The Roses Underneath

Author : C. F. Yetmen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01
Category : Art treasures in war
ISBN : 0615868363

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The Roses Underneath by C. F. Yetmen Pdf

It is August 1945 in Wiesbaden, Germany. With the country in ruins, Anna Klein, displaced and separated from her beloved husband, struggles to support herself and her six-year old daughter Amalia. Her job typing forms at the Collecting Point for the US Army's Monuments Men is the only thing keeping her afloat. Charged with securing Nazi-looted art and rebuilding Germany's monuments, the Americans are on the hunt for stolen treasures. But after the horrors of the war, Anna wants only to hide from the truth and rebuild a life with her family. When the easy-going American Captain Henry Cooper recruits her as his reluctant translator, the two of them stumble on a mysterious stash of art in a villa outside of town. Cooper's penchant for breaking the rules capsizes Anna's tenuous security and propels her into a search for elusive truth and justice in a world where everyone is hiding something. In her debut novel C.F. Yetmen tells a story of loss and reconciliation in a shattered world coming to terms with war and its aftermath.

Author : Elizabeth E. Wein
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385679541

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Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein Pdf

Rose Justice is a young pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. On her way back from a semi-secret flight in the waning days of the war, Rose is captured by the Germans and ends up in Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi women's concentration camp. There, she meets an unforgettable group of women, including a once glamorous and celebrated French detective novelist whose Jewish husband and three young sons have been killed; a resilient young girl who was a human guinea pig for Nazi doctors trying to learn how to treat German war wounds; and a Nachthexen, or Night Witch, a female fighter pilot and military ace for the Soviet air force. These damaged women must bond together to help each other survive. In this companion volume to the critically acclaimed novel Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein continues to explore themes of friendship and loyalty, right and wrong, and unwavering bravery in the face of indescribable evil.

Author : Amanda Parkyn
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : English
ISBN : 9781780882376

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Roses Under the Miombo Trees by Amanda Parkyn Pdf

Amanda Parkyn’s memoir focusses on her life in 1960s Southern and Northern Rhodesia. Based on the letters she wrote to her parents back in England, Roses Under the Miombo Trees covers significant events in Rhodesia’s history as uniquely witnessed through the eyes of a young naïve housewife Amanda Parkyn, a young English bride, finds herself in 1960s colonial Africa. Life as wife of a sales representative means frequent change, as he is posted to progressively smaller communities, first in Southern Rhodesia pre-Ian Smith, then north to the tip of Lake Tanganyika, in a Northern Rhodesia about to be granted its independence. She writes home regularly as she learns to keep house, to become madam to a succession of servants, as she eagerly seeks to fit into a white society very different from that of her upbringing. Starting a family brings new challenges as she must learn to make do in ingenious ways to stretch their tiny budget. Back in England her mother sends frequent parcels of everything from shoes to toys and romper suits to Christmas cakes, keeping her daughter’s airmail letters in an old leather document case. Forty years later Amanda has revisited these letters, and in Roses Under the Miombo Trees weaves a narrative around the voice of Amanda’s young self and her memories of the time, setting the story within its historical and political context. Roses Under the Miombo Trees describes the carefree enjoyment of a privileged white lifestyle in the sunshine of Southern Africa, the fun and resourcefulness of communities making their own entertainment, the support and friendship young wives and mothers give each other so far from home. But she also uncovers a young woman’s hidden unease at the foreignness of it all, of being white among black Africans, and must face her young self’s casual racism and colonial attitudes. The text is spiked with short poems which, in a different ‘voice’, reveal other aspects of the story. Finally the author asks what might have happened to those she knew, in countries now so different from when she lived there.

Author : Dawn Eagle
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781483692586

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Roses Down Under by Dawn Eagle Pdf

The rose is undoubtedly the most popular garden flower in the world. When settlers came from the Northern Hemisphere to Australia and New Zealand they brought their treasured roses with them. Roses Down Under follows the way roses may have been introduced into both countries where they not indigenous. In each country enthusiastic gardeners and Rosarians such as Alister Clark and Ron Bell in Australia and Ken Nobbs and Sam McGredy in New Zealand were inspired to develop their own varieties. There is a chapter dealing with the complexities of hybridisation, going through the process step by step, so the reader can follow in their footsteps. Various rose breeders from both countries, both professional and amateur, are listed, together with numerous photographs of their significant varieties. These illustrate the differences, as well as the similarities, of roses produced in Australia and New Zealand since the days of the first settlers. The Victoria State Rose Garden at Werribee, outside Melbourne, has been chosen to represent the large number of rose gardens in Australia, with many photographs illustrating the diverse collection of roses growing there. In New Zealand, the Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden in Timaru was chosen because of the comprehensive nature of roses planted in that very interesting garden. The final chapter asks where roses will be in the future. Will varieties produced in each country be similar, or very different? One thing is sure. They will always be, for gardeners, the Queen of Flowers.

Author : Julie Garwood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671870980

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For the Roses by Julie Garwood Pdf

In 1860s New York, an abandoned baby girl is found by four boys and they adopt her. In time, the boys start a ranch in Montana and she grows up to be a beautiful woman. One day there arrives at the ranch a handsome Scottish lawyer, looking for an English lord's daughter kidnaped two decades earlier. By the author of Prince Charming.

Author : Peter E. Kukielski
Publisher : Timber Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-28
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781604693546

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Roses Without Chemicals by Peter E. Kukielski Pdf

A former curator at the New York Botanical Garden describes 150 different varieties of roses that can be grown without the use of pesticides, fungicides or fertilizers and provides information on planting, pruning and caring for these gorgeous blooms. Original.

Author : Kendra Hurteau,Katrina Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1572817607

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Under the Roses Lenormand by Kendra Hurteau,Katrina Hill Pdf

Discover the buried secrets in Under the Roses, a charming 40-card Petit Lenormand deck. In addition to the 36 standard cards, this deck includes alternate cards for the Child, the Gentleman, and the Lady. The 60-page booklet offers keywords, instructions and diagrams for learning to read with the Lenormand method

Author : Michael Phillips
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625391629

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A Rose Remembered by Michael Phillips Pdf

The Secret of the Rose series continues with this thrilling novel of international intrigue, unexpected romance, and unshakable faith. At the beginning of this second installment of Michael Phillips’s bestselling Secret of the Rose series, Baron von Dortmann is being held captive in a Russian prison. And his daughter, Sabina, is in Berlin desperately searching for him. Living a dangerous double life on both sides of the Berlin Wall, Sabina enlists the help of the Jewish Underground and is unexpectedly reunited with her lost love, Matthew McCallum. Together, the two join forces in a daring rescue attempt with the KGB hot on their trail. In this dangerous, life-changing mission, they must rely on their wits, their friends, and their faith in God to succeed.

Author : J R Lander
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750981286

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The Wars of the Roses by J R Lander Pdf

The dynastic struggles of the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) have traditionally been portrayed as belonging to one of the most dramatic periods in the history of England, an age of murder and melodrama. In this classic history of the wars, charting their origins, progress, conclusions and effects, Professor Lander sets the record straight. By putting the wars into their contemporary context, using the written records of the time (many of which are reproduced in the text) and the results of modern research and scholarship, the true picture emerges. The wars were, in fact, very limited. While not denying that contemporary English society was disorderly and violent, Lander suggests that this state of affairs was due far less to civil war than to habits of violence among all classes of society. Fluently and clearly written "The Wars of the Roses" is the perfect overview of one of the most famous of medieval conflicts. Shedding light, as it does, on fifteenth-century history as a whole, the roots of the Tudor dynasty, and the background to Shakespeare's history plays, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in this most turbulent period.

Author : Abraham Stoker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600072584

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Under the Sunset by Abraham Stoker Pdf

Author : Louise Gornall
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780544736528

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Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall Pdf

Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did. Norah can’t leave the house, but can she let someone in? As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can lie on the front lawn and look up at the stars. One who isn’t so screwed up. Readers themselves will fall in love with Norah in this poignant, humorous, and deeply engaging portrait of a teen struggling to find the strength to face her demons.

Author : Andrea D'Atri,Nathaniel Flakin
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0745341187

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Bread and Roses by Andrea D'Atri,Nathaniel Flakin Pdf

Is it possible to develop a radical socialist feminism that fights for the emancipation of women and of all humankind?This book is a journey through the history of feminism. Using the concrete struggles of women, the Marxist feminist Andrea D'Atri traces the history of the women's and workers' movement from the French Revolution to queer theory. She analyses the divergent paths feminists have woven for their liberation from oppression and uncovers where they have hit dead ends.With the global working class made up of a disproportionate number of women, women are central in leading the charge for the next revolution and laying down blueprints for an alternative future. D'Atri makes a fiery plea for dismantling capitalist patriarchy.

Author : John A. Wagner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781576075753

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Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses by John A. Wagner Pdf

This authoritative A–Z encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses provides accurate and concise descriptions of the major battles and events and the principal historical figures and issues involved. For centuries, historians agreed about the Wars of the Roses, seeing them as four decades of medieval darkness and chaos, when the royal family and the nobility destroyed themselves fighting for control of the royal government. Even Shakespeare got into the act, dramatizing, popularizing, and darkening this viewpoint in eight plays. Today, based on new research, this has become one of the most hotly controversial periods in English history. Historians disagree on fundamental issues, such as dates and facts, as well as interpretation. Most argue that the effects of the wars were not as widespread as once thought, and some see the traditional view of the era as merely Tudor propaganda. A few even claim that England during the late 15th century was "a society organized for peace." Historian John A. Wagner brings readers up to date on the latest research and thinking about this crucial period of England's history.

Author : C. F. Yetmen
Publisher : Anna Klein Trilogy
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0998889024

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That Which Remains by C. F. Yetmen Pdf

In February 1946, Anna Klein and her boss Henry Cooper face major changes at the Monuments Men Collecting Point. With Cooper's dreaded re-deployment looming and their feelings for each other intensifying, Anna has to decide between him, her family, and her marriage. A future with Cooper means giving up everything she knows and running away from her own past, which isn't at all what it seemed. Meanwhile, a destitute artist asks for her help in finding paintings he sold before the war. But his story doesn't pan out, leaving a despairing Anna running against the clock with more questions than she may have time to answer. 

Author : C. F. Yetmen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998889016

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What Is Forgiven by C. F. Yetmen Pdf

In February of 1946, the US Army Monuments Men's Collecting Point opens its doors for an exhibition to share its vast holdings of Nazi looted art with an eager and weary German public. But it's more than curious art lovers who come through the doors. Just as translator and claims sleuth Anna Klein thinks things are getting a little boring, a destitute artist with a dubious story appeals to her for help with finding paintings he sold before the war. Anna and her boss Captain Henry Cooper reconstruct a paper trail that leads from Munich to Berlin to Wiesbaden to uncover the truth of what really happened to his work, and to him. But even as Anna's star has risen with the US Army, the coming redeployments and looming staff changes threaten to take away Cooper and her treasured job, even as more secrets about the past come to light and pull the rug out from under her carefully rebuilt world. Once again, forces beyond her control alter the landscape of her life and Anna is confronted with finding a path forward for herself and her family that will not only set wrongs to right, but also help her find a way home.