Download or read book Gerta written by Kateřina Tučková and published by AmazonCrossing. This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning novel by Czech author Kateřina Tučková--her first to be translated into English--about the fate of one woman and the pursuit of forgiveness in a divided postwar world. 1945. Allied forces liberate Nazi-occupied Brno, Moravia. For Gerta Schnirch, daughter of a Czech mother and a German father aligned with Hitler, it's not deliverance; it's a sentence. She has been branded an enemy of the state. Caught in the changing tides of a war that shattered her family--and her innocence--Gerta must obey the official order: she, along with all ethnic Germans, is to be expelled from Czechoslovakia. With nothing but the clothes on her back and an infant daughter, she's herded among thousands, driven from the only home she's ever known. But the injustice only makes Gerta stronger, more empowered, and more resolved to seek justice. Her journey is a relentless quest for a seemingly impossible forgiveness. And one day, she will return. Spanning decades and generations, Kateřina Tučková's breathtaking novel illuminates a long-neglected episode in Czech history. One of exclusion and prejudice, of collective shame versus personal guilt, all through the eyes of a charismatic woman whose courage will affect all the lives she's touched. Especially that of the daughter she loved, fought for, shielded, and would come to inspire.
Download or read book A Night Divided Scholastic Gold written by Jennifer A. Nielsen and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NYT bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a stunning thriller about a girl who must escape to freedom after the Berlin Wall divides her family between east and west. A Night Divided joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!With the rise of the Berlin Wall, Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, yet she can't help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors and friends are prisoners in their own city.But one day on her way to school, Gerta spots her father on a viewing platform on the western side, pantomiming a peculiar dance. Gerta concludes that her father wants her and Fritz to tunnel beneath the wall, out of East Berlin. However, if they are caught, the consequences will be deadly. No one can be trusted. Will Gerta and her family find their way to freedom?
Download or read book The Beamy Courage of Gerta Scholler written by Gillespie Lamb and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orphaned as a child in New York City in the middle of the 19th century, Gerta Scholler learns from a Catholic nun about always being true to herself. After traveling on a train to Kansas where an adoptive family awaits her—one of thousands of parent-less children dispatched to the interior of the country on so-called orphan trains—Gerta begins an “almost perfect” life as a much-loved member of a homesteading family. But a raid by a few renegade Indians shatters the new life and Gerta learns anew what it means to be a survivor. Always wanting “to know stuff” and ever hopeful, Gerta draws upon lessons learned to sustain her in her wandering across plains and, ultimately, in a life-or-death battle with a snarling predator.
Download or read book What the Night Sings written by Vesper Stamper and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Morris Award Finalist Longlisted for the National Book Award For fans of The Book Thief and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her life. "A tour de force. This powerful story of love, loss, and survival is not to be missed." --KRISTIN HANNAH, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale After losing her family and everything she knew in the Nazi concentration camps, Gerta is finally liberated, only to find herself completely alone. Without her papa, her music, or even her true identity, she must move past the task of surviving and on to living her life. In the displaced persons camp where she is staying, Gerta meets Lev, a fellow teen survivor who she just might be falling for, despite her feelings for someone else. With a newfound Jewish identity she never knew she had, and a return to the life of music she thought she lost forever, Gerta must choose how to build a new future. "What the Night Sings is a book from the heart, of the heart, and to the heart. Vesper Stamper's Gerta will stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her story is one of hope and redemption and life--a blessing to the world." --Deborah Heiligman, award-winning author of Charles and Emma and Vincent and Theo A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2018 A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF 2018
Download or read book Volcanism Impacts and Mass Extinctions Causes and Effects written by Gerta Keller and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comprises articles stemming from the March 2013 international conference at London's Natural History Museum. Researchers across geological, geophysical, and biological disciplines present key results from research concerning the causes of mass extinction events"--
Download or read book The Master the Monks and I written by Gerta Ital and published by HarperThorsons. This book was released on 1987 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Man written by Charles Kenney and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades Gerta Wahljak has been haunted by a photograph of ten Nazi officers taken in the concentration camp where she was imprisoned during the Holocaust. Since emigrating to the United States, she has carefully traced and recorded the fates of nine of these men. But there is one whom she has been unable to track--until now. While Gerta waits in her Boston cardiologist's office, she sees another patient who she is almost sure is the last man. She will not be at peace until she knows. After interviewing Gerta, assistant U.S. Attorney David Keegan is shocked to learn that he is closely linked to the man he's investigating. For the man accused of being a former Nazi is none other than Frederick Schiller, married to a renowned Jewish activist and the father of the woman Keegan loves. Poised to become U.S. attorney, Keegan suddenly finds his life maliciously uprooted. Someone envious of his rise to power will stop at nothing to ruin him . . . leaking the volatile story to the press and hoping Keegan's reputation is blackened in the firestorm. David Keegan is a man also haunted by the past, obsessed by his quest to uncover the facts behind his mother's death when he was a child. But as he pursues the truth about his mother, he must deal with the explosive case of Frederick Schiller. As newspaper headlines hurl accusations about Schiller and his wife, the two are forced to relive a dark history that was meant to be buried forever. Now Keegan must decide whether to risk his career to help the parents of the woman he loves. A gripping, relentlessly plotted story about the ambiguity of morality, the power of an unresolved past, and the necessity of forgiveness, The Last Man twists like a thriller, but has the truth-seeking depth of great fiction. Profound in theme and peopled with characters that possess a refreshing vitality, it is a novel that will breathlessly race you to its stunning, climactic finish.
Download or read book A NIGHT DIVIDED written by Narayan Changder and published by CHANGDER OUTLINE. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NIGHT DIVIDED MCQ (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS) SERVES AS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AIMING TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS COMPETITIVE EXAMS, CLASS TESTS, QUIZ COMPETITIONS, AND SIMILAR ASSESSMENTS. WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MCQS, THIS BOOK EMPOWERS YOU TO ASSESS YOUR GRASP OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AND YOUR PROFICIENCY LEVEL. BY ENGAGING WITH THESE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND LAY A SOLID FOUNDATION. DIVE INTO THE A NIGHT DIVIDED MCQ TO EXPAND YOUR A NIGHT DIVIDED KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEL IN QUIZ COMPETITIONS, ACADEMIC STUDIES, OR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS. THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH PAGE, MAKING IT EASY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY THEIR ANSWERS AND PREPARE EFFECTIVELY.
Download or read book Follow Your Heart and God written by Barb Jalas and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Addy didnaEUR(tm)t think the career choice she made for herself was her true calling. She wasnaEUR(tm)t completely happy and didnaEUR(tm)t know why. There has to be something else out there for her. So with no destination in mind, she left it up to God for guidance, and she left her old life behind. Friends and family thought she had totally lost her mind just to leave the way she did. She kind of thought that herself. But something, somewhere, was telling her to leave. She packed up her life and headed out.She stopped off at a small town down the road a couple of days away. Just a stopover, she said to herself. She stayed at a small mom-and-pop motel and seemed to make a couple of instant friends. By touring the town and surrounding vicinity, Addy decided to stay for a couple more days. Before she even realized it, she had a job at a small cafe in town. It just seemed right to be what she truly was to do, a waitress of all things. By doing this, she met even more close friends, who warmed up and welcomed her. Everything was falling into place and her experiences in this town made up her mind, This is where I will call home. Addy knew with all her heart that God did bring her here for a reason. Now only he knows how her adventure will begin and end.
Download or read book Conquered Shores written by Brooklynn Rivers and published by Brooklynn Rivers. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shannon has visions--dark visions of the future. She dismisses them as memories from the last Viking raid that happened years ago. After seeing the dreaded dragon's head appear from the mists, she knows that the barbarians have returned to rob her village once again. Her life will change forever when she is captured by a handsome Viking, Gunnar Ravenshield. Ravenshield captures a strong-willed Irish woman from her village and whisks her away to Dublin, a Viking stronghold. He discovers a strange mark on her body, branding her the "Valkyrie of Fire". According to an ancient prophecy, any man who possesses her shall have great power and wealth. He is determined to seduce her sexually using any means necessary. Night after night, he awakens the unbridled lust that had been dormant in her body. She falls under his spell, giving him what he wants. Though he is a pagan and her sworn enemy, she cannot help but to submit to the one who ignites the passion inside her. Things get more complicated when Ravenshield's previous sex slave swears to seek revenge on Shannon. Kiera wants Gunnar all to herself and plans to get rid of Shannon. She joins forces with Magnus, a Viking warrior, who will do anything for power and riches. Gunnar Ravenshield has what it takes to conquer Shannon sexually, but can he conquer her heart? If he fails, then he will lose much more than lands and riches. He will lose his life. Can love conquer all?
Download or read book Tales from North Bank written by Scott Luttrell and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Marlene ever wanted in life was to just blend in and be left the hell alone. Ambiguity was a jealous lover. The city of North Bank and the thing that creeps under the city had different plans for her. Take a ride through the historical dark side of her chosen city. A city that is both evil and beautiful. See the rise and fall of North Bank through the eyes of Marlene Bartnik as she realizes that survival is the goal of her never-ending life and that karmic justice is best served cold. Remember this, there are more than just human eyes watching this city. The soul of North Bank is occupied by something much darker. So, grab an adult beverage, buckle in, and enjoy the ride with Tales from North Bank.
Download or read book Ma Rainey s Black Bottom written by August Wilson and published by Concord Theatricals. This book was released on 1985 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recording session by black blues great Ma Rainey for white-owned studio, setting for exploration of racial relations and conflicts.
Download or read book I Bet Your Life written by Fred Carmichael and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilarious situations, clever dialogue, intriguing romance and surprise twists make this breezy comedy a delight. Soap opera author Matthew Stoddard has written a screenplay about a terminally ill man who hires a hitman to kill him and then finds out he was misdiagnosed. Matt's agent and best friend, Greg, thinks the plot is not feasible so Matt contacts a gangster and arranges for an incognito hitman to join them at a dinner party in the country to prove his point. Circumstances place a real hitman among the guests and the action accelerates as they try to find out who it is before the deadline. Stacy, secretary and love interest to both men, does her best to help them solve the identity question as surprise after surprise thwarts them. Is the whole scheme really a con game? And who cons the con man? And who is conning them all? Excellent parts make this play fun to produce and view.
Download or read book All But My Life written by Gerda Weissmann Klein and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 1995-03-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops--including the man who was to become her husband--in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey. Gerda's serene and idyllic childhood is shattered when Nazis march into Poland on September 3, 1939. Although the Weissmanns were permitted to live for a while in the basement of their home, they were eventually separated and sent to German labor camps. Over the next few years Gerda experienced the slow, inexorable stripping away of "all but her life." By the end of the war she had lost her parents, brother, home, possessions, and community; even the dear friends she made in the labor camps, with whom she had shared so many hardships, were dead. Despite her horrifying experiences, Klein conveys great strength of spirit and faith in humanity. In the darkness of the camps, Gerda and her young friends manage to create a community of friendship and love. Although stripped of the essence of life, they were able to survive the barbarity of their captors. Gerda's beautifully written story gives an invaluable message to everyone. It introduces them to last century's terrible history of devastation and prejudice, yet offers them hope that the effects of hatred can be overcome.
Download or read book The American Hebrew written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On the Way to Satori written by Gerta Ital and published by Element Books Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entertaining Tsarist Russia written by James Von Geldern and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion disc features recordings of popular songs and vaudeville skits performed by some of Russia's most famous singers and comics of early twentieth century.
