An infantryman's riveting letters from Vietnam, preserved for fifty years by his family, share experiences of living the war that are honest, raw, and graphic.
En este libro encontrars temas que reflejan las vivencias de los nios y sus familias que habitaron el sur de Mxico durante las dcadas de los sesenta y setenta del siglo XX.
After successfully completing his 12,000 mile bus ride around America, Shaun Donovan now embarks on his latest and greatest challenge - to circumnavigate the coastline of Australia, again by bus, but also to ride the famous 'Indian Pacific' and 'Ghan' trains from west to east and south to north of this vast continent - A 20,000 kilometre journey which must be completed in less than 50 days.
Sensing that he is beckoned by his ancestors to help preserve their memories, the author embarks on a fascinating journey to discover more about his Eastern-European Yiddish heritage and to bring his ancestors to life.
This book is about the air war in Afghanistan, and how a ragtag guerrilla army of Afghan irregulars, who were considered by some as not being good enough to operate Stingers effectively, managed to counter the Soviet/Afghan air power.
In Tainted Glass, my narrative non-fiction, readers will follow Sara as she discovers the inner reserves of strength long hidden in order to embrace a new life.
This book is about the trials and tribulations of a young girls recollections of life in London in the early 1930s1940s, a young womans crippling health issues in the 1950s, and then the experience of being an immigrant to Australia in the early 1960s.
Set during the early 1900s in a European town full of old traditions, The Four Orphans is an empowering and emotionally charged family history that evokes many thoughts and feelings within the reader as they follow the lives of the Gacek family.
As a child of a British air force family, Barbara was troubled by the absence of a stable home-life, a difficult relationship with her father, and too many school changes to have a traditional education or make connections and friends.
Noch Jahre nach dem Krieg erzählen die Leute in dem kleinen steirischen Dorf von den französischen Soldaten, die in den ersten April-Tagen 1945 von den Nazis abgeholt worden waren.
The fateful twenty-three years following the accession of the last of the Romanov Tsars formed the prologue to the Russian Revolution, and foreshadowed the motives and mental attitudes of Russian policy today.
Introduction When God, through the Holy Spirit, spoke in my heart to write this book, I hesitated a lot, since I thought that I was not a celebrity for somebody would be interested in my story.
As Long as I Remember part one and two is the autobiography of an Australian life of a first fleet descendent growing up at Shooters Hill in the Blue Mountains near Oberon during the depression and war years.
