Olga S Story
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Olga S Story
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Author : Stephanie Williams
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Olga S Story written by Stephanie Williams and has been published by Doubleday this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Canadian journalist Stephanie Williams set out to discover her Russian grandmother’ s long-lost history, what she unearthed was this stunning, sprawling portrait of a life lived on the grand stage of the 20th century. Born in remote Siberia in 1900, Olga Yunter was the youngest of five children. As a teenager during the Revolution, she was a courier and arms-runner for the White Russians. After learning of the execution of her brother at the hands of the Red Army, which drew nearer every day, her father sent her to China with rubies and gold sewn into her petticoats. She would never see her family again. The life of a Russian exile in China meant poverty and fear. But Olga was lucky. She met and married Fred Edney, and gave birth to their daughter, Irina, the author’s mother. But the creeping Japanese occupation and invasion of China forced Olga to flee with Irina to Canada, leaving Fred behind to continue working. For five years she heard almost nothing of her husband, save that he was alive in a Japanese prison camp. At the end of the war she returned to China to find him broken by his internment. The family was driven out of the country for good by the Chinese Revolution in 1949. They settled in Oxford, where Olga and Fred lived out the rest of their days. Drawing on letters, diaries, government documents, and interviews, Stephanie Williams brings to life this gripping historical drama, sweeping in scope and illuminated by the intimate details of one woman’s extraordinary life.
Olga S Story
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Author : Olga Soter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Olga S Story written by Olga Soter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Olga S Story
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Author : Olga Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-07-22
Olga S Story written by Olga Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-22 with categories.
Olga was born in 1933 and lived in Shanghai, China, for most of the first 17 years of her life. She experienced the horrors of the Japanese occupation during WWII and later the arrival of communism. But now both her parents were deceased and her current "adopted" family was leaving for the USA, joining the mass exodus. She felt alone and wondered what her fate would be. So she put her life in God's hands and a life changing adventure was about to start. Despite the difficulties of a young woman travelling alone from one end of the world to the other, she was soon on her way to Australia - a country of unknowns!
Olga S Story
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Author : Bruce MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2022-08-20
Olga S Story written by Bruce MacDonald and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-20 with categories.
This is the story of the last Romanov family from the point of view of Olga Romanov, the eldest of the four children. Olga describes the time from her childhood to the Revolution and beyond, to the tragic and brutal killing of the whole family.
Olga The Brolga
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Author : Rod Clement
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2013-02-01
Olga The Brolga written by Rod Clement and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Not since Edward the Emu (and its sequel Edwina the Emu) has Rod Clement created such beautifully detailed and exuberant artwork 'I want to dance NOW, I want to flap, kick and jump!' 'Well, don't jump on me!' said a small brown lump. Olga the brolga is in a terrible mood. She desperately wants to dance -- but no one will dance with her. Her parents have other things to do, Ellie the crocodile doesn't feel like jumping around, and Joanna Jacana only wants to sleep. As for Lilly the long-neck, well, she's a bit grumpy, too! So Olga decides to dance by herself; and when she does, something absolutely wonderful happens ... Ages 3-7
Olga S Loving Grandma
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Author : Olga Quezada
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2015-04-08
Olga S Loving Grandma written by Olga Quezada and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-08 with Family & Relationships categories.
OLGA’S LOVING GRANDMA is a story full of emotions. You will appreciate how a young girl overcame physical, financial and civil war difficulties with the love of a caring community but overall with the tender care of a loving grandma. In this delicately written narration in memory of Mama Cata, you will encounter Olga’s childhood and you will learn that if you make an effort you can shine with your own light in this world. This story teaches children, teenagers and adults that with love and perseverance you can achieve all your dreams. Olga Quezada, resides in Los Angeles County. Olga earned a Master of Science in Gerontology from the California State University Fullerton. She is an active member of Sigma Phi Omega, the national academic and professional society in Gerontology. She loves to spend time with her beloved son and her adorable nephews. In her free time she loves to read, travel and volunteer at a hospice institution.
Olga In Kenya
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Author : Elizabeth Watkins
language : en
Publisher: Britwell Books
Release Date : 2005
Olga In Kenya written by Elizabeth Watkins and has been published by Britwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Some people achieve far more than their time on earth should allow, making a real difference to many, yet unrecognised by most.Olga Baillie-Grohman is one such person. The summary of her life reads as an extraordinary catalogue of events ? born in Austria within hours of Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin, she married a Kenyan soldier-settler and was recruited to British Intelligence work. Her second marriage to a senior Government official enabled her to fulfil many missions in life - elected as the first female member of the Nairobi City Council followed by the Kenyan Legislative Council, Olga used her standing to advance better urban housing for African's, education for the continents women and as a representative to the smaller coffee farmers. Olga?s story is one that should not be forgotten as it is a guiding light for putting the world to rights and an inspiration to others.
Hello Golden Gate
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Author : Olga Valcoff
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2007-03-05
Hello Golden Gate written by Olga Valcoff and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hello Golden Gate is the epic generational saga of a family that was forced to flee their mother country and spent the rest of their lives looking for a place to call home. When author O1ga Valcoff s grandparents left behind everything they cared for while fleeing from the Russian Revolution of 1917, they became part of Asias White Russian community, where a diaspora of stateless refugees found comfort as they tried to rebuild their lives. Two generations later, Olga was born in Japan and moved to Shanghai with her parents, always on the run from war, Communism and political oppression. Hello Golden Gate is a factual record of Russian refugees in the Far East from the early 1920s through World War II and Chinese Communist takeover of China. At the heart of Olgas story is a strong family bond that endured hardships, enjoyed good times and never gave up hope. From illness, imprisonment and wartime destitution to beautiful Japanese festivals and opulent Russian religious holidays. The vignettes in Hello Golden Gate let readers see what life was like in another time and place
The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova
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Author : Antony Beevor
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2005-05-05
The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova written by Antony Beevor and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Antony Beevor's The Mystery of Olga Chekhova is the true story of a family torn apart by revolution and war. Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. The extraordinary story of how the whole family survived the Russian Revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union becomes, in Antony Beevor's hands, a breathtaking tale of compromise and survival in a merciless age.
The Books Of Jacob
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Author : Olga Tokarczuk
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2022-02-01
The Books Of Jacob written by Olga Tokarczuk and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Fiction categories.
A NEW YORKER “ESSENTIAL READ” “Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.” – The Washington Post “Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño’s 2666.” –AV Club “Sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. . . The comedy in this novel blends, as it does in life, with genuine tragedy.” –Dwight Garner, The New York Times LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, TIME, THE NEW YORKER, AND NPR The Nobel Prize–winner’s richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader as he blazes his way across eighteenth-century Europe. In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas—and a new unrest—begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires with throngs of disciples in his thrall as he reinvents himself again and again, converts to Islam and then Catholicism, is pilloried as a heretic and revered as the Messiah, and wreaks havoc on the conventional order, Jewish and Christian alike, with scandalous rumors of his sect’s secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. The story of Frank—a real historical figure around whom mystery and controversy swirl to this day—is the perfect canvas for the genius and unparalleled reach of Olga Tokarczuk. Narrated through the perspectives of his contemporaries—those who revere him, those who revile him, the friend who betrays him, the lone woman who sees him for what he is—The Books of Jacob captures a world on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence. In a nod to books written in Hebrew, The Books of Jacob is paginated in reverse, beginning on p. 955 and ending on p. 1 – but read traditionally, front cover to back.