Author : Leon Uris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1627159568
Qb VII
Leon Uris
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Qb VII
Leon Uris,Jill Uris
Author : Leon Uris,Jill Uris
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1982-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553270945
Qb VII by Leon Uris,Jill Uris Pdf
“You open the book and start reading. Quicker than you can say Uris you are caught up at once in the unfolding conflict. . . . It’s a professional job all the way.. . dramatic, impassioned.”—The New York Times Book Review In Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book The Holocaust—born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration camp was the site of his family’s extermination—Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwiga's most sadistic inmate/doctors. Kelno has denied this and brought furious charges. Now unfolds Leon Uris’ riveting courtroom drama—one of the great fictional trials of the century. “A fine suspense story, an excellent courtroom story, written with genuine passion. You won’t put it down once you’ve picked it up. It is the author of Exodus at his best.”—Newsday
Leon Uris
Ira B. Nadel
Author : Ira B. Nadel
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292784826
Leon Uris by Ira B. Nadel Pdf
The first biography of the massively popular author of Exodus and Trinity, who “was as feisty as any of his fictional creations” (Publishers Weekly). As the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Exodus, Mila 18, QB VII, and Trinity, Leon Uris blazed a path to celebrity with books that readers couldn’t put down. Uris’s thirteen novels sold millions of copies, appeared in fifty languages, and were adapted into equally successful movies and TV miniseries. Few writers equaled his fame in the mid-twentieth century. His success fueled the rise of mass-market paperbacks, movie tie-ins, and author tours. Beloved by the public, Uris was, not surprisingly, dismissed by literary critics. Until now, his own life—as full of drama as his fiction—has never been the subject of a book. Now Ira Nadel traces Uris from his disruptive youth to his life-changing experiences as a marine in World War II. These experiences, coupled with Uris’s embrace of his Judaism and desire to write, led to his unprecedented success and the lavish excesses of a career as a best-selling author. Nadel reveals that Uris lived the adventures he described, including his war experiences in the Pacific (Battle Cry), life-threatening travels in Israel (Exodus), visit to Communist Poland (Mila 18), libel trial in Britain (QB VII), and dangerous sojourn in fractious Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic (Trinity). Nadel also demonstrates that Uris’s talent for writing action-packed yet thoroughly researched novels meshed perfectly with the public’s desire to revisit and understand the tumultuous events of recent history—making him far more popular (and wealthier) than more literary authors—while paving the way for future blockbuster writers such as Irving Wallace and Tom Clancy.
The Angry Hills
Leon Uris
Author : Leon Uris
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798200924042
The Angry Hills by Leon Uris Pdf
Based on the diaries of Leon Uris's uncle, this action-packed thriller will keep readers in suspense until the very end. Just as World War II threatens to break out, Mike Morrison arrives in Greece to collect his late wife's inheritance. Hoping to quickly finish his business and leave before German troops invade, Morrison's plans are derailed when he receives a letter listing the names of Greek patriots pretending to be German collaborators, a list Nazi strategists desperately need. With the outcome of the war hinging on Morrison's ability to protect the letter, he embarks on an adventure across Greece in an effort to evade Nazi troops and keep the letter from falling into enemy hands.
Trinity
Leon Uris
Author : Leon Uris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 9780552105651
Trinity by Leon Uris Pdf
Ever since the publication of Battle Cry more than thirty years ago, Leon Uris has continued to write bestselling novels. Each displays all of the author's skill, for he is a writer at his best when the subject seems almost too big to handle. One of the most popular storytellers of the twentieth century, more than 5,500,000 copies of his novels have been sold in Corgi alone. In Trinity, he writes passionately about the tragedy of Ireland - from the famine of the 1840s to the Easter Rising of 1916, a powerful and stirring novel about the loves and hates, the defeats and triumphs of three families - a terrible and beautiful drama spanning more than half a century.
Battle Cry
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Heavy metal (Music)
ISBN : OCLC:1200201847
Battle Cry by Anonim Pdf
Holocaust Cinema Complete
Rich Brownstein
Author : Rich Brownstein
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476641928
Holocaust Cinema Complete by Rich Brownstein Pdf
Holocaust movies have become an important segment of world cinema and the de-facto Holocaust education for many. One quarter of all American-produced Holocaust-related feature films have won or been nominated for at least one Oscar. In fact, from 1945 through 1991, half of all American Holocaust features were nominated. Yet most Holocaust movies have fallen through the cracks and few have been commercially successful. This book explores these trends--and many others--with a comprehensive guide to hundreds of films and made-for-television movies. From Anne Frank to Schindler's List to Jojo Rabbit, more than 400 films are examined from a range of perspectives--historical, chronological, thematic, sociological, geographical and individual. The filmmakers are contextualized, including Charlie Chaplin, Sidney Lumet, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Roman Polanski. Recommendations and reviews of the 50 best Holocaust films are included, along with an educational guide, a detailed listing of all films covered and a four-part index-glossary.
Armageddon
Leon Uris
Author : Leon Uris
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798200724277
Armageddon by Leon Uris Pdf
Meticulously researched, this New York Times bestselling novel gives a historically accurate account of the early days of the Cold War and the fight for German redemption. At the end of World War II, American army officer Captain Sean O'Sullivan is commissioned with rebuilding Berlin. Reeling from the death of his brothers at German hands and faced with the direct horrors of the Holocaust, O'Sullivan struggles against his animosity toward the nation he is helping restore. Meanwhile, Soviet forces blockade Germany in a bid for power, and the Western Allies must unite to prevent a communist takeover. When the airlift begins, the Allies find their deepest convictions tested as they fight against a threat even more dangerous than Hitler.
Leon Uris
Kathleen S. Cain
Author : Kathleen S. Cain
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998-08-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781573566858
Leon Uris by Kathleen S. Cain Pdf
In eleven novels written over four decades, Leon Uris has chronicled the unceasing fight of dedicated individuals against the forces of oppression, in particular fascism, communism, and imperialism. In the tradition of the historical novel, Uris sets his work during times of crisis (World War II, the founding of Israel, the Irish fight for independence), providing his plots with both political and social tensions as well as personal conflicts. Uris's themes include the indomitability of the human spirit, the power of patriotism, and the restorative capacity of romantic love. Through an exploration of these plots, themes, and characters, this study recognizes Leon Uris as a writer whose examination of good and evil in the context of contemporary history raises important issues that have confronted us all. This study is the first full-length examination of the work of Leon Uris. Following a biographical chapter that discusses his work in light of his personal history, the study devotes a chapter to his place in the tradition of the historical and political novel. Each of Uris's novels is discussed in an individual chapter: Battle Cry (1953), The Angry Hills (1955), Exodus (1958), Mila 18 (1961), Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin (1963), Topaz (1967), QB VII (1970), Trinity (1976) and Redemption (1995), The Haj (1984), and Mitla Pass(1988). Each novel is analyzed for plot structure, characterization, and thematic elements. In addition, Cain defines and applies an alternative critical perspective from which to read each novel. A complete bibliography of Uris's writing, along with a listing of secondary sources and critical reviews of his work completes the study.
Not Just Batman's Butler
Alan Napier,James Bigwood
Author : Alan Napier,James Bigwood
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476662879
Not Just Batman's Butler by Alan Napier,James Bigwood Pdf
In January 1966, Alan Napier became a household name on ABC's hit series Batman (1966-1968) as Alfred Pennyworth, loyal butler to the show's title character. This "overnight success" came after 16 years of stage work (and the occasional film) in his native England and 26 years of film and television work (and the occasional play) in the United States. In the early 1970s, Napier wrote an autobiography, detailing his childhood as a "poor relation" of the famous Birmingham political family the Chamberlains (Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was a cousin), and his collaborations over the years with the likes of John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, George Bernard Shaw, Noel Coward, Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger and Alfred Hitchcock. Almost 30 years after Napier's death, James Bigwood, who first read the manuscript in 1975 when interviewing the actor for a Films in Review profile, has prepared it for publication. This is Alan Napier's story in his own words, annotated and updated, with dozens of rare photographs.
Clive James On Television
Clive James
Author : Clive James
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781509832439
Clive James On Television by Clive James Pdf
His best in one volume, Clive James On Television includes all Clive James's treasured TV criticism, originally written for The Observer between the years 1972 and 1982. From the 1972 Olympics to the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, here is a decade of the most trenchant, witty and thought-provoking criticism of any kind, with a foreword from Clive James himself, described as 'the funniest man in Britain'. This volume incorporates three collections: Visions Before Midnight, The Crystal Bucket and Glued to the Box.
All about Anne
Menn Metselaar,Piet van Ledden
Author : Menn Metselaar,Piet van Ledden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1760682187
All about Anne by Menn Metselaar,Piet van Ledden Pdf
In this book, the Anne Frank Foundation has answered the questions asked most frequently about Anne Frank, the persecution of Jews and World War II.The Anne Frank Foundation has compiled the questions asked by children and young people over several years. In this book we answer the questions asked most frequently about Anne Frank, the persecution of Jews and World War II.But you might have a few more questions too? Sometimes the answers can be found in Anne�s life story, sometimes in the special half pages with extra information. With about a hundred photographs, as well as the beautiful illustrations created by Huck Scarry for this book, you are given an impressive picture of Anne�s life, her diary and the Secret Annex. Everything about Anne � for your essay or your presentation.
A God in Ruins
Leon Uris
Author : Leon Uris
Publisher : Avon
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061097934
A God in Ruins by Leon Uris Pdf
A God in Ruins Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 presidential campaign, A God in Ruins is the riveting story of Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an honest, principled, and courageous man on the brink of becoming the second Irish Catholic President of the United States. But Quinn is a man with an explosive secret that can shatter his political amibitions, threaten his life, and tear the country apart--a secret buried for over a half century--that even he does not know...
Battle Cry
Leon Uris
Author : Leon Uris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798200924080
Battle Cry by Leon Uris Pdf
Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author. This is the story of enlisted men--Marines at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough-and-ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. With staggering realism and detail we follow them into intense battles--Guadalcanal and Tarawa--and through exceptional moments of camaraderie and bravery, Battle Cry does not extol the glories of war, but proves itself to be one of the greatest war stories of all time.
Sharma
Axelle Rougeulle
Author : Axelle Rougeulle
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784911959
Sharma by Axelle Rougeulle Pdf
Excavation reports from the medieval port of Sharma, discovered in 1996 at the extremity of the Ra's Sharma, 50km east of al-Shihr on the Hadramawt coast of Yemen.