Novedades

A secret daily account of the German Occupation of the British Channel Islands 1940 - 1945. Philip Le Sauteur (Phil) wrote this diary during the days of Jersey’s Occupation by German forces from July 1940 through to June 1945. At the outbreak of war Phil’s employer, Commander T. Pirouet, was recalled to the Royal Navy. He handed over responsibility of his builders’ merchants business, T. F. Pirouet and Son, to his employee Phil who ran it throughout the Occupation years. The builders’ merchants store soon became a meeting place for trusted friends where news was shared and discussed...

This book chronicles the historic impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe & Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain on the American Civil War. American political, social, religious, literary, legislative, economic and military history interlaces with the story of an author who wrote a novel that ignited a firestorm and a college professor who save the Union at Gettysburg and oversaw the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

Stories From Maine II: The Legends Continue is the second book to chronicle many of the odd and legendary tales from of America's 23rd State of Maine. Fascinating facts, dates, events and people, mixed with legend, capture these amazing and entertaining stories. This is the history you were not taught in school.

He is the man of his age, a living legend. He can carry a four ton gate upon his shoulders and fight off entire armies on his own. He poses riddles for fun and judges an entire tribe with charming ease. Nothing and no one get the better of Samson. Until . . . the woman. Witness the astonishing story of Samson like you've never seen it before: faithful to Scripture. Samson was not a morally weak man, as he has always been portrayed in media. Rather, he was a colossus, a hero with the faith of a Moses and the strength and swagger of a god! He was also introspective and humble enough to repent...

A battered strongbox, rescued from a trash pile after the death of the real-life Myrtha, is crammed full with letters, postcards, and photographs she saved over a lifetime. Starting with the missive from Walt that changed her heart, these letters follow Myrtha through courtship and the early years of marriage, seeing her family scatter during the Great Depression, the excitement of the war years and the exuberance of the decades that follow. The author shares this treasure so readers can better know the woman and family they have come to love. A supplement to "The Alexander Saga."

Every success story begins with a single step in the right direction. Pem Dorjee Sherpa's journey began with a determination to break the cycle of poverty and abuse he was born into. To do that, Pem will have to summon the resilience, courage, and resolve to do what others only dream of: summit Mt. Everest.

Ladd Hamilton's vivid storytelling brings to life the infamous murder of popular Lewiston merchant Lloyd Magruder in the Bitterroot Mountains during the 1860s Idaho-Montana gold rush.

1945: The story continues as the next generation, Myrtha's and Louie G's children, adjust to a new world order that is both exciting and terrifying. Ernest, newly released from the Navy, confronts bigotry in his home state of Texas and struggles to settle into a life that is expected of him but cannot make him happy. Rose is determined to be the perfect wife and mother in a world that is coming apart at the seams. Carolyn, unsure of her future, leaves San Francisco to wait for her husband to return home. Dolores begins her career in a business world that wants her to go back home and stay ...

Second in the series, "The Alexander Saga." Dahomey (Benin), West Africa 1717: Bess leaves home to work her plot in the village garden, never to return. Swept up in the brutal slave trade of the Middle Passage, she seizes an opportunity to survive the Atlantic crossing. The 'Cateret' is the first slave ship to sail into Charles Town harbor after the siege and starvation of the Yamasee War, where Bess is thrust onto the auction block and sold as a slave. Interwoven with her rice-planting masters in the South Carolina colony, her legend of survival begins a two-century legacy of lineage and ...

What happens when one man decides to rely on prayer alone to meet every need? Sincere attempts to define George Müller as a preacher, evangelist, or a man who cared for the poor, fail to illustrate why you should read about him. The man who cared for over 10,000 orphans and established 120 schools is best remembered for the principles by which he lived his life — principles that are now within your reach.

From the ashes of collapsed democracies to the fear-fueled rise of totalitarian regimes, The Rise of Dictators is a riveting exploration of how authoritarian leaders seize and sustain power. In this powerful audiobook, bestselling historian Isabella C. Hayes takes listeners on a sweeping journey through the minds and methods of history’s most dangerous rulers—from Hitler and Stalin to today’s emerging strongmen.

Four sisters, two wars, one epidemic, the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. Beginning in rural Missouri in 1911 and ending in San Francisco during the final days of World War II, this is the story of the four Alexander sisters, all with very different lives. They are the granddaughters of first settlers of the Missouri wilderness and daughters of an iron-willed woman who buried four of her five children before the sisters were born. The eldest sister is a practical and outgoing business woman. Second is the beautiful, selfish and self-righteous farm wife. Third is the main ...

Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889) was an American politician who became president of the Confederate States during the Civil War. He took his seat in Congress as the representative for Mississippi in 1847. As a Democrat, Davis was an enthusiastic supporter of the expansion of slavery. In 1861, he resigned from the Senate when the state of Mississippi seceded. During the Civil War, Davis acted as chief executive and commander in chief for the Confederacy. After the war, he was captured and charged with treason.

A contemporary of Samuel Adams, John Adams, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette, Hancock had a list of contacts that read like a who’s who of the American Revolution. But shockingly little has been written about Hancock himself. John Hancock tells the story of a man who deserves far more credit for his contribution to the American Revolution than he previously received—and award-winning scholar Willard Sterne Randall is determined to give him his due at last.

In 1940, Sergei Rachmaninoff, living in exile in America, broke his creative silence and composed a swan song to his Russian homeland—his iconic "Symphonic Dances." What happened in those final haunted years and how did he come to write his farewell masterpiece? Rachmaninoff left Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) in 1917 during the throes of the Russian Revolution. He was forty-four years old, at the peak of his powers as composer-conductor-performer, moving in elite Tsarist circles, as well as running the family estate, his refuge and solace.

Außergewöhnliche Begebenheiten im Leben der Autorin riefen bei ihren Bekannten und Verwandten häufig Verwunderung hervor. Sie schreibt über zeitgeschichtlich wichtige Ereignisse, einzelne Episoden und auch Details, die wahrhaftig so verlaufen sind. Ihr ist es wichtig, dass die heutige Jugend etwas über die Menschen aus ihrer Generation erfährt, was so bestimmt nicht in Geschichtsbüchern zu finden ist. Es geht um die Erzählung der Geschichten für Menschen in ganz Deutschland und anderswo.

Foreword by John Nettles I was involved in the making of a TV documentary on the German Occupation of the Channel Islands. Naturally, I wanted to talk to anyone who had been in Jersey during that time and who might be considered an authority on the subject. Whenever and whoever we asked about this, one name always came up: Bob Le Sueur, who was, we were told, without doubt one of the most important voices of the Occupation still living. Robert Winter Le Sueur was working as a young (and handsome) insurance clerk when the German soldiers of 216th Infantry Division came marching into St ...

She was called the most evil woman in the Bible. Princess Jezebel arrives in Israel determined to bridge two cultures, but when wilderness prophet Elijah declares war on everything she believes, their epic clash will shake the foundations of faith and power. Caught between gods and kings, she fights to protect her family and secure her legacy—even as an ancient curse closes in. History remembers her as a villain. But every villain believes they're the hero of their own story. Discover the woman behind the legend. Get your copy today.

Richard Weithley was a boy of fourteen when the German Occupation of the Channel Islands began in 1940 - and a young man of nineteen when it finished in 1945. Like many of those living through the period, it is something that he will never forget. This book is an enchanting tale of excitement, humour, romance and intrigue. What started as teenage bravado against the Nazi 'authorities' soon turned into life threatening situations and ended with a dramatic escape from a German military prison. A fascinating account of how the author was forced to grow up under the shadow of the swastika, told...

How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. To be so quiet, that no-one knows what you are up to as you toil undercover over decades and so low key, that even after your escape, aided by MI6, no-one even notices you are gone. The Spy in the Archive is the remarkable story of how Vasili Mitrokhin – an introverted archivist who loved nothing more than dusty files – ended up changing the world.