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An intriguing story of how even for the smallest family the effects of war can cause lasting havoc. In the midst of gruelling circumstances, all that survivors can do is try to make their way in life as best they can. Persecution, forced migration and tragic end-time brought about by the holocaust has distorted the lives of the generation that followed. They and their children bear the scars of Antisemitism that still is, and always has been, an inescapable issue of world history. This personal story goes from the universality of the horror of war to the particular experience of a damaged couple struggling for survival in a free host country. It illustrates human capacity to survive and how the author overcame a dislocated past to reach out for a better future.
On 21 May 1941, Ian Fleming of Naval Intelligence lunches with Aleister Crowley in Mayfair. Crowley has offered to interview Rudolf Hess, who has been captured near Dungavel, the Duke of Hamilton's Scottish estate, eleven days before. Their shared affinity for the occult will enable the Beast to draw out the German's secrets. Fleming agrees and gives the Beast the 1939-41 diary of Albrecht Haushofer, Hess's principal adviser. This gives the background to the deputy führer's flight and describes the involvement of Karl Ernst Krafft, a Swiss astrologer, who has an uncanny knack of making accurate predictions.On 1 February 1945, Crowley moves to Netherwood, a boarding house in Hastings. Will, the teenage handyman, intends to become a Catholic priest but is distracted by a maid called Maria. Crowley tutors him in Latin. Left alone in Crowley's room, Will stumbles on a file that describes the Beast's wartime encounter with Hess. It is called the 'Z' File, 'Z' being Hess's codename. Crowley has capitalised on his resemblance to Churchill and deceived Hess into believing he is the prime minister. Hess reveals the date of the attack on Russia.Several visitors come to Netherwood to see the Beast: Dion Fortune; Frieda Lady Harris, creator of the Thoth Tarot paintings; a female Oxford professor researching a book on the characteristics of a magician; John Symonds, his future biographer; and a pupil of Crowley called Maxwell Knight. Knight is, in fact, the spymaster 'M' who runs a division of MI5.A Hungarian professor and his wife come to stay at Netherwood. They are Soviet agents hunting the 'Z' File as Stalin believes it proves collusion between British Intelligence, Churchill, and Hess. Will is the victim of a honeytrap and agrees to fetch it. He discloses the plot to 'M'. At the handover on the coast, commandos ambush and kill the Hungarian couple. In disgust, Will renounces the idea of becoming a priest.Crowley dies at Netherwood on 1 December 1947. Will finds a silk handkerchief under his deathbed inscribed with a map of Dungavel and Hess's alias. Will learns from 'M' that Crowley has sent the 'Z' File to Jack Parsons, an American disciple and rocket scientist. Will visits him and his wife Cameron in Pasadena in 1952. He and Jack perform an Enochian ritual in the desert. Ten days later Parsons blows himself up before he can give Will the file as promised.In May Knight invites Will to his suburban house. Will goes intending to use the silk map to challenge Knight's assertion the 'Z' File is a fake. While there, Will accidentally comes across a photo taken at Dungavel on the night Hess was supposed to arrive. Reluctantly, 'M' reveals what really happened and the true identities of Hess's reception committee.
In the waning months of World War II, a Soviet regiment entered Auschwitz-Birkenau, Adolph Hitler's infamous concentration camp, and found seven thousand prisoners on the brink of death from illness and starvation. Among them were three young girls from a town in central Poland called Tomaszow Mazowiecki. Before being deported to Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, Rachel Hyams and Frieda Tenenbaum had already survived the Jewish ghetto in their town and two slave labor camps. Now, thanks to their Soviet liberators, they survived the Kinderlager, the children's barracks at Auschwitz that were nothing more than a holding area for the gas chambers. When the regiment's commander, Marshal Ivan Koneff, discovered the children--their limbs thin as toothpicks, most of them unable to walk--he broke down and wept. The date was January 27, 1945. Tova was 6, Rachel 7, and Frieda 10. A quarter century ago, on the 50th anniversary of their liberation, Tova, Rachel and Frieda first told the world about their Auschwitz ordeal. Today, on the 75th anniversary of their liberation, they tell their stories again--although Rachel, who died in 2008, can no longer tell her story in person. It is to her, along with the million-and-a-half children who died in the Holocaust, that we dedicate this edition of Surviving Auschwitz.
Journey through heartbreak, tragedy, and understanding in this collection of poignant stories.This collection of stories is a raw and emotional reflection of one man's experiences with heartbreak, loss, and ultimately, understanding. Written in the wake of his wife's passing, the author takes the reader on a journey through his own pain and grief, as well as the tragedies he has witnessed in his life.From the mining accident that took his father's life, to the untimely deaths of soldiers and loved ones, each story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of tragedy. The author also delves into the darker aspects of human relationships, exploring the link between love and abuse and the consequences of deceitful behaviour.Through his own journey of healing and understanding, the author invites readers to join him in reflecting on the challenges and triumphs of life. This collection is a compelling and thought-provoking read for anyone who has encountered loss or is seeking to deepen their understanding of the human experience.
Unveiling the Mysteries of Sex and Spirituality: A Journey through Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science.Delve into the intriguing interplay of sex and religion, where ancient wisdom meets modern science, in "Sex in Religion." This thought-provoking non-fiction exploration challenges age-old perceptions and dares to uncover the enigmatic connection between human instincts and the mystic realm.Across the ages, scholars and sages have grappled with the notion of sex-some likening it to a fiery passion that engulfs us, while others view it as a profound spiritual experience. But what do the dharmas truly reveal about this primal urge? Are their teachings antiquated relics or a source of inspiration for a dignified and fulfilling life?Unraveling the myth of heaven, the book takes readers on a journey through mythological paradises and scientific discoveries. Can the ancient Vedas offer insights that still hold true today? Does Vedanta philosophy stand up to the scrutiny of modern science, or is it mere wishful thinking?Witness the convergence of East and West as "Sex in Religion" explores how the profound teachings of Vedanta have transcended cultural boundaries. Has this timeless wisdom ever been embraced by the West, and if so, how was it received?Intriguingly, the book challenges the notion that materialism and spirituality are irreconcilable opposites. Drawing on the wisdom of Prophet Anukulchandra and Marcus Aurelius, it proposes a unique perspective on spiritual enlightenment and the profundity of the sexual embrace.From sacred scriptures to religious customs, the book examines the historical perspectives on sex, unearthing prohibitions and prophecies across diverse faiths. Discover the concept of God and soul, liberation from worldly vices, and the quest for enlightenment, all intertwined with the mysteries of sex."Sex in Religion" embarks on an insightful exploration, where spirituality, ancient wisdom, and modern science converge to reveal the true essence of human existence. Join this revelatory journey that challenges preconceptions, invites introspection, and opens the door to understanding the profound relationship between sex and spirituality.
In 1974 Jeanne Little burst into the living rooms of millions of households across Australia with her first appearance on The Mike Walsh Show - audiences didn't know what hit them! With incredible outfits, false eyelashes and a raucous voice that screamed 'Hello Daaaaaaahling!' Jeanne was an instant sensation and won the Gold Logie for Most Popular TV Personality two years later.Pregnant with her only child Katie M Little at the time of her first TV appearance, Catch A Falling Star takes you into the world of the little girl who grew up backstage amidst sequins and feathers. Describing a unique upbringing by an unconventional mother, it is a look at fame through innocent eyes.Go back to 1980s Australia, to the days of Betamax, Bob Hawke and shoulder pads, before smart phones and breathalysers, when Big Macs came in styrofoam boxes and the only environmental crisis was a hole in the ozone layer. Flash forward to 2010 and Jeanne's name hits the headlines again - this time with the shocking revelation that she has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease affecting an estimated almost 50 million people worldwide. With her mother in fast decline and her family in crisis, it is up to Katie to take the reigns.Catch A Falling Star will take you on a journey that is both laugh-out- loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, and a rare glimpse into the personal life of one of Australia's most beloved celebrity families.
A catastrophic car crash shreds Hazel's memories, and she's left grasping for answers. Her student, Febe, may be Hazel's only hope of getting to the bottom of what happened.
The West is experiencing a widespread phenomenon of spiritual boundary crossing. A majority of Christian denominations are undergoing a sharp decline in membership and participation. At the same time, interest in Buddhism is expanding, capturing the attention of women and men who seek a spiritual path without the restrictive nature of dogmas and doctrines. Increasingly they are turning to Buddhist wisdom, which offers them inspiration and information for increasing happiness and making suffering less frequent. From the very beginning and continuing into the present era, Buddhism has consistently sought to help people cultivate kindness and compassion toward all beings while developing inner peace and outer joy. Some examples of this come directly from the Buddha who said, "You are what you think. All that you are arises from your thoughts. With your thoughts you make your world. Perform those actions you will never regret: actions that will ripen into future joy and delight. A tamed mind brings happiness." This book is a primer for readers who seek to experience Buddhist wisdom, which can guide them toward greater awareness and awakening. Includes a Readers Guide.
The disappearance of a Santa Fe historian at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos sends private investigator Fernando Lopez on a dangerous journey through a haunted world of ghosts, transients, paranormals, and psychopaths.
The murder of a homeless man and reports of a red-faced prowler seen on Canyon Road trigger rumors of the Devil loose in Santa Fe.
Father Richard has settled into his new parish, Our Lady of Damascus Catholic Church, in the peaceful Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. It's a far cry from New York City, his home for most of his life, but a married couple in his parish, Janet and Curtis, welcome him with open arms. They befriend their new priest, and he begins to settle into his new surroundings with ease, thanks to them. Unfortunately, his friendship with Janet soon grows into a forbidden love affair that takes them down an atmosphere of deception and intrigue. They go to any lengths to protect what they believe is an anointed union. The discovery of the affair not only devastates Curtis, but he also gets labeled as the town's villain, leaving him with nowhere to turn in order to save his family until an unsuspecting ally gives him hope. Are the powers behind Father Richard too much for him to overcome? Includes Reading Guide.
A child, while herding his father's sheep meets someone high in the mountain wilderness who provides him with two gifts that allows him to bring about this story's miraculous conclusion.
The Catherine Code is a remarkable series of genealogical, genetic and other connections involving Kate Middleton, the commoner who fulfilled a 150-year-old prophecy in 2011 when she was married in Westminster Abbey on St Catherine of Siena's feast day. Interwoven with stories of Kate's working and middle class ancestors is a history of the royal family which has been defined by illegitimacy, inbreeding and bad behaviour since 1066 when William the Bastard introduced to Britain the cult of St Catherine of Alexandria.Many readers will be surprised to learn that they descend from one or more of William the Bastard's illegitimate grandchildren through the Beaufort bastards of Katherine Swynford who died in 1403.Kate is connected by marriage to Britain's five previous Queen Catherines: Catherine of Valois, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr and Catherine of Braganza (who was depicted as St Catherine of Alexandria). Kate and her children are also connected to Caterina Sforza, who resembled Leonardo da Vinci's mother Caterina (and may have inspired the Mona Lisa), and to Russia's Catherine the Great who had the same mitochondrial DNA as Kate's grandfather-in-law Prince Philip. With 272 pages crammed with pictures and ancestry charts, The Catherine Code will appeal to anyone interested in genealogy and history.BISAC categories: HIS015030 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)HIS015040 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)HIS015050 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)HIS015060 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)HIS015070 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th CenturyHIS015080 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century
An English girl with a Chinese father gets caught up in the illegal gambling business. A benevolent gangster kills a dodgy dealer with a bow and arrow. It's Christmas in Hong Kong and journalist Hadley Arnold, king of the cynical hacks, is in trouble again.
A chili a tökéletes kényelem - meleg, f¿szeres és mindig kielégít¿. Akár enyhén, akár csíp¿sen szereti a chilit, babbal vagy anélkül, mindenkinek van egy receptje.Ebben a szakácskönyvben örömmel osztunk meg 100 finom és egyedi chili receptet, amelyek biztosan leny¿göznek. A klasszikus marhahúsos chilit¿l a vegetáriánus ételekig, mint például az édesburgonya és a feketebab chili, mindenki számára találunk valamit.Könnyen követhet¿ receptjeink, lépésr¿l lépésre szóló utasításokkal és hasznos tippekkel biztosítják, hogy ételei minden alkalommal tökéletesre sikerüljenek. Ezenkívül megosztunk néhány háttérinformációt a chilir¿l és annak történetér¿l, valamint tippeket adunk az egyedi ízek és technikák elsajátításához, amelyek ezt az ételt különlegessé teszik.Tehát csatlakozzon hozzánk ezen az úton, hogy felfedezze a chili m¿vészetét. 100 receptünkkel felmelegítheti ízlel¿bimbóit, és leny¿gözheti barátait és családját kulináris képességeivel.
Dobrodo¿li v " NOVA BIBLIJSKA KUHARICA PI¿¿ANCA", kulinari¿ni zbirki, ki slavi raznolik in okusen svet pi¿¿an¿jih jedi. V tej okusni zbirki vam predstavljamo 100 slastnih receptov, vsakega spremlja mamljiva podoba, ki bo navdihnila väo kulinari¿no ustvarjalnost in vam pustila hrepenenje po ¿e ve¿.Pi¿¿anec, kulinari¿na stalnica, ki jo u¿ivajo v razli¿nih kulturah in kuhinjah, ima edinstveno sposobnost prilagajanja ¿tevilnim okusom, zaradi ¿esar je vsestransko platno za kulinari¿no eksperimentiranje. Ne glede na to, ali ste izku¿en kuhar ali ambiciozen domäi kuhar, bo ta kuharska knjiga vä glavni vir za ustvarjanje ¿iroke palete prijetnih pi¿¿an¿jih jedi, ki bodo navdu¿ile dru¿ino in prijatelje. Nä cilj je povzdigniti pi¿¿anca iz skromne beljakovine v zvezdo sestavino, ki jo prepoji s kalejdoskopom okusov, tekstur in arom. Od klasi¿nih priljubljenih udobnih jedi, ki ogrejejo du¿o, do sodobnih in eksoti¿nih kreacij, ki väe brbon¿ice popeljejo na svetovno pustolov¿¿ino, so vsi recepti v tej kuharski knjigi natan¿no oblikovani, da navdu¿ijo in zadovoljijo.Toda NOVA BIBLIJSKA KUHARICA PI¿¿ANCA ne govori samo o okusnih obrokih; gre tudi za slavljenje umetnosti vizualne predstavitve. Vsak recept je povezan z osupljivo sliko, ki ujame bistvo jedi, spro¿i vä apetit in vas navdihne za ustvarjanje kulinari¿nih mojstrovin, ki so enako prijetne za o¿i in brbon¿ice.Ko se podate na to okusno potovanje, boste odkrili u¿itek kuhanja z razli¿nimi kosi pi¿¿anca, eksperimentiranja z zäimbami, zeli¿¿i in zäimbami ter obvladovanja kuharskih tehnik, ki prinäajo najbolj¿e iz te vsestranske beljakovine. Ne glede na to, ali i¿¿ete hitre in enostavne ve¿erje med tednom ali se pripravljate na posebno sre¿anje, imajo näi skrbno izbrani recepti nekaj za vsako prilo¿nost.Torej, pripravite se, da raz¿irite svoj kulinari¿ni repertoar, odklenete nove kombinacije okusov in se znova zaljubite v pi¿¿anca. NOVA BIBLIJSKA KUHARICA PI¿¿ANCA je vä potni list v svet slanih u¿itkov, kjer vas vsak obrat strani pripelje korak bli¿je temu, da postanete poznavalec pi¿¿anca.Z vsakim receptom, ki je predstavljen poleg mamljive slike, se pripravite, da se potopite v kulinari¿no pustolov¿¿ino, ki navdu¿i tako väe brbon¿ice kot väo domi¿ljijo. Podajte se na to potovanje skupaj, slavimo ¿arobnost pi¿¿anca in ustvarimo nepozabne jedi, ki jih bodo väi najdräji cenili ¿e leta.Prijetno kuhanje in naj bo väa kuhinja napolnjena s ¿udovitimi aromami " NOVA BIBLIJSKA KUHARICA PI¿¿ANCA"!.
Ang mga crepes at pancake ay mga paboritong pagkaing pang-almusal na maaaring kainin sa maraming iba't ibang paraan. Mula sa matamis hanggang sa malasa, maaari silang punuin ng iba't ibang sangkap at lagyan ng paborito mong toppings. Ang pino at manipis na texture ng mga crepes ay ginagawang perpekto ang mga ito para sa isang magaan na almusal o dessert, habang ang mga pancake ay isang klasikong pagkain ng almusal na may malambot na texture na siguradong mabusog.Malambot, Matamis, Malasa, Maraming Gamit, Masarap, Brunch, Almusal, Madali, Mabilis, Pampamilya, Klasiko, Nakakaaliw, Malikhain, Gawang Bahay, Tradisyonal, Internasyonal, Prutas, Tsokolate, Nutella, kanela, Blueberry, Saging, mansanas, Lemon, Keso, Bacon, Sausage, Ham, Spinach, kabute, Feta, Ricotta, Whipped cream, Syrup, Honey, Jam, Buttermilk, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Vegetarian, Vegan, malusog, Indulgent, kahanga-hanga, Perpekto, Mga Tip, Trick Naghahanap ka man ng simple at klasikong recipe o isang bagay na medyo mas malikhain, maraming pagpipilian ang mapagpipilian. Kaya, magluto tayo at tuklasin ang ilang masasarap na recipe ng crepe at pancake!
After being alone for so long, Rosie finally gets her chance at getting the only thing she's ever wanted, a forever home. But when fear gets the best of her, Rosie might have taken things a bite too far. Join Rosie as she discovers the power of unconditional love and acceptance.
Silver Medal Winner: The Lie is a thrilling blend of romance and suspense, transporting readers across time. The story of girl's relentless quest for love, entwined with murder, is beautifully crafted with rich characters and unexpected twists
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