Jumping Over Shadows: A Memoir 9781631521713, 9781631521706, 2016953728, 1631521713

Like her Great-Aunt Resi, Annette Gendler, a German, fell in love with a Jewish man-but unlike her aunt, whose marriage

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English Pages 300 Year 2017

Jumping Over Shadows: A Memoir
9781631521713, 9781631521706, 2016953728, 1631521713

In these times of technological innovation and fast-paced electronic communication, we often take nature for granted—or

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Growing up in revolutionary China, Sheldon (Xicheng) Lou was among the millions forced to adopt the goals of Mao’s new s

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In 1967, at age nineteen, John Stillman--refusing to wait for the draft--voluntarily enlisted in the Army to aid his fel

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A fact spread and creepy images bring jumping spiders to life. Readers will learn about the habitats and unique characte

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"Why does a disease that killed only a handful of Americans like ebola provoke panic, but the flu-which kills tens

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A vivid and unsparing memoir of the experiences of an eight year old child incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto. Her escape

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In March 2007, Leah Fishbane, a promising young graduate student in the prime of her life, was struck down suddenly with

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A fascinating autobiography in the spirit of Bl. John Henry Newman, Drawn from Shadows Into Truth: A Memoir is the intri

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Maya Shanbhag Lang grew up idolizing her brilliant mother, an accomplished physician who immigrated to the United States

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I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love, says award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Li

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