Letters To Oma

Author : Marj Gurasich
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 0875656390
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters to Oma written by Marj Gurasich and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When fifteen-year-old Christina Eudora Von Scholl learns that her family will leave their German homeland to seek freedom in Texas, her greatest sorrow is leaving behind her beloved grandmother. And so, in a series of letters, she takes “Oma” on this great adventure with her family . . . and takes us as readers. Sometimes the letters are dark with discouragement, for the Von Scholls find, as did many German-Texas families, that the Society for the Protection of German Emigrants, known as the Adelsverein, was unable to fulfill its promises of land, housing, horses, and farm implements. But they are Germans, determined and willing to work hard. More often these letters—and the text woven in between them—are bright with adventure, for Tina finds Texas an exciting, if puzzling, place. There are new customs to learn, new foods to eat, even while the family preserves its traditional German ways. Tina’s adventures include a run-in with a mountain lion, an exciting trip across Texas with her father to Sisterdale, and a frightening encounter with Lipan Indians. Her lessons in being an American are helped by Jeff, a young man who becomes part of the family when he undertakes to teach them to farm in Texas. Tina, in return, teaches Jeff to read and learns a lesson in love that is without nationality. Letters to Oma is a charming, informative novel that sweeps the reader back to a very particular time and place. And Tina Von Scholl is irresistible as correspondent and as heroine.

Author : Marj Gurasich
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780613888042
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters To Oma written by Marj Gurasich and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1989-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her family moves from Germany to Texas in 1847, fifteen-year-old Tina chronicles in letters to her grandmother their struggle to survive in a strange new place while preserving their traditional German ways.

Author : JAMES OWEN DORSEY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
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Author : Sacha van Rood
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9059729323
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Fragmentation to Coherence written by Sacha van Rood and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From Fragmentation to Coherence, the author Sacha van Rood presents a theory for the genesis of autism and the disorder known as "derealization/depersonalization" by demonstrating the connections between them and tracing the roots to events in early childhood. She discusses the crucial importance of creating a functional perception of reality in the early months and years of life, and the environmental conditions that must be present for this process to succeed. She identifies certain factors in modern lifestyles that may hamper the creation of a functional perception of reality, leading in the most extreme cases to a disastrous rupturing of a child's development. Van Rood's theory, which gives an explanation for the experience of unreality that is intrinsic to derealization and depersonalization, also suggests possible paths to the prevention -- and in some cases possibly even a cure -- for the disorder known as autism.

Author : Katherine Reay
Publisher : Harper Muse
ISBN 13 : 1400243076
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Berlin Letters written by Katherine Reay and published by Harper Muse. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East German prison. From the time she was a young girl, Luisa Voekler has loved solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brilliant and logical, she’s expected to quickly climb the career ladder at the CIA. But while her coworkers have moved on to thrilling Cold War assignments—especially in the exhilarating era of the late 1980s—Luisa’s work remains stuck in the past decoding messages from World War II. Journalist Haris Voekler grew up a proud East Berliner. But as his eyes open to the realities of postwar East Germany, he realizes that the Soviet promises of a better future are not coming to fruition. After the Berlin Wall goes up, Haris finds himself separated from his young daughter and all alone after his wife dies. There’s only one way to reach his family—by sending coded letters to his father-in-law who lives on the other side of the Iron Curtain. When Luisa Voekler discovers a secret cache of letters written by the father she has long presumed dead, she learns the truth about her grandfather’s work, her father’s identity, and why she has never progressed in her career. With little more than a rudimentary plan and hope, she journeys to Berlin and risks everything to free her father and get him out of East Berlin alive. As Luisa and Haris take turns telling their stories, events speed toward one of the twentieth century’s most dramatic moments—the fall of the Berlin Wall and that night’s promise of freedom, truth, and reconciliation for those who lived, for twenty-eight years, behind the bleak shadow of the Iron Curtain’s most iconic symbol. A Cold War novel that takes readers to the heart of Berlin to witness both the early and final days of the Berlin Wall Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 107,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Author : United States Military Academy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Total Pages : 1450 pages
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Author : Andrea Krazeise
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1609577108
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Download or read book He Came Back for Me written by Andrea Krazeise and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He Came Back For Me is a story of life to weave a beautiful tapestry that resulted in forgiveness, reconciliation, the transformation of a dysfunctional family, and the reunion of a lifetime.

Author : Lucie Prenzlau
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304417417
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oma's Story written by Lucie Prenzlau and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incredible saga took place during one of the most violent periods in the history of the world. The bride and groom had drawn on wellsprings of courage, daring, fidelity, and faith. In what reads more like a suspenseful fiction or thrilling adventure, rather than a true account, their journey spanned three continents and many seas. This is the story of how Dr. Werner Prenzlau, and Lucie Spitzer met and fell in love, how they were painfully separated by world events that completely overturned their personal lives, and how against all odds, G-d miraculously brought them back to each other to spend the rest of their years together.