Showing results for "Else" in Literature & Fiction

Twelve-year-old Dory Byrne lives with her brothers on New York City's Lower East Side, waiting impatiently through the darkest hours of World War II for her pop to come home from fighting Hitler. Legally speaking, Dory's brother, Fish, isn't old enough to be in charge of Dory and her younger brother, Pike, but the neighborhood knows the score and, like Pop always says, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. 

A powerful and moving story based on real events in the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s. Lamia and her family are caught up in the fighting, with tragic consequences. Lamia struggles with the hatred that threatens to destroy her, until she grasps that forgiveness and love are the most important things. Nothing else matters.

Mama and her two young daughters, Szerena and Gisella, never thought they would be without Papa for five long years. Ever since he left their small farm in Czechoslovakia for America, they have been waiting for him to send for them. In the meantime, with the help of family and neighbors, Mama and the girls work on the farm. While Szerena wishes for "a papa like everyone else," Gisella can't remember their father, and wishes he had not gone away without them.

It's exhausting trying to be the perfect daughter. Still, getting good grades without making any waves may be the only way to distract from the fact that Sparrow Malone's mother is on the verge of falling apart. Which means no getting upset. No being weird. No standing out for the wrong reasons.

What about all that stuff you keep reading about: the moonlit walks, waves softly kissing the sandy shore? It doesn't exist. Does it have to be a problem just because you don't want to hold your mother's hand anymore and you're not ready to hold anyone else's? Before you try to give yourself a hickey tonight, read this!

Der erste Band schildert die Alltagsabenteur des kleinen Mädchens in den Jahren 1909-1910. Die bekannte Kinderbuchreihe "Nesthäkchen" von Else Ury, Band 1: "Nesthäkchen und ihre Puppen". Die Erlebnisse der sechsjährigen Annemarie Braun, die mit ihrer Familie in Berlin Charlottenburg lebt. Annemarie darf nicht mit anderen Kindern spielen und verbringt daher die meiste Zeit mit ihren Puppen. Erst als sie zu Verwandten aufs Land geschickt wird, erfährt sie, was Freiheit ist.

Have you ever been so hungry that you didn't know what to eat? You look around, rummage through cabinets, but still can't make up your mind. What Else Should I Eat? captures that feeling and takes listeners on an imaginative journey through a magical land of looks, tastes, and smells. Wander through this enchanted world of food in a journey to find something to eat.

Adapted from the pages of the Bible in Acts chapter 12, follow the adventures of Ferrum, a young embittered Roman soldier, as he learns to face his past with the help of his wise Centurion. Upon guarding the apostle Peter, he discovers how to overcome his anger and look at others differently. He also finds that chains aren't necessary to imprison someone, nor do they deep someone from being free.