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By Pat Scales. 2014
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five-star general and commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II, established…
a committee in 1954 to plan a Veterans Day observance. This day honors all veterans of the United States and is held each year on November 11 with a somber ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. A wreath is placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and followed by a parade of colors. In 2015, the United States and the world will mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Victory in Europe occurred on May 8, 1945, but the official end of the war came when Japan surrendered to the United States on August 15, 1945. Some students may have family members who remember World War II, but most only know the hardships both at home and in foreign war zones through books they read. The novels presented in this guide give them a glimpse of the events on the home front in the United States after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and what was happening in Europe and Asia before and after the United States entered the war.By L Ronald Hubbard. 2013
El marinero Americano Kurt Reid es un tipo impetuoso: tan duro y energico como Benicio del Toro. Falsamente acusado de…
asesinato, Reid cambia de barco en Shangai. . . y desembarca en una telarana de intrigas, traiciones y asesinatos. Atraido a un letal juego de espias, tendra que aprender rapido las reglas, porque con jugadores como la sexy agente rusa Varinka Savischna el juego es tan seductor como siniestro.By L. Ronald Hubbard. 2013
Lee Weston, un joven Emilio Estevez con un Colt al cinto, es tan atractivo como irascible, y tiene motivos de…
sobra para estar enfadado. Tras el asesinato de su padre y el incendio del rancho familiar, se enfrenta a Harvey Dodge, el hombre que está convencido que es el asesino. Sin embargo, es Lee quien acaba malherido y al borde de la muerte. Pero es atendido y devuelto a la vida... por la hermosa hija de Harvey. ¿Puede una gran pérdida llevar a un gran amor? La respuesta se encuentra en el salvaje corazón del Lejano Oeste.By Hélène Cixous, Alia Mamdouh, Marilyn L. Booth. 1973
"Leaves an indelible impression. [The Loved Ones] is rich with family and neighbors and [Alia Mamdouh] notes all of their…
subtle interactions and secrets."--Library Journal"Ferocious, visceral descriptions . . . give a powerful sense not only of Suhaila's world but also of the way we make and understand memories."--Booklist"Often intense and lyrical."--Kirkus ReviewsThis winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature mingles memories of the past with the shifting voices of the present when the estranged son of an Iraqi exile flies from his home in Toronto to visit her in Paris. As his ailing mother, the once-vibrant Suhaila, lies in a hospital bed, he acquaints himself with her constellation of close friends. Immediately, he becomes immersed in the complex relationships he has fought so hard to avoid: with his mother and his war-torn homeland. Alia Mamdouh weaves a magical tale of the human condition in this stunning and beautifully written novel of faith, family, and hope. Alia Mamdouh is the author of essays, short stories, and four novels, including the most widely translated, Naphtalene. Born in Iraq, she now lives in exile in Paris. Marilyn Booth is a translator of Middle Eastern fiction and autobiography. She received her BA from Harvard-Radcliffe and her DPhil from Oxford University, and has taught at Brown University and The American University in Cairo. Currently, she is visiting associate professor of comparative literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hélène Cixous is a world-renowned French feminist theorist, critic, essayist, novelist, and playwright.By Quiara Alegría Hudes. 2013
"Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue is that rare and rewarding thing: a theatre work that succeeds on every level while creating…
something new. The playwright combines a lyrical ear with a sophisticated sense of structure to trace the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family. Without ever invoking politics, Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue manages to be a deeply poetic, touching and often funny indictment of the war in Iraq."-The New York TimesFrom Quiara Alegría Hudes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Water by the Spoonful, comes this companion play, itself a Pulitzer finalist.In a crumbling urban lot that has been converted into a verdant sanctuary, a young Marine comes to terms with his father's service in Vietnam as he decides whether to leave for a second tour of duty in Iraq.Melding a poetic dreamscape with a stream-of-consciousness narrative, Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue takes us on an unforgettable journey across time and generations, lyrically tracing the legacy of war on a single Puerto Rican family.Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, is the first installment in a trilogy of plays that follow Elliot's return from Iraq. The second play, Water by the Spoonful, received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and will be published by Theatre Communications Group concurrently with Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue. The trilogy's final play, The Happiest Song Plays Last, premiered in April 2012 at Chicago's renowned The Goodman Theatre.By L. Ron Hubbard. 2012
Riveting, historical accounts of daredevils, pilots and brutal madmen that inspire many of today's cinematic blockbusters. Pilot Peter England's humdrum…
airplane routine is unexpectedly disrupted when his company reassigns him to transport some special passengers. But when his aircraft gets attacked by a mysterious fighter plane, Peter realizes he's transporting dangerous cargo--a princess seeking to turn the tide of a war! "...these programs burst to life..." Library JournalBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Triumphant tale of honor and impossible odds. Legionnaire Bill Reilly was given specific orders to guard a railroad station where…
nightly trains carrying Spanish supplies and troops pass by. He would have done so had it not been for a severed hand that arrived in his camp. The grizzled token carried a taunting message from a renegade Berber chieftain, claiming capture of an Englishwoman named Kay MacArthur and challenging the Legion to rescue her. Reilly's sense of honor overrides all. He takes up the gauntlet knowing full well he could be walking into a trap--with deadly consequences."It's certainly loads of fun." --Ellery Queen* An International Book Awards FinalistsBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Launch into the action. In a tale played out during the last days of pre-World War II China and the…
rise of Communism, Jim Dahlgren, representative of the Amalgamated Aeronautical Company, has had enough of the fatalistic brand of diplomacy from other nations that claim to want a united China, one that can resist invasion from without and treason within-- but which refuses to intervene and prevent it's demise..And the damage is just too costly when lives are at stake, especially when a villain known as "The Butcher" is allowed to rise up with fire and sword carving the way on his warpath for complete control of the nation.When Dahlgren disappears-- purportedly to find a mysterious aviator, the man called "Wind-Gone-Mad" who has always fought against the province warlords-- he ignites a series of actions which just may spell disaster. "Turned out to be a fun adventure, but the best treat was that this audio book featured the first ever published story by L. Ron Hubbard (Tah)....This will be one of the most fun two hours you've ever spent. Enjoy!" --Gil WilsonBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2012
A triumphant tale. Sentenced to a French penal colony for killing an officer (in self-defense), American Dusty Colton flees the…
French Foreign Legion he so willingly joined and rushes headlong into a Berber tribal lair. To his horror, he discovers a captive American woman who's in the process of being whipped and tortured by the bandit leader.Despite the low odds of him winning out against the entire Berber tribe alone, Dusty can't leave the woman behind. Even if he figures out an escape from the camp, he still has to manage a way to get them both out of the country alive with both the Foreign Legion and the Berbers at their heels. ALSO INCLUDES THE ADVENTURE STORIES "THE BARBARIANS" AND "THE SQUAD THAT NEVER CAME BACK""...pulse-pounding...The opening pulls readers in..." --Publishers WeeklyBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Discover intrigue and suspense. Kurt Reid may be innocent of the murder he's charged with (and of grand larceny, for…
that matter), but he's got no time to be thrown in jail and defend himself. Instead, Reid flees to pre-Communist China and Shanghai, the exotic city of mystery and death.Reid takes refuge in a tea house where he meets White Russian Varinka Savischna, whom he manages to rescue from certain death. As beautiful as she is smart, she recruits him in her crusade against Chinese intelligence services. Unfortunately, Reid manages to get himself captured by the Chinese and blackmailed into pursuing and assassinating a Japanese spy.Now Reid must enter the cloak-and-dagger world of espionage and intrigue, where everything and everyone is not who or what they appear to be. "...novella length adventure-cum-mystery stories based in 1930's China offer further evidence of Hubbard's pulp-action mastery." --Ellery QueenBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2012
Launch into the action with this gritty tale. An American lieutenant in the French Foreign is caught in the middle…
of an ancient feud between the Jeppas of the Atlas Mountains and the bloodthirsty tribe of Perviz al Bahman.Tension mounts as a gorgeous female Jeppa warrior with golden red hair is drawn into the midst of the conflict and captured by Perviz's tribe. When the American lieutenant later finds her being sold on the slave market, he unthinkingly does what any man must: he rescues her. But while his actions may have saved a beauty, they have also just ignited all-out war. "...one of the best pulp writers of the 1940s."--Library JournalBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Step back in time with this riveting tale of daredevils, pilots and brutal madmen. Ace glider pilot Breeze Callaghan is…
trying to demonstrate to the Navy the value of gliders and gliding techniques in war. There are two ways Breeze believes they can be used to aid the war effort: they'll keep a plane aloft when engines cut out, and gliders will be able to enter enemy airspace silently--a perfect way to spy undetected. Callahan's ruthless competitor, Badger O'Dowell, has other ideas. Badger's determined to get the Navy to buy his training ships instead. When testing gets underway to prove the mettle of their designs, sabotage and betrayal threaten to destroy not only Callahan's dream of glider flight in war, but also his life. "Highly recommended for aviation action/adventure pulp fiction fans." --Midwest Book ReviewBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Enjoy this gripping and gritty tale. China's war ace, a fighter pilot nicknamed "The Falcon Killer (Tzun Kai)," is actually…
Bill Gaylord, raised in Peking by his American parents. Gaylord lost both of them as a child during the violent Boxer uprising and then saw his foster family slaughtered in wartime. With a past that's hardened his soul and given him nerves of steel, Gaylord has used his resolve to down more Japanese aircraft than can be counted.When he's not hunting down enemy planes, intrigue constantly follows him--stars of Tzun's rogues gallery include an agent provocateur and a despotic Chinese warlord. Soon enough, events pit Gaylord against a Japanese spy who has caused untold trouble for the Chinese. Gaylord must somehow find and defeat him or risk losing an ancient Chinese kingdom to the land of the rising sun. "Hubbard writes with his usual gusto ('Wings in the sky had passed their shadows over the land to drop their acrid death'), and Gaylord is a typical Hubbard hero, tough and wily but also introspective and romantic." --BooklistBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Saddle up for a riveting tale of the Old West! When Lee Weston's father writes him that an old enemy,…
Harvey Dodge, is back in town, Lee rides out in a hurry from Wyoming to Pecos, New Mexico only to find his father murdered and the family ranch burned to the ground. Certain that Dodge is to blame, Lee sets off to settle the score but gets into a fiery Colt showdown in the town of Pecos. Severely wounded, he flees into the mountains just before passing out. As fate would have it, Dodge's beautiful, yet headstrong, daughter, Ellen, finds Lee's unconscious body and secretly nurses him back to health. But when Lee insists on continuing his plan for revenge, he gets himself into a heap more trouble--false accusations, a near lynching at the hands of an angry mob and the scorn of the only girl he ever looked at more than once! "...the flair of Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey." --True WestBy L. Ron Hubbard. 2008
Launch into the action with this triumphant tale! Pilot Terry Lee has taught Bill Trevillian everything he knows about flying,…
enough that Bill's know considered the ace of American test pilots just as war breaks out in World War II Europe. Unknown to Bill, Terry's also taught his own kid sister, Kip, who's now almost as good a pilot as Bill and quite the looker to boot. When France and Great Britain must choose between different American plane designs to outfly the newest and deadliest Nazi fighters, the competing companies send their two best test pilots . . . Kip and Bill. Unfortunately, a spy also has been sent to infiltrate and sabotage the planes to make sure that neither the French nor British will consider them safe enough to fly. Soon Kip and Bill suspect the other of sabotage-- a problem that not only threatens their already electric relationship but their very lives. "Riveting cliff-hanger action." --Midwest Book ReviewBy Martina Guglielmi, Cristian Rossi. 2016
Campiña escocesa; Edward, harto de los abusos del padre, se fuga de casa. Llega a Hellbridge donde, desde el primer…
día, una mirada captura su atención y le roba el corazón. Desde aquel momento, sus días serán condicionados por esos ojos "Con una sola mirada me incendió el alma, me devastó por dentro con una pasión y un ardor..." hasta descubrir que pertenecen a la dulce Charlotte, doncella de una condesita malcriada y empleada de una familia aristocrática famosa por sus intrigas y secretos amorosos. Con la complicidad de un libro de estrellas, entre los dos empezará una relación rica de pasión y sentimientos que alguien, sin embargo, pondrá a dura prueba. ¿Quién se ganará el corazón de Charlotte? Una historia de amor apasionante que os enganchará con su magia rosa desde la primera hasta la última página.By Martina Guglielmi, Cristian Rossi. 2016
Campiña escocesa; Edward, harto de los abusos del padre, se fuga de casa. Llega a Hellbridge donde, desde el primer…
día, una mirada captura su atención y le roba el corazón. Desde aquel momento, sus días serán condicionados por esos ojos "Con una sola mirada me incendió el alma, me devastó por dentro con una pasión y un ardor..." hasta descubrir que pertenecen a la dulce Charlotte, doncella de una condesita malcriada y empleada de una familia aristocrática famosa por sus intrigas y secretos amorosos. Con la complicidad de un libro de estrellas, entre los dos empezará una relación rica de pasión y sentimientos que alguien, sin embargo, pondrá a dura prueba. ¿Quién se ganará el corazón de Charlotte? Una historia de amor apasionante que os enganchará con su magia rosa desde la primera hasta la última página.By Miare. 2017
Miare abre las puertas de su corazón a través de poemas escritos directamente para ti. «Léeme. Por favor.Tengo algo que…
contarte.Algo que he ocultado mucho tiempo. Algo que no quiero seguir ocultado. Léeme, por favor. Y entiende que soy más frágil de lo que he querido asumir. Que lo que está roto debe ser reparado, no ignorado. Y yo, durante mucho tiempo, no he querido aceptarlo. Apagada, es así. Por eso hay mucho que escondo entre estas páginas, en la oscuridad.Son mis confidencias.Quiero encenderme. Por fin, después de dos años. Este 26 de octubre publicaré mi libro.» En este libro delicado, intimista y poético, Miare, influencer con uno de los canales de Youtube más famosos y seguidos de España, nos enseña su parte más sensible y sincera.By Jesse Andrews. 2015
Greg, un joven muy peculiar, verá cómo su vida cambia cuando su madre le obliga a visitar a una chica…
con leucemia. Según Greg Gaines, el secreto para salir airoso del instituto es no ser amigo de nadie pero llevarse bien con todos. Su lema es «sin amigos no hay enemigos». Solo tiene a Earl, con quien se dedica a grabar versiones terribles de sus películas favoritas. Hasta que vuelve a ver a Rachel. Rachel tiene leucemia, y a la madre de Greg se le ocurre la brillante idea de obligar a su hijo a que sea su amigo. Greg tiene claro que esto no va a ser una de esas típicas historias de amor entre una chica en estado terminal y un chico que de repente se enamora de ella. Pero, de todos modos, hay algo especial entre Greg, Rachel y Earl... Cuando Rachel decida dejar su tratamiento, Earl y Greg le harán un homenaje: grabarán para ella La Peor Película de la Historia. Y Greg tendrá que dejar la seguridad de su anonimato para darle a Rachel justo el final que su historia necesita. Mejor Novela Young Adult por YALSALibro destacado por Capitol ChoicesGanadora del Gran Premio del Jurado Sundance 2015 La crítica ha dicho...«Un final para Rachel sobresale por su inventiva, humor y corazón.»Kirkus Review «Imposible abandonarla... Una novela dramática, honesta e inteligente capaz de hacer reír a carcajadas.»IndieBound Kid's Next ListBy Cliff Seymour. 2015
Una emotiva novela sobre la amistad, la vida y las segundas oportunidades «Da igual la suerte que tengas, lo importante…
es lo que haces con lo que te ha tocado vivir.» Scott es un joven sin trabajo que cree haber fracasado en todo. Con la autoestima por los suelos, a sus 27 años ya considera que ha desperdiciado su vida. No tiene una carrera, los trabajos no le duran y su novia le ha pedido espacio. Cuando su tío le consigue un pequeño sueldo por cuidar del viejo Horace, un anciano enigmático y huraño, a Scott le parece simplemente otra desgracia más... Sin embargo todo empieza a cambiar cuando Horace, para asombro de Scott, le pide que jueguen a la Oca; poco a poco irá descubriendo que el anciano utiliza las casillas del tablero para explicarle las claves del arte de vivir y ayudarle reparar los errores que le han conducido al fracaso. Pero comprender las reglas del juego no lo es todo. Ademásde conocer las trampas y peligros, los laberintos y atajos, Scott va a necesitar el valor de avanzar por el tablero de la vida con coraje y sentido de la aventura.