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The Lost Childhood: The Complete Memoir
This compelling memoir takes readers through the eyes of a child surviving World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland. As a nine-year-old, the author witnessed his father being herded into a truck—never to be seen again. He, his mother, and sister fled to Warsaw to live in disguise as Catholics under the noses of the Nazi SS, constantly fearful of discovery and persecution. A sobering reminder of the personal toll of the Holocaust on Jews during World War II, this book is a harrowing portrait of one child's loss...
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In A Shockingly Honest Narrative, A Former Prisoner-of-war Tells How Her Family, Along With Ten Thousand Other Dutch Residents Living In The Dutch East Indies Were Shipped Off To Interment Camps Where Food Rationing, Terrible Sanitary Conditions, And An Uncertain Future Were The Norms For More Than Three Years. - By Annelexa Hofstra Layson,herman J. Viola - Hardcover
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July 30, 2009: I enjoyed reading the book because it reaches out to the reader to feel the pain, the anger, the hurt, and the writer still touches the humorous side of himself. The writer's descriptions of different events were so realistic, it seemed as if the reader was actually there at the scene of the events. The author holds nothing back in sharing his feelings about death, the war, life, and how the injuries sustained in battle changed his life and his outlook of the future....
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Lost Childhood and the Language of Exile
New - "Lost Childhood and the Language of Exile" is a long awaited collection of essential papers to be used as a tool not only by members of the helping professions working with people from cultures other than their own, but by all those who need to come to grips with the multidimensional and multilingual experiences of individuals and groups in our increasingly global society--and with themselves." --Edith Kurzweil "This remarkable compendium on 'loss' contains essays that are amongst the most
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Lost In Childhood (Q-Guitar Remix)
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In this fierce and lyrical memoir, Gregory takes readers inside the hidden world of child abuse called Munchausen by Proxy--with a power rivaling "Girl, Interrupted" and "A Child Called "It."
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Fair This copy is in better than acceptable condition. I listed it as same because of the flaws. No visible markings, highlights, underlining, tears to text. Tight spine. Back endpaper has a sticker. There's a small tear to bottom back cover with a few bottom pages with that same tear. Pages are lightly sunned. No Dust Jacket. Bottom of front Soft Cover has a crease with tiny chip to top front cover. Back cover has a crease also. Minimum/moderate, shelf/edge wear. Apart from flaws described, one...
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New - In this fierce and lyrical memoir, Gregory takes readers inside the hidden world of child abuse called Munchausen by Proxy--with a power rivaling "Girl, Interrupted" and "A Child Called "It."
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In a shockingly honest narrative, we learn of the tactics used by their captors to dehumanize the Dutch prisoners. We learn of the grinding daily routine of the prisoners, the food rations, the sleeping arrangements, and the awful sanitary conditions. We share in Annelex’s near-death bout with malaria. We also share some of the awful things she witnessed—extracting parasitic worms from a fellow-prisoner’s throat; the agonizing death by starvation of women punished for stealing food; and the sight...
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I wanted to write poetry about the long term effects Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse has on a person. Seeing, hearing and living with it from a young age. All Abuse is wrong, yet so many people live with it daily, going unheard
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Lost In Childhood (B.craack Remix)
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Childhood In America,childhood Lost (how American Culture Is Failing Our Kids) (childhood In America) (hardcover)
Childhood in America,Childhood Lost (How American Culture Is Failing Our Kids) (Childhood in America) (Hardcover)
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General Biography & Autobiography - Helene Cooper is Congo, a descendant of two Liberian dynasties traced back to the first ship of freemen that set sail from New York in 1820 to found Monrovia. Helene grew ... - The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood (Books)
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Muse's fusion of progressive rock, glam, electronica, and Radiohead-influenced experimentation is crafted by guitarist/vocalist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard. Bored by the sleepy life provided by their hometown of Teignmouth, Devon, the three British friends began playing music together ... READ MORE
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Gr 7-Up In this powerful memoir, Nir describes his Jewish family's experiences in Poland during World War II. Throughout most of the war he, his mother, and sister hid in plain sight as Catholics, ever fearful that they would be unmasked and sent to the gas chambers. The author depicts their lives with incredible immediacy, giving readers a real sense of what life was like for not only the Jews, but also for the Poles. He clearly portrays the harsh treatment of the Polish people by the Germans and...
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Overview Details As a little Dutch girl in Indonesia, Annelex Hofstra's comfortable world was torn apart when she and her family were sent to Japanese prison camps for three and a half years. Now she breaks her 60-year silence to tell a riveting story of life in those camps. Her story provides hope for young lives torn apart by war, and inspires future generations to work for peace. Ages 10 and upHardcover112 pages5 1/2 x 8 1/4"© 2008
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Lost In Childhood (Subsky Remix)
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Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood Books
Books. Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood
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This is the true story of one little girl's fight to survive while growing up in a home filled with violence, abuse, and neglect. In this insightful and heartfelt account, Sue Owen reveals what happens when a child cannot rely on the family home to be the safe and respectable refuge it should be. Neglected and bullied by her step-mother throughout her formative years, and abused by her father in her teens, Sue somehow survived to tell the tale and have a family of her own. Determined that her own...
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Lost In Childhood (B.craack Instrumental)
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