Throughout the hardest times in history, love has endured the unthinkable, often laced with tragedy and hardship…and there have been few times more testing than World War II, when couples were forced to be miles apart, reliant on letters to communicate, and often not knowing for weeks whether their sweetheart was even alive.
In this gripping collection of real life love stories from one of the most tumultuous times in human history, you’ll find hope and inspiration in every corner.You’ll find:
- 10 epic love stories brimming with emotion
- Real life stories told through the exchange of letters and fleshed out with background information from the time
- A story salvaged from letters that were nearly burned – until they were saved by a daughter determined to share her parents’ great romance with the world
- Tales of love enduring incredible distance, longing, and loneliness
- The couple who fought for what was right… even though it meant parting after just a few years of wedded bliss
- Lessons in vulnerability and daring to bare your soul and the doors that can open when you do
- Forbidden love – a passionate romance that broke not just one social taboo, but also faced grave danger for another reason under the Nazi regime
- The innocuous crush that blossomed into a life-changing love affair
- The woman who never gave up hope… despite her love being documented as ‘killed in action’
- Love that survives against all odds – and the inspiration you can take from one incredible tale
Laced with tragedy and heartache, you’ll need your tissues handy. But for every tear you shed, there’s a smile to be found as you witness the power of true love. Immerse yourself in some of the world’s greatest (yet lesser-known) love stories.
Magnet Ass and the Stone-Cold Truck Hunters is a Vietnam war memoir about Captain Alan 'Magnet Ass' Milacek, the 'man who flew his plane on one wing'. It is a war story. But it is also not a war story. It has everything to do with a white-hot mission over the Plain of Jars in 1970, for which 10 men earned The Mackay Trophy, one of history's most coveted aviation awards - and at the same time, it has nothing to do with any of that at all.
Magnet Ass is gritty and it is holy, sometimes full of shit and shrapnel - and at other times as demure as a duck flying over a pond in the dead of winter. Flashing between 1970 Asia and present day Oklahoma, Magnet Ass is poignantly written, meticulously researched, and narratively gripping. This incredible moment in the annals of air force history becomes a story about the power of kindness, courage, and tenacity in the face of uncertainty and fear. It becomes the story of two men pondering the past and finding themselves not only in remembering, but in relationship. Magnet Ass is at once a potent war story, a lushly written memoir, and a tale of the power of the everyday impossible, which any of us can strive to achieve.
NO GOD
NO CREATURE
NO WAR
CAN COME BETWEEN THEM
The latest from the number one SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Rebecca Ross
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, their fate depends on their facing the depths of hell … together.
After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again …
All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced
to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris’s best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.
But when Iris’s letters to her brother fall into the wrong hands – that of the handsome but cold Roman Kitt, her rival at the paper – an unlikely magical connection forms.
Expelled into the middle of a mystical war, magical typewriters in tow, can their bond withstand the fight for the fate of mankind and, most importantly, love?
An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.
«Nadie nos ha prometido el mañana. Vive el presente»
La historia de Elena Huelva: una vida de lucha basada en hechos reales
¿Alguna vez has escuchado cómo resuena en tu cabeza la palabra «cáncer»? El cáncer tiene algo curioso y es que todos pensamos que es de los demás. Hasta que te llega a ti, y entonces resuena demasiado fuerte, como un pitido lejano pero incesante, de esos que, una vez empiezan, ya no puedes dejar de oír.
Esa fue un poco la sensación que tuvo Elena, una chica joven, vital y con una actitud siempre positiva cuando le diagnosticaron cáncer. Pero ella, lejos de venirse abajo, decidió que la vida está para vivirla y empezó a combatir su enfermedad con uñas y dientes para ganar la batalla.
Aquí tienes su historia para seguir la realidad y el día a día en el hospital y en el proceso de la enfermedad.
Looks can be deceiving. Follow an innocent girl as she is lured into a seemingly perfect relationship that leads her down a path filled with lies and pain, darkness and despair.
In a personal manner, Pearl is a wife, mother, grandmother, and church educator passionate about writing for God's glory and teaching women, children, and youth about God's love.
Profession-wise, Pearl is a poet, playwright, and author who has published 15 books, including four children's books. She also owns Kingdom Greeting Cards, a Christian-focused greeting card business.
Pearl's prayer is that Teenage Love will inspire young girls to put God first in their lives, talk to their parents about thei
Returning to Radio HCJB, Clarence brought up the rear as the men rode in the dark along the narrow horse trail carved from the mountainside. Suddenly Clarence's horse stumbled and slid over the trail's edge, taking him with it. As horse and rider fell toward the canyon floor one thousand feet below, Clarence was not even able to scream.
Although born into a devout Christian family, Clarence Jones wasn't interested in religion. It was this Midwesterner's ear for music that led him to play trombone at Chicago's Moody Church, where he gave his life to Christ and volunteered for mission work.
Clarence's work began in Chicago, where he helped pioneer something unheard of-Christian radio broadcasts. Soon God called Clarence to "go south with radio." Led to Ecuador, Clarence worked unswervingly to cofound Radio HCJB and the World Radio Missionary Fellowship. His legacy of broadcasting the gospel to the ends of the earth soars on the airwaves today.
Written for ages 10 and up -- enjoyed by adults!
Behind George were enemies; in front, a raging ice-packed river. Poling across had seemed his best chance, but now large blocks of ice slammed into his makeshift raft, twisting it off course. Just as George dug his pole in and pushed with all his might, a block of ice hit the raft -- the raft slammed into the pole -- and George was overboard.
On a dangerous mission for the British army, young Major Washington had no idea that one day he would lead an army of fellow colonials in a bitter battle for independence against Great Britain herself, the most powerful empire in the world.
In each new crisis, the young United States sought out George Washington. As commander in chief of the Continental army, chairman of the Constitutional Convention, and first president, this indispensable American served the struggling nation when its survival and form hung in the balance.
Ethel Rosenberg's story is seldom told and not widely known. What tends to be told is the life of a convicted spy who was killed for her beliefs, a victim of social injustice. Barbara Krasner pays tribute to this complex and misunderstood woman
and lets her sing—sing out about her childhood, her dreams to perform on stage, her love for a college boy with shared ideals, her tender love for her husband and sons, and her deep love for what she felt was right for her country and the world.
Ethel’s song is at times light and upbeat and at times slow, dark, and low. It is a song of playfulness and also of torment. But most importantly, it is a song that needs to be heard so that Ethel Rosenberg can be recognized.
60 years in Purvanchala. Shri. Madhukar Rao Limaye's Marathi translation of his memoirs is 'Ambat God Athavani' His 60-year stay in Assam and North Purvanchal and his many bad experiences while working there to inculcate unionism make the author's entertaining style readable.
पूर्वांचलामध्ये 60 वर्षे रा.स्व. संघाचे प्रचारक म्हणून काम केलेल्या श्री. मधुकरराव लिमये यांनी शब्दबद्ध केलेल्या त्यांच्या आठवणींचे मराठी रुपांतरण म्हणजे ‘आंबट गोड आठवणी.’ आसाम व उत्तर पूर्वांचलातील 60 वर्षांच्या आपल्या वास्तव्याने तेथे संघकार्य रुजविण्याचे कार्य करतांना आलेल्या बर्या वाईट अनुभवांचे हे कथन लेखकांच्या मनोरंजन शैलीमुळे वाचनीय झाले आहे.
Written for readers age 10 and up -- enjoyed by adults!
Six-year-old Ludwig was sitting at the table, reading his Bible and praying, when Swedish soldiers stormed through the castle door. Ludwig looked up at the soldiers and then returned to his prayer and reading. The soldiers stopped and stared-then left. They said they could not ransack a place that God watched over.
An unusually mature Christian at a very young age, Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf did not follow the course dictated by his noble birth but followed God's call even to the point of being banned from his native Saxony. Once destined for the royal court, the count instead became a spiritual father to millions.
Count Zinzendorf opened his estate to persecuted Moravian Christians, and under his leadership this vibrant community launched the modern missions movement. Beginning at Herrnhut and traveling as far as Africa, America, and Russia, the bold believers of the Moravian Church planted seeds that continue to bear fruit even today.
The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide for teens seeking a way forward in acknowledging, identifying, and dismantling racism and injustice.
The New York Times bestseller How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi is shaping the way a generation thinks about race and racism. How to be a (Young) Antiracist is a dynamic reframing of the concepts shared in the adult book, with young adulthood front and center. Aimed at readers 12 and up, and co-authored by award-winning children's book author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist empowers teen readers to help create a more just society. Antiracism is a journey--and now young adults will have a map to carve their own path. Kendi and Stone have revised this work to provide anecdotes and data that speaks directly to the experiences and concerns of younger readers, encouraging them to think critically and build a more equitable world in doing so.
A lively and accessible introduction to the quintessential philosopher, and the civilized world's first enemy of the state.
Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western civilization's founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challenge the people around him to test their ideas and beliefs in conversation with each other, in the belief that in this way we could become a society that knows the difference between truth and falsehood, and find what makes a life worthwhile. He did not claim to have definitive answers, but he knew that knowledge was the key to finding them, and he invited everyone he met to join him in his quest.
The Socratic Method is the first, and still the best, method for distinguishing truth from falsehood. In Socrates: A Life Worth Living, award-winning author Devra Lehmann gives us the first biography for young readers of the thinker who has seen no equal.
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