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"Firsthand account of a Holocaust survivor who knew Anne Frank."--Kirkusreviews.com.
In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt....
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"Featuring beautiful full-color images of Dutch paintings throughout, this stunning book about one of the most vibrant periods in European art and life is centered around the fascinating, little-known story of the Thunderclap - an enormous explosion in 1654 Holland that claimed the life of one of the greatest artists of the 17th century."
In 1654, an enormous explosion at a gunpowder store devastated the city of Delft, killing hundreds of people...
3) By the grace of the game: the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream
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English
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"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Whiskey Tender is a memoir of family and survival, coming-of-age on and off the reservation, and the frictions between being raised to strive towards the American dream while also coming into an understanding of how the narratives of the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo heritages have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of America"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Todd McEwen grew up in Southern California, so his head was hopelessly messed with by the movies. As the son of relatively normal people, Todd had no in with Hollywood, a mere thirteen miles away, yearn and try as he might. This is a kid who loved the movies so much, he got up at 4:30 in the morning to watch Laurel and Hardy. A kid who insisted on his birthday that his father project 8mm cartoons onto the family's dining room curtains so they could...
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[2008]
Language
English
Description
Television series about Chris Rock's experiences growing up in Brooklyn. In this season, Chris finds that being a teenager isn't as cool as he imagined, growing up means bullies are bigger, his parents are more demanding, and girls are getting more fascinating--and frightening--every day.
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Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Primera edición en rustica de Atria Español.
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Español
Description
"Cuando el padre de Reyna Grande deja a su esposa y sus tres hijos atrás en un pueblo de México para hacer el peligroso viaje a través de la frontera a los Estados Unidos, promete que pronto regresará; con el dinero suficiente para construir la casa de sus sueños. Sus promesas se vuelven más difíciles de creer cuando los meses de espera se convierten en años. Cuando se lleva a su esposa para reunirse con él, Reyna y sus hermanos...
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