'ordine regionale e lo sviluppo economico rispetto ad altri organi regionali in Asia. In quanto organizzazione regionale, il modo in cui l'ASEAN ha ripetutamente superato i conflitti non è riuscito a risolverli. Le minacce di terrorismo, la competizione per le armi nucleari e i missili balistici e una disputa irrisolta sulla terraferma sono alcune delle principali aree di tensione tra questi Paesi.

Es wird argumentiert, dass der ASEAN (Verband Südostasiatischer Nationen) trotz seines schwachen formalen Mandats bei der Förderung der regionalen Sicherheit und Ordnung sowie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung effektiver war als andere regionale Organisationen in Asien. Als regionale Organisation ist die ASEAN wiederholt daran gescheitert, solche Konflikte zu lösen. Die Bedrohung durch den Terrorismus, die Konkurrenz um Atomwaffen und ballistische Raketen sowie ein ungelöster Streit um Land gehören zu den wichtigsten Spannungsfeldern zwischen diesen Ländern.

Argumenta-se que a ASEAN (Associação das Nações do Sudeste Asiático), com um mandato formal fraco, tem sido mais eficaz no reforço da segurança e da ordem regionais, bem como no desenvolvimento económico, do que outros órgãos regionais na Ásia. Enquanto organização regional, a forma como a ASEAN tem repetidamente superado os seus problemas não tem conseguido resolver esses conflitos. Ameaças de terrorismo, competição por armas nucleares e mísseis balísticos, e uma disputa não resolvida por terras constituem algumas das principais áreas de tensão entre estes países.

PrefaceThere are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers.The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all.About the author: Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 - October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. On November 14, 1803, Abbott was born in Hallowell, Maine to Jacob Abbott II and Betsey Chandler. He attended the Hallowell Academy. Abbott graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820. At some point during his years there, he supposedly added the second "t" to his surname, to avoid being "Jacob Abbot the 3rd" (although one source notes he did not actually begin signing his name with two t's until several years later).Abbott studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824. He taught in Portland academy and was tutor in Amherst College during the next year. From 1825 to 1829 Abbott was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and The Parent's Assistant. To follow up his Rollo books, he wrote of Uncle George, using him to teach the young readers about ethics, geography, history, and science. He also wrote 22 volumes of biographical histories and a 10 volume set titled the Franconia Stories. (wikipedia.org)

Cette histoire bilingue pour enfants aidera les enfants à apprendre l'ukrainien ou le français comme langue étrangère. Idéal pour les enfants et les familles bilingues ukrainien-français. Ce livre existe également en version française.Un conte de fées magique ukrainien avec de belles illustrations colorées, écrit spécialement pour les enfants de 3 à 6 ans.Il s'agit d'une nouvelle adaptation d'un conte populaire ukrainien pour les enfants âgés de 3 à 6 ans. Deux soeurs se perdent dans une forêt enchantée. La magie maléfique retient la jeune Olena au fond du lac, et sa soeur cadette est transformée en chèvre par une sorcière rusée. Lorsqu'un danger encore plus grand menace sa soeur, Olena trouve la force de vaincre le sort. Rempli de magie et de mystère, cet album magnifiquement illustré est parfait pour les jeunes lecteurs qui aiment explorer le monde des contes de fées.

In Western Ukraine a sparkly spider or spider web is a common Christmas tree ornament. Why might this be? Discover the answer as you share this traditional story. The tale tells of a poor family who would love to decorate their home for Christmas. A chance discovery helps them to grow their own Christmas tree, but how can they make it glitter and shimmer on Christmas Day? Help comes from a very unexpected source. As children listen to this story they will learn and use some of the language that describes the position of things. They will describe and compare sizes and will practise early counting skills.Every year, on December 25th, Christmas Day is a festival celebratedthroughout the world. People exchange gifts, decorate Christmas trees, enjoy family feasts and are amazed by beautiful displays of lights in homesand cities. Many different legends tell of a kindly character who has namesincluding St Nicholas, Santa Claus and Father Christmas. He deliverspresents to children and in many countries is said to travel through the skieson a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Every year, on December 25th, Christmas Day is a festival celebratedthroughout the world. People exchange gifts, decorate Christmas trees, enjoy family feasts and are amazed by beautiful displays of lights in homesand cities. Many different legends tell of a kindly character who has namesincluding St Nicholas, Santa Claus and Father Christmas. He deliverspresents to children and in many countries is said to travel through the skieson a sleigh pulled by reindeer.Christian people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day andattend services in churches, singing carols and telling stories of Christ's birth.This special Christian story is called the Nativity.

This book examines Joseph Stalin's increasing popularity in the post-Soviet space, and analyzes how his image, and the nostalgia it evokes, is manipulated and exploited for political gain. The author argues that, in addition to the evil dictator and the Georgian comrade, there is a third portrayal of Stalinthe one projected by the generation that saw the tail end of the USSR, the post-Soviet millennials. This book is not a biography of one of the most controversial historical figures of the past century. Rather, through a combination of sociopolitical commentary and autobiographical elements that are uncommon in monographs of this kind, the attempt is to explore how Joseph Stalin's complex legacies and the conflicting cult of his irreconcilable tripartite of personalities still loom over the region as a whole, including Russia and, perhaps to an even deeper extent, Koba's native landnow the independent Republic of Georgia, caught between its unreconciled Soviet past and the potential future within the European Union.

Nos lecteurs n'ont peut-être pas oublié le tableau que nous avons tracé, il y a trois ans, des événements qui avaient signalé à l'attention de l'Europe le pays semi-légendaire de l'Abyssinie. Dans ces rapides esquisses, nous exposions les origines d'un conflit qui ne semblait pas alors appelé à prendre les graves proportions qu'il a aujourd'hui. Quels que fussent les motifs réels de l'arrestation arbitraire du consul anglais, M. Duncan Cameron, il paraissait improbable que Théodore II, avec l'intelligence supérieure qu'on ne peut lui contester, songeât sérieusement à provoquer une lutte où il n'avait rien à gagner, et où ses puissants ennemis pouvaient compter sur le concours de la moitié de l'Abyssinie, insurgée depuis plus de cinq ans. Cependant l'improbable s'est réalisé : aux premières provocations du roi des rois est venu s'ajouter le fait plus grave de l'arrestation, sans motif connu, de la mission anglaise chargée de négocier la délivrance des captifs...