Purple Hearts

Author : Tess Wakefield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 150113650X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Purple Hearts written by Tess Wakefield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM! When a soldier with a troubled past and a struggling songwriter agree to a marriage of convenience for the military benefits, neither expects much after saying “I do.” Then tragedy strikes, and the line between what’s real and what’s pretend begins to blur in this smart and surprising romance perfect for fans of Nicholas Sparks and Jojo Moyes. Cassie Salazar and Luke Morrow couldn’t be more different. Sharp-witted Cassie works nights at a bar in Austin, Texas to make ends meet while pursuing her dream of becoming a singer/songwriter. Luke is an Army trainee, about to ship out for duty, who finds comfort in the unswerving discipline of service. But a chance encounter at Cassie’s bar changes the course of both their lives. Cassie is drowning in medical bills after being diagnosed with diabetes. When she runs into her old friend Frankie, now enlisted in the Army, she proposes a deal: she’ll marry him in exchange for better medical insurance and they can split the increased paycheck that comes with having a “family.” When Frankie declines, his attractive but frustratingly intense friend Luke volunteers to marry Cassie instead. What she doesn’t know is that he has desperate reasons of his own to get married. In this unforgettable love story, Cassie and Luke must set aside their differences to make it look like a real marriage...unless, somewhere along the way, it becomes one...

Author : Patricia McCormick
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061948764
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Purple Heart written by Patricia McCormick and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero. There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together. Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad—Justin, Wolf, and Charlene—the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He just wants to go back to being the soldier he once was. But he sees potential threats everywhere and lives in fear of not being able to pull the trigger when the time comes. In combat there is no black-and-white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed. National Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.

Author : Nina Auguste Berman
Publisher : Trolley Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Purple Hearts written by Nina Auguste Berman and published by Trolley Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Purple Heart is the token honor given to soldiers for their wounds, it makes, them heroes. It is the title that Nina Berman has given to her photographs of American soldiers gravely wounded in the Iraq war, who have returned home to face life away from the waving flags and heroic send-offs. The images are accompanied by first-person interviews with the soldiers, who discuss their lives, reasons for enlisting, and experience in Iraq. They provide a glimpse into the myths of warfare as glorious spectacle through the minds of young men desperate to believe in the righteousness of their actions. One soldier explains that he always wanted to be a hero. He thought the military would be fun--he would jump out of planes. He never imagined it could be ugly until he saw "Saving Private Ryan. He is now a cripple, doped up all day on pain medications, flat broke, with one kid and another on the way. Another soldier describes how he called a recruiting station after watching an MTV-style commercial for the Army on TV.,An immigrant from Pakistan, he was given his citizenship following his injury. It's a fair trade in his mind: a leg for an American passport.

Author : David Schwind
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979284915
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacrifice Remembered written by David Schwind and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, 291,577 men and women of the United States armed forces were killed in action in the fight against the Axis powers. Each of these service members was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart medal in recognition for the loss of their lives in the pursuit of worldwide freedom. Over the last seven decades, all but a few of these brave men and women have been forgotten. Subsequently, many of their Purple Hearts languished in attics and drawers for years before being donated to museums, surfacing at estate sales, or sold by families to people eager to rediscover their lost history. With the goal of educating and deepening the appreciation of the medal for families, historians, museums, and collectors, this book serves as a tangible reminder of ultimate sacrifice, providing a visual guide to Purple Heart medal and those who earned it. Through the biographies of over three hundred men who were awarded the Purple Heart after they were killed in action, this book conveys the meaning and importance of this medal and what it represents. Additionally, the variations, types, engraving styles, and manufacturing differences are examined at a level of detail never before published to give the reader a full appreciation of the development of the medal and how it changed over time to become the medal we know today. Sacrifice Remembered is a key reference across the historical research spectrum: from museums maintaining Purple Hearts in their collections to historians, researchers, and collectors seeking to appreciate essential details about the medal.Most importantly, families searching to discover their genealogical history will gain a better understanding of the tremendous sacrifices made by those who came before them.

Author : Andrew Fiu
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1775532143
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Purple Heart written by Andrew Fiu and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An affecting, insightful and warm memoir of growing up Samoan in New Zealand — and of coping with heart disease. Andrew Fiu came to Ponsonby, Auckland as a three-year-old, part of the wave of immigration from Samoa that turned Auckland's inner city suburbs into a vibrant cultural melting pot. At 14 he was misdiagnosed as having flu when in fact he had rheumatic fever, a disease endemic in Pacific Island communities. As a result of the damage to his heart he was rushed to hospital. Since that time Andrew has had five open heart surgeries, a record anywhere. He has spent so much time in hospital that he says he grew up there, experiencing tender and expert care from doctors and nurses but also enduring appalling racism. This memoir is the story of his hospital years, his clashes with his parents' traditional attitudes, the wisdom he learnt from his fellow patients and the medical miracles perfomed on his heart by famous surgeon Alan Kerr. It's the story of growing up a Pacific Islander in Auckland, a reflection on the bad old days when schools made Pacific Island children anglicise their names and hospitals did not have translators, an insight into the inter-generational tensions in Pacific Island migrant families and also a testimony to deep friendship, boundless love and bucketloads of humour. Written in a warm, personable and humorous style, this book is part of the cultural sea-change happening in New Zealand: first the play Niu Sila, then Bro'Town, No. 2 and Sione's Wedding and now the first memoir from a 40-something Samoan, written with grace, love and insight. The Weekend Herald’s Canvas magazine wrote: ‘Written with verge and humour, Purple Heart is a revelation.’ The New Zealand Listener, singled it out as one of the year’s best memoirs, praising its humour, light touch, and lack of self-pity.

Author : Meg Wiviott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481439855
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paper Hearts written by Meg Wiviott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forbidden gift helps two teenage girls find hope, friendship, and the will to live in this “beautifully told true story about brave young women who refused to be victims and walked out of Auschwitz with their heads unbowed” (School Library Journal). An act of defiance. A statement of hope. A crime punishable by death. Making a birthday card in Auschwitz was all of those things. But that is what Zlatka did, in 1944, for her best friend, Fania. She stole and bartered for paper and scissors, secretly creating an origami heart. Then she passed it to every girl at the work tables to sign with their hopes and wishes for happiness, for love, and most of all—for freedom. Fania knew what that heart meant, for herself and all the other girls. And she kept it hidden, through the bitter days in the camp and through the death marches. She kept it always. This novel is based on the true story of Fania and Zlatka, the story of the bond that helped them both to hope for the best in the face of the worst. Their heart is one of the few objects created in Auschwitz, and can be seen today in the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.

Author : Kristen Bell
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0593121961
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Needs More Purple People written by Kristen Bell and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestseller! Actress, producer, and parent Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Veronica Mars, Frozen) and creative director and parent Benjamin Hart have a new challenge for you and your kids: become a purple person by embracing what makes YOU special while finding common ground with those around you. What is a purple person? Great question. I mean, really great! Because purple people always ask really great questions. They bring their family, friends, and communities together, and they speak up for what’s right. They are kind and hardworking, and they love to laugh (especially at Grandpa’s funny noises)! A purple person is an everyday superhero! How do you become one? That’s the fun part! Penny Purple will lead you through the steps. Get ready to be silly, exercise your curiosity, use your voice, and be inspired. Looking to reach beyond the political divide of red and blue, Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart have created a hilarious and joyous read-aloud that offers a wonderful message about embracing the things that bring us together as humans. This book will inspire a whole generation to paint the world purple!

Author : Vincent Yee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781478310013
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Purple Heart written by Vincent Yee and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aiko is a young Asian American woman, who is 4th generation Japanese American. There's a mysterious person in her life, her grandfather. But he died in World War II and she never knew more than that. Until one day, a clue appears. She follows this clue and discovers a family secret and defying her father's warnings, she learns of the amazing love story between her grandparents while they were interned during World War II. However, that love story turns to heartache as her grandparents are separated when the grandfather goes off to Europe to fight the Nazis. But as she follows the clue further, she discovers the truth about her grandfather and it changes hers and her family's life, forever.

Author : Margaret Bourke-White
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786257432
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book “Purple Heart Valley”: A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy written by Margaret Bourke-White and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent, richly illustrated, account of the bloodiest phase of the Italian campaign. Here is a report—in pictures and in words—of exactly what happened to our men during the bitterest phases of the Italian campaign. This report is not based upon a hurried visit behind the lines; Margaret Bourke-White spent a full five months on the Italian front photographing, questioning, observing, and living in close association with our troops. She was not content to remain safely behind the combat area. She flew over the German lines and narrowly escaped being shot down. On the ground she came closer to the enemy lines than any woman has been before the most advanced American post around Cassino.

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Katherine Tegen Books
ISBN 13 : 9781405287869
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Silver Stars written by Michael Grant and published by Katherine Tegen Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fan-favourite Michael Grant is back. The bestselling author of both the Gone and the BZRK series returns to the page, bringing a very different take to one of history's darkest times. BOOK 2 OF THE SOLDIER GIRL SERIES Sequel to Front Lines, the epic new young adult series by the author of GONE set in an alternate World War II. THE SUMMER OF 1943, WORLD WAR II. THREE GIRLS, FIERCELY FIGHTING THEIR OWN BATTLES IN THE MIDST OF THE GREATEST WAR OF ALL TIME. Nazi Germany is far from beaten, but the Germans have been bloodied. With heavy memories of combat, Rio, Frangie, Rainy and their Allied army are moving on to their next target: Italy. These young women are not heroes for fighting alongside their brothers - they are soldiers. They will brave terrible conditions in an endless siege. They will fight to find themselves on the front lines of WWII. And they will come face-to-face with the brutality of war until they win or die. No-one will emerge unscathed ... but they all hope to emerge victorious.