Author : Georg Rauch
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0374301425
Previously published as The Jew with the Iron Cross: a record of survival in WWII Russia. New York: iUniverse, 2006.
Author : Georg Rauch
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 0374301433
As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Gestapo behind false walls in their top-floor apartment and arrange for their safe transport out of the country. His family was among the few who worked underground to resist Nazi rule. Then came the day he was drafted into Hitler's army and shipped out to fight on the Eastern front as part of the German infantry—in spite of his having confessed his own Jewish ancestry. Thus begins the incredible journey of a nineteen year old thrust unwillingly into an unjust war, who must use his smarts, skills, and bare-knuckled determination to stay alive in the trenches, avoid starvation and exposure during the brutal Russian winter, survive more than one Soviet labor camp, and somehow find his way back home. Unlikely Warrior is Rauch's true account of this extraordinary adventure.
Author : Lonnie M. Long Gary B. Blackburn
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 18,58 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 147599057X
Traces the activities of the Army Security Agency and its members during the Vietnam war.
Author : Robert C. Lovell
Publisher : Two Harbors Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781936198207
A tale of life, love, and growing up as part of The Greatest Generation, Unlikely Warrior is one memoir you'll never forget.
Author : Lisa Michelle
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,49 MB
Release : 2021-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781952247842
Author : Angela Powers Flippen
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,52 MB
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1490801154
While praying and fasting for the local churches, God gave us the answers we had been seeking. It was not what we expected. Have you ever wondered why we do not see the works of the Holy Spirit in the Church? Have you ever wondered why Christians seemed to be so vexed and smitten? I know I have. Before we can see the good fruit Jesus told us to bear, we have to uproot the bad fruit. We have to seek him in Spirit and in truth. We have to die to self. I feel it is impossible for God to dump great authority and anointing in a people, when we have been unfaithful to him in the small matters. I believe he is looking for people like you and me, who will sacrifice and seek. When we seek, we must then obey. This book is an act of obedience to the Lord on my part, knowing full well there will be persecution and opposition. You can fill the sea with the things I do not know or understand, but one thing I do know is about deliverance and warfare. I pray this word is deposited into the right hearts and people and we will have a spiritual awakening. As my group was roused from a deep spiritual slumber, so I am praying that for you as well.
Author : Mark Siegel
Publisher : Random House Graphic
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101935863
R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WONDER, hails this adventure series as “Mind-blowingly beautiful. . . . A must-read.” Think Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! The Five Worlds are on the brink of extinction unless five ancient and mysterious beacons are lit. When war erupts, three unlikely heroes will discover there’s more to themselves—and more to their worlds—than meets the eye. . . . • Oona Lee, the clumsiest student at the Sand Dancer Academy, is a fighter with a destiny bigger than she could ever imagine. • An Tzu, a boy from the poorest slums, has a surprising gift and a knack for getting out of sticky situations. • Jax Amboy is the star athlete who is beloved by an entire galaxy, but what good is that when he has no real friends? When these three kids are forced to team up on an epic quest, it will take not one, not two, but 5 WORLDS to contain all the magic and adventure! "A magical journey, as fun as it is beautiful!” —Kazu Kibuishi, #1 New York Times bestselling creator of AMULET "Bang-zoom . . . a series that promises to be epic."—The New York Times “This stellar team has created a gorgeous and entrancing world like no other!” —Noelle Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Nimona “Epic action, adventure, and mystery will draw you in, but the heartfelt characters and their seemingly impossible journey will keep you turning the pages.” —Lisa Yee, author of the DC Super Hero Girls™ series
Author : Maurice Shadbolt
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780879239152
Based on fact, this tells of Kimball Bent, a Yankee who blundered into the British army in the mid-19th century, and was sent to fight in New Zealand. He deserted across battle lines to the Maori side in possibly the most ferocious colonial war ever fought.
Author : Melanie Murray
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 10,3 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
ISBN : 0307359786
The Year of Magical Thinking meets Fifteen Days in this literary exploration of one Canadian's decision to enlist and go to war. What compels a young, affluent Canadian to put on a uniform and risk his life for the controversial mission in Afghanistan? And how does his family cope with his loss when he is killed there? Jeff Francis was a thirty-year-old doctoral candidate and student of Buddhism when he decided that joining the armed forces was the best way to make a difference in the world. In elegant, spare prose that captures both the hardness of war and the nuances of a grieving family, Melanie Murray - Captain Francis's aunt - uses the lens of his life and death to give Canada's war in Afghanistan the perceptive, literary treatment its soldiers, families and citizens deserve.
Author : Radley Balko
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 19,64 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1541700287
This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.
