Depot Dora Stolen Masterpieces And Hidden Treasures

Author : Cy Vaughn
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781627874168

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Depot Dora: Stolen Masterpieces and Hidden Treasures by Cy Vaughn Pdf

Lucas Brunn has been waiting for a chance to defend his homeland ever since the Nazis aryanized the Vienna Medical School and expelled everyone without a German birth certificate. When the Resistance finally assigns him a mission, however, it isn't what he expects: Lucas is to disguise himself as a priest, steal into a Nazi controlled salt mine where wooden crates are stored, and identify the contents. His fear turns to shock when he opens a small crate and finds himself face-to-face with the Mona Lisa. Lucas hides the masterpiece, stabbing a Wehrmacht guard in the process, but his mission is far from over. There are thousands of paintings to recover and a more personal battle to fight -- the Nazis, after discovering Lucas's identity, kill his father and arrest Erika, his fiancée. Depot Dora tells the true story of Operation Ebensburg, a WWII mission, the events of which have been depicted in The Monuments Men and Where Eagles Dare. At turns enthralling and romantic, the novel will inspire you to think about how far you'd go to protect your country and the people you love.

Author : Bernard O'Connor
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780244380892

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Operation EBENSBURG: SOE’s Austrian ‘Bonzos’ and the rescue of looted European art by Bernard O'Connor Pdf

Some captured German and Austrian personnel were brought to Britain as prisoners of war. Those who were identified as anti-Nazi were 'turned' and, codenamed 'Bonzos', were trained in paramilitary and clandestine warfare to be sent back into occupied Europe on top secret missions. The British Special Operations Executive arranged the infiltration of four Austrians, Albrecht Gaiswinkler, Joseph Grafl, Karl Standhartinger and Karl Lzicar, into the Salzkammergut area of northwestern Austria. This book tells the story of Operation EBENSBURG, their mission to kidnap or assassinate Joseph Goebbels, the Reich's Minister of Propaganda, to organise resistance groups before the arrival of American forces and to protect the looted works of art hidden in the Altaussee salt mine.

Author : Cy Vaughn
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780741432353

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The Phoenix Heart by Cy Vaughn Pdf

There once was a man who had four hearts in three days, and the only one that worked was artificial.

Author : Hicks, Kathleen A,Friends of the Mississauga Library System
Publisher : Mississauga, Ont. : Friends of the Mississauga Library System
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Lakeview (Peel, Ont.)
ISBN : 0969787367

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Lakeview : Journey from Yesterday by Hicks, Kathleen A,Friends of the Mississauga Library System Pdf

Author : Truman Capote
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345803047

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Answered Prayers by Truman Capote Pdf

Although Truman Capote's last novel was unfinished at the time of his death, its surviving portions offer a devastating group portrait of the high and low society of his time. • Includes the story La Cote Basque featured in the major FX series Feud: Capote Vs. the Swans. "Prose that makes the heart sing and the narrative fly." —The New York Times Book Review Tracing the career of a writer of uncertain parentage and omnivorous erotic tastes, Answered Prayers careens from a louche bar in Tangiers to a banquette at La Côte Basque, from literary salons to high-priced whorehouses. It takes in calculating beauties and sadistic husbands along with such real-life supporting characters as Colette, the Duchess of Windsor, Montgomery Clift, and Tallulah Bankhead. Above all, this malevolently finny book displays Capote at his most relentlessly observant and murderously witty.

Author : Jean-Pierre Jeannet,Thierry Volery,Heiko Bergmann,Cornelia Amstutz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030652876

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Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship by Jean-Pierre Jeannet,Thierry Volery,Heiko Bergmann,Cornelia Amstutz Pdf

This open access book focuses on Switzerland-based medium-sized companies with a longstanding export tradition and a proven dominance in global niche markets. Based upon in-depth documentation and analysis of 36 Swiss companies over their entire history, an expert team of authors presents several parallels in the pathways and success factors which allowed these firms to become dominant and operate from a high-cost location such as Switzerland. The book enhances these insights by providing detailed company profiles documenting the company history, development, and how their relevant global niche positions were reached. Readers will benefit from these profiles as they compile a diverse selection of industries, mainly active within the B2B sector, with mostly mature companies (60 years to older than 100 years since founding) and different types of ownership structures including family firms. ‘Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship’ brings unique learning opportunities to owners and leaders of SMEs in Switzerland and elsewhere. Findings are based on detailed bottom-up research of 36 companies -- without any preconceived notions. The book is both conceptual and practical. It fosters understanding for different choices in development pathways and management practices. Matti Alahuhta, Chairman DevCo Partners, ex-CEO Kone, Board member of several global listed companies, Helsinki, Finland Start-up entrepreneurs need proven models from industry which demonstrate the various paths to success. “Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship” provides deep insights highlighting these models and the important trade-offs entrepreneurial teams must consider when choosing the path of high growth or of maximum control, as they are often mutually exclusive. Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich

Author : Arthur Brand
Publisher : Ebury Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1529106109

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Hitler's Horses by Arthur Brand Pdf

The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War's unexplained mysteries- what really happened to the Striding Horses, Hitler's favourite statue, which disappeared during the bombing of Berlin. As Brand goes undercover to find the horses, he discovers a terrifying world ruled by neo-Nazis and former KGB agents, where Third Reich memorabilia sells for millions of dollars. The stakes get ever higher as Brand carefully lays his trap to catch the criminal masterminds trying to sell the statue on the black market. But who are they? And will he manage to bring them to justice before they discover his real identity? With a plot worthy of John Le Carre, Hitler's Horses is a thrilling retelling of one of history's most extraordinary heists.

Author : Javier Sierra
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476776965

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The Master of the Prado by Javier Sierra Pdf

"Author Javier Sierra embarks on a grand tour of the Prado museum in this historical novel that illuminates the fascinating mysteries behind some of the greatest paintings in the world--complete with gorgeous, full-color inserts of artwork by Raphael, Boticelli, and other masters"--

Author : Laurie Lico Albanese
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501131981

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Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese Pdf

Color illustration and map on lining papers.

Author : Rebecca Parker Brienen
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789053569474

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Visions of Savage Paradise by Rebecca Parker Brienen Pdf

Visions of Savage Paradise is the first major book-length study of seventeenth-century Dutch artist Albert Eckhout to be published in nearly seventy years. Eckhout, who was court painter to the colonial governor of Dutch Brazil, created life-size paintings of Amerindians, Africans, and Brazilians of mixed race in support of the governor’s project to document the people and natural history of the colony. In this study, Rebecca Parker Brienen provides a detailed analysis of Eckhout’s works, framing them with discussions of both their colonial context and contemporary artistic practices in the Dutch republic.

Author : Jeannette Walls
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416544661

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Pdf

A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.

Author : Diane Setterfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476711997

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Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield Pdf

Killing a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels him to enter into a macabre bargain with a stranger in black. Reprint.

Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780547750330

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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Pdf

An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.

Author : Maggie Shannon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781936740468

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Crafting Calm by Maggie Shannon Pdf

As our world has become increasingly dependent on technology, and our Western societies have become woefully “Crackberried”— to use the title of a recent documentary on the emotional and social pitfalls of our too-wired ways—an intriguing phenomenon is occurring: There is an increasing amount of interest in returning to some of the simpler arts that were neglected or left behind with the onslaught of technology. Artisans and everyday crafters are finding a renewed satisfaction in making something with their own hands; some are even communicating about the inherent physical- and mental-health benefits found in handwork—and, even more than that, they are framing their handwork as meditation or spiritual practice. In today’s sophisticated and pluralistic society, people are more aware than ever that spiritual practice can be defined more expansively—and the popularity of books focusing on alternative spiritual practices demonstrate that readers are hungry for new (or ancient) ways of enhancing their inner lives. In Crafting Calm the author will explore these new forms of creative spiritual practice and the benefits they provide. The format of With Shannon's book will itself be creative, a rich “potpourri approach” that weaves together interviews, historical facts, projects for readers to do themselves, quotations, and suggested resources. Crafting Calm will serve as an inspirational resource guide to a broad assortment of spiritual practices gathered from the global arts-and-crafts communities, as well as from people who don’t consider themselves artists but who have adopted creatively expressive forms of spiritual practice. While there have been a few books published focusing on a particular form of creative spiritual practice (Skylight Paths, for example, has published books on beading as a spiritual practice; painting as a spiritual practice; and using clay as a spiritual practice), no one has yet explored the breadth of possibilities for creative spiritual practices contained in Crafting Calm.

Author : Ethan Mordden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195351767

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Beautiful Mornin' by Ethan Mordden Pdf

"Music and girls are the soul of musical comedy," one critic wrote, early in the 1940s. But this was the age that wanted more than melody and kickline form its musical shows. The form had been running on empty for too long, as a formula for the assembly of spare parts--star comics, generic love songs, rumba dancers, Ethel Merman. If Rodgers and Hammerstein hadn't existed, Broadway would have had to invent them; and Oklahoma! and Carousel came along just in time to announce the New Formula for Writing Musicals: Don't have a formula. Instead, start with strong characters and atmosphere: Oklahoma!'s murderous romantic triangle set against a frontier society that has to learn what democracy is in order to deserve it; or Carousel's dysfunctional family seen in the context of class and gender war. With the vitality and occasionally outrageous humor that Ethan Mordden's readers take for granted, the author ranges through the decade's classics--Pal Joey, Lady in the Dark, On the Town, Annie Get Your Gun, Phinian's Rainbow, Brigadoon, Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific. He also covers illuminating trivia--the spy thriller The Lady Comes Across, whose star got so into her role that she suffered paranoid hallucinations and had to be hospitalized; the smutty Follow the Girls, damned as "burlesque with a playbill" yet closing as the longest-run musical in Broadway history; Lute Song, in which Mary Martin and Nancy Reagan were Chinese; and the first "concept" musicals, Allegro and Love Life. Amid the fun, something revolutionary occurs. The 1920s created the musical and the 1930s gave it politics. In the 1940s, it found its soul.