![]() ![]() Her mother with five children fled to Prussian capital, Königsberg but along the road they were shelled by Russian bombers. When Germany was retreating from the area, Ilse’s father left his family behind and joined the German Army. ![]() ![]() Ilse’s family farmed in a remote corner of East Prussia, left alone because they provided food for German troops - until the Russians advanced. Ilse Hahlbrock and Arno Schipper, who met after the war, ultimately married and moved to Mexico where they met Segovia. Segovia’s compelling “Tears of Amber,” focuses on females - mothers, left alone with their children to navigate war horrors.Īlthough a fictional story, it’s based on actual events related to the author by two survivors of the bombing and occupation of Prussia during World War II. You may have vowed not to read yet another war novel on human suffering, but Mexican author Sofia Segovia’s new book will change your mind. ![]()
0 Comments
![]() ![]() ![]() (2) In her recent book, Adam and Eve After the Pill, Hoover Institute Policy Analyst Mary Eberstadt, a Roman Catholic, considers the disastrous breakdown in American culture that has occured since the sexual revolution of the 1960s and the publication of the Catholic teaching Humanae Vitae in 1968. It was only after I became a Protestant minister and a practicing physician that differences in approach to contraception became evident and rose in importance. (1)Īs a Lutheran teenager, differences with Roman Catholics consisted primarily of things like saying the "Hail Mary," praying to Saints, confessing to a priest, or spending post-mortem time in purgatory. ![]() Only in the last third of the 20th century was it possible for a Lutheran, like myself, to be best friends with Catholic neighbors such as the Sorensons. In the wake of Vatican 2 (Catholic) and the ecumenical movement (Protestant-WCC, NCC), Protestants in that city no longer viewed Catholics as "enemies." In previous generations, Catholics were not allowed to join community organizations, let alone be friends. I grew up as a traditional Lutheran in a working class, primarily Roman Catholic, neighborhood on the south side of Milwaukee in the 1960s and 1970s. ![]() Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution ![]() ![]() ![]() I am a fan of characters that have a past in which they have to try and conquer or try to move on from, and in this case you Zack Morgan has a past that he is trying to defeat and try to leave behind after meeting Sugar Ryan. ![]() The chemistry of all the characters she writes and enhances from is just so magical on its own way, and there is so much passion through it as well when the reader gets to enjoy it. But knowing the kind of writing Ilsa writes, I just knew and had a feeling that I would not be disappointed. ![]() I will be honest, when I first read the synopsis I was a tiny bit hesitant about it. You can never go wrong with reading her novels, and this book was no exception. A sports romance that has an emotional past, present, and future filled with love, lust and so much understanding moments between the characters that Ilsa has so beautifully created.Įveryone who knows me, knows that I am addicted to sports romances and my knees turn weak whenever I see that Ilsa has a new book coming out, because they always have to be somehow related to the sub-genre of sports romances. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this Newbery Honor Book, available now with an enlarged trim, easy-to-read text, and black-and-white illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers, Beverly Cleary lovingly chronicles Ramona Quimby’s memorable experiences. But with all the pluck we’ve come to expect from Ramona, she emerges smiling with her head held high. When Ramona gets sick and throws up in class, she feels as though things can’t get worse. Having to go to the Kemps’ house after school is Ramona’s own particular burden-especially the chore of being nice to pesky little Willa Jean. ![]() Quimby’s return to college means that the whole family must pitch in to make ends meet. From befriending a boy called Yard Ape to delivering her book report in the style of a television commercial, Ramona’s enthusiasm for life is infectious and irresistible. Riding the school bus alone isn’t the only new experience making third grade exciting for Ramona Quimby. With large type and oversized trim, this version will encourage vocal participation-whether at home, in school, or on one’s own! Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends. To celebrate this timeless classic, Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Quimby, Age 8 can now be enjoyed as a read-aloud edition. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will be stunned and moved by this no-holds-barred portrait of nurses' essential and deeply meaningful work. Sanjay Gupta, MD, neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent, CNN ER Nurses captures the beating heart of nursing: the lives lost and saved, the hard tragedies and unbelievable miracles, and how every day nurses show up, give their all for patients, and then do it over and over and over again, all while holding onto their empathy and humanity. ![]() Their stories are given the respect they deserve and are captured beautifully in ER Nurses. ![]() They save our lives every day and represent the true life blood of any hospital. Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom, Tribe, War, Fire, and The Perfect Storm As a trauma neurosurgeon, I have witnessed the compassion, the work ethic, and the selflessness of our nurses in countless situations. I could not stop reading it and when I was done I felt like I was changed forever. In their own bullet-straight words, these heroes describe the pain, the love, and the brutally hard work of trying to save people's lives. James Patterson's account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read. ![]() ![]() I remember now the bright blue light expanding outward from Tima just as we hit. "Because if Tima wasn't okay, we'd all be dead right now. ![]() "I do know that, actually." He looks over his shoulder. I see that he's just on the other side of Lucas, tossing dead tumbleweeds onto a makeshift fire. "Fine? You don't know that," says a voice in the night. Not much else.īrutus whimpers, licking Tima's tattooed arm, which looks like it's bleeding. Tima, her scrawny dog, cactuses, and stars. I roll my head to the side and I see her lying in the dirt next to me. At the moment, I think, it's harder than I remember. She's in shock." Fortis.Ī blur of dirty blond hair comes into view in the darkness, and I feel the familiar warmth surge into my cheeks as a hand touches my face. I feel hands rolling me over, pressing against my arms, my legs. Every bone in my body aches, but I am alive. ![]() Dirt and blood and teeth as loose as old corn. ![]() ![]() ![]() He built the keep as a prison for Rasalom, out of the reluctance to kill him outright. He becomes aware of Rasalom's activity from across the world and travels to the keep. Molasar is later revealed to be Rasalom, an ancient sorcerer from the "First Age" of humans.Īn immortal man calling himself Glenn, whose real name is Glaeken, is a reluctant champion of the ancient Forces of Light. Molasar procures his services through deception and false promises, and even puts the scleroderma from which he suffers into remission so he could work for him. The entity responsible for the deaths calls itself "Molasar," and it finds Professor Cuza useful. The professor translates a mysterious message written in blood on a wall that uses a forgotten dialect of Old Romanian or Old Slavonic. Cuza is later tasked with defeating the unknown evil that is wreaking havoc. ![]() Theodore Cuza, a Jewish history professor living in Bucharest, and his daughter Magda are brought to the keep by SS Sturmbannfuhrer Eric Kaempffer in a desperate attempt to determine what is murdering his men. German soldiers and SS Einsatzkommandos are being slowly killed off in a mysterious castle (the "keep" of the title) high in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania in April 1941. It appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list and has been adapted into a film by Michael Mann in 1983 and as a limited series of comics in 2005. It is also the first volume in a series of six novels known as The Adversary Cycle. The Keep is a 1981 horror novel by American writer F. ![]() ![]() ![]() A compulsive read, and as bewitchingly good as you’d expect from a YA bestselling author. And he agrees to help her, for a price.īut love wasn’t meant to be part of the bargain. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold, or be killed for lying. Cursed by the god of lies, a miller’s daughter has developed a talent for storytelling – but are all of her tales as false as they appear?When one of Serilda’s stories draws the attention of the devastating Erlking, she finds herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl the earth, and ravens track her every move. Serilda had never been looked at like that before. All magic comes at a price, but love was never part of the bargain. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker(Childhood of Famous Americans) by Leslie Gourse Season of Promise: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary, Book Threeby Patricia Hermes The Starving Time: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary, Book Twoby Patricia Hermes Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary, Book Oneby Patricia Hermes Historical Chapter Books American History If you have any chapter books that you think should be on this list, send your suggestions as a comment, and I may add them to the list. This list is a work in progress, so I will be continually adding more books to it. You will need to use the “back” button to return to the list if you click on any of the links. If you click on the titles of the books, they are linked to either Amazon or other places where you can read more information about them. Some of these books are no longer in print, but I am still listing them because they can still be purchased used or perhaps found in local libraries. Below is a list of chapter books for kids that pertain to various time periods in history. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of Haley's most famous interviews was a 1963 interview with Malcolm X for Playboy, which led to collaboration on the activist's autobiography. Martin Luther King, Jr., which was the longest he ever granted to any publication. Throughout the 1960s, Haley was responsible for some of the magazine's most notable interviews, including an interview with American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell and an interview with Dr. The interview, with jazz legend Miles Davis, appeared in the September 1962 issue. Haley conducted the first Playboy Interview for Playboy magazine. He later advanced to the rank of Chief Petty Officer and held this grade until his retirement from the Coast Guard in 1959.Īfter his retirement from the Coast Guard, Haley began his writing career and eventually became a senior editor for Reader's Digest. After World War II, Haley was able to petition the Coast Guard to allow him to transfer into the field of journalism, and by 1949 he had become a First Class Petty Officer in the rate of Journalist. It was during his service that he began to write. In 1939 Haley began a twenty year service with the coast guard. He grew up in the South, the son of Simon Alexander Haley, a teacher, and the former Bertha George Palmer, also a teacher. Alex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York in 1921. ![]() |