Until Our Last Breath

Author : Michael Bart,Laurel Corona
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429994040

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Until Our Last Breath by Michael Bart,Laurel Corona Pdf

"This is a powerful tale of the triumph of love under extremely difficult conditions. " - Publishers Weekly At Leizer Bart's funeral, one of the mourners told his son Michael that the gravestone should include a reference to the Freedom Fighters of Nekamah, to honor his late father's involvement in the Jewish resistance movement in Vilna (now Vilnius), Lithuania, at the end of World War II. Michael had never heard his parents referenced as Freedom Fighters. Following his father's death, and with his mother in failing health, Michael embarked on a ten-year research project to find out more details about his parents' time in the Vilna ghetto, where they met, fell in love, and married, and about their activities as members of the Jewish resistance. Until Our Last Breath is the culmination of his research, and his parents' story of love and survival is seamlessly tied into the collective story of the Vilna ghetto, the partisans of Vilna, and the wider themes of world history. Zenia, Bart's mother, was born and raised in Vilna. Leizer fled there to escape the Nazi invasion of his hometown of Hrubieshov in Poland. They were married by one of the last remaining rabbis ninety days before the liquidation of the ghetto. Leizer was friends with Zionist leader Abba Kovner and became a member of the Vilna ghetto underground. Shortly before the total liquidation of the ghetto, Zenia and Leizer, along with about 120 members of the underground, were able to escape to the Rudnicki forest, about 25 miles away. They became part of the Jewish partisan fighting group led by Abba Kovner—known as the Avengers—which carried out sabotage missions against the Nazi army and eventually participated in the liberation of Vilna. Until Our Last Breath is intensely personal and painstakingly researched, a lasting memorial to the Jews of Vilna, including the resistance fighters and the author's family.

Author : Durjoy Datta
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789351182955

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Till the Last Breath . . . by Durjoy Datta Pdf

When death is that close, will your heart skip a beat? Two patients are admitted to room no. 509. One is a brilliant nineteen-year-old medical student, suffering from an incurable, fatal disease. She counts every extra breath as a blessing. The other is a twenty-five-year-old drug addict whose organs are slowly giving up. He can’t wait to get rid of his body. To him, the sooner the better. Two reputed doctors, fighting their own demons from the past, are trying everything to keep these two patients alive, even putting their medical licences at risk. These last days in the hospital change the two patients, their doctors and all the other people around them in ways they had never imagined. Till the Last Breath is a deeply sensitive story that reminds us what it means to be alive.

Author : RICHA SHARMA, ABHISHEK VERMA
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781947988460

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I Love You until My Last Breath by RICHA SHARMA, ABHISHEK VERMA Pdf

Who said love makes life lively, When love is the one that makes lives miserable too? Is it too difficult for two people to fall in love, irrespective of social boundaries? Or is it just too difficult for their families to approve of their relationship? Amaya and Raghav, inseparably in love with each other, fight their way through hard times to get their marriage approved. Lose your emotions to their heart-touching story and connect it to yours. As you read on, discover the weak points in your love life, so that you can make the most of it.

Author : Shanora Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798674230984

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Until the Last Breath by Shanora Williams Pdf

Years ago, I fell in love with a man named Maximilian Grant - tall, smooth talking, handsome as hell Maximilian Grant. He was my everything- a man who could do no wrong- but then he did the one thing he promised he'd never do: he broke my heart.Now, nearly four years later, I'm happily married to a man who has completely changed my life...but with my health hanging in the balance, I often wonder what his future entails, because I know there is a possibility that he'll have to live without me.John, my husband, is the love of my life, and I have never questioned our love...that is until my past comes knocking at the door.Every girl has that one guy-the one whom she can't seem to forget or completely let go of, no matter how toxic the relationship was, or how bad it ended. Well, this story is a little different. This is the story of how Maximilian Grant went from being my toxic first love, to the man who ultimately saves my life... and, trust me, this will not play out the way you think it will.

Author : Sue Allerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798558755251

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Until My Last Breath by Sue Allerton Pdf

After watching her parents brutally murdered when she was only nine. Niah is plunged into a world of brutality, never knowing why they were killed. She sets her eyes on revenge, but the answers come at a price. The revenge she gets may not be quite as she had always imagined, as she has to come to terms with the truth. Niah must learn how to battle the real demons on Earth, while battling with her inner demons looming over her. She must learn to trust. to work as a team. and maybe even learn what friendship means.

Author : Sam Kean
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780316381635

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Caesar's Last Breath by Sam Kean Pdf

The Guardian's Best Science Book of 2017: the fascinating science and history of the air we breathe. It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell. In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it. With every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds on the Senate floor, but the story of his last breath is still unfolding; in fact, you're probably inhaling some of it now. Of the sextillions of molecules entering or leaving your lungs at this moment, some might well bear traces of Cleopatra's perfumes, German mustard gas, particles exhaled by dinosaurs or emitted by atomic bombs, even remnants of stardust from the universe's creation. Tracing the origins and ingredients of our atmosphere, Kean reveals how the alchemy of air reshaped our continents, steered human progress, powered revolutions, and continues to influence everything we do. Along the way, we'll swim with radioactive pigs, witness the most important chemical reactions humans have discovered, and join the crowd at the Moulin Rouge for some of the crudest performance art of all time. Lively, witty, and filled with the astounding science of ordinary life, Caesar's Last Breath illuminates the science stories swirling around us every second.

Author : Peter Stark
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-02-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780345449528

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Last Breath by Peter Stark Pdf

Sudden, extreme deaths have always fascinated us-- and now more than ever as athletes and travelers rise to the challenges of high-risk sports and journeys on the edge. In this spellbinding book, veteran travel and outdoor sports writer Peter Stark reenacts the dramas of what happens inside our bodies, our minds, and our souls when we push ourselves to the absolute limits of human endurance. Combining the adrenaline high of extreme sports with the startling facts of physiological reality, Stark narrates a series of outdoor adventure stories in which thrill can cross the line to mortal peril. Each death or brush with death is at once a suspense story, a cautionary tale, and a medical thriller. Stark describes in unforgettable detail exactly what goes through the mind of a cross-country skier as his body temperature plummets-- apathy at ninety-one degrees, stupor at ninety. He puts us inside the body of a doomed kayaker tumbling helplessly underwater for two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes. He conjures up the physiology of a snowboarder frantically trying not to panic as he consumes the tiny pocket of air trapped around his face under thousands of pounds of snow. These are among the dire situations that Stark transforms into harrowing accounts of how our bodies react to trauma, how reflexes and instinct compel us to fight back, and how, why, and when we let go of our will to live. In an increasingly tamed and homogenized world, risk is not only a means of escape but a path to spirituality. As Peter Stark writes, "You must try to understand death intimately and prepare yourself for death in order to live a full and satisfying life." In this fascinating, informative book, Stark reveals exactly what we’re getting ourselves into when we choose to live-- and die-- at the extremes of endurance.

Author : Kimberly Belle
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780778317227

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The Last Breath by Kimberly Belle Pdf

Gia Andrews returns to a small town in Tennessee to care for her dying father, just released from a prison term for the murder of her stepmother, and learns that there is more to know about the stories everyone believes about the past.

Author : Gerda Saunders
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 031650260X

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Memory's Last Breath by Gerda Saunders Pdf

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY NPR "For anyone facing dementia, [Saunders'] words are truly enlightening.... Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia."---Maria Shriver, NBC's Today Show A "courageous and singular book" (Andrew Solomon), Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir--"an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia" (Shelf Awareness). Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Gerda Saunders' astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders, a former university professor, nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa.

Author : Paul Blanton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692715231

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Paul's Story by Paul Blanton Pdf

Paul Blanton is in prison, serving life for the death of two drug dealers and their female accomplice. He doesn't belong there. Paul pled self-defense, but in 1989 the Michigan courts were predominantly liberal. He was a white conservative who defended himself against black drug dealers with his own gun. The deck was stacked against him even before a trusted friend lied on the witness stand. The involvement of a rogue jury foreman sealed the deal for the prosecution. Imprisoned for decades, Paul Blanton now tells his story. In haunting detail, he describes the emotional consequences of taking life, even in self-defense. He candidly describes the effect his psychologist-certified PTSD had on his memory and testimony, and the ways he maintains his sanity in the bleak prison landscape. Still proud of his country, Paul speaks out against the leftist ideology that contributed to his incarceration. With nothing more to fear from those who police and enforce political correctness, he denounces liberal thought with a passion unmatched by even the most outspoken conservative journalist. This is Paul's story. What happened to him could happen again-and will, as long as liberalism dominates the nation's courtrooms.

Author : Paul Kalanithi
Publisher : Random House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812988413

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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • People • NPR • The Washington Post • Slate • Harper’s Bazaar • Time Out New York • Publishers Weekly • BookPage Finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Books for a Better Life Award in Inspirational Memoir At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a naïve medical student “possessed,” as he wrote, “by the question of what, given that all organisms die, makes a virtuous and meaningful life” into a neurosurgeon at Stanford working in the brain, the most critical place for human identity, and finally into a patient and new father confronting his own mortality. What makes life worth living in the face of death? What do you do when the future, no longer a ladder toward your goals in life, flattens out into a perpetual present? What does it mean to have a child, to nurture a new life as another fades away? These are some of the questions Kalanithi wrestles with in this profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir. Paul Kalanithi died in March 2015, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that coming face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ‘I can’t go on. I’ll go on.’” When Breath Becomes Air is an unforgettable, life-affirming reflection on the challenge of facing death and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a brilliant writer who became both.

Author : Rachel Caine
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101545447

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Last Breath by Rachel Caine Pdf

With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with one of the missing vampires is someone new to town-a mysterious individual named Magnus. After an uneasy encounter with Morganville's latest resident, Claire is certain Magnus isn't merely human. But is he a vampire-or something else entirely?

Author : Carlton Stowers
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0312968191

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To The Last Breath by Carlton Stowers Pdf

On January 22, 1994, two-year-old Renee Goode played happily with her sisters and cousin, enjoying an impromptu "slumber party" at the home of her father, Shane Goode. The next day Renee was dead. "To the Last Breath" reveals what Renee's grandmother had suspected all along: cold, calculating Shane Goode had murdered his own daughter to cash in on her death. of photos. Martin's Press.

Author : Lauren Child
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763663575

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Ruby Redfort Take Your Last Breath by Lauren Child Pdf

Crack open Ruby Redfort’s second adventure — and you will literally be on the edge of your wits. Everyone’s favorite girl detective is back for a second mind-blowing installment, packed with all the off-the-wall humor, action, and friendship of the first book. This time, though, it’s an adventure on the wide-open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea. . . . Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount? Well, you wouldn’t want to bet against her.

Author : Om Shukla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Indic fiction (English)
ISBN : 9382536345

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In Love- Till My Last Breath by Om Shukla Pdf