Jacob: 2030 books

Navigating between the two worlds of wartime experiences in Europe and new life in Australia, this moving memoir of a Holocaust survivor is imbued with an element of fiction. This deeply personal narrative travels from darkness to hope as the author loses his family at Auschwitz, spends the war in concentration camps, and ultimately emigrates to Australia.

Brüder Grimm waren der Gründungsväter“ der Deutschen Philologie bzw. Germanistik. Jetzt genießen Sie die kompletten Werke von Brüder Grimm auf Ihrem E-Reader. Diese enorme Sammlung umfasst auch besonderen Merkmalen. (Version 1)Merkmale:* die vollständige Märchen, mit Inhaltsverzeichnissen*...

On September 13, 1876, the bell on Atwood Hall rang, students assembled, and Rio Grande College began its 140-year search for identity and its struggle for existence. Ira Haning, a Freewill Baptist minister, conveyed the idea of a college to a prominent couple, Nehemiah and Permelia Atwood. Nehemiah...

Romulus and Remus are the twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth. Their mother was Rhea Silvia, daughter to Numitor, king of Alba Longa. Before their conception, Numitor's brother Amulius had seized power, killed Numitor's male heirs and forced Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal...

THERE were three great European nations in ancient days, each of which furnished history with a hero: the Greeks, the Carthaginians, and the Romans.    Alexander was the hero of the Greeks. He was King of Macedon, a country lying north of Greece proper. He headed an army of his countrymen, and made...

Every night a man drives the darkened asphalt of America. Every morning a woman recollects a former lover who disappeared years ago. A boy witnesses a horrific crime, but is unable to tell anyone about it. A girl glimpses the horrors that reside beneath the veil of ordinary life. A job whose simple description...

This is Daniel's first book of poetry. All of the poems were written between Winter of 2013 and Summer of 2015. Much of it is inspired by his experiences working on a farm in the Berkshire Mountains. But themes range anywhere from madness to love to appreciation of nature. Daniel hopes you find these poems enlightening and invigorating.

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The remarkable life of William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England, chronicled by one of America’s most respected historians. William the Conqueror’s reign transformed England forever. Born in Normandy and promised the throne of England by King Edward, William invaded the country...

THEN:Zane Mcfadden had given everything to be a Los Angeles cop: his health, his family, his sanity… Now Zane only cared about one thing…The scrapbook had become Zane's very own special cross to bear. Page after page of unsolved murder cases from the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s...

The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most remarkable adventures and exploits. She lived in very stormy times, and led a very stormy life; and her...

In the spirit of the New York Times bestselling A Man Called Ove, this is the heartwarming story of a man who decides to end his life before he’s too old—but then begins to reconsider when he faces complications from the world around him. In an effort to delay the frailty and isolation...

Extrait : "Il cheminait donc à cheval, son lourd portemanteau solidement attaché derrière la selle. Vers l'heure du dîner, il fit halte dans une ville, et lorsqu'il voulut se remettre en route, le valet d'écurie, qui lui amena son cheval, lui dit : — Monsieur ne sait pas sans doute qu'il manque un clou au fer gauche de derrière son cheval."

Did the innocent-looking old scientist have an alter-ego? Did he use his dimension-piercing secret invention to act out another kind of life that was not available to him on our side? Pull back the veil of secrecy and look at the fictional side of a celebrated scientist to see what he does during his "off hours." Is it science or is it magic? 3,598 words.