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And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance

22 reviews
Jacques Lusseyran

Morning Light Press, 1998

A classic
A classic study in overcoming adversity and finding hope in hopeless situations. If it were a work of fiction, we would doubt the author's credebility - but this is not fiction, this is the real life of an ordinary individual made extraordinary by the light of his saviour. It is an inspirational book and adventure action novel all in one. Rarely do we find a hero so authentic and humble as ...

The Last Cruise of the Emden: The Amazing True WWI Story of a German-Light Cruiser and Her Courageous Crew

5 reviews
Edwin P. Hoyt

The Lyons Press, 2001

One of the best
"The Last Cruise of the Emden" is a truly great read. If you like history with a twist, this book is for you. Most histories of WWI German military are negative, and perhaps deservedly so. However, the German Navy was a different animal as were the officers who served there. This is a story of leadership, of courage, and of a time when chivalry was still alive. If you haven't read it, you ...

The Legacy

12 reviews
T.J. Bennett

Medallion Press, 2008

Stunning debut
TJ Bennett's premier novel is an unqualified joy to read. Set during Martin Luther's reformation movement of the 1500's, the historical research never intrudes on the story, but serves only to add texture to the setting; background for the heroine's struggle and goal. The writing is so tight, each and every one of the four hundred fifty-five pages seems to fly by. Banished to a convent by ...

War North Of 80: The Last German Arctic Weather Station Of World War II (Northern Lights)

1 review
Wilhelm Dege

University Press of Colorado, 2004

Insight into a little-known aspect of World War II
War North Of 80: The Last German Arctic Weather Station Of World War II is the firsthand account of Wilhelm Dege, leader of the last of the weather stations set up in the farthest reaches of the Arctic during World War II. It was not until well after the death of Hitler and the end of his regime that the Allies sent a ship northward to retrieve Dege and his crew, making their team the last German ...

Come the Spring

71 reviews
Julie Garwood

Atria, 1997

I Think It's Great
I'm surprised ar some of the two or three stars for this awesome ending to such an amazing fictional family series. I've had this book for years now and I know that I can always go back and read this and not be disappointed. I think she spaced out the dual romances very well and I think it helped that each couple is on their own journey in a way. I love a story with a cute child or baby in ...

Silent Night: A Light and Sound Book

1 review
Smart Kids Publishing, David Mead

Ideals Interactive, 2006

So good that my son "reads" it all year long!
Cute book with lights and sound. Sure to interest most non-lovers of books!

German Light Cruisers 1939-45 (New Vanguard)

1 review
Gordon Williamson

Osprey Publishing, 2003

The Barnacle Collectors
Osprey's New Vanguard #84, German Light Cruisers 1939-1945, is another addition to Gordon Williamson's series on the various classes of German warships in the Second World War....and a sad tale it is. In this volume, Williamson covers the construction, career and fate of the Kriegsmarine's six light cruisers: the Emden; the three "K" class (Konigsberg, Koln, Karslshrue); the Nurnberg and the ...

And There Was Light: The Autobiography of a Blind Hero in the French Resistance (Rudolf Steiner's Ideas in ...

1 review
Jacques Lusseyran

Floris Books, 1990

courage,intelligence,spiritual light radiating love of life
The autobiographical book, And There Was Light, by Jacques Lusseyran, was to me, a must read for all people! I am in awe of Jacques Lusseyran. His courage through adversity was a beam of light! The quote by him, "Light is in us, even if we have no eyes," tells of a person, only physically was blind (age of 8 in 1932). In 1939 as a teenager, he founded a student resistance, The Volunteers of ...

German Expressionist Cinema: The World of Light and Shadow (Short Cuts)
Ian Roberts

Wallflower Press, 2008

Before Hollywood's golden age, German expressionist film was arguably the most important cinematic movement in the medium's history. These 'symphonies of... iridescent movement' of Weimar cinema provide some of cinema's most iconic images, and its vivid contrasts and dark spaces constitute a major influence on Hollywood classics such as Citizen Kane (1941) and Sunset Boulevard (1950). This volume also offers insights into the technical ...

German Light Panzers 1932-42 (New Vanguard)

2 reviews
Bryan Perrett

Osprey Publishing, 1998

ACCURATE TEXT FOCUSES ON THE 'TRUE' STATE OF EARLY GERMAN PANZER ORGANIZATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
IN A NUTSHELL: THE MEN AND THEIR TACTICS RATHER THAN THEIR EQUIPMENT WERE THE REAL STARS OF THE 'PANZERWAFFE' 'German Light Panzers 1932-42' (New Vanguard), by Bryan Perrett, is a cut-above the usual 'Osprey Military' fare. It lucidly provides both interesting and insightful content through description, quotes and narrative, plus an ample array of photos, illustrations and diagrams. THE ...

New Light on Freistatt, Missouri: The Fritz, Groh, Waiss and Wiedman Family Legacies Meet
John, E. Groh

AuthorHouse, 2006

The village of Freistatt, Missouri was founded in 1874, and nearly fifty years later Irwin and Margaret Groh represented four families when they married there. This book traces the back story and legacies of the Wiedman, Waiss, Groh and Fritz families, and the roles they played in founding and developing Freistatt and its Lutheran church. This slice of Americana covers the ancestors and descendants of these families. New light shines on all of ...

Berlin in Lights: The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1918-1937

2 reviews

Grove Pr, 2000

Fascinating wide-angle snapshot of Europe between the wars
Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel, in Tom Lehrer's facetious 1964 tribute ballad _Alma,_ is credited with marrying most of the creative men in early 20th-century Europe. (Lehrer was ungenerous, not to Alma but to Europe, since some creative Europeans did live outside Vienna in those days.) In contrast, Harry Kessler's range of contacts, if less intimate, was mind-bogglingly wider. Easton, in his ...

German Light Cruisers of World War II: Emden, Konigsberg, Karlsruhe, Koln, Leipzig, Nurnberg

1 review
Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke

US Naval Institute Press, 2002

A very good overview of the 1st ships of the new German Navy
Gerhard Koop does an excellent job writing up the design, construction, and operational life of the German light cruisers of WWII. These ships were all limited by restructions by the treaty that ended The Great War. So, unlike the later "Panzerschiffe" which pretty much openly cheated on the treaty, the German followed the treaty to the letter on these light cruisers. The end result was ...

Literature in the Light of the Emblem

1 review
Peter M. Daly

University of Toronto Press, 1998

Best introduction to the Emblem
Peter M. Daly, Professor of German at McGill University, is one of the founders of modern Emblematic research. His book is one of the best, holistic, introduction to the emblem and emblematic studies. Emblematics is one of the most curious sub-disciplines in Renaissance studies. Some professors that I've talked to believe emblematics was a phenomenon of the 1970s and 1980s, and that its "fad" has ...

Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age of Durer and Holbein

1 review
Butts, Lee Hendrix

Getty Publications, 2001

Packed with drawings and color examples
Any college-level arts library collection including classes or studies in stained glass will want to include this specialty history, which examines the collaboration between draftsmen and glass painters in southern Germany and Switzerland from 1480 to 1530. While Albrecht Durer is the focus here, others are examined for their contributions to the stained glass field and Painting on Light is ...

German Light Reconnaissance Vehicles
Horst Scheibert

Schiffer Publishing, 1994

Covers the types and usage of German light reconnaissance vehicles.

The Fateful Alliance: German Conservatives and Nazis in 1933: the Machtergreifung in a New Light
Hermann Beck

Berghahn Books, 2008

On 30 January 1933, Alfred Hugenberg's conservative German National People's Party (DNVP) formed a coalition government with the Nazi Party, thus enabling Hitler to accede to the chancellorship. This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between Conservatives and Nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the Nazi seizure of power - the decisive months between 30 January and 14 July 1933. The Machtergreifung is characterized here as ...

Tales for Transformation
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

City Lights Books, 1987

tr Scott Thompson

German Light and Heavy Infantry Artillery 1914-1945 (Schiffer Military History)

1 review
Wolfgang Fleischer

Schiffer Publishing, 1997

Long on WW2 short on WW1
This booklet by Wolfgang Fleischer is a bit misleading as the title leads one to expect more coverage of WW1. Instead it skips over the 1914-18 period and seems to use it more as an introduction to WW2. That is a shame as even though it does not mention many WW1 guns, those it does skip across are interesting weapons. After a couple of pages of fairly vague text on WW1 it goes into WW2 ...

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