![]() Having known nothing of her father's past, not even that he was Jewish, Ariana's detective work also leads to the shocking discovery that a total of twenty-five members of the Neumann family were murdered by the Nazis. She follows him across Europe and reveals his astonishing choice to assume a fake identity and live out the war undercover, spying for the Allies in Berlin - deep in the 'darkest shadow'. ![]() Then, one day, she finds an old identity document bearing his picture - but someone else's name.įrom a box of papers her father leaves for her when he dies, Ariana meticulously uncovers the extraordinary truth of his escape from Nazi-occupied Prague. 'The darkest shadow is beneath the candle.'Īs a child in Venezuela, Ariana Neumann is fascinated by the enigma of her father, who appears to be the epitome of success and strength, but who wakes at night screaming in a language she doesn't recognise. In this remarkably moving memoir, Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew. ![]() ![]() ![]() WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE KRAUS FAMILY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIR AT THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS ![]()
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![]() I enjoy it for its information about living in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the late 1800's. Which brings me to how I could use this in an elementary classroom. ![]() ![]() When reading a good book, a book that has successfully conveyed a clear message, I do not think I should have to ask these sorts of questions. If intended for future teachers, or a reaffirmation to ones that are already working, I think it is sweet but not in the correct format for such an endeavor as the pictures and vocabulary are clearly intended for a younger audience. This is the person who has power over recess or no recess, for goodness sake. Was is it intended to show students how important their teacher is? Or was it intended for future teachers to give them a pep talk about how much of an influence they can have on future generations in their classroom? If it was intended for a younger audience to make them appreciate their teacher, I don't find this lesson, and thus would not pick it to read to them, needful as most elementary students I know are in no doubt as to their feelings about their teacher positive or negative. In truth though, I was confused about the intended audience of this book. The illustrations evoke memories of the Little House on the Prairie books with the simplicity of line and water-washed illustrations of pioneer life. ![]() Being a fan of pioneer books I enjoyed the descriptions of Blue Ridge Mountain life in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Show More generations of students through her teaching. ![]() ![]() To order Unsettled Ground, Genesis or Inferno go to. ![]() Cho weaves fractured memoir with Korean history and culture in a raw exploration of mental illness. My fourth novel, Unsettled Ground won the Costa Novel Award 2021 and was shortlisted for the Women’s. A brilliant and sly study of family in a rural English cottage, Los Angeles Times. What followed was a period of postpartum psychosis, including a 12-day stay on a psychiatric ward. Claire Fuller’s impressive new novel opens by documenting, in fine and gravely moving detail, the last moments of an elderly woman. There, relatives questioned Cho’s decision not to observe Korean traditions about newborns, compounding the anxiety and insecurity of her early motherhood. When Cho’s son was three months old, she and her husband James travelled from London to the US to introduce their baby to family and friends. ![]() Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness In seven chapters, mimicking the biblical creation story, he takes us on a journey from the big bang to the evolution of humans, blending Greek mythology with scientific exploration in a narrative that’s lyrical and exhilarating in equal measure. ![]() In Genesis, he explores the origins of the universe, producing an accessible and highly engaging account of the latest theories and discoveries. Particle physicist Tonelli was one of the leading scientists in the discovery of the Higgs boson. Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began ![]() ![]() ![]() The lack of focus on the Reconstruction Era is one result of over a hundred years of students of American history being taught to scorn the “excesses” of its policies. ![]() But this second founding has also left a complicated legacy littered with devastating reversals of justice that demand our continued attention today. marked by the greatest expansion of constitutional rights since the document’s ratification. For historian Eric Foner, the Reconstruction Era was nothing less than a second founding of the U.S. Yet for all the attention paid to the war itself, the Reconstruction Era is almost treated as an afterthought. Wars are dramatic events-deadly ruptures that invariably bring changes to political and social orders-and therefore attract a lot of scholarly and amateur interest. ![]() The Civil War is ubiquitous in media depictions of that century and generations of students have learned to recognize the significance of Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, and Appomattox. If you were asked to name the defining moment of American history in the 19th century, more likely than not, your answer would be “The American Civil War.” This is an understandable response. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The reader had impressive ability to adopt age appropriate voices and just the trace of a South African accent for a character who originated from there, but had lived in Britain many years. In fact, it was some of the best narration I have heard. It was a joy to listen to, due to both the quality of the story and to the quality of the narration. The characters were well drawn and the story zipped along at a great pace. What did you like most about Thursdays in the Park? If I were able to leave a book unfinished I would have. Finally, the sensitive issues weren't kindly dealt with and I hated the overall message (I have never been cheated on, I'm not just saying this because I'm bitter!). We get it, we're supposed to sympathise with the adulteress, she's conflicted, can we move on with the plot now? The baby voice was nauseating, although the narration was not too bad otherwise - just not to my personal taste. The central romantic relationship sprung from nowhere, and the same points were made over and over again. ![]() It was irritated every time I listened! The characters were stupid, melodramatic, manipulative, crass or just plain unlikeable, and the plot was so unrealistic. ![]() The language used made the characters seem uneducated, while the plot clearly meant them to be otherwise. The main character is confusingly portrayed as feisty whilst acting like a doormat. I know I am disagreeing with the masses here, but I have rarely found an audiobook more grating (and my library is into the three-hundreds). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether or not they’ve watched “The Parent Trap,” young readers who identify with Avery and Bett will want to see their fathers prove that true love conquers all. A fraught trip to China wrecks the dads’ relationship, but by then the girls want to force the incompatible couple back together. When the girls attend a summer camp together and bond, the book takes a right-hand turn toward “Parent Trap” territory. Informed by their single dads that they will soon be sisters (despite having never met), the outgoing Bett and the guarded Avery join forces to rend asunder their parents’ romantic plans. “Told in a series of frantic emails and other methods of correspondence, the book chronicles the doomed love story of two men and their canny daughters. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are better books on this topic (for instance, “The One Thing” by Gary Keller), but Eyal injects a fresh perspective and enough compelling ideas to make his book a decent read. The final 3 parts are more tactical and can be skimmed if you are already familiar with productivity literature. Eyal explains his system in these chapters. The first half of the book, parts 1-4 are the most useful. Timeboxing is one strategy he repeatedly endorses. To fight against these distractions, Eyal encourages us to plan ahead and be intentional about how we will spend our time. There are two types of distractions, internal and external. Traction gets us closer to those goals and distraction pushes us away from those goals. This quote from the first chapter sums up Eyal’s thinking: “Living the life we want requires not only doing the right things it also requires we stop doing the wrong things that take us off track.”Įyal’s “Indistractable Model” is his approach to productivity. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal (2019) approaches productivity from the standpoint that the things we don’t do are as important as the things we do. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mozart’s tonsillitis attacks were frequent throughout his life. Young babies’ lives are often cut short due to burns. Europe was at peace, the children were popular, and the fashionable world came to see them. Wolfgang lived in Salzburg from the ages of five to fifteen, spending less than three years there. Wolfgang began picking out piano notes at the age of three and writing music when he was five years old. His father, Leopold Mozart, was a violinist at the prince-archbishop’s court when Mozart was a child. John Chrysostom’s feast day, which is also Mozart’s birthday. Mozart went on to become one of the most famous and respected composers of all time. He began playing the violin when he was five years old and composed his first piece of music when he was only six. His parents, Leopold and Anna Maria, were both musicians, and Mozart showed great musical talent at a very young age. He was born premature, weighing only about five and a half pounds. His full name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. ![]() Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria. ![]() ![]() ![]() OL134397W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.29 Pages 278 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0747247234 Wellman and starring Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright and Diana Lynn. ![]() ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:54:38 Boxid IA142013 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition Berkley edition External-identifier Track of the Cat is a 1954 American Western film directed by William A. ![]() ![]() He has also been shortlisted for the Anthony Award in the USA, won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into thirty-six languages and are bestsellers worldwide. Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. ![]() |