The House Of Memory

Author : John Freely
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780451494702

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The House of Memory by John Freely Pdf

An engaging, funny, and tender memoir from a man of ninety years: of growing up poor in a Brooklyn and Ireland that now exist only in memory, and of serving in the China/Burma/India theater during World War II as a member of an elite U.S. Navy commando unit John Freely's voice is still astonishingly youthful, full of wonder, humor, and gratitude, as he remembers his fully lived life. Born in Brooklyn to Irish immigrants, he went to Ireland with his mother when he was five, where he spent his young childhood on his grandfather's farm. Western Ireland was impoverished by the times, but rich in beauty and intriguing people, and it opened in him a lifelong desire to see the world and its inhabitants. When he was seven, he returned to Brooklyn, and the antics of a coming-of-age boy played out on streets filled with character and characters. He took whatever jobs he could when times got tough, always shaking off his losses and moving on, hungry to see and experience what was next. He joined the U.S. Navy at seventeen to "see the world," and did just that. In wartime, while bringing supplies and ammunition over the Stilwell-Burma Road to Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese guerrilla forces, Freely served alongside them during the last weeks of World War II in the Tibetan borderlands of China, a Shangri-la that war had turned into hell on earth.

Author : Rachel Hauck
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780310350972

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The Memory House by Rachel Hauck Pdf

The inspirational story of two women whose lives have been destroyed by disaster but find healing in a special house. When Beck Holiday lost her father in the North Tower on 9/11, she also lost her memories of him. Eighteen years later, she’s a tough New York City cop burdened with a damaging secret, suspended for misconduct, and struggling to get her life in order. When a mysterious letter arrives informing Beck that she’s inherited a house along Florida’s northern coast, she discovers something there that will change her life forever. Matters of the heart only become more complicated when she runs into handsome Bruno Endicott, a sports agent who has never forgotten their connection as teenagers. But Beck can't even remember him. Decades earlier, widow Everleigh Applegate lives a steady, uneventful life with her widowed mother after a tornado ripped through Waco, Texas, and destroyed her new, young married life. When she runs into her former high school friend Don Callahan, she begins to yearn for change. Yet no matter how much she longs to love again, she is hindered by a secret she can never share. New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hauck brings us a sweet romance where the power of love and the miracle of faith promise hope and healing in a beautiful Victorian home known affectionately as The Memory House. A split-time (contemporary and historical) standalone romance Book length: approximately 100,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs Also by Rachel Hauck: The Wedding Dress, Once Upon a Prince, and The Writing Desk

Author : Linda Goodnight
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780373789122

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The Memory House by Linda Goodnight Pdf

Welcome to Honey Ridge, Tennessee, and a house that's rich with secrets but brimming with possibilities. Memories of motherhood and marriage are fresh for Julia Presley--though tragedy took away both years ago. She finds comfort in running the Peach Orchard Inn, then a man and his son come into her life and they both find something in one another that fills deep voids. With the chance discovery of a dusty stack of love letters, the long-dead ghosts of a Civil War romance begin to develop between the two.

Author : Resil B. Mojares
Publisher : Anvil Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Philippine essays (English)
ISBN : UOM:39015041656334

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House of Memory by Resil B. Mojares Pdf

Author : Lucy Maria Boston
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036792229

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Memory in a House by Lucy Maria Boston Pdf

Author : Marjorie Agosín
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1558612092

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The House of Memory by Marjorie Agosín Pdf

Groundbreaking anthology that explores the intersections of Jewish and LAtin American cultures through the varies styles and perspective of gifted women writers.

Author : John Freely
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101974681

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The House of Memory by John Freely Pdf

In this funny and tender memoir, John Freely reflects on a remarkable life. Splitting his early childhood between the U.S. and Ireland inspired in Freely a lifelong desire to see the world and its inhabitants. At age six he settled in Brooklyn, where he spent a sometimes tumultuous boyhood amidst a large extended family: moving from house to house, the family’s belongings packed in an uncle’s hearse. Growing up poor, in his teens, Freely took whatever jobs he could when times got tough, always shaking off his losses and moving on, hungry for new experiences and adventures. He joined the U.S. Navy at seventeen to “see the world” and did just that. As a member of an elite commando unit, he was sent to one of the most remote places in Asia where he served alongside Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese forces during the last weeks of World War II. A vivid recollection on a world that now exists only in memory, The House of Memory is a lasting tribute to a life well lived, and to all of the immigrant families who have struggled, endured, and enriched our country.

Author : Victoria Bishop Kendzia
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781785336409

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Visitors to the House of Memory by Victoria Bishop Kendzia Pdf

As one of the most visited museums in Germany’s capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity. Visitors to the House of Memory is an intimate exploration of how young Berliners experience the Museum. How do modern students relate to the museum’s evocative architecture, its cultural-political context, and its narrative of Jewish history? By accompanying a range of high school history students before, during, and after their visits to the museum, this book offers an illuminating exploration of political education, affect, remembrance, and belonging.

Author : Zoe York
Publisher : Zoe York
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The House on Memory Lane by Zoe York Pdf

To celebrate the ten year anniversary of two-time New York Times and thirteen-time USA Today bestselling author Zoe York's debut novel, What Once Was Perfect, this collection is being released with three previously released stories and a brand-new "ten years later" exclusive story for Kyle Nixon and Laney Calhoun. Included: What Once Was Perfect Perfect No Matter What What Once Was Home plus a brand-new story, Perfect Ever After

Author : Tim Wynne-Jones
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-16
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781554980444

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A Thief in the House of Memory by Tim Wynne-Jones Pdf

It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's death sends forth tremors that reawaken forgotten memories. Suddenly Dec is flooded with visions of his mother so tangible it's hard to believe they're not real. At least Dec has his best friend -- gifted, funny Ezra -- to help him sort out what's real and what isn't. But as Dec's dream visions of his mother turn into nightmares, Ezra announces he's going away, leaving Dec haunted by questions that must be answered. What did happen to his mother? And who really is the thief in the house of memory?

Author : Judy Fong Bates
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307356536

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The Year of Finding Memory by Judy Fong Bates Pdf

In the tradition of The Concubine's Children and Paper Shadows, a probing memoir from the author of the acclaimed novel Midnight at the Dragon Cafe. An elegant and surprising book about a Chinese family's difficult arrival in Canada, and a daughter's search to understand remarkable and terrible truths about her parents' past lives. Growing up in her father's hand laundry in small town Ontario, Judy Fong Bates listened to stories of her parents' past lives in China, a place far removed from their every-day life of poverty and misery. But in spite of the allure of these stories, Fong Bates longed to be a Canadian girl. Fifty years later she finally followed her curiosity back to her ancestral home in China for a reunion that spiralled into a series of unanticipated discoveries. Opening with a shock as moving as the one that powers The Glass Castle, The Year of Finding Memory explores a particular, yet universal, world of family secrets, love, loss, courage and shame. This is a memoir of a daughter's emotional journey, and her painful acceptance of conflicting truths. In telling the story of her parents, Fong Bates is telling the story of how she came to know them, of finding memory.

Author : Nina Laden
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316400961

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Once Upon a Memory by Nina Laden Pdf

From bestselling author Nina Laden and bestselling illustrator Renata Liwska comes an enchanting, imaginative story for fans of They All Saw a Cat. Does a feather remember it once was a bird? Does a book remember it once was a word? A boy is swept away to a world where fantasy and reality come together in surprising and playful ways. From the cake that once was grain to the ocean that once was rain, whimsical before and after scenes offer readers a peek at the world as seen through the eyes of a curious child. Nina Laden's poetic and cleverly woven text is perfectly paired with artist Renata Liwska's captivating illustrations.

Author : Lucia Graves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1930067178

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The Memory House by Lucia Graves Pdf

In 1492 Columbus sailed to the New World, but in the same year the Jews in Spain who refused to convert to Catholicism were sent into exile. Graves describes a situation in which two lovers are separated because one Jewish family decides to stay and convert, and the other decides to leave Spain forever.

Author : Victoria Bishop Kendzia
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1789208440

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Visitors to the House of Memory by Victoria Bishop Kendzia Pdf

As one of the most visited museums in Germany’s capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity. Visitors to the House of Memory is an intimate exploration of how young Berliners experience the Museum. How do modern students relate to the museum’s evocative architecture, its cultural-political context, and its narrative of Jewish history? By accompanying a range of high school history students before, during, and after their visits to the museum, this book offers an illuminating exploration of political education, affect, remembrance, and belonging.

Author : Scott Thornley
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487003302

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Erasing Memory by Scott Thornley Pdf

The heart-pounding first installment of the MacNeice Mysteries, featuring a sophisticated detective solving the horrific murder of a beautiful young violinist — perfect for fans of Peter Robinson’s Alan Banks series. Detective Superintendent MacNeice is returning from a pilgrimage to his wife’s grave when he’s called to a crime scene of singular and disturbing beauty. A young woman in evening dress lies gracefully posed on the floor of a pristine summer cottage so that the finger of one hand regularly interrupts the needle arm of a phonograph playing Schubert’s Piano Trio. The only visible mark on her is the bruise under her chin, which MacNeice recognizes: it is the mark that distinguishes dedicated violinists, the same mark that once graced his wife. The murder is both ingenious and horrific, and soon entangles MacNeice and his team in Eastern Europe’s ancient grievances...