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Forever and a Day

The World War II Odyssey of an American Family

A family memoir of peril, sacrifice, and enduring love during World War II Like many children of the 1940s and 50s, Eric Jensen rarely heard his family's stories of World War II. But after his mother's death, Jensen discovered a cardboard box brimming with letters. This treasure trove launched Jensen on a journey to discover his family's connection to the war-a journey that would take him back in time and around the world. Unique in WWII accounts, this family memoir introduces us to George and Mary Jensen, five Jensen siblings, and their friends-through letters arriving from the front lines of Europe and the Pacific. From western Canada and Alaska, where civilians and GIs labored under impossible conditions to complete the Alaska Military Road, the Canadian Oil Project, and the Northwest Staging Route. And from home front America, where the Jensen women scrambled to support the war effort while coping with rationing, bone-wearying work, and endless worry.

The World War II Odyssey of an American Family Eric Jensen. Forever and a Day
portrays the anxieties, fear, and desperation that my Colorado family experienced
in more than three years of war. The book also traces the vast forces that ...

Fatwa

Living with a death threat

Jacky was twenty-three when she arrived in Egypt for a holiday with her boyfriend, Dave. Little did she know that an innocent holiday would result in a horror beyond her imagination. Separated from Dave in a bustling street, Jacky fell and twisted her ankle, only to be swept up by a handsome, chivalrous Egyptian called Omar. It was love at first sight. Jacky spent those ten days living with the family - sharing a bed with Omar's sister - irresistibly attracted to Omar. Swept away by her infatuation she married him and converted to Islam before returning to England to her parents. Returning to Cairo against her parents' advice but full of hopes and plans, Jacky's dream turned into a nightmare. As a blue-eyed blonde she was never going to fit in with life in a poor suburb where the women walked at all times with their heads bowed. During the next eight years she suffered non-stop physical and emotional abuse. She had to escape with her two little girls but how? This tense story never quite ends. Even now, Jacky is living in the shadow of a death threat. A fatwa is issued legitimately under Islamic law to a Muslim woman who leaves her husband. Jacky to protect herself and her daughters minute by minute, day by day, never quite sure what may be around the corner...

She had to escape with her two little girls but how? This tense story never quite ends. Even now, Jacky is living in the shadow of a death threat. A fatwa is issued legitimately under Islamic law to a Muslim woman who leaves her husband.

Caught in Between

The Story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli

The extraordinary story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli who tells of losing a homeland, struggling to resolve conflict, and keeping faith in God.

The extraordinary story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli who tells of losing a homeland, struggling to resolve conflict, and keeping faith in God.

Terry:

My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism

Rarely has a public figure addressed such difficult, intimate issues with such courage and bravery. In a moving, passionate memoir, former Senator George McGovern recalls the events leading up to his daughter Terry's death as a result of alcoholism. What McGovern learned from Terry is an unforgettable, poignant tale certain to engender controversy and compassion. of photos.

erry's life after the summer of 1988 was so chaotic— such a mixture of hope and
despair, love and r tment, sobriety and relapses—that it is bewildering to piece
the story together. It is difficult to tell a coherent story about an incoherent life.

Bach

A Biography

1928. This work is a record of Johann Sebastian Bach's career, not a critical appreciation of his music. His personality has been so buried under the towering pyramid of his manuscript that, for most of us, he is but faintly visible on a background of the Bachgesellschaft folios. Contents: family; school; apprenticeship; young organist; Weimar; Cothen; Das jetzt florirende Leipzig; director musices; battle of the prefects; last years.

1928. This work is a record of Johann Sebastian Bach's career, not a critical appreciation of his music.

The Perfect Gentleman

The Life and Letters of George Washington Custis Lee

Since the arrival of the second letter, I have been prevented by illness, and the
pressure of business which would not admit of delay, from replying to either of
them. Genl. Wm. R. Terry resides in Liberty, Va. Genl. R. L. Gibson, No. 5
Caronlet St.

Smugglers' Blues

A Memoir

This book is about a powerful bond between brothers. The sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, true story, follows the authors path as he becomes deeper and deeper involved in the marijuana trade while struggling emotionally to do the right thing not only for his brother, but for himself.

This book is about a powerful bond between brothers.

Snowball

Go Find Yourself a School

In 1932, Len Langrick -- aged five and known affectionately as 'Snowball' -- moved with his family to their new home above an undertaker's premises in Battersea, London. It was the beginning of a period of many adventures: getting to know the area and its residents, making new friends and, of course, finding himself a school to attend.

In 1932, Len Langrick -- aged five and known affectionately as 'Snowball' -- moved with his family to their new home above an undertaker's premises in Battersea, London.