Nowhere in Africa
Year 1938, months before the outbreak of World War II. A German family of Jewish origin leaves the country and moves to Kenya. Walter and Jettell have a six-year-old daughter, Regina. At first, they arrive...
Year 1938, months before the outbreak of World War II. A German family of Jewish origin leaves the country and moves to Kenya. Walter and Jettell have a six-year-old daughter, Regina. At first, they arrive...
Given the recent publicity surrounding Planned Parenthood and trafficking in baby parts this is a particularly topical book. It concerns the dramatic true life story of a former Planned Parenthood leader’s...
Brief biography of the Servant of God Marcel Van (1928-1959, Vietnam).
His beatification process was opened in 1990. Cardinal Van Thuan was the first postulator of his cause for beatification. (...
The subtitle helps to understand what is happening: from darkness to joy. The author was born in a border town between Slovakia and Hungary into a non-practicing Jewish family. Her father was sent to a...
Letters from Iwo Jima is a true story. Telling the story from the Japanese point of view is the maverick General Kagibayshi, devoted family man and a brillant battlerfield commander.
Most of them...
A young 20-year-old teacher, the author, begins her professional life in small towns in Canada. The book is based on the author's recollections. She dedicates short chapters to some of her students and...
It is a real and hard story, appropriate, for instance, for social scientists to get in touch of the real problems that many children may be suffering: these huge problems may explain poor academic...
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The book presents the life of the author: American Catholic priest, remarkable teacher, world-renowned preacher, who was one of the most beloved and influential figures...
It is the author's autobiography since returning to his beloved Yorkshire village after serving in the British Royal Air Force during World War II. It is an homage to the veterinary profession that is his...
"Troubled" is a brief memoir of a young 30-ish American who grew up in the most unfavourable of circumstances but went on to earn a BS in psychology at Yale University and a PhD at the University of...