Agent Josephine

Agent Josephine
Author: Damien Lewis
Publsiher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2022-07-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781541700680

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The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was the highest-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all “negroes and Jews.” Yet instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight, she went from performer to Resistance spy. In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer’s life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers—a cover for her spying work—Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served—the US, France, and Britain. Drawing on a plethora of new historical material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of Josephine Baker, explaining why she fully deserves her unique place in the French Panthéon.

Merry Christmas Little Hoo

Merry Christmas  Little Hoo
Author: Brenda Ponnay
Publsiher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781623957124

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Merry Christmas from a Cute Little Owl! It's Christmas Eve and Little Hoo should be sleeping. But there are so many interesting noises! Are there reindeer on the roof and elves in the kitchen? Join your favorite owl and find out in this Christmas story that will make December bedtime more fun for toddlers, preschoolers and even big kids who can't help but believe in Christmas magic. Don't miss the other Little Hoo books: Who's There, Little Hoo? (Halloween) Who's Coming for Dinner, Little Hoo? (Thanksgiving) Be Mine (Valentines Day) Little Hoo Goes to the Beach Happy Birthday, Little Hoo!

You are the Coolest

You are the Coolest
Author: Calee M. Lee
Publsiher: Xist Publishing +ORM
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781532415562

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A puntastic book to help boost a child’s self-esteem, because every kid needs to hear, “I’m not kitten, I think you’re the best!” This collection of positive puns is sure to make any kid chuckle. From “Taco ’bout an awesome kid!” to “I be-leaf in you!” this book is filled will illustrated affirmations that provide a daily reminder that they are loved. You Are the Coolest makes a great gift for graduations, the first day of School, Valentine’s Day, birthdays and more. Brenda Ponnay’s fun illustrations bring the puns to life and are appropriate for pinning on a refrigerator, bulletin board, or flipping through on a regular basis.

Nature and History in Modern Italy

Nature and History in Modern Italy
Author: Marco Armiero,Marcus Hall
Publsiher: Ohio University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780821419168

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Marco Armiero is Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council and Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Universitat Aut(noma de Barcelona. He has published extensively on-Italian environmental history and edited Views from the South: Environmental Stories from the Mediterranean World. --

Secret Agent Josephine in Paris

Secret Agent Josephine in Paris
Author: Brenda Ponnay
Publsiher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781623955267

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There's a new super spy in town! Secret Agent Josephine may not look like a super mom, but when she goes to work, bad guys better watch out for her crafty tricks. In this Secret Agent Josephine adventure, our heroine travels to Paris to scope out some new craft supplies and stop an infamous art thief. Donning disguises and stocking up on the tools of her trade, Secret Agent Josephine tracks the thief through the streets of Paris. But when she's spotted, will her crafting skills be able to get her out of a jam?

Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave
Author: Solomon Northup
Publsiher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2024-01-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9788726609059

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Filmatized in 2013 and the official recipient of three Oscars, Solomon Northup's powerful slave narrative 'Twelve Years a Slave' depicts Nortup's life as he is sold into slavery after having spent 32 years of his life living as a free man in New York. Working as a travelling musician, Northup goes to Washington D.C, where he is kidnapped, sent to New Orleans, and sold to a planter to suffer the relentless and brutal life of a slave. After a dozen years, Northup escapes to return to his family and pulls no punches, as he describes his fate and that of so many other black people at the time. It is a harrowing but vitally important book, even today. For further reading on this subject, try 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Solomon Northup (c.1807-c.1875) was an American abolitionist and writer, best remembered for his powerful race memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave'. At the age of 32, when he was a married farmer, father-of-three, violinist and free-born man, he was kidnapped in Washington D.C and shipped to New Orleans, sold to a planter and enslaved for a dozen years. When he gained his freedom, he wrote his famous memoir and spent some years lecturing across the US,on behalf of the abolitionist movement. 'Twelve Years a Slave' was published a year after 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe and built on the anti-slavery momentum it had developed. Northup's final years are something of a mystery, though it is thought that he struggled to cope with family life after being freed.

Secret Agent Josephine s Numbers

Secret Agent Josephine s Numbers
Author: Brenda Ponnay
Publsiher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780983842842

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There's a new super spy in town! Secret Agent Josephine may not look like a super mom, but when she goes to work, bad guys better watch out for her crafty tricks. In this Secret Agent Josephine adventure, our heroine travels to Paris to scope out some new craft supplies and stop an infamous art thief. Donning disguises and stocking up on the tools of her trade, Secret Agent Josephine tracks the thief through the streets of Paris. But when she's spotted, will her crafting skills be able to get her out of a jam?

Little Hoo Goes Camping

Little Hoo Goes Camping
Author: Brenda Ponnay
Publsiher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781532415531

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Let's Go Camping, Little Hoo! It's time for the Hoo family to go on their annual camping trip, but Little Hoo is a little bit nervous. From setting up a tent, to cooking dinner over the fire, to sleeping with spooky noises, camping has a lot of new things for Little Hoo to experience. With characteristic gentleness, this book takes little ones along with Little Hoo on an adventure that eventually turns out to be a fun, and not scary, time. Little Hoo Goes Camping is part of the Little Hoo series featuring cute and reassuring texts for toddlers and preschoolers. Little Hoo books are available in English, Spanish, and bilingual editions. Other Little Hoo books include: Who's There, Little Hoo? Who's Coming for Dinner, Little Hoo? Little Hoo Goes to the Beach Merry Christmas Little Hoo Happy Birthday Little Hoo Little Hoo Goes to School Little Hoo has the Flu Happy Easter Little Hoo Little Hoo Gets the Wiggles Out