Il Dono Storia Dimenticata Di Un Miracolo Americano
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Il Dono Storia Dimenticata Di Un Miracolo Americano
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Author : Gup Ted
language : it
Publisher: Il Saggiatore
Release Date : 2011-10-19
Il Dono Storia Dimenticata Di Un Miracolo Americano written by Gup Ted and has been published by Il Saggiatore this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
La Grande depressione colpisce impietosamente, nel 1933. In una città dell’Ohio, gli abitanti attendono il Natale nella miseria e nella rassegnazione.George Monnot ha perso l’officina e la splendida casa. Bill Gray, dopo la bancarotta, è scomparso dall’elenco telefonico. Nancy Young non riesce a sfamare i suoi tre figli. Harry Stanley, disoccupato, non rinuncia ancora a sperare che a Natale i figli possano ricevere un regalo.Il 17 dicembre uno sconosciuto benefattore, sotto lo pseudonimo di B. Virdot, annuncia sul giornale locale di voler offrire 10 dollari a 75 famiglie in difficoltà. Chiede ai lettori solamente di raccontare in una lettera le loro sventure. In due giorni l’ufficio postale viene sommerso da centinaia di lettere. Fedele alla sua parola, il misterioso B. Virdot invia gli assegni promessi. Il suo dono risolleva l’animo di tante persone, appaga momentaneamente i beneficiati, rincuora dalla cupa disperazione gli stessi esclusi e infonde fiducia in una città smarrita.Settantacinque anni dopo, l’autore de Il dono, in visita all’anziana madre, riceve in custodia una valigia con dentro le «vecchie carte». Le sfoglia, le legge, le ordina: sono lettere datate 18 dicembre 1933. Trova un libretto di risparmi e il ritaglio di un giornale, con l’annuncio di un misterioso donatore chiamato B. Virdot. Tutto inizia ad avere senso. Il segreto è svelato: B. Virdot era Sam Stone, il nonno di Ted Gup.Colpito dalle storie di dolore e speranza di quelle lettere, Gup indaga, cerca testimonianze, ricostruisce la vicenda familiare.Ne Il dono si scioglie un toccante mistero di famiglia e, al tempo stesso, si ricompone un mosaico,dolente e attualissimo, dell’America sconvolta dalla Grande depressione.
Nation Of Secrets
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Author : Ted Gup
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2008-10-14
Nation Of Secrets written by Ted Gup and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-14 with Political Science categories.
Award winning journalist Ted Gup exposes how and why our most important institutions increasingly keep secrets from the very people they are supposed to serve.Drawing on his decades as an investigative reporter, Ted Gup argues that a preoccupation with secrets has undermined the very values--security, patriotism, and privacy--in whose name secrecy is so often invoked. He explores the blatant exploitation of privacy and confidentiality in academia, business, and the courts, and concludes that in case after case, these principles have been twisted to allow the emergence of a shadow system of justice, unaccountable to the public. Nation of Secrets not only sounds the alarm to warn against an unethical way of life, but calls for the preservation of our democracy as we know it.
The Book Of Honor
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Author : Ted Gup
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2001-05-01
The Book Of Honor written by Ted Gup and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-01 with History categories.
A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country. In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.
Shame
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Author : Annie Ernaux
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2020-05-19
Shame written by Annie Ernaux and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-19 with Fiction categories.
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful reflection on experience and the power of violent memory to endure through time, to determine the course of a life.
A Secret Gift
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Author : Ted Gup
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-10-28
A Secret Gift written by Ted Gup and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An inspiring account of America at its worst-and Americans at their best-woven from the stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from the author's generous and secretive grandfather. Shortly before Christmas 1933 in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, a small newspaper ad offered $10, no strings attached, to 75 families in distress. Interested readers were asked to submit letters describing their hardships to a benefactor calling himself Mr. B. Virdot. The author's grandfather Sam Stone was inspired to place this ad and assist his fellow Cantonians as they prepared for the cruelest Christmas most of them would ever witness. Moved by the tales of suffering and expressions of hope contained in the letters, which he discovered in a suitcase 75 years later, Ted Gup initially set out to unveil the lives behind them, searching for records and relatives all over the country who could help him flesh out the family sagas hinted at in those letters. From these sources, Gup has re-created the impact that Mr B. Virdot's gift had on each family. Many people yearned for bread, coal, or other necessities, but many others received money from B. Virdot for more fanciful items-a toy horse, say, or a set of encyclopedias. As Gup's investigations revealed, all these things had the power to turn people's lives around- even to save them. But as he uncovered the suffering and triumphs of dozens of strangers, Gup also learned that Sam Stone was far more complex than the lovable- retiree persona he'd always shown his grandson. Gup unearths deeply buried details about Sam's life-from his impoverished, abusive upbringing to felonious efforts to hide his immigrant origins from U.S. officials-that help explain why he felt such a strong affinity to strangers in need. Drawing on his unique find and his award-winning reportorial gifts, Ted Gup solves a singular family mystery even while he pulls away the veil of eight decades that separate us from the hardships that united America during the Depression. In A Secret Gift, he weaves these revelations seamlessly into a tapestry of Depression-era America, which will fascinate and inspire in equal measure. Watch a Video
Epoca
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Author :
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Epoca written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with categories.
Le Tre Costituzioni Pacifiste
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Author : Mario G. Losano
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Le Tre Costituzioni Pacifiste written by Mario G. Losano and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
The three defeated Axis powers - Japan, Italy and Germany - incorporated a prohibition on wars of aggression into their democratic constitutions. This book covers the years of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials and the constituent assemblies of 1947- 49 through to current debates on the adaptation of the pacifi st articles in line with new “humanitarian” wars. Aspects relating to the birth of the three countries' constitutions are treated in great detail in three appendices.
Segnocinema
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Author :
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Segnocinema written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Motion pictures categories.
The Beach At Night
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Author : Elena Ferrante
language : en
Publisher: Europa Editions
Release Date : 2016-11-01
The Beach At Night written by Elena Ferrante and has been published by Europa Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-01 with Fiction categories.
A “beautifully written” dark fable from a doll’s point of view—by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Lost Daughter and the Neapolitan Novels (The Washington Post). One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year. Readers of Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter may recall the little doll—lost or stolen—around which that novel revolves. Here, Ferrante retells the tale from the doll’s perspective. Celina is having a terrible night, one full of jealousy for the new kitten, Minù; feelings of abandonment and sadness; misadventures at the hands of the beach attendant; and dark dreams. But she will be happily found by Mati, her child, once the sun rises . . . “Everyone should read anything with Ferrante’s name on it.” —The Boston Globe
The Gifts Of The Jews
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Author : Thomas Cahill
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2010-04-28
The Gifts Of The Jews written by Thomas Cahill and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-28 with History categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization takes us on another "captivating...persuasive as well as entertaining" journey into history (The New York Times), recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical change that made western civilization possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as part of an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning ceaselessly. Yet somehow, the ancient Jews began to see time differently. For them, time had a beginning and an end; it was a narrative, whose triumphant conclusion would come in the future. From this insight came a new conception of men and women as individuals with unique destinies--a conception that would inform the Declaration of Independence--and our hopeful belief in progress and the sense that tomorrow can be better than today. As Thomas Cahill narrates this momentous shift, he also explains the real significance of such Biblical figures as Abraham and Sarah, Moses and the Pharaoh, Joshua, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. Full of compelling stories, insights and humor, The Gifts of the Jews is an irresistible exploration of history as fascinating and fun as How the Irish Saved Civilization.