Runaway Waltz
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Runaway Waltz
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Author : Frederic Morton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-15
Runaway Waltz written by Frederic Morton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of the most revered essayists and novelists of his generation, Frederic Morton has captured with matchless immediacy the glamour of Vienna before World War I and the storied opulence of the Rothschild family in his bestselling and award-winning works. Now, in his first book in more than fifteen years, he delivers a luminous look at his own unique pursuit of the American dream. Like many Austrian boys in 1936, the author idolizes Fritz Austerlitz, the Austrian American who went to Hollywood and emerged as Fred Astaire. When his family is forced to flee Vienna, Fritz Mandelbaum becomes Fred Morton and immigrates to New York City. Though he does not learn English until he is sixteen years old, Morton nonetheless goes on to succeed as a writer. The author sets out ten scenes from his pilgrim life and his remarkable road to success: from watching a poorly dubbed Astaire in Vienna to delivering apricot tarts as a baker's assistant in New York; from Salt Lake City where as a young English instructor he met Vladimir Nabokov to a Christmas spent with the Rothschilds at Château Mouton. Runaway Waltz is a soulful, beautifully written portrait of one man's extraordinary quest for fulfillment and enduring transformation.
Zonal Jets
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Author : Boris Galperin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-28
Zonal Jets written by Boris Galperin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-28 with Science categories.
Presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary volume on the physics of zonal jets, from the leading experts, for graduate students and researchers.
Fighting The Forever War
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Author : Lisa M. Mundey
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-02-08
Fighting The Forever War written by Lisa M. Mundey and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-08 with History categories.
During two decades of fighting in Afghanistan, U.S. service members confronted numerous challenges in their mission to secure the country from the threat of al-Qaeda and the Taliban and assist in rebuilding efforts. Because the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan occurred simultaneously, much of the American public conflated them or failed to notice the Afghanistan War; and most of the war's archival material remains classified and closed to civilian researchers. Drawing on interviews and letters home, this book relates the Afghanistan War through the experiences of American troops, with firsthand accounts of both combat and humanitarian operations, the environment, living conditions and interactions with the locals.
Sacred Quartetts Etc
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Author : Adolph Baumbach
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
Sacred Quartetts Etc written by Adolph Baumbach and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with categories.
O Hail Us Ye Free
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Author : Giuseppe Verdi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1857
O Hail Us Ye Free written by Giuseppe Verdi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1857 with Operas categories.
The Musical Treasure A Collection Of Vocal And Instrumental Music Etc
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
The Musical Treasure A Collection Of Vocal And Instrumental Music Etc written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with categories.
Musical Gift A Collection Of Pianoforte Music By Different Authors
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872
Musical Gift A Collection Of Pianoforte Music By Different Authors written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with categories.
The Forever Street
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Author : Frederic Morton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-11-01
The Forever Street written by Frederic Morton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-01 with Fiction categories.
Berek, a young penniless Jew of eighteen is struggling to make a home of Turk Place, a desolate street that, in 1873 Vienna, was little more than a Gypsy encampment. But Berek believes fiercely in his own power to forge miracles. Taking the caretaker's daughter as his bride, Berek is confident he can thrive on faith. When a mysterious piece of stone comes into his possession, he and his wife believe their prayers have been answered; the stone may be a holy fragment of Jerusalem's Wailing Wall. This relic, no larger than a brick, proves to transfigure the couple's lives. They make Turk Place their home and three generations of Turk Place residents share the legacy of the Brick. For six decades, the family perseveres in the face of tumultuous events -- World War I, the shattering of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Great Depression. But Hitler's "final solution" forces them to make an impossible choice: flee the Nazis or remain and perish.
The Great Escape
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Author : Kati Marton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-10-17
The Great Escape written by Kati Marton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-17 with History categories.
The “intensely gripping story” of John von Neumann, Leo Szilard, Arthur Koestler, and six other world-renowned Hungarian Jews who fled the Nazis (The Washington Post Book World). In this book, New York Times–bestselling author Kati Marton tells the stunning tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest’s brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for individual achievements, were part of a unique group who grew up in a time and place that will never come again. Four helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer, two were major movie myth-makers, two were immortal photographers, and one was a seminal writer. From a Peabody Award–winning journalist and finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, The Great Escape is a groundbreaking, poignant American story and an important untold chapter of the tumultuous last century. “Describes the crossroads where art and politics meet, the perils of dictatorship and the horrors of war, all of it punctuated by the frantic struggle to create the atomic bomb. . . . Deserves a special place on bookshelves alongside Budapest 1900.” —The New York Times Book Review “By looking at these nine lives—salvaged, and crucial—Marton provides a moving measure of how much was lost.” —The New Yorker “[Marton has] a keen understanding of what it means to leave one’s country behind.” —The Seattle Times “A haunting tale of the wartime Hungarian diaspora. . . . Marton writes beautifully.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Filled with a number of wonderful anecdotes.” —Chicago Sun-Times “An engrossing book.” —Library Journal
Austrian Information
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Austrian Information written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Austria categories.