For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Kate Furnivall comes a gritty tale of courage, betrayal and love in the most unlikely of places. Also published as The German Midwife.
Author: Mandy Robotham
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 9780008324230
Category: Fiction
Page: 352
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For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Kate Furnivall comes a gritty tale of courage, betrayal and love in the most unlikely of places. Also published as The German Midwife.Germany, 1944.
Author: Mandy Robotham
Publisher:
ISBN: 1528889819
Category: Large type books
Page: 389
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Germany, 1944. Taken from the camps to serve the Fuhrer himself, Anke Hoff has been assigned as midwife to one of Hitler's inner circle. If she refuses, her family will die. Torn between her duty as a caregiver and her hatred for the regime she's now a part of, Anke is quickly swept into a life unlike anything she's ever known - and she discovers that many of those at the Berghof are just as trapped as she is. Soon, she's falling for a man who will make her world more complicated still. Before long, the couple is faced with an impossible choice - for which the consequences could be deadly. Can their forbidden love survive the horrors of war - and, more importantly, will they?"These stories do not attempt to deal with the greater aspects of this war.
Author: Felix Agnus
Publisher:
ISBN: NYPL:33433082170337
Category: United States
Page: 209
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"These stories do not attempt to deal with the greater aspects of this war. They are tales built upon true incidents. Most of the characters are real. At the suggestion of personal friends, these stories, which were originally published as sketches of the author's actual war experiences, have been widened in scope and put in a more extended and permanent form, so that the narrative form ... will make these recollections of war's romance more interesting"--Preface.This volume gathers the writings of thirty-five nineteenth-century women on the stories of women in Joshua and Judges.Recovering and analyzing neglected works by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others, Women of War, ...
Author: Marion Ann Taylor
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802873026
Category: Religion
Page: 288
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This volume gathers the writings of thirty-five nineteenth-century women on the stories of women in Joshua and Judges. Recovering and analyzing neglected works by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others, Women of War,Women of Woe illuminates the biblical text, recovers a neglected chapter of reception history, and helps us understand and apply Scripture in our present context. The stories of Rahab, Deborah, Jael, Delilah, Manoah's wife, Achsah, Jephthah's daughter, and the Levite's concubine raised thorny questions for these female biblical interpreters -- questions that they addressed candidly in their writings. Could a Victorian woman use her intelligence to negotiate like Rahab? Was the seemingly well-educated Deborah an appropriate role model? Or did Jephthah's daughter more correctly model a pious woman's life as she submitted to her father's vow? The voices collected in this book offer thoughtful reflection on and responses to these questions and more.The heartwarming follow on to Keep the Home Fires Burning, from the creator of ITV smash-hit Home Fires - perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Annie Groves.
Author: S. Block
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 9781785764301
Category: Fiction
Page: 416
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The heartwarming follow on to Keep the Home Fires Burning, from the creator of ITV smash-hit Home Fires - perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Annie Groves. In the depths of war, the women of Great Paxford will need all their strength . . . As enemy planes continue to bombard the North West of England, the members of Great Paxford's WI fight harder than ever to persevere. Teresa Lucas has reshaped her life to become the perfect wife - but will the arrival of a new guest throw her world off kilter? Laura Campbell is grieving for her father, but in the midst of tragedy, a new future beckons. Pat Simms plans to escape her difficult life at the end of the war, but when things change at home, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew. And for Steph Farrow, it's not the threat of what's to come she fears, but whether she can live with what she has done . . .Every thing in Charles Town was in a state of stagnation or suspension , between
peace and war ; and as there was no probability of any further active employ , he
knew not by what means to ' replenish his finances , gaming being a practice ...
Author: George Walker
Publisher:
ISBN: BL:A0023803828
Category:
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cried the general , close shave ! They must have guns made on purpose . " “ Oh !
when that one yonder speaks , look you , you have to hold your tongue , ” said a
sailor . “ The Parisian would not be afraid to meet an English man - of - war .
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher:
ISBN: SRLF:AA0004478335
Category:
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The Duc de Feltre was named Minister of War . All had seemed lost ; and our
fluctuating hopes rose and fell like the mercury in a weather - glass : but this
nomination revived them ; -we may be said to have caught at straws . Clarke had
been ...
Author: Harriet Pigott
Publisher:
ISBN: BL:A0023965953
Category:
Page: 750
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The inspiring story of an immigrant's struggles to heal old wounds in the United States, this is the sequel to When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Le Ly Hayslip's extraordinary, award-winning memoir of life in wartime Vietnam.
Author: Le Ly Hayslip
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780307790576
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 388
View: 396
The inspiring story of an immigrant's struggles to heal old wounds in the United States, this is the sequel to When Heaven and Earth Changed Places, Le Ly Hayslip's extraordinary, award-winning memoir of life in wartime Vietnam.Presents both general information and biographies about women and their roles in the American Civil War, describing the lives of nurses, writers, abolitionists, war widows, spies, and rural and urban women on both sides of the conflict.
Author: Lisa Tendrich Frank
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 9781851096008
Category: History
Page: 631
View: 588
Presents both general information and biographies about women and their roles in the American Civil War, describing the lives of nurses, writers, abolitionists, war widows, spies, and rural and urban women on both sides of the conflict.G 631 Woman's Web , A. Maitland . F 5162 Woman's Wiles . Gardner F 3711
Woman's Wrong . Eiloart ... F 538 Women ; or , Chronicles of War . MagillF 5211
Women are Strange , and other Stories . Robinson ..... F 6292 Women must
Weep .
Author: Chicago Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN: COLUMBIA:CU58202846
Category: English fiction
Page: 384
View: 995
The present Bill is to apply to all women who have married since the passing of
the Act. Well, I submit for the Minister's consideration that there was no danger to
the realm from women even in time of war, and we are not at war now. A good ...
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives
Publisher:
ISBN: UCAL:B2890197
Category:
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Son and daughter of diplomats in Cairo, the gentle Serena Pasha and Mark Holt are good-looking and privileged, growing up in a magical world of champagne breakfasts and midnight picnics at the pyramids.
Author: Noel Barber
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9781444718904
Category: Fiction
Page: 672
View: 729
Son and daughter of diplomats in Cairo, the gentle Serena Pasha and Mark Holt are good-looking and privileged, growing up in a magical world of champagne breakfasts and midnight picnics at the pyramids. Their lives entwined since childhood, they grow ever closer as adults. Yet Serena's hand has been promised not to Mark, but to his brother, Greg. However, as the Second World War speeds closer to Cairo, a terrible accident gives these young lovers a second chance - and with this chance comes terrible dangers. Egypt is threatened not only by the German army but by nationalist forces within Cairo determined to end the British occupation at any cost. The country torn apart, and with enemies on all sides, Mark and Serena's love is tested to the limit.It was well, also, I believe, that a woman has taken up the pen to encourage other
women, by showing them bright examples to follow.” The book is very complete
in its purpose, as its contents show: The Rôle of Women in Times of War; The ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: UTEXAS:059172013083641
Category: Christianity
Page:
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Rather , so close did the subject lie to the community feeling , there was an
instinctive sense of dramatic propriety in my sorrow in connection with the
anguish of war - bereaved women . One can imagine such a sentiment operating
in the ...
Author: Mary Austin
Publisher: McClelland & Goodchild, [191-?]
ISBN: IND:30000010407140
Category: American fiction
Page: 513
View: 789
Based directly on Austin's own life and experiences as a talented woman--an actress, whose pursuit of a career creates difficulty with the values of a midwestern town.This is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent victims.
Author: Deborah Ellis
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 0275966178
Category: History
Page: 241
View: 779
This is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent victims. The voices in this oral history will provide personal snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities now coming out of Afghanistan. These accounts provide an historical background to the growth of the Taliban, and reveal circumstances of the daily life of the women who must survive in this very closed society. Through the medium of oral history, this book brings to light the stories of the women who have suffered the consequences of the Afghan War and whose lives and whose daughter's lives have been changed forever. Through the voices of the Soviet women who supported their soldiers on Afghan soil, and the voices of the Afghan women scattered by circumstance around the globe, the last Cold War battle between the superpowers takes on a very personal tone. Policy decisions issued from on high became the rockets that destroyed these women physically, mentally, and emotionally. Children were killed or maimed and homes and families destroyed. Ultimately, these women were forced to flee or become invisible within their homeland. The Taliban militia rose from the dust of this war and by government decree reduced even the most educated and influential of the women to non-person status.Join them as they share their stories, which will empower you to persevere and overcome your past, present and future challenges. After reading this book, your mindset will be changed and you will become a W.O.W. - Woman of War!
Author: Delene Musielak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9798655473300
Category:
Page: 234
View: 620
Women of War - Peace in the Midst of the Storm is a phenomenal collaboration of 14 amazing women across different generations and locations. Join them as they share their stories, which will empower you to persevere and overcome your past, present and future challenges. After reading this book, your mindset will be changed and you will become a W.O.W. - Woman of War!McDonald's story of the Civil War records a personal and distinctly female battle of her own—a southern woman's lonely struggle in the midst of chaos to provide safety and shelter for herself and her children.
Author: Cornelia Peake McDonald
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299132641
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 303
View: 946
On the night of March 11, 1862, as the heavy tramp of Confederate marching troops died away in the distance—her husband's regiment among them—Cornelia Peake McDonald began her diary of events in war-torn Winchester, Virginia. McDonald's story of the Civil War records a personal and distinctly female battle of her own—a southern woman's lonely struggle in the midst of chaos to provide safety and shelter for herself and her children. For McDonald, history is what happens “inside the house.” She relates the trauma that occurs when the safety of the home is disrupted and destroyed by the forces of war—when women and children are put out of their houses and have nowhere to go. Whether she is describing a Union soldier's theft of her Christmas cakes, the discovery of a human foot in her garden, or the death of her baby daughter, McDonald's story of the Civil War at home is compelling and disturbing. Her tremendous determination and unyielding spirit in the face of the final collapse of her world is testimony to a woman's will to preserve her family and her own sense of purpose as a “rebel” against all that she regarded as tyrannical and brutal in war itself.