Golden America A Memoir
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Golden America A Memoir
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Author : Bella Altura
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2015-01-28
Golden America A Memoir written by Bella Altura and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"I was born in a small town in Germany at the wrong time in history, the beginning of the Nazi era." Altura recalls how one early November evening, about forty Schutztaffel men break down the door of their home, destroy all their belongings, and drag her father out onto the street where they proceed to beat him nearly to death. He is then placed in a prison cell before being shipped off to Dachau concentration camp. That traumatic experience, the first of several Altura would soon endure, marked
Little Golden America
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Author : Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
Little Golden America written by Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with United States categories.
Golden America
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Author : Bella Altura
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2015-01-28
Golden America written by Bella Altura and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“I was born in a small town in Germany at the wrong time in history, the beginning of the Nazi era.” Altura recalls how one early November evening, about forty Schutztaffel men break down the door of their home, destroy all their belongings, and drag her father out onto the street where they proceed to beat him nearly to death. He is then placed in a prison cell before being shipped off to Dachau concentration camp. That traumatic experience, the first of several Altura would soon endure, marked the end of her childhood, just two weeks after her seventh birthday; and signified the beginning of ten agonizing years of surviving the Holocaust. More fortunate than most, however, her family is ultimately reunited and immigrate to “golden America.” Shortly after settling in the United States, her mother—the family’s saving grace—succumbs to brain cancer, leaving Altura in profound sadness. After a painful past, she finally finds a sense of purpose and fulfillment working in a lab where she meets her future husband, Burt, who introduces her to the joys of living.
Golden Inches
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Author : Grace Service
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1989
Golden Inches written by Grace Service and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"(An) engrossing memoir .... To turn everything recorded here--births, an infant death, family uprootings, civil turmoil, maintaining an American household in the interior of China--into gold requires an alchemy that only a beautiful, strong-minded, witty and loving wife and mother can hold the secret to."--John Espey, Washington Post Book World "A wonderful, sad, moving memoir by an indomitable American . . . Golden Inches not only gives many fascinating glimpses of historical events; more important, it shows us what it meant to live through those events and deal with them without rancor, resentment or facile anger and enthusiasm."--Tracy B. Strong, New York Times Book Review "This closely observed portrait of living in isolated missionary communities and treaty ports, against the background of one of the most turbulent periods of twentieth-century Chinese history, is an important document. It is also a moving story of one family's obsessive and destructive love affair with China."--Tiffany Brown, Times Literary Supplement
The Golden Door
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Author : A.A. Gill
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-06-28
The Golden Door written by A.A. Gill and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Travel categories.
Britain's most readable journalist takes on his biggest challenge - America. Where were you when John F. Kennedy was shot? Today the answer more often than not is going to be 'not born'. You have to be some way past 45 to know where you were when Kennedy was shot in Dallas in 1963. A generation later, you could ask the same question about the World Trade Centre. Where were you when the plane hit the twin towers on 11 September 2001? But this book is about what happened between those two moments. The world's perception of America changed between those two waves. A.A. Gill's book is about the things he's always found admirable and optimistic about the United States and its citizens. Two of the happiest times of his life were spent living in New York and the mountains of Kentucky. The contrast between the two couldn't have been more complicated and different. The America he found was contradictory and elusive, not the simpletons' place he'd been led to believe. It was still a list of raw ingredients rather than the old stew of Europe. Now A.A. Gill takes another look at the America he knew in the 1970s, a place that seemed to hold promise, practical energy and a plan for the future. How did it become the political magnetic north, against which the liberal intellectuals from the rest of the world set their opinions? Why is it so easily mocked, so comprehensively blamed, so thoughtlessly hated? This book is a collection of linked essays based around places that will open up truths and mythologies about America and Americans. The theme of his journey will be searching for 'the home of'. Every other small town in America boasts on its Welcome sign that it is the home of something or other: a mountain, a mine, peaches, spotted pigs, a president, the world's biggest ball of string, barbecues, the deepest hole. So that's where A.A. Gill starts, going to find the home of everything.
Little Golden America
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Author : Ilya Ilf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-12
Little Golden America written by Ilya Ilf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12 with United States categories.
Odnoetazhnya Amerika (One-Storied America) First published in the U.S.S.R. 1936. Little Golden America. First published in England in 1944. Translated from the Russian by Charles MalamuthThis is one of the most popular books ever published in the Soviet Union. It remains popular in Russia today. We Americans cannot figure out what makes it so popular. It is a good book, interesting and well written, but does not contain anything so outstanding as to make it the most popular book ever written. Yet almost every Russian seems to have read or to be familiar with "Little Golden America."It describes the adventures of the two authors, Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov, who arrived in New York City on the passenger ship Normandie. After one month in New York, they bought a car and started traveling around the United States. They went to Chicago and San Francisco and then swept back through the Southern States. When they arrived back in New York to return to Europe, they said that they had traveled ten thousand miles.
An American Family
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Author : Khizr Khan
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-10-24
An American Family written by Khizr Khan and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Khan's aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands' Kirkus Reviews In fewer than three hundred words, Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he offered to lend Donald Trump his own much-read and dog-eared pocket Constitution, his gesture perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions. But who was that man, standing beside his wife, extolling the promises and virtues of the U.S. Constitution? In this urgent and timeless immigrant story, we learn that Khizr Khan has been many things. He was the oldest of ten children born to farmers in Pakistan, and a curious and thoughtful boy who listened rapt as his grandfather recited Rumi beneath the moonlight. He was a university student who read the Declaration of Independence and was awestruck by what might be possible in life. He was a hopeful suitor, trying to win the heart of a woman far out of his league. He was a brilliant and diligent young family man who worked two jobs to save enough money to put himself through Harvard Law School. He was a loving father who tragically lost his son, an Army captain killed while protecting his base camp in Iraq. He was and is a patriot, and a fierce advocate for the rights, dignities and values enshrined in the American system. An American Family shows us who Khizr Khan and millions of other American immigrants are, and why-especially in these tumultuous times-we must not be afraid to step forward for what we believe in when it matters most.
America A Golden Journey
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Author : M. S. Patcharin Sato
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-03
America A Golden Journey written by M. S. Patcharin Sato and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Patcharin Sato's story is not only an inspirational depiction of one woman's incredible golden journey from poverty to success, but it is also a golden opportunity for you to read one of the great feel good story of our time. America A Golden Journey will take you from Patcharin's humble beginning from one of Thailand's most poverty stricken rural areas to her courageous transition to America and overcoming the challenges to obtain the American Dream. This book reveals that no matter where you come from, with a desire for a better life combined with hard working ethics, you can take advantage of the opportunities offered in America to make a difference in your life and the lives of others. I highly encourage you to make America A Golden Journey, a collection of your must-read book. Patcharin's story will serve as an inspiration to all who will encounter obstacles, adversities, challenges, and need the hope and motivation needed to achieve dreams. DeWayne Owens Motivational Speaker and the Best Selling Author of How to Get Rich on Purpose: Secret to Prosperity and Controlling Your Destiny
Memoirs Of A Geisha
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Author : Arthur Golden
language : en
Publisher: Longman
Release Date : 2008
Memoirs Of A Geisha written by Arthur Golden and has been published by Longman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with English language categories.
"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut" ("Newsweek"), "Memoirs of a Geisha" is now released in a movie tie-in edition.
The Golden Willow
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Author : Harry Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2009-04-28
The Golden Willow written by Harry Bernstein and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Harry Bernstein started chronicling his life at the age of ninety-four, after the death of his beloved wife, Ruby. In his first book, The Invisible Wall, he told a haunting story of forbidden love in World War I-era England. Then Bernstein wrote The Dream, the touching tale of his family’s immigrant experience in Depression-era Chicago and New York. Now Bernstein completes the saga with The Golden Willow, a heart-lifting memoir of his life with Ruby, a romance that lasted nearly seventy years. They met at a dance at New York’s legendary Webster Hall, fell instantly and madly in love, and embarked on a rich and rewarding life together. From their first tiny rented room on the Upper West Side to their years in Greenwich Village, immersed in the art scene, surrounded by dancers, musicians, and writers, to their life in the newly burgeoning suburbs, Harry and Ruby pursued the American dream with gusto, much as Harry’s late mother would have wanted. Together, through a depression, a world war, and the McCarthy era, through job losses and race riots and the joyous births of their two children, Harry and Ruby weathered much and shared an incredible love. But then the inevitable happened. One of them had to go first. When Ruby was ninety-one, she contracted leukemia and died. Alone for the first time in his life, Harry felt the loss acutely and terribly, and for a long while, despite continued good health, he was uncertain about whether he could go on without Ruby. It was then that he turned to the past for solace–and ended up fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming a published author. Delightful and hopeful, tender and moving, The Golden Willow is Harry’s tribute to his beloved Ruby, to their long, happy life together, to the impact her parting had on his heart and his soul, and to the surprises and unexpected pleasures that continue to await him.