Download or read book The Fighter s Defiant Lover written by Leslie North and published by Relay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vegas dancer Jasmine has never been shy about getting what she wants. And with her drug-dealing ex and his goon after her, what she wants is to have her ex out of the picture. Permanently. She’s looking for help from her friend Rachel and the hard-hitting Burton brothers, but it’s rising MMA star Dustin Caldwell who literally sweeps her off her feet. With a body to die for and looks that kill, Dustin presents a whole different kind of danger. Dustin has trained hard to make it this far, and he’s not going to let a mouthy showgirl distract him this close to his big fight. He needs to keep his focus in the ring, which isn’t easy when he and Jasmine start sharing the same roof. With her dark eyes and a body built for sin, he’s having a hard time resisting her pull. But with trouble on her heels, how far is he willing to go to keep her safe? With the mess she’s in, Jasmine doesn’t think there can be a happy ending. It may be up to Dustin to prove that fairy tales can come true.
Download or read book The Defiant written by Lesley Livingston and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The darling of the Roman Empire is in for the fight of her life in this lush sequel to the acclaimed historical fantasy The Valiant. Be brave, gladiatrix... And be wary. Once you win Caesar's love, you'll earn his enemies' hate. Fallon was warned. Now she is about to pay the price for winning the love of the Roman people as Caesar's victorious gladiatrix. In this highly anticipated sequel to THE VALIANT, Fallon and her warrior sisters find themselves thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, one that will threaten not only Fallon's heart - and her love for Roman soldier Cai - but the very heart of the ancient Roman Empire. When dark treachery and vicious power struggles threaten her hard-won freedom, the only thing that might help the girl known as Victrix save herself and her sisters is a tribe of long-forgotten mythic Amazon warriors. The only trouble is, they might just kill her themselves first.
Download or read book The Witches in Love Collection Part 1 2 8 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories written by Elizabeth Reed and published by LB Books. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witches in Love Collection Part 1 & 2 8 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories. Please note that each of these short stories can all be bought as a standalone single story, as well as in parts 1 and 2. Total word count 44,829. A Witch’s Touch Ethan is left on his sick bed with fatal battle wounds. Now all he awaits is for death to claim him. Instead, he is visited by a mystery woman who comes to his room each night to care for and nurse him back to good health. To Woo a Witch Once in close proximity, Connor tells Kaelyn the surprising truth—that he has seen her in his dreams that started over five years ago, and he is now determined to get to know her better! The Witch’s Torment Victor is overjoyed when a hooded woman uses her magical ability to save him from his elder brother, who is moments away from beheading him as punishment for following their father’s dying wish and claiming leadership of their land. The Witch’s Music Rebecca is outraged when the outlaw Nathan catches, robs and kidnaps her. She has little regard or respect for a man who seems to have such a poor moral code. But has Rebecca judged Nathan too quickly? The Lonely Witch Joy is having a terrible day, carrying her very sick brother Lance in her arms, when she first meets Noah. She is desperate to see her brother well again and has been told that Noah will be able to help her. Desperate, not knowing what else to do, she puts her trust into the mystery stranger’s hands. The Look of a Witch Jess is taken by surprise when she discovers that she is being watched and followed. She is all the more stunned when she finds out that the identity of her watcher is a man named Gideon who has magnificent green eyes that resembles her own eye colouring! A Witch’s Inner Magic Lara’s village is on the verge of being seized by a new order of witches who expect all other witches to join with them in their battle against humankind – and they will not take no for an answer! The Witch’s Fight Lord Daniel Clifford, a powerful witch, is woken up in the middle of the night by his maid Rhiannon, who comes to warn him about a group of witches called the new order who are on their way to imprison him.
Download or read book The Fighter s Secret Child written by Leslie North and published by Relay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A few years ago, Rachel strutted around the ring wearing next to nothing. Now she’s back with Beck’s baby… and he’s not letting her go. Ex-ring girl Rachel St. Martin used to love the thrill of MMA, but there was only one fighter she ever fell for. With his deep blue eyes and rippling muscles, Beck Burton stole her heart. But when she got pregnant, one taste of his explosive temper was enough to know she couldn’t have him around her child. She already lived through that with her own father. She swore she’d never go back, but with baby Chaz in need of a bone marrow transplant, Beck may be her son’s only chance. Beck has had more than his share of ring bunnies, but gorgeous, red-haired Rachel is the only woman he’s never been able to forget. When they fought two years ago, he had no idea she’d walk out on him for good. He may have lost his cool then, but she should have known he only uses his fists inside the ring. Now she wants nothing more from him than a transfusion, but if Beck can get his anger issues under control, he may get a chance to win back her and his son. It’s a challenge he’d hate to lose.
Download or read book The Valiant written by Lesley Livingston and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess. Captive. Gladiator. Always a Warrior. Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king and the younger sister of the legendary fighter Sorcha. When Fallon was just a child, Sorcha was killed by the armies of Julius Caesar. On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in her sister's footsteps and earn her place in her father's war band. She never gets the chance. Fallon is captured and sold to an elite training school for female gladiators—owned by none other than Julius Caesar himself. In a cruel twist of fate, the man who destroyed Fallon’s family might be her only hope of survival. Now, Fallon must overcome vicious rivalries, deadly fights in and out of the arena, and perhaps the most dangerous threat of all: her irresistible feelings for Cai, a young Roman soldier and her sworn enemy. A richly imagined fantasy for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Cinda Williams Chima, The Valiant recounts Fallon’s gripping journey from fierce Celtic princess to legendary gladiator and darling of the Roman empire.
Download or read book The Witches In Love Complete Collection 20 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories written by Elizabeth Reed and published by LB Books. This book was released on with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witches In Love Complete Collection - 20 Fantasy Fiction Romance Short Stories Please note that each of these short stories can all be bought as a standalone single story, as well as in parts 1 to 4. A Witch’s Touch Ethan is left on his sick bed with fatal battle wounds. To Woo a Witch Once in close proximity, Connor tells Kaelyn the surprising truth—that he has seen her in his dreams. The Witch’s Torment Victor is overjoyed when a hooded woman uses her magical ability to save him from his elder brother. The Witch’s Music Rebecca is outraged when the outlaw Nathan catches, robs and kidnaps her. She has little regard or respect for a man who seems to have such a poor moral code. The Lonely Witch Joy is having a terrible day, carrying her very sick brother Lance in her arms, when she first meets Noah The Look of a Witch Jess is taken by surprise when she discovers that she is being watched and followed. A Witch’s Inner Magic Lara’s village is on the verge of being seized by a new order of witches who expect all other witches to join with them in their battle against humankind – and they will not take no for an answer! The Witch’s Fight Lord Daniel Clifford, a powerful witch, is woken up in the middle of the night by his maid Rhiannon, who comes to warn him about a group of witches called the new order who are on their way to imprison him. The Lady Of The Woods Lord Godfrey Merton finds himself frustrated on taking the wrong path which sees him soon lost in the wild woodlands. The Prince’s Choice Prince David of Stratford has to make the choice of a wife from Lord Merton’s many daughters. A Journey’s Start Zachary is eager to embark on a new beginning far away from the mundane life he had once known. The Witch’s Secret Ronan is taken by surprise when his uncle Master Sultan brings back after his long travels a troop of prisoners from a distant land to which he is unfamiliar with. A Place Of Love And Magic Frazer was looking for a place of sanctuary when he ran away into the forbidden forest. A Place Of Love And Magic: The Return Princess Oona enters into the sacred forest with Tristan the stable master, hoping to find the one who has summoned her there. The Witch’s Sight Tessa can see what most people cannot, including the long voyage of her best friend Edward who will sail off leaving her to find his fortune. The Witch’s Promise Alanna promises to give Ramsey anything he wishes so long as he releases her unharmed. She presumed that he would want riches or power. The Witch’s Chosen Companion Maria has always cared for her carefree friend Ali, but the thought of leaving all she has known to start upon a long journey with him leaves her afraid. The Witch’s Kidnap When Cole kidnaps Edith from her chamber, he believes he has everything all under control and Edith entirely in his power. The Witch’s Deception Cassius is not having much luck of late. First tricked by a beautiful thief named Arianna who has stolen his priceless family dagger and then later by half senile old woman who delivers him false information. The Witch’s Revelation Ragor has battled his whole life with his identity, not knowing who or what he is.
Download or read book The Burton Brothers Series written by Leslie North and published by Relay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BADDEST boys on the planet have finally met their match in The Burton Brothers Series boxset... The Fighter’s Fierce Temptation Alice hates fighters. They're arrogant, broody, and have an ego to match their hulking muscles. Not to mention her scumbag ex was one of them… But when her dad, a legendary MMA trainer, suffers a stroke and the medical bills start piling up, she's forced to start training one of the infamous Burton Brothers. All she needs to do is pretend to be her dad for a few days. But from the moment Bryant Burton shows up at the gym, all bets are off. With his taut muscles, steely gray eyes, and simmering strength, fighting his pull is going to be the biggest challenge of all. The Fighter’s Stubborn Lover Avery Caldwell will do anything to save her younger brother from the violent world of fighting. Only one thing stands in her way: renowned fighter Mason Burton. Avery already lost one brother to fighting and she’s determined to save the other. All she has to do is persuade his trainer, superstar Mason Burton, to talk her baby brother out of the ring. She wasn’t counting on Mason being the tallest, strongest, sexiest man she’s ever seen, but that won’t change her mind. She’ll just have to ignore her unexpected feelings for the charming fighter and do what she came to do. The Fighter’s Secret Child A few years ago, Rachel strutted around the ring wearing next to nothing. Now she’s back with Beck’s baby… and he’s not letting her go. Ex-ring girl Rachel St. Martin used to love the thrill of MMA, but there was only one fighter she ever fell for. With his deep blue eyes and rippling muscles, Beck Burton stole her heart. But when she got pregnant, one taste of his explosive temper was enough to know she couldn’t have him around her child. She already lived through that with her own father. She swore she’d never go back, but with baby Chaz in need of a bone marrow transplant, Beck may be her son’s only chance. The Fighter’s Defiant Lover Vegas dancer Jasmine has never been shy about getting what she wants. And with her drug-dealing ex and his goon after her, what she wants is to have her ex out of the picture. Permanently. She’s looking for help from her friend Rachel and the hard-hitting Burton brothers, but it’s rising MMA star Dustin Caldwell who literally sweeps her off her feet. With a body to die for and looks that kill, Dustin presents a whole different kind of danger.
Download or read book Love Defiance The World War II Novels of Pam Jenoff written by Pam Jenoff and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 1808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of World War II, international bestselling author Pam Jenoff's critically acclaimed novels combine taut suspense and poignant love stories in a time when passions ran deep and trust was a luxury no one could afford. With heartrending emotion, Jenoff brings all the drama, romance and danger of the period to life! The Kommandant's Girl The loyalties of Emma Bau—a young Jewish bride hiding as a gentile in Nazi-occupied Krakow—are tested when she becomes involved with the high-ranking Nazi official from whom she's hoping to secure valuable information for the resistance. The Diplomat's Wife Marta Nederman is rescued from torture and interrogation at a Nazi prison by Paul, an American soldier, but their dreams of a home and family in the uneasy peace that follows the end of the war are soon threatened by a traitor connected to her past. The Winter Guest Eighteen-year-old Helena Nowak experiences love for the first time when she encounters a wounded allied pilot near the rural Polish home she shares with her twin sister, Ruth. But jealousy consumes Ruth, pitting sister against sister and provoking a shocking event that will affect their family forever. This box set includes: The Kommandant's Girl, The Diplomat's Wife, The Winter Guest and the bonus novella, The Other Girl.
Download or read book The Fighter written by Michael Farris Smith and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major motion picture and titled for the screen as RUMBLE THROUGH THE DARK; a blistering tale of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta. The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack's mind has begun to fail, too. The decades of bare-knuckle fighting are now taking their toll, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a stash of illegal painkillers and a notebook of names that separates friend from foe. But in a single twisted night, Jack loses his chance to win it all back. Hijacked by a sleazy gambler out to settle a score, Jack is robbed of the money that will clear his debt with Big Momma Sweet -- the queen of Delta vice, whose deep backwoods playground offers sin to all those willing to pay -- and open a path that could lead him back home. Yet this sudden reversal of fortunes introduces an unlikely savior in the form of a sultry, tattooed carnival worker. Guided by what she calls her "church of coincidence," Annette pushes Jack toward redemption, only to discover that the world of Big Momma Sweet is filled with savage danger. Damaged by regret, crippled by twenty-five years of fists and elbows, heartbroken by his own betrayals, Jack is forced to step into the fighting pit one last time, the stakes nothing less than life or death. With the raw power and poetry of a young Larry Brown and the mysticism of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Farris Smith cements his place as one of the finest writers in the American literary landscape.
Download or read book Fighter s Defiance written by Tommy Muncie and published by Tommy Muncie. This book was released on 2017-03-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screft’s scam is working perfectly. Money is pouring in, the research to make him permanently human is almost complete, and his psychotic brother appears to have left Sentago for good. Except it’s not all as perfect as Screft thinks. The arrival of an unwanted visitor is about to start a bloody chain of events that could unravel Screft’s well-laid plans fast. Some humans are not as easy to trick as Screft once thought, and avoiding murder as a means of silencing them isn’t going to be easy. As if that wasn’t enough, a certain doctor wants to know the real reason behind Screft being the planet’s most wanted fugitive. If he tells her, she might not be as willing to help him as she was before...
Download or read book A Portfolio of Defiance written by Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first thing you will meet in this collection is experimentation and innovativeness in the writing. Poets should be scientists by experimenting with forms, styles, with subject matter too, they should continuously try to find new ways of writing, to problematicise what we have always taken for granted. The second issue is how we understand and critically dissect that point where art criticism and actual art can meet in the poetic form. The third issue is how irreverently the poet treates issues to do with the meaning of words, what words are, how he creates new words, what numbers are, the state of voice, language, thoughts, dreams, perspectives, life, race, death, dreams, spirituality, love etc… The fourth issue is the storytelling tradition that is strong in this collection; the poet is saying poets are also storytellers, who tell a story in condensed form with depth of thought and feeling. The fifth important aspect is defiance. The poet refuses to settle on anything, to accept anything, he is a literary rebel with language, no subject is taboo. A Portfolio of Defiance defiantly looks at the world before voice and the world after voice, and the worlds in between. What will human beings be without voice? Even nothingness has a voice!
Download or read book The Witches in Love Collection 4 Fantasy Fiction Romance Stories written by Elizabeth Reed and published by Lori Books. This book was released on with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witches in Love Collection: 4 Fantasy Fiction Romance Stories. All stories are also available to be bought as a standalone single story. Word Count 25,126. A Witch’s Touch Ethan is left on his sick bed with fatal battle wounds. Now all he awaits is for death to claim him. Instead, he is visited by a mystery woman who comes to his room each night to care for and nurse him back to good health. He is surprised by his record recovery, but even more so by his strong attraction to his new protector, who gives him a new will to live and grow strong again. Ava is returning a favour from Ethan, who had come to her aid in the past. She will see to it that Ethan lives on and becomes as strong as he was before. However, she has not counted on the favour bringing her closer to her patient as they spend more time together and bond. She knows that she must rid herself of these new found feelings towards Ethan before he finds out the truth about her—that she is a witch—and looks at her with disdain. Can there be any hope that Ethan and Ava will be able to save each other, and make a new, happier life together? To Woo a Witch Connor continues to turn up at Kaelyn’s cabin, determined to get her attention, but Kaelyn is not impressed by his attentions and keeps him at arm’s length. That is, until a violent storm takes place and she reluctantly grants him temporary shelter inside her home. Once in close proximity, Connor tells Kaelyn the surprising truth—that he has seen her in his dreams that started over five years ago, and he is now determined to get to know her better! Kaelyn is as confused by his words as she is by the effect that his presence has over her, as Connor ensures that they become closer—just as he had planned. But in a twist of fate, Kaelyn attempts to use her powers as a witch to save Connor’s sister Christina from an evil manifestation that has settled within the child’s mind. Only then does Kaelyn begin to realise the full extent of her feelings for Connor, as she battles to come back safely to him so they can be together once again! The Witch’s Torment Victor is overjoyed when a hooded woman uses her magical ability to save him from his elder brother, who is moments away from beheading him as punishment for following their father’s dying wish and claiming leadership of their land. The mysterious woman, Christina, is both beautiful and kind-hearted, and it is not long before Victor falls in love with her. But Christina is a tormented by a shadowy presence from her past that will not leave her be. Until she exorcises her nemesis, she knows that she cannot be around Victor and give in to the love that she has come to feel for him. The Witch’s Music Rebecca is outraged when the outlaw Nathan catches, robs and kidnaps her. She has little regard or respect for a man who seems to have such a poor moral code. But has Rebecca judged Nathan too quickly? Is it true when he tells her that he doesn’t have a choice in his deeds, and that he is freedom fighting for the good of the vulnerable people of his land against the wicked Lord Greyjoy? When Nathan is captured by Lord Greyjoy’s men, Rebecca must decide what she believes. The only way he stands a chance of being rescued is if she uses her magical flute to cast a spell that might just save his life – and her only chance at understanding her strange attraction to the outlaw is to ensure that Nathan lives.
Download or read book Defiant written by Alvin Townley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 years ago, the POWs who endured Vietnam's most famous prison came home. A powerful story of survival and triumph. Alvin Townley's Defiant will inspire anyone wondering how courage, faith, and brotherhood can endure even in the darkest of situations. “A riveting tribute to true American heroes.”—Senator John McCain, POW (1967-73) "Defiant is Unbroken meets Band of Brothers—and then some." —Congressman Pete Sessions During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners-of-war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of North Vietnamese guards and interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for military intelligence and propaganda. Determined to maintain their Code of Conduct, the POWs developed a powerful underground resistance. To quash it, their captors singled out its eleven leaders, Vietnam's own "dirty dozen," and banished them to an isolated jail that would become known as Alcatraz. None would leave its solitary cells and interrogation rooms unscathed; one would never return. As these eleven men suffered in Hanoi, their wives at home launched an extraordinary campaign that would ultimately spark the nationwide POW/MIA movement. The members of these military families banded together and showed the courage not only to endure years of doubt about the fate of their husbands and fathers, but to bravely fight for their safe return. When the survivors of Alcatraz finally came home in 1973, one veteran would go on to receive the Medal of Honor, another would become a U.S. Senator, and a third served in the U.S. Congress.
Download or read book Passion and Defiance written by Mira Liehm and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986-03-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since World War II, aesthetic impulses generated in Italy have swept through every film industry in the world, and in her book Mira Liehm analyses the roots in literature, philosophy, and contemporary Italian life which have contributed to this extraordinary vigor. An introductory chapter offers a unique overview of the Italian cinema before 1942. It is followed by a full and profound discussion of neorealism in its heyday, its difficult aftermath in the fifties, the glorious sixties, and finally by an analysis of the contemporary cinematic crisis. Mira Liehm has known personally many of the leading figures in Italian cinema, and her work is rich in insights into their lives and working methods. This impressive scholarly work immediately outclasses all other available Italian film histories. It will be essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the cinema.
Download or read book The Courts of Love written by Jean Plaidy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me—my triumphs and most of my misfortunes—was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equal—and in many ways their superior—but it seemed that I depended on them, while seeking to be the dominant partner—an attitude which could hardly be expected to bring about a harmonious existence. Eleanor of Aquitaine was revered for her superior intellect, extraordinary courage, and fierce loyalty. She was equally famous for her turbulent relationships, which included marriages to the kings of both France and England. As a child, Eleanor reveled in her beloved grandfather’s Courts of Love, where troubadours sang of romantic devotion and passion filled the air. In 1137, at the age of fifteen, Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine, the richest province in Europe. A union with Louis VII allowed her to ascend the French throne, yet he was a tepid and possessive man and no match for a young woman raised in the Courts of Love. When Eleanor met the magnetic Henry II, the first Plantagenet King of England, their stormy pairing set great change in motion—and produced many sons and daughters, two of whom would one day reign in their own right. In this majestic and sweeping story, set against a backdrop of medieval politics, intrigue, and strife, Jean Plaidy weaves a tapestry of love, passion, betrayal, and heartbreak—and reveals the life of a most remarkable woman whose iron will and political savvy enabled her to hold her own against the most powerful men of her time.
Download or read book Metamorphoses written by Ovid and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2023 Academy of American Poets Harold Morton Landon Translation Award The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid’s classic. A Penguin Classic Ovid’s Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained objective. What it is about (power, defiance, art, love, abuse, grief, rape, war, beauty, and so on) is as changeable as the beings that inhabit its pages. The sustained thread is power and how it transforms us, both those of us who have it and those of us who do not. For those who are brutalized and traumatized, transformation is often the outward manifestation of their trauma. A beautiful virgin is caught in the gaze of someone more powerful who rapes or tries to rape them, and they ultimately are turned into a tree or a lake or a stone or a bird. The victim’s objectification is clear: They are first a visual object, then a sexual object, and finally simply an object. Around 50 of the epic’s tales involve rape or attempted rape of women. Past translations have obscured or mitigated Ovid’s language so that rape appears to be consensual sex. Through her translation, McCarter considers the responsibility of handling sexual and social dynamics. Then why continue to read Ovid? McCarter proposes Ovid should be read because he gives us stories through which we can better explore ourselves and our world, and he illuminates problems that humans have been grappling with for millennia. Careful translation of rape and the body allows readers to see Ovid’s nuances clearly and to better appreciate how ideas about sexuality, beauty, and gender are constructed over time. This is especially important since so many of our own ideas about these phenomena are themselves undergoing rapid metamorphosis, and Ovid can help us see and understand this progression. The Metamorphoses holds up a kaleidoscopic lens to the modern world, one that offers us the opportunity to reflect on contemporary discussions about gender, sexuality, race, violence, art, and identity.
Download or read book Defiance written by Nechama Tec and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-26 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims, but in fact many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Reich. In Defiance, Nechama Tec offers a riveting history of one such group, a forest community in western Belorussia that would number more than 1,200 Jews by 1944--the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. Tec reveals that this extraordinary community included both men and women, some with weapons, but mostly unarmed, ranging from infants to the elderly. She reconstructs for the first time the amazing details of how these partisans and their families--hungry, exposed to the harsh winter weather--managed not only to survive, but to offer protection to all Jewish fugitives who could find their way to them. Arguing that this success would have been unthinkable without the vision of one man, Tec offers penetrating insight into the group's commander, Tuvia Bielski. Tec brings to light the untold story of Bielski's struggle as a partisan who lost his parents, wife, and two brothers to the Nazis, yet never wavered in his conviction that it was more important to save one Jew than to kill twenty Germans. She shows how, under Bielski's guidance, the partisans smuggled Jews out of heavily guarded ghettos, scouted the roads for fugitives, and led retaliatory raids against Belorussian peasants who collaborated with the Nazis. Herself a Holocaust survivor, Nechama Tec here draws on wide-ranging research and never before published interviews with surviving partisans--including Tuvia Bielski himself--to reconstruct here the poignant and unforgettable story of those who chose to fight.
