Author : Mary Buff
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780618128075
Eleven-year-old Walter Tell awaits the skillful demonstration of his father William, a Swiss freedom fighter, who will shoot an apple from his head.
Author : Hamilton Wright Mabie
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 2004-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781595406415
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - If there had been no real heroes there would have been created imaginary ones, for men cannot live without them. The hero is just as necessary as the farmer, the sailor, the carpenter and the doctor; society could not get on without him. There have been a great many different kinds of heroes, for in every age and among every people the hero has stood for the qualities that were most admired and sought after by the bravest and best; and all ages and peoples have imagined or produced heroes as inevitably as they have made ploughs for turning the soil or ships for getting through the water or weapons with which to fight their enemies. To be some kind of a hero has been the ambition of spirited boys from the beginning of history; and if you want to know what the men and women of a country care for most, you must study their heroes. To the boy the hero stands for the highest success: to the grown man and woman he stands for the deepest and richest life.
Author : Liz Tay
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 20,49 MB
Release : 2017-06-13
Category :
ISBN : 9780648148203
Switzerland's best-loved national hero comes to life in this vibrant picture book about William Tell: a hunter whose bravery and integrity inspired his countrymen to fight together for freedom from the Habsburg Empire. This Tale for Tiny Travellers features 11 full-colour illustrations designed to introduce young children to real-world landmarks and characters. It also includes a handy destination guide to help families visit key elements of the story in person.
Author : John Martin Vincent
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Historiography
ISBN :
Author : Ted Naifeh
Publisher : Oni Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781620101780
A new series from COURTNEY CRUMRIN creator Ted Naifeh! Princess Ülga isn't your standard princess, but her royal lineage goes back for generations. At her mother's bequest, Ülga travels to the city-state of Atraeska, where the prestigious Princess Academy lies, so that she can learn about things like diplomacy-hopefully for the benefit of her rough and tumble people. But Ülga will learn that she's more behind in her studies than she realized-and that when you're a princess, you're bound to have a few enemies.
Author : John Henry Haaren
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,72 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Biography
ISBN :
Author : Clive H. Church
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 30,13 MB
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1107244196
Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after 1500 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of 1848; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the 1930s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today.
Author : Stephen P. Halbrook
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 15,75 MB
Release : 2009-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0786751185
Countless books have been written on the military history of World War II, however astonishingly little information has appeared about the one country that stared the Nazis down and refused to become an accomplice to the horrors of the Third Reich. This book provides an objective, year-by-year account of Switzerland's military role in World War II, including her defensive strategies, details of Nazi invasion plans, and Switzerland's moral, material and humanitarian links to the Allies. Swiss neutrality in World War II has been criticized in recent years, but the country was entirely surrounded by Axis powers and managed, as revealed here, to render considerable assistance to the Allies.
Author : Laurie Theurer
Publisher : Bergli
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 2019-09-09
Category :
ISBN : 9783038690849
Finally, the real history of Switzerland for clever kids and clever kids-at-heart: dukes slaughtered by filthy peasants, innocent "witches" hung up by their necks, buried gold, female mountaineers and, of course, all those murderous cows... Not the fake history of Heidi and William Tell, but 'Swisstory' - from ancient mountain people right up to women's right to vote. Hilariously illustrated by bestselling Swiss artist Michael Meister (The Monster Book of Switzerland), Swisstory is outrageous, fascinating, gruesome - and completely true.
Author : Gianni Haver
Publisher : Bergli
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,58 MB
Release : 2014
Category : National characteristics, Swiss
ISBN : 9783905252651
What is Switzerland? With more than two hundred full-colour cartoons, photos, and works of art, this accessible guide illuminates the unique alpine nation. From William Tell to Heidi, Swiss Army Knives to cheese, litter-free streets to punctual trains. Winner of the 2013 Albert Oeri Democracy Prize.
