City Of Lions

Author : Jozef Wittlin,Philippe Sands
Publisher : Pushkin Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781805330011

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City of Lions by Jozef Wittlin,Philippe Sands Pdf

“A loving, sensuous, but also gently ironic reconstruction of a lost city” — LA Review of Books A timely reissue of the classic portrayal of the Ukrainian city of Lviv by 2 authors in 2 acts, separated by time and circumstance With an illuminating preface by Eva Hoffman and stunning new photographs by Diana Matar, City of Lions is a powerful and melancholy evocation of Ukraine in the twentieth century, with a special resonance for today. Lviv, Lwów, Lvov, Lemberg. Known by a variety of names, the City of Lions is now in western Ukraine. Situated in different countries during its history, it is a city located along the fault-lines of Europe's history. City of Lions presents two essays, written more than half a century apart - but united by one city. Józef Wittlin's lyrical paean to his Lwów, written in exile, is a deep cry of love and pain for his city, where most people he knew have fled or been killed. Philippe Sands' finely honed exploration of what has been lost and what remains interweaves a lawyer's love of evidence with the emotional heft of a descendant of Lviv.

Author : Jane Johnson
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385682664

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Court of Lions by Jane Johnson Pdf

Sometimes at the lowest points in your life, fate will slip you a gift. Ken Follett meets Jodi Picoult in a stunning new novel from Jane Johnson. Kate Fordham, escaping terrible trauma, has fled to the beautiful sunlit city of Granada, the ancient capital of the Moors in Spain, where she is scraping by with an unfulfilling job in a busy bar. One day in the glorious gardens of the Alhambra, once home to Sultan Abu Abdullah Mohammed, also known as Boabdil, Kate finds a scrap of paper hidden in one of the ancient walls. Upon it, in strange symbols, has been inscribed a message from another age. It has lain undiscovered since before the Fall of Granada in 1492, when the city was surrendered to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Born of love, in a time of danger and desperation, the fragment will be the catalyst that changes Kate's life forever. An epic saga of romance and redemption, Court of Lions brings one of the great hinge-points in human history to life, telling the stories of a modern woman and the last Moorish sultan of Granada, as they both move towards their cataclysmic destinies.

Author : Michael Ondaatje
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307776631

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In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje Pdf

Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.

Author : Suniti Namjoshi
Publisher : Tulika Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 8181467787

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Gardy in the City of Lions by Suniti Namjoshi Pdf

Is Gardy the lost lion cub prince who, legend says, will return to save the City of Lions? He isn't quite sure but rushes there all the same in response to an urgent email, along with the other adventurers. They find that the city is indeed under threat from its very own haughty, crotchety, bickering guardians, Sir Leon and The Old Woman Under the Sea. The first book in the third set of the series sees the friends in a different part of the world Singapore, the 'city of lions'. And this time their challenge is far from straightforward. How do they make the two venerable guardians see that they themselves are the problem? In another entertaining story, the author opens up our eyes to what seeing clearly is all about.

Author : Elizabeth Wein
Publisher : Firebird
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Aksum (Kingdom)
ISBN : 0142401293

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A Coalition of Lions by Elizabeth Wein Pdf

After the death of virtually all of her family in the battle of Camlan, Goewin--Princess of Britain, daughter of the High King Artos--makes a desperate journey to African Aksum, to meet with Constantine, the British ambassador and her fiance. But Aksum is undergoing political turmoil, and Goewin's relationship with its ambassador to Britain makes her position more than precarious. Caught between two countries, with the power to transform or end lives, Goewin fights to find and claim her place in a world that has suddenly, irrevocably changed. . . .

Author : Bonnie Nadzam
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802189912

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Lions by Bonnie Nadzam Pdf

The author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning debut novel, Lamb returns with “a story of haunted histories and broken promises” (O, The Oprah Magazine, Must-Read Book of the Summer). Set on the Colorado high plains, the town of Lions is nearly deserted. Built to be a glorious city, it was never fit for farming, mining, trading, or any of the industries its pioneers imagined. The Walkers have been settled on its barren terrain for generations—a simple family in a town still enthralled by promises of bigger, better, and brighter. But when a stranger appears, his unsettling presence sets off a chain reaction that will change the fates of everyone he encounters. When the patriarch John Walker dies, his son Gordon must choose between leaving for college with his girlfriend, Leigh, or staying with his family to look after their failing welding shop—and carry on a mysterious family legacy. While Leigh is desperate to make a better life in the world beyond Lions, Gordon is strangely hesitant to leave it behind. And as more families abandon the town, it seems that listening to reason must come at the cost of betraying his own heart. “Nadzam weaves a strange and mesmerizing story” that explores ambition and an American obsession with self-improvement, the responsibilities we have to ourselves and each other, as well as the everyday illusions that pass for a life worth living (Publishers Weekly).

Author : Fiona Davis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524744625

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The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis Pdf

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and a New York Times bestseller! “A page-turner for booklovers everywhere! . . . A story of family ties, their lost dreams, and the redemption that comes from discovering truth.”—Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife In New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces. It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life—her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open. As her studies take her all over the city, she is drawn to Greenwich Village's new bohemia, where she discovers the Heterodoxy Club—a radical, all-female group in which women are encouraged to loudly share their opinions on suffrage, birth control, and women's rights. Soon, Laura finds herself questioning her traditional role as wife and mother. And when valuable books are stolen back at the library, threatening the home and institution she loves, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on . . . and may just lose everything in the process. Eighty years later, in 1993, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother, the famous essayist Laura Lyons, especially after she's wrangled her dream job as a curator at the New York Public Library. But the job quickly becomes a nightmare when rare manuscripts, notes, and books for the exhibit Sadie's running begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Determined to save both the exhibit and her career, the typically risk-averse Sadie teams up with a private security expert to uncover the culprit. However, things unexpectedly become personal when the investigation leads Sadie to some unwelcome truths about her own family heritage—truths that shed new light on the biggest tragedy in the library's history.

Author : Marianne Hering,Focus on the Family
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781624057373

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Light in the Lions' Den by Marianne Hering,Focus on the Family Pdf

Over 1 million sold in series! When they step into the Imagination Station, kids experience an unforgettable journey filled with action-packed adventure. With each book, readers are whisked away with cousins Patrick and Beth to embark on a new journey around the world and back in time. This easy-to-read adventure is number 19 in the successful series that has now sold over 1 million books. The Imagination Station has been acting wonky for several adventures now, handing out the wrong gifts and traveling unexpected paths. Patrick and Beth must call upon their courage, strength, and resilience in order to help others and survive real dangers that threaten them as they travel through time and space to encounter the prophet Daniel and the deadly lions’ den.

Author : Allan Morey
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781681032528

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The Detroit Lions Story by Allan Morey Pdf

Although the Detroit Lions havenÕt had much luck in championships, they show courage and spirit on the field. They have produced some amazing star power, including Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders! An interesting fact is that the Detroit Lions have hosted a game every Thanksgiving Day since 1934, with the exception of the years during WWII. Young readers will enjoy learning more about the Detroit Lions in this fascinating title.

Author : Paul Martin Robert Kleinfelder
Publisher : Author House
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781452063379

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LIONS CLUBS in the 21st CENTURY by Paul Martin Robert Kleinfelder Pdf

This is the story of a special type of men and women, those who seek to return to society a portion of the good fortune they have earned and received in their own lives. They are called Lions and, since 1917, have actively engaged in constructing an organization that has evolved into one of the world’s most powerful forces for humanitarian progress: The International Association of Lions Clubs. It is today comprised of nearly 1.3 million members in over 45,000 Lions clubs active in 202 lands spanning the globe. They speak scores of languages and represent diversified cultures. In spirit, however, they speak a common language, the language of voluntary service, responding to an inner drive to answer human needs and to improve living conditions in their own communities and the world community. This book expands upon the history of Lions Clubs International, published in 1991 as “We Serve: The History of the Lions Clubs.” It chronicles the development of the association from its birth in 1917 at Chicago’s LaSalle Hotel in June of that year and at its first convention at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas later in October. It relates 90 years of the association’s life span and emphasizes the work of Lions on the world scene, including the tremendous success of the Lions Clubs International Foundation, SightFirst, Campaigns SightFirst I and II, programs for youth, and other activities that have elevated the stature of Lions wherever they serve. Readers will be impressed with the accomplishments of the membership and Lions will be moved to take greater pride in wearing the lapel pin of the association. Non-Lions will come to understand fully the ideals and determination of those to whom voluntary service has become a way of life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : MINN:31951D02275088Q

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark Stewart
Publisher : Norwood House Press
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781599535227

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Detroit Lions, The by Mark Stewart Pdf

Thanksgiving is known for three things: turkey, family, and football. Did you know the Detroit Lions have hosted a Thanksgiving Day football game since 1934? That’s over 70 years! “The Detroit Lions” by Mark Stewart offers young fans a look into one of the best defensive teams in the NFL while including fun facts, team spotlights such as Calvin Johnson and Bobby Layne, and pictures of Lions memorabilia. Have a young fan who likes to argue sports? Don’t miss the “Great Debates” section where readers get insight into some of the greatest debates surrounding the Broncos and professional football! Team spirit is that deep passion shared by the players and fans when they wear the same colors, watch the same scoreboard, and cheer the same triumphs. This popular series has been completely revised and updated for the Fall 2012 release. Book updates include new team information, records, photos, and timelines as well as new features like GREAT DEBATES and GLORY DAYS. Once you finish the book, you can go to the OVERTIME WEBSITE where each football team has its very own webpage to accompany the reading material. This site will be updated throughout the season and postseason with kid-friendly news about their favorite football teams - the perfect source for up-to-date statistics and player information for young sports fans.

Author : Archibald Bower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Papacy
ISBN : UOM:39015069662362

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The History of the Popes by Archibald Bower Pdf

Author : PMJF Lion K Kalichamy, District Governor
Publisher : Signpost Celfon.In Technology
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lions 324B1 Mini Directory (2017-18) by PMJF Lion K Kalichamy, District Governor Pdf

Lions District 324B1 has more than 6000 Members and covers Coimbatore, Nilgiries, Pollachi, Udumalpet etc. This Mini Directory for the Centenary Lionistic year 2017-18, gives list of all Lions Officials under the able leadership of District Governor PMJF Lion K Kalichamy . You will find in brief the communication details of DG Team, PDGs, Cabinet Officials, Region Chairpersons, Zone Chairpersons, District Chairpersons, Club Officers (President, Secretary, Treasurer) of all Lions Clubs.

Author : Melissa Haynes
Publisher : Behler Publications
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781933016818

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Learning to Play With a Lion?s Testicles by Melissa Haynes Pdf

Melissa visits Africa for animal conservation, but a cast of unlikely characters teaches her about grief, fear, and ultimately life.