Download or read book Good bye to the Mermaids written by Karin Finell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good-bye to the Mermaids conveys the horrors of war as seen through the innocent eyes of a child. It is the story of World War II as it affected three generations of middle-class German women: Karin, six years old when the war began, who was taken in by Hitler's lies; her mother, Astrid, a rebellious artist who occasionally spoke out against the Nazis; and her grandmother Oma, a generous and strong-willed woman who, having spent her own childhood in America, brought a different perspective to the events of the time. It tells of a convoluted world where children were torn between fear and hope, between total incomprehension of events and the need to simply deal with reality. In one of the relatively few recollections of the war from a German woman's perspective, Finell relates what was for her a normal part of growing up: participating in activities of the Hitler Youth, observing Nazi customs at Christmas, and once being close enough to the Führer at a rally to make eye contact with him. She tells of how she first became aware of the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear, and of being asked to identify corpses from a bombed apartment house. She also depicts the lives of people tainted by Hitler's influence: her half-Jewish relatives who gave in to the strain of trying to remain unnoticed; a favorite aunt who was gassed because she was old and had broken her hip; and a friend of the family who was involved in the abortive putsch against Hitler and hanged as a traitor. When American and British forces intensified air raids on Berlin in 1943, Finell observed the stoical valor of women during the bombings, firestorms, and mass evacuations. Not yet a teenager, she witnessed the battle for Berlin and the mass rapes perpetrated by conquering Russian and Mongolian troops. Order was restored after the American and British troops arrived. The Marshall Plan jump-started an economic recovery for West Germany, provoking the Russians to blockade Berlin. From 1948 to 1949 the Americans and British kept Berlin's residents alive with the airlift. But even though food was flown in, the people of Berlin continued to go hungry. Deprivation forced Berliners to look inward and face their collective guilt as they withstood the threat of Soviet occupation during these postwar years. This eloquent and touching story tells how a decent people were perverted by Hitler and how a young girl ultimately came to recognize the father figure Hitler for the monster he was. From a time of innocence, Karin Finell takes readers along a nightmarish journey in which fantasies are clung to, set aside, and at last set free. Good-bye to the Mermaids presents us with the revelation that human beings can survive such times with their souls intact.
Download or read book The Mermaid Summer written by Mollie Hunter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1990-04-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of her brother, Jon, nine-year-old Anna daringly seeks to discover the secret means to undo a mermaid's curse upon their grandfather.
Download or read book Cascadia Saves the Day Mermaids to the Rescue 4 written by Lisa Ann Scott and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Rainbow Magic and Mermaid Tales will love this new series full of adventures under the sea! When a huge whirlpool blows through Astoria, all of Princess Cascadia's hard work on the Sand Sculpture Festival is destroyed. While the rest of the Royal Mermaid Rescue Crew helps clean up the city, Cascadia is left ot try to fix the festival by herself. But then a mysterious helper reveals that there's more damage than Cascadia could have ever imagined. Will Cascadia and her new friend save the day...or will she have to wave goodbye to her favorite tradition?
Download or read book Good Bye Fish written by Judith Koppens and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Animal Square where all the animals live and play together. Kitty, Mouse, Monkey, Giraffe, Rabbit, and Dog are six very best friends. They each live in their own little home and do lots of things together. Animal Square is a place full of friendship, happiness, and caring. Come join in the fun Kitty's worried. Fish isn't swimming anymore. Dog and Kitty try to make fish swim, but nothing works. Giraffe knows what's going on: Fish has died. Together, the friends bury Fish. Kitty is so sad. She doesn't want to forget about Fish. What can she do to remember? A gentle first story about loss, grief and hope. For toddlers ages 30 months and up, with a focus on the child's emotions.
Download or read book The Mermaid written by Christina Henry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Lost Boy comes a beautiful historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea, only to become the star attraction of history's greatest showman. Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid. Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid.
Download or read book Goodbye Gestat written by Anala Gehlyr and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His mother is dying, and Notan wishes to see his mother and say goodbye one last time before she passes away. But it’s been snowing for three days, and the snow is taller than he is. Besides the snow, the journey to his mother’s cabin is dangerous. Gonhara Kingdom is ruled by Kuskis, (part boar, part wolf, part human) who roam the kingdom, making trouble. And even if he could get through the snow, and avoid any Kuskis, his half-brother who hates him is waiting there. With a sigh, Notan gives up even trying. But Maruski has other ideas. Goodbye Gestat is a short story of twelve printed pages.
Download or read book The Accidental Mermaid written by Robert E. Thornsberry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you suddenly found yourself turned into a mermaid? Or a legendary wielder of Force powers? This is the story of Hannah and her fiance Alex after they and thousands of others have their normal lives changed by a cursed shaman's mask.
Download or read book The Witch Family written by Eleanor Estes and published by HMH. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of two girls trying to banish a witch is “full of wonderful fun, excitement, and humor” (Library Journal). Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly around on her broomstick, crying “Heh-heh!” and casting abracadabras. But now she has been sent away . . . by two young girls. Amy and Clarissa have decided that Old Witch is just too mean and wicked. So, drawing a rickety old house upon a barren glass hill, they exile Old Witch there with a warning: She better be good, or else no Halloween! But to give Old Witch some company, they draw her a Little Witch Girl and a Weeny Witch Baby . . . Old Witch tries to be good, but anyone would get up to no good in a place as lonely as the glass hill. And Amy and Clarissa are about to find that out, when Old Witch magics them into her world of make-believe-made-real, in “a very special book that is certain to give boundless pleasure—at any time of the year” (The Horn Book). “A classic for Halloween.” —Library Journal
Download or read book The Mermaid Garden written by Santa Montefiore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale spanning four decades and ranging from the Tuscan countryside to the English coast reveals how the power of love can heal loss and endure the test of time.
Download or read book The lord of Misrule Tales of the mermaid tavern The wine press The search lights A Belgian Christmas eve A salute from the fleet written by Alfred Noyes and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Enchanted Island Sherwood Tales of the Mermaid Tavern New Poems.
Download or read book Jenny s Secret Summer Mermaid written by Marie S. Hudson and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dog lover Jenny flies to Florida to her grandparents when her Mother has a new baby. Devastated, her promised puppy was not possible because of the new baby. Told through the eyes of nine years old Jennifer, her highs and lows, you feel Jennifer's sorrow and you cheer for her success. Never underestimate the passion of one small girl on a mission to save her secret mermaid. Not everything is as it seems, keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.
Download or read book Turtle and the Mermaid from Singing Fork Rock written by C M Groom and published by C M Groom. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere in the Caribbean, passengers and crew on eight different types of vessels, a fishing boat, a cruise ship, a marine patrol vessel, a smuggler’s launch, human-traffickers' boats, an empty fuel tank, a pleasure boat and a yacht, ultimately come together on fictional Little Island. Voyages and lives overlap and interweave, as tropical adventures of doom, death, romance, passion, pain and reunions are revealed. A vision of a mermaid, is recorded and posted to TicTok by Peter, a Little Island fisherman. We hear our individual character's stories involving, murder, human-trafficking, vice, corruption, drug smuggling, mules, teen-pregnancy, and more. Follow as Maya lands in Miami, from GTA, to meet up with Mimi her bff, and Mimi’s new university friends, for a Caribbean cruise, which happens to overlap with the historical soap opera of the Old Governor’s family on Little Island. The last section of each chapter, keeps us caught up with the drama of Maya’s party’s as they and Little Islanders, experience tragedy and intrigue.
Download or read book Mermaid Reef Secret Kingdom 4 written by Rosie Banks and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter a magical world full of friendship and fun! Ellie, Summer, and Jasmine are diving into a magical adventure deep beneath the sea! When Queen Malice hides one of her awful thunderbolts on Mermaid Reef, it threatens to ruin the Sound of the Sea competition. Can the girls save the competition and the famous Wishing Pearl before it's too late?
Download or read book 25 Mermaid Tales Collection written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come along for 25 Mermaid’s adventures, collected together in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate! In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature in recent centuries, such as in Hans Christian Andersen's literary fairy tale "The Little Mermaid". In this great book collected works of Hans Christian Andersen, James Barrie, Andrew Lang, L. Frank Baum, H. G. Wells, Bret Harte, Louise M. Alcott et al. Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid Jonathan Ceredig Davies. Fairies and Mermaids Andrew Lang. The Golden Mermaid. Andrew Lang. Hans, the Mermaid’s Son Mabel Quiller-Couch. Lutey and the Mermaid Mrs. Molesworth. The Unselfish Mermaid Anonymous. The Fisherman and The Merman Abbie Phillips Walker. Hilda's Mermaid Charles Weathers Bump. The Mermaid of Druid Lake Louisa M. Alcott. Mermaids Louise Imogen Guiney. Water-Folk Abbie Farwell Brown. The Mermaid L. Frank Baum. The Sea Fairies Clara F. Guernsey. The Merman and The Figure-Head William Elliot Griffis. The Entangled Mermaid H. G. Wells. The Sea Lady Daniel O'Сonnor. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie E. Nesbit. Wet Magic Kirk Munroe. A Fighting Mermaid Lily Dougal. The Mermaid Bret Harte. The Mermaid Of Lighthouse Point Grant M. Overton. Mermaid G. Basil Barham. The Mermaid of Zennor John Timbs. Stories of Mermaids Philip Henry Gosse. Mermaids
Download or read book The Drydock and the Mermaid written by Thomas F. Kistner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-01-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Starling, a young American, has been in Copenhagen for four months and washes dishes at Divan I, an upscale restaurant in Tivoli Gardens. He has no work permit and his job is technically illegal but no one seems to care that much and he needs the work since he has moved in with his girl friend, Tove Svensen, with whom he is in love, and has no intention of leaving the city. They are a loving couple and incredibly happy. They make no plans for the future but neither wants this wonderful time together to end. Along the way Jack strikes up a friendship with the most interesting, urbane, articulate, sophisticated, intellectual person he has ever met. Pete Sorensen is a drunk and part time psychotic but at one time was a biblical scholar of repute, a full professor of Asian Studies at Copenhagen University and during the war, now 16 years past, the leader of the most feared anti Nazi resistance group in all of Denmark, The Vipers. Jacks military background as an intelligence operative in the Far East becomes known to Inspector Magnus Johansen, Director of the Copenhagen office of the International Police. He has Jack picked up by the local police for washing dishes without a permit and brought to his office across the street from Tivoli Gardens. Jack has no idea Magnus was a young member of the Vipers and at that time a devout follower of Pete Sorensen. In return for maintaining and even intensifying his relationship with Sorensen, who manages to hold down a customer service job at a prestigious international bank in Copenhagen, between stays at the asylum, Magnus offers our hero a real job at a nearby shipyard as a ships rigger in the biggest drydock in Northern Europe. You mean you want me to spy on him, says Jack, not too happy with the proposition. Something like that, smiles Johansen. Jack takes the job, after all it will double his income, and goes to work for Aksel Holmgren who manages the drydock and crew of ten very experienced riggers. He assimilates very well and quickly learns the art of rigging from, as his mates were fond of saying, the very best scaffold hangers on the face of the earth. He is happy and likes the work a great deal. It is not long before he finds out that Aksel was also a member of the Vipers working under their leader Pete Sorensen. He learns that a raid on a Nazi munitions plant in June, 1944 went very badly and all the Vipers, save three, were mowed down by well placed German machine guns. They were obviously betrayed. Pete, Aksel and Magnus escaped miraculously by swimming across the harbor and vanishing into the city. It has always been obvious, to anyone knowing the entire story, that one of these three is a Quisling, a rat, an informer. But which one? Sixteen years have gone by and they have each led productive lives, discounting Sorensens stays in the asylum, of course. No signs of regret or remorse....that were visible in any event. Magnus is hoping Pete will reveal something to Jack during one of their drinking sessions at Johns bar. Aksel wonders why Magnus prevailed on him to hire the inexperienced American who knows nothing about rigging and speaks no Danish. Pete questions Jacks judgement in shacking up with a shop clerk with a small farming background. You can certainly do better, my boy! As the story unfolds Jack is drawn deeper and deeper into this dangerous morass of deceit and camouflaged reality involving car bombs, giant trolls and a hangmans noose.
Download or read book Returning Mermaid s Return Book 1 Free written by A.L. Knorr and published by Intellectually Promiscuous Press. This book was released on 2016-11-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mermaid's quest for love makes waves. It's time to leave the ocean. Mira has been at sea for... well, she doesn't know how many years. It's hard to keep track of time when you live in the vast depths of the ocean. But after countless years, the relentless call of the salt water triggers the desire to procreate, and her time is up. For weeks, Mira has been tirelessly swimming north, her heart set on finding a mate. Finding a partner is the most important thing to her right now, and to fulfill her deepest longing, she must return to the place where she was last human—the coastal city of Saltford. Equipped with everything she needs to lure her perfect mate and produce a strong siren child, Mira emerges from the depths with determination coursing through her veins. Dive into an enchanting tale where an extraordinary mermaid ventures into uncharted waters of the heart, risking everything for a chance at true love. This is a novella length sweet romance, and the first book in the Mermaid’s Return trilogy. Returning is followed by Falling, and Surfacing. The Mermaid’s Return trilogy is a prequel to the full-length YA mermaid fantasy Born of Water, and the expansive Siren’s Curse Trilogy, by Readers’ Favorite award-winner, A.L. Knorr. This complete series is comprised of: #1 Returning #2 Falling #3 Surfacing
Download or read book The Mermaid and Other Pieces written by John Edward Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
