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'This is a unique juxtaposition of the shatteringly honest diaries of two Jewish girls fighting to survive — Grandma Rosi in the Holocaust and two generations later Jess in today's grubby showbiz world. It appalled, uplifted and delighted me. I wish I’d written it.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES 'Deeply...

Albert Poland, legendary Broadway and Off-Broadway producer and general manager, presents Stages: A Theater Memoir.

John Brown is a common name, but the John Brown who masterminded the failed raid at Harpers Ferry was anything but common.Nevertheless, today Brown is a martyred hero who gave his life attempting to terminate the evil institution of human bondage. This new biography covers Brown's background and the context to his decision to carry out the raid, a detailed narrative of the raid and its consequences for both those involved and America; and an exploration of the changing characterization of Brown since his death.

1944: Heavy footfalls thud on the road on a rainy May night. A band of gunmen scour a hilltop farm, acting on rumors that it harbors a Jewish family. For 18 months, the Rozeneks have been hiding safely, but their luck is about to run out. Only one from the family of six will live to see the sunrise. Sixteen-year-old Hena Rozenek shelters in the woods until morning . . . and then she runs.

Hello Poland, I am a native English speaker all the way from South Africa. My name is Alicia, nice to meet you. I want to share some stories (mostly scary ones) and you can listen to conversations between me and my friends over a glass or in reality a few glasses of wine... So come join the Podcast and hear all about it!You will hear a cross promotion in the beginning of every episode about another paranormal show called The Activity Continues. Give their podcast a go if you are into podcasts that talk about paranormal and true crime topics.Previous members (David and Ellie) of Hello Poland ...

Ta opowieść zaczyna się od zagadki. Dlaczego pisarz Max Cegielski omijał łukiem żydowski cmentarz w Ustrzykach? Dlaczego tak długo nie dostrzegał jego obecności? Żeby odpowiedzieć na to bardzo osobiste, jak się okaże, pytanie, autor wyrusza w niespieszną wędrówkę, która wiedzie przez bieszczadzką Atlantydę, przez Żuławy, Brukselę i Auschwitz. Z „Jądrem ciemności” Conrada jako swoistym przewodnikiem tropi historie mniejszości wymazanych z naszej zbiorowej pamięci, z pomocą lektur i własnych odkryć rekonstruuje przebieg ich małych i wielkich zagład.

"Famous Men of Rome" features 29 stories covering the history of Rome from its founding to the last emperor. You will hear about the lives of Horatius, Camillus, Caesar, Cicero, and many others. The biographies of "Famous Men of Rome" are in chronological order and the whole book will bring you through the three stages of Ancient Rome: monarchy, republic, and empire.

“Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, was a man whose life was the expression of a richly textured and multidimensional soul. The many layers of that soul took on their first, mature form in Kraków.” – George Weigel In this beautifully illustrated spiritual travelogue, New York Times...

It's a warm and muggy Saturday night in August of 1942. The Nazis are liquidating the ghetto of Shedlitz, an industrial town east of Warsaw, Poland. Zippa, a 27-year-old Jewish woman, finds temporary shelter in a small attic, together with her baby daughter and 100 frightened Jews. When the Nazi noose is tightened around her neck, Zippa asks her husband Jacob, a Jewish policeman in the ghetto, to save their little girl from certain death. The young father manages to smuggle his wife and daughter to the gentile part of town.