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Through the Morgue Door

One Woman’s Story of Survival and Saving Children in German-Occupied Paris

by Colette Brull-Ulmann, Jean-Christophe Portes ...

Translated by Anne Landau, Margaret Sinclair ...

Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
In 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By the age of twenty-one, she was in her second year of studying medicine. By 1942, Brull-Ulman and her family had become registered Jews under the ever-increasing statutes against them enacted by Petain’s government. Her father had been arrested and interned at the Drancy detention camp and Brull ... Read more

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In 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By the age of twenty-one, she was in her second year of studying medicine. By 1942, Brull-Ulman and her family had become registered Jews under the ever-increasing statutes against them enacted by Petain’s government. Her father had been arrested and interned at the Drancy detention camp and Brull
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Through the Morgue Door

One Woman’s Story of Survival and Saving Children in German-Occupied Paris

by Colette Brull-Ulmann, Jean-Christophe Portes ...

Translated by Anne Landau, Margaret Sinclair ...

Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
In 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By the age of twenty-one, she was in her second year of studying medicine. By 1942, Brull-Ulman and her family had become registered Jews under the ever-increasing statutes against them enacted by Petain’s government. Her father had been arrested and interned at the Drancy detention camp and Brull ... Read more

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In 1934, at the age of fourteen, Colette Brull-Ulmann knew that she wanted to become a pediatrician. By the age of twenty-one, she was in her second year of studying medicine. By 1942, Brull-Ulman and her family had become registered Jews under the ever-increasing statutes against them enacted by Petain’s government. Her father had been arrested and interned at the Drancy detention camp and Brull
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Transversal Competencies in Asian Countries and Beyond

Edited by Aaron Benavot, Jean Merrill Bernard, Susan Iannuzzi, Le Anh Vinh, Margaret Sinclair, Andy Smart, James H. Williams ...

Series series Education (R0)
This volume provides an overview of the themes and challenges in curriculum thinking and practice that currently engage policymakers and practitioners across the East Asian and Southeast Asian region. It addresses issues of policy development and implementation, and considers the notion of transversal in a broader sense, including whether the implementation of non-academic concepts can indeed ... Read more

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This volume provides an overview of the themes and challenges in curriculum thinking and practice that currently engage policymakers and practitioners across the East Asian and Southeast Asian region. It addresses issues of policy development and implementation, and considers the notion of transversal in a broader sense, including whether the implementation of non-academic concepts can indeed
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Politics, The

by Aristotle ...

Narrated by Edmund Sterling, Margaret Sinclair, William Harrow ...

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8 hours 57 min

One of the most influential works in political philosophy, The Politics by Aristotle explores the nature of government, justice, and the ideal state. In this timeless classic, Aristotle examines different political systems, the role of citizenship, and the balance between power and virtue in governance. His insights continue to shape modern political thought, making this an essential listen for ... Read more

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One of the most influential works in political philosophy, The Politics by Aristotle explores the nature of government, justice, and the ideal state. In this timeless classic, Aristotle examines different political systems, the role of citizenship, and the balance between power and virtue in governance. His insights continue to shape modern political thought, making this an essential listen for
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The Last Days of Socrates

by Plato, Christopher Rowe ...

Narrated by Justin Avoth, Laurence Dobiesz ...

Unabridged

6 hours 35 min

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Justin Avoth and Laurence Dobiesz. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe read by Justin Avoth.'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just'Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Justin Avoth and Laurence Dobiesz. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe read by Justin Avoth.'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just'Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of
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Joseph Andrews and Shamela

by Henry Fielding ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

13 hours 37 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Joseph Andrews, Henry Fielding's first full-length novel, depicts the many colourful and often hilarious adventures of a comically chaste servant. After being sacked for spurning the lascivious Lady Booby, Joseph takes to the road, accompanied by his beloved Fanny Goodwill, a much-put-upon foundling girl, and Parson Adams, a man often duped and ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Joseph Andrews, Henry Fielding's first full-length novel, depicts the many colourful and often hilarious adventures of a comically chaste servant. After being sacked for spurning the lascivious Lady Booby, Joseph takes to the road, accompanied by his beloved Fanny Goodwill, a much-put-upon foundling girl, and Parson Adams, a man often duped and
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Discourse on Method and the Meditations

by René Descartes ...

Narrated by Rory Alexander ...

Unabridged

5 hours 47 min

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Rory Alexander.René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Rory Alexander.René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology,
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Conversations of Socrates

by Xenophon ...

Narrated by James Gillies ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon’s portrait is the only one other than Plato’s to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views.In ... Read more

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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon’s portrait is the only one other than Plato’s to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views.In
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The Soft Machine

The Restored Text

by William S. Burroughs ...

Narrated by Ramiz Monsef ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Nova Trilogy
Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

In The Soft Machine, William S. Burroughs begins an adventure that will take us into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo. Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.A total ... Read more

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In The Soft Machine, William S. Burroughs begins an adventure that will take us into the dark recesses of his imagination, a region where nothing is sacred, nothing taboo. Continuing his ferocious verbal assault on hatred, hype, poverty, war, bureaucracy, and addiction in all its forms, Burroughs gives us a surreal space odyssey through the wounded galaxies in a book only he could create.A total
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The Wolves at the Door

The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy

by Judith L. Pearson ...

This WWII espionage biography brings "one of America's greatest spies back to life" in a "story of derring-do and white knuckles suspense" (Patrick O'Donnell, author of Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs)Virginia Hall left her comfortable Baltimore roots in 1931 with dreams of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, but her gender—and her wooden leg—kept her from pursuing politics. As Hitler advanced ... Read more

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This WWII espionage biography brings "one of America's greatest spies back to life" in a "story of derring-do and white knuckles suspense" (Patrick O'Donnell, author of Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs)Virginia Hall left her comfortable Baltimore roots in 1931 with dreams of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, but her gender—and her wooden leg—kept her from pursuing politics. As Hitler advanced
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Sisters at War

The utterly heartbreaking World War 2 historical novel by Jina Bacarr

by Jina Bacarr ...

Series Book 1 - The Wartime Paris Sisters
'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin LittekenParis, 1940: Two sisters separated by the Nazis… After a devastating attack, Justine and Ève Beaufort find themselves on opposite sides of the war, both in their beloved Paris. But can they ever find their way back to each other?It was the day that changed everything. ... Read more

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'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss' Erin LittekenParis, 1940: Two sisters separated by the Nazis… After a devastating attack, Justine and Ève Beaufort find themselves on opposite sides of the war, both in their beloved Paris. But can they ever find their way back to each other?It was the day that changed everything.
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Behind Enemy Lines

The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

by Marthe Cohn, Wendy Holden ...

"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” —Publishers WeeklyMarthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their ... Read more

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"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” —Publishers WeeklyMarthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their
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