5/30/2023 0 Comments Leon uris trinity 1976Eventually, as the ghetto is reduced to rubble, a few courageous individuals with few weapons and no outside help assume command of ghetto defence, form a makeshift army and make a stand.Īs in many other books by Uris, the story is largely told from the standpoint of a newspaperman in this case, an American- Italian journalist, Christopher de Monti, who is assigned to Warsaw after covering the Spanish civil war. The term ghetto takes on a clearer meaning as the courageous Jewish leaders fight a losing battle against not only the Nazis and their henchmen, but also profiteers and collaborators among themselves. The name "Mila 18" is taken from the headquarters bunker of Jewish resistance fighters underneath the building at ulica Miła 18 (18 Mila Street, in English, 18 Pleasant Street). Leon Uris's work, based on real events, covers the Nazi occupation of Poland and the atrocities of systematically dehumanising and eliminating the Jewish people of Poland. Mila 18 debuted at #7 on The New York Times Best Seller List (the second-highest debut of any Uris novel ever, bested only by the #6 debut of Trinity in 1976) and peaked at #2 in August 1961. Mila 18 is a novel by Leon Uris set in German-occupied Warsaw, Poland, before and during World War II.
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5/30/2023 0 Comments Strigoi by Wynter WilkinsPublisher's website: http: /WynterWilkins. Look for her continuing series of Strigoi in the near future. She was inspired to write this series when her parents became ill and writing became a coping mechanism. Can Lane save Renata from the evil vampire, or will her blood be splattered on Lane's hands? Wynter Wilkins grew up in a very small town in south central Kentucky and attended college at the University of Kentucky. They fall in love and vow to be together, but REnata's fiancée has other plans in store for the couple. Hoping to seek divine help, Renata meets Lord Lane Deluca. Renata's adopted father arranges for her to marry a fellow vampire who holds tight reins on Renata and demands she give up her religion and practicing witchcraft. Lady Renata LeSabitine is a mortal witch who comes from a long lineage of Gypsies. Kidnapped and adopted at birth by an evil vampire coven, Renata is forced into a cruel and corrupt life. Read 'Strigoi' by Wynter Wilkins available from Rakuten Kobo. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Transposition by Gregory AsheAnd, to complicate things further, the men have to share a room and a bed.Īn intense blizzard has the men cut off from any backup or a way out and there is a killer hiding in plain sight in the mansion. But the job, and the weather, have other plans as Hazard and Somers find themselves trapped in a mansion with a murder mystery weekend come to life. When Somers volunteers the men to work on Thanksgiving, Hazard just wants the day to end so he can see his boyfriend, Nico, before Nico leaves town. Now that they are roommates as well, there are more adjustments to be made, especially because the attraction between the two men never takes a rest. After years of bullying in high school, some at the hands of John-Henry, Hazard has had to figure out how to work with Somers and it’s an on-going process. Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset are officially partners at their small town police department. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Suites by Federico García LorcaLearn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians. COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. 5/30/2023 0 Comments Defy me book“I have no idea what your real motivations are. Today, you’re on our side – but what about tomorrow?” I shake my head. Warner and Juliette aren’t the only ones that went through hell and back, so Kenji has every right to go crazy and to yell at people, too. He’s always the clown of the group but what people tend to forget is that he has a huge heart and that his past was anything but nice. I mean not everyone can be funny all the time and if you just stop for a second and think about everything Kenji went through you’ll realize that he had every right to feel the way he does. I’m aware that many people think this was way too angsty and not like Kenji at all, but I think they should give my boy a break. No one really cares about my emotional state no one but J. ”No one ever gives me an uninterrupted night to recover from all the shit I’ve been through. Was it kinda dark? Yes! Was it depressing! Hell, yes! Was there a lot of angst and drama? We’re talking about a Mafi book here! But I still enjoyed every second of it and the main reason for it is Kenji’s POV! Anyway, let’s speak about this short novella. Only Kenji would apologize for disfiguring a cake! *lol* If I’d have been there I’d have picked up a fork and helped him to eat it! Haha! But oh well, that’s me, we’re talking about. ”I never meant to disfigure an innocent piece of cake – it’s downright criminal to waste food, especially cake – but there’s something soothing about the repetitive motion and the soft, gentle resistance of the vanilla sponge.” 5/30/2023 0 Comments Tutored by allison whittenbergThey hired a girl, a college grad named Lily who had majored in Early Childhood education and had CPR training. The next time I saw Lily passing me, she headed to the garden with my half brother strapped to her chest in a backward facing contraption. All I had was Reid and (some of) Mom’s friends.Īt any rate, I never got a chance to grandstand. I vowed to stay firm to this, since neither my dad nor his new wife, Sabine (I used to like that name), ever assisted when mom was sick. When I first learned my father’s new wife was expecting, the thought that there’s no way they’re sticking me with babysitting duties when they wanted a Saturday night to themselves crossed my mind. Lily, the nanny, greeted me, let me in, then slipped out of the way. The sun wasn’t as bright and shiny. It was even doing that annoying spit rain. But to be fair to him, I hadn’t asked either.) (My father, in the year and a half since he’d moved, hadn’t gotten around to giving me a key. I’d left it in the breakfast nook.ĭespite my block, I knocked on the door anyway. Maybe it was a mental thing, but I forgot my little half brother’s goodie bag. 5/30/2023 0 Comments The red pyramid book seriesI can't say this book was "Oh, Wow Awesome" for me, but I did enjoy listening to it. But that's really neither here nor there since this is an entirely different series and shouldn't be compared to Percy just because it's the same author. Let's just get this out of the way now: I still love the Percy Jackson series more. The way Sadie and Carter have to learn magic and the fact that their family is a strong old powerful family was great. I liked the crush that Carter had, though it didn't exactly turn out like I'd expected. The siblings don't just stay in one place but travel everywhere. The author did a great job with all of the characters and settings. Carter and Sadie couldn't be more different but it was their differences that made them so perfect for the story. The two narrators did a great job with the voices and I got completely into the book. I have to say, I think the cat is my favorite character. Now to save their father, they have to battle with magic and save the world! They learned that magic is real, their father was a magician and the 'gods' they learned about are real. On one of the rare occasions they do see each other, they find out a LOT more about their family than they ever thought existed. Carter and Sadie are siblings that look nothing alike and rarely spend any time even on the same continent. I absolutely loved this audiobook! I got it for my kids to listen to and I think I liked it more than they did. Reporting credit: Sarah Kennedy/ChavoBart Digital Media. The author takes us through her travels to Nova Scotia and Ontario at a young age, as well as her time in a residential vocational school in Churchill, Manitoba. She says her community and the world are losing a vital source of wisdom as the Arctic melts. In The Right to be Cold, Sheila Watt-Cloutier recalls her childhood in the Canadian Arctic and her fight against the threat of climate change as an adult. “Developing the patience, the courage, how not to be impulsive, how to develop your sound judgment, and ultimately how to become wise people – you learn that when you’re out there in nature in that cold,” Watt-Cloutier says. She says hunting and fishing on the ice is more than a way to get food. But they now sometimes have to find new paths, which costs time and money. She says people have traveled the same routes across the ice for many years to reach good hunting spots. “We have loss of lives, in fact, and loss of sleds and snowmobiles through that thinning ice,” Watt-Cloutier says. But as Arctic sea ice weakens, hunting for seals and other animals is becoming more dangerous. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. She says hunting and fishing are important parts of Inuit culture. In her book “ The Right to Be Cold,” Watt-Cloutier explains how global warming threatens this traditional lifestyle. If the email address you enter belongs to a known site administrator or someone set to receive Wordfence alerts, we will send you an email to help you regain access. If you are a site administrator and have been accidentally locked out, please enter your email in the box below and click "Send". 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Reason: Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons. Your access to this service has been temporarily limited. Your access to this site has been limited Your access to this site has been limited 5/29/2023 0 Comments Of women and salt reviewAt first, I was sure that Maria Isabel, from 1866, would be my favorite, speaking across generations with her passion for literacy (and her baby named Cecilia). Just twelve chapters, many of which read like stand-alone short stories, Of Women and Salt is mostly a world of Cuban and Cuban-American women. In this beautiful book, women endure class, race and gender oppression, violence, marginalization, and cultural displacement, and they fight back, guided by their children, mothers, and grandmothers-and, delightfully, by another book. I can’t think of any voices more attuned to this moment than those that populate Gabriela Garcia’s new novel, Of Women and Salt. In a moment of transformation like this, good books, true books, often become guides and illuminators. Activists, particularly young women of color and their allies, have exhibited a relentless drive for change, a fierce determination to end systemic racism, white supremacy, and patriarchy. Our community in the Twin Cities has been engaged for nearly a year in the uprising that followed the murder of George Floyd-an uprising that keeps rising in wave after wave. |