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The Unbroken Chain

Author : Neil Rosenstein
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Jews
ISBN : UOM:39015018946023

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This book traces the descendants of Rabbi Meir Katzenelnbogen of Padua through 16 generations. More than 25,000 people are identified as descendants of this Rabbi. The author uses charts and tables to show the links between the elite of Ashkenazic Jewry, and includes some of the twentieth century's most important Jews in Europe, Israel, and America. It covers most of the leading Hassidic dynasties includingLevi Isaac of Berdichev, Halberstam, Twersky, Rabinowitz, Horowitz, Rokeach, Shapiro, Spira, and Teitelbaum and includes the bloodlines of Karl Marx, Mendelssohn and Helena Rubenstein.

The Unbroken Chain

Author : Neil Rosenstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Jews
ISBN : UOM:39015018946106

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The descendants of Rabbi Meir Katzenellenbogen (1482-1565), whose ancestors settled in Katzenelnbogen, Hessen-Nassau in 1312. Rabbi Meir later settled in Padua, Italy. His descendants settled throughout Europe, in the United States and Israel.

The Unbroken Chain

Author : Neil Rosenstein
Publisher : New York : Shengold Publishers
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Jews
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036929326

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An Unbroken Chain

Author : Jeremiah Henry Holleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Surgeons
ISBN : LCCN:98226471

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An Unbroken Chain

Author : Henry A. Oertelt
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0822529521

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An Unbroken Chain by Henry A. Oertelt Pdf

A Holocaust survivor chronicles the chain of events that kept him alive, providing first-hand accounts of Hitler's rise to power, Kristallnacht, and confinement in various concentration camps.

The Unbroken Chain

Author : Guenter Wendt,Russell Still
Publisher : Burlington, Ont. : Apogee Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Aerospace engineers
ISBN : 189652284X

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The Unbroken Chain by Guenter Wendt,Russell Still Pdf

Guenter Wendt's autobiography is a ground shaking document of the glory days of manned spaceflight, told from the perspective of the launch pad.

The Unbroken Chain

Author : Joseph S. M. Lau
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015005444495

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Unbroken Chain

Author : Jaleigh Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786955333

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Ashok, one of the warlike shadar-kai, comes to Ikemmu with the intention of finding weaknesses in the strange city's armor to prepare his people for attack, but becomes drawn to the city and struggles to find balance. Reprint.

Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition)

Author : Laura Hillenbrand
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781984818447

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Unbroken (Movie Tie-in Edition) by Laura Hillenbrand Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: 2014’s Unbroken and the upcoming Unbroken: Path to Redemption. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. Praise for Unbroken “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York “Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”—People “A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post “Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Marvelous . . . Unbroken is wonderful twice over, for the tale it tells and for the way it’s told. . . . It manages maximum velocity with no loss of subtlety.”—Newsweek “Moving and, yes, inspirational . . . [Laura] Hillenbrand’s unforgettable book . . . deserve[s] pride of place alongside the best works of literature that chart the complications and the hard-won triumphs of so-called ordinary Americans and their extraordinary time.”—Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air “Hillenbrand . . . tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time “Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it.”—Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run

Slaves to Racism

Author : Benjamin G. Dennis,Anita K. Dennis
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Liberia
ISBN : 9780875866581

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Slaves to Racism by Benjamin G. Dennis,Anita K. Dennis Pdf

American racism traps Blacks -- even in Africa. Prof. Dennis chronicles the compulsive and repetitious nature of racism and its destructive effects on peoples and societies, Dr. Dennis's observations of the twists of irony and misplaced pride on all sides will provoke a wry smile as well as dismay. During the 1990s, Liberia descended into civil war and anarchy. African-Liberian rebel groups roamed the countryside randomly killing as they vied for power. Doe was killed by a segment of these rebel groups and warlord Charles Taylor eventually became president in 1997.

Callous Objects

Author : Robert Rosenberger
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452956879

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Uncovering injustices built into our everyday surroundings Callous Objects unearths cases in which cities push homeless people out of public spaces through a combination of policy and strategic design. Robert Rosenberger examines such commonplace devices as garbage cans, fences, signage, and benches—all of which reveal political agendas beneath the surface. Such objects have evolved, through a confluence of design and law, to be open to some uses and closed to others, but always capable of participating in collective ends on a large scale. Rosenberger brings together ideas from the philosophy of technology, social theory, and feminist epistemology to spotlight the widespread anti-homeless ideology built into our communities and enacted in law. Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

Hearts Unbroken

Author : Cynthia Leitich Smith
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781536202007

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Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith Pdf

New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school — and first love. When Louise Wolfe’s first real boyfriend mocks and disrespects Native people in front of her, she breaks things off and dumps him over e-mail. It’s her senior year, anyway, and she’d rather spend her time with her family and friends and working on the school newspaper. The editors pair her up with Joey Kairouz, the ambitious new photojournalist, and in no time the paper’s staff find themselves with a major story to cover: the school musical director’s inclusive approach to casting The Wizard of Oz has been provoking backlash in their mostly white, middle-class Kansas town. From the newly formed Parents Against Revisionist Theater to anonymous threats, long-held prejudices are being laid bare and hostilities are spreading against teachers, parents, and students — especially the cast members at the center of the controversy, including Lou’s little brother, who’s playing the Tin Man. As tensions mount at school, so does a romance between Lou and Joey — but as she’s learned, “dating while Native” can be difficult. In trying to protect her own heart, will Lou break Joey’s?

Unbroken Chain

Author : Guenter Wendt,Russell Still
Publisher : Apogee Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Aerospace engineers
ISBN : 1926592018

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The author describes his life and career as an aerospace engineer with the responsibilities of spacecraft launch preparations for the Apollo, Skylab, and ASTP flights and for flight crew safety for the space shuttle missions.

Long Way Down

Author : Jason Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781481438278

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“An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” —Booklist (starred review) “Astonishing.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he’s after. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. And that’s when Will sees that one bullet is missing. And the only one who could have fired Shawn’s gun was Shawn. Huh. Will didn’t know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. Bigger huh. BUCK IS DEAD. But Buck’s in the elevator? Just as Will’s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck’s cigarette. Will doesn’t know her, but she knew him. Knew. When they were eight. And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES. And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if Will gets off that elevator. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.

Samurai Santa

Author : Rubin Pingk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481430579

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"Yukio wants to have a snowball fight but all the other ninjas want to stay good for Santa. So Yukio decides to sabotage Santa"--