Author: Barbara Yelin
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781914224133
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, moves to London. At a cocktail party, she meets Howard Green, one of the first black students at Oxford, who, like Irmina, is working towards an independent existence. However, their relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, is forced to return home. As war approaches and her contact with Howard is broken, it becomes clear to Irmina that prosperity will only be possible through the betrayal of her ideals. In the award-winning Irmina, Barbara Yelin presents a troubling drama about the tension between integrity and social advancement. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel perfectly conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany, reflecting with compassion and intelligence on the complicity that results from the choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away.
Irmina
Author: Barbara Yelin
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781914224133
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, moves to London. At a cocktail party, she meets Howard Green, one of the first black students at Oxford, who, like Irmina, is working towards an independent existence. However, their relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, is forced to return home. As war approaches and her contact with Howard is broken, it becomes clear to Irmina that prosperity will only be possible through the betrayal of her ideals. In the award-winning Irmina, Barbara Yelin presents a troubling drama about the tension between integrity and social advancement. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel perfectly conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany, reflecting with compassion and intelligence on the complicity that results from the choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away.
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781914224133
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, moves to London. At a cocktail party, she meets Howard Green, one of the first black students at Oxford, who, like Irmina, is working towards an independent existence. However, their relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, is forced to return home. As war approaches and her contact with Howard is broken, it becomes clear to Irmina that prosperity will only be possible through the betrayal of her ideals. In the award-winning Irmina, Barbara Yelin presents a troubling drama about the tension between integrity and social advancement. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel perfectly conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany, reflecting with compassion and intelligence on the complicity that results from the choice, conscious or otherwise, to look away.
The Painter
Author: Peter Heller
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385352085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of The River and The Dog Stars comes a "carefully composed story about one man’s downward turning life in the American West” (The Boston Globe). After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life ... until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, and a brutal act of new violence rips his quiet life right open. Pursued by men dead set on retribution, Jim is left with no choice but to return to New Mexico and the high-profile life he left behind, where he’ll reckon with past deeds and the dark shadows in his own heart. Look for Peter Heller's new novel, The Last Ranger, coming soon!
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385352085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the national bestselling author of The River and The Dog Stars comes a "carefully composed story about one man’s downward turning life in the American West” (The Boston Globe). After having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life ... until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, and a brutal act of new violence rips his quiet life right open. Pursued by men dead set on retribution, Jim is left with no choice but to return to New Mexico and the high-profile life he left behind, where he’ll reckon with past deeds and the dark shadows in his own heart. Look for Peter Heller's new novel, The Last Ranger, coming soon!
Power of the Priests
Author: Sabine Kubisch
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110676362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Religion plays a central role in nearly every aspect in people's life of most pre-modern cultures. Especially the interconnection between religion and politics is a common fact but the details of this relation and interacting processes behind this are not substantially studied. Therefore, this volume does not aim to confirm the linkage of religion and politics in general but to investigate its functionalities in political processes. A focus is placed on the political role of religious personnel beyond their religious and cultic tasks and their influence in pre-modern societies from a cross-cultural perspective. Specialists from various disciplines present their research based on case studies. Thereby this interdisciplinary volume covers a wide geographical and chronological range from ancient Egypt in the Bronze Age until medieval England. These papers are organised according to core functions questioning the instrumentalisation of religious personnel.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110676362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Religion plays a central role in nearly every aspect in people's life of most pre-modern cultures. Especially the interconnection between religion and politics is a common fact but the details of this relation and interacting processes behind this are not substantially studied. Therefore, this volume does not aim to confirm the linkage of religion and politics in general but to investigate its functionalities in political processes. A focus is placed on the political role of religious personnel beyond their religious and cultic tasks and their influence in pre-modern societies from a cross-cultural perspective. Specialists from various disciplines present their research based on case studies. Thereby this interdisciplinary volume covers a wide geographical and chronological range from ancient Egypt in the Bronze Age until medieval England. These papers are organised according to core functions questioning the instrumentalisation of religious personnel.
The Summer of Your Life
Author: Lucy Morton
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1507185790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
You really need to experience this story. It’s a sweet, friendly, nice, entertaining and special one. A romantic novel based on real event that will captivate you forever. SHE is about to say "Yes I do" to the perfect man of her dreams. HE needs more time to think it over before making a decision that will affect his whole life. SHE and HE do not know each other and they are not mean for each other and that will not ever happen. However, the special and magical Ikaria Island, Greece will witness the best summer of their lives, when the world of the two protagonists seemed to be about to crumble. Her readers have said: « Lucy Morton is a breath of fresh air in the romance genre. A roller coaster of emotions that takes your heart». « It's been a long time since I got captivated and I used to get so excited with a reading of the romance genre without being cloying or typical. The summer of your life is a novel that everyone should read». « Its characters will break your heart. You manage yourself in involving into the bowels of history and when you finish, it is impossible to get it out of your head».
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1507185790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
You really need to experience this story. It’s a sweet, friendly, nice, entertaining and special one. A romantic novel based on real event that will captivate you forever. SHE is about to say "Yes I do" to the perfect man of her dreams. HE needs more time to think it over before making a decision that will affect his whole life. SHE and HE do not know each other and they are not mean for each other and that will not ever happen. However, the special and magical Ikaria Island, Greece will witness the best summer of their lives, when the world of the two protagonists seemed to be about to crumble. Her readers have said: « Lucy Morton is a breath of fresh air in the romance genre. A roller coaster of emotions that takes your heart». « It's been a long time since I got captivated and I used to get so excited with a reading of the romance genre without being cloying or typical. The summer of your life is a novel that everyone should read». « Its characters will break your heart. You manage yourself in involving into the bowels of history and when you finish, it is impossible to get it out of your head».
Forges of Creation
Author: Terry C. Simpson
Publisher: Terry C Simpson
ISBN: 1939172225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Publisher: Terry C Simpson
ISBN: 1939172225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Ethel & Ernest
Author: Raymond Briggs
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407093320
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A marvellous, life-enhancing book for all ages, now a major animated film starring Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke Treadaway Utterly original, deeply moving and very funny, Ethel & Ernest tells the story of Raymond Briggs' parents' marriage, lady's maid Ethel and milkman Ernest, from their first chance encounter in 1928, through the birth of their son Raymond in 1934, to their deaths, within months of each other, in 1971. Told in Brigg`s unique strip-cartoon format, Ethel and Ernest live through the defining moments of the twentieth century: the darkness of the Great Depression, the build up to World War II, the trials of the war years, the euphoria of VE Day and the emergence of a generation from post war austerity to the cultural enlightenment of the 1960s. Ethel & Ernest is a heartfelt and affectionate tribute to an ordinary couple and an extraordinary generation.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407093320
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
A marvellous, life-enhancing book for all ages, now a major animated film starring Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke Treadaway Utterly original, deeply moving and very funny, Ethel & Ernest tells the story of Raymond Briggs' parents' marriage, lady's maid Ethel and milkman Ernest, from their first chance encounter in 1928, through the birth of their son Raymond in 1934, to their deaths, within months of each other, in 1971. Told in Brigg`s unique strip-cartoon format, Ethel and Ernest live through the defining moments of the twentieth century: the darkness of the Great Depression, the build up to World War II, the trials of the war years, the euphoria of VE Day and the emergence of a generation from post war austerity to the cultural enlightenment of the 1960s. Ethel & Ernest is a heartfelt and affectionate tribute to an ordinary couple and an extraordinary generation.
The Fascinating Madame Tussaud
Author: André-Paul Duchâteau
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849189757
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Paris, 1793. Marie Crossholz manages the wax museum set up by her father. In exchange for bribes, some executioners allow her to mould the faces of guillotined aristocrats... After the French Revolution, Marie Crossholz becomes Mrs Tussaud. Disappointed by the marriage, she leaves for London with the ambition to create a wax museum there. New fights and other tumultuous adventures await her... Thirty years later, in 1835, she inaugurates the famous Tussaud Museum of Baker Street in London, which today continues to grow with new celebrities and attracts millions of visitors!
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849189757
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Paris, 1793. Marie Crossholz manages the wax museum set up by her father. In exchange for bribes, some executioners allow her to mould the faces of guillotined aristocrats... After the French Revolution, Marie Crossholz becomes Mrs Tussaud. Disappointed by the marriage, she leaves for London with the ambition to create a wax museum there. New fights and other tumultuous adventures await her... Thirty years later, in 1835, she inaugurates the famous Tussaud Museum of Baker Street in London, which today continues to grow with new celebrities and attracts millions of visitors!
So This is Love
Author: Elizabeth Lim
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368056563
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king—and the prince—out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it's too late.
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1368056563
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king—and the prince—out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it's too late.
Ashes and Blood
Author: Terry C. Simpson
Publisher: Terry C Simpson
ISBN: 1939172071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Publisher: Terry C Simpson
ISBN: 1939172071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Warhol Worm 162
Author: I. D. Oro
Publisher: I. D. Oro
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Aurelio has a plan to defeat Reagan, the boss of his hacker group, Warhol Worm. Reagan wants to use nuclear weapons to regain the rights from the United States of America Constitution of 1787 which President Pyromaniac had managed to replace. Aurelio wants to get the rest of the members to stop looking for nuclear codes. Getting the nuclear codes from President Pyromaniac was easy, but now he has to prevent anyone else from getting them. Unleashing a nuclear war to destroy the planet is not going to be good for humanity, he realizes. Aurelio manages to convince Emmalee to challenge Reagan for control of Warhol Worm. Aurelio comes up with an idea to unleash a computer virus that will affect all of the members of the Government of the Racist (G. O. P.) Party. The problem is that the computer virus detection program keeps stopping his computer viruses. Along the way, he meets a mysterious character who can help him out. Aurelio falls in love with Irmina. The problem is that she is not interested in him. Now he had to think of a way to talk to her. Irmina challenges Reagan for control of the group and Aurelio must now train her to defeat him. Will she defeat Reagan?
Publisher: I. D. Oro
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Aurelio has a plan to defeat Reagan, the boss of his hacker group, Warhol Worm. Reagan wants to use nuclear weapons to regain the rights from the United States of America Constitution of 1787 which President Pyromaniac had managed to replace. Aurelio wants to get the rest of the members to stop looking for nuclear codes. Getting the nuclear codes from President Pyromaniac was easy, but now he has to prevent anyone else from getting them. Unleashing a nuclear war to destroy the planet is not going to be good for humanity, he realizes. Aurelio manages to convince Emmalee to challenge Reagan for control of Warhol Worm. Aurelio comes up with an idea to unleash a computer virus that will affect all of the members of the Government of the Racist (G. O. P.) Party. The problem is that the computer virus detection program keeps stopping his computer viruses. Along the way, he meets a mysterious character who can help him out. Aurelio falls in love with Irmina. The problem is that she is not interested in him. Now he had to think of a way to talk to her. Irmina challenges Reagan for control of the group and Aurelio must now train her to defeat him. Will she defeat Reagan?