The greatest hero of the Second World War . . . is a girl you've never heard ofThe blazing debut novel based on the unsung true story of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands'Inspiring, empowering, and timely, compellingly detailed and impressively researched, but better still, it's an immersive story of a terrifying warre...

**WINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTIONNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTA heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson**How far would you go to protect the people and country you love?It’s 1940 and Hannie Schaft is a shy nineteen-year-old law student living in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands with ambitious goals for he...

LA RESISTENCIA LA ADORA.LOS NAZIS LA TEMEN.Basada en la historia real de amor y lealtad de Hannie Schaft, La joven del pelo rojo es una novela sobre los límites a los que nos enfrentamos cuando se ponen a prueba nuestros valores.Ámsterdam, 1940. Hannie es una estudiante de diecinueve años y, a pesar de que vive en los Países Bajos ocupados, tiene grandes ambiciones de futuro. No obstante, no...

Ein großer Roman nach der wahren Geschichte einer einmalig mutigen Frau.Amsterdam, 1940: Hannie Schaft studiert Jura, und ihre Träume für die Zukunft sind ehrgeizig und voll Hoffnung. Doch es herrscht Krieg, und es sind die Träume, die zuerst sterben. Hannie sieht keine andere Möglichkeit mehr, als sich dem Widerstand anzuschließen. Und sie entdeckt ihre gefährlichste Waffe: ihr Frausein. Getarnt von Schönheit und Jugend kommt sie jenen Männern nahe, die so viel Un...

Baseado na história real de Hannie Schaft, uma garota comum que, em tempos sombrios, tornou-se heroína da Resistência.“Uma narrativa fascinante sobre a coragem necessária para defender o que é certo.” – Judy Batalion, autora de A luz dos dias“Um romance comovente e de tirar o fôlego – ainda mais porque, em sua essência, é tudo verdade.” – Elizabeth Wein, autora de Codinome VerityQuando os alemães i...

Like all people, atheists contemplate issues of love, death, and morality, and in times of stress we long for solace and inspiration. A collection of uplifting quotations from some of mankind’s most important philosophers, scientists, writers, and even comedians, THE INSPIRATIONAL ATHEIST will be a treasured daily companion for the growing demographic of humanists who believe that life has meaning when we live it meaningfully, independent of the existence of a higher power. With words from...

“WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? ”As a historian, Buzzy Jackson thought she knew the answers to these simple questions—that is, until she took a look at her scrawny family tree. With a name like Jackson (the twentieth most common American surname), she knew she must have more relatives and more family history out there, somewhere. Her first visit to the Boulder Genealogy Society brought her more questions than answers . . . but it also gave her a tantalizin...

LA RESISTENCIA LA ADORA.LOS NAZIS LA TEMEN.Basada en la historia real de amor y lealtad de Hannie Schaft, La joven del pelo rojo es una novela sobre los límites a los que nos enfrentamos cuando se ponen a prueba nuestros valores.Ámsterdam, 1940. Hannie es una estudiante de diecinueve años y, a pesar de que vive en los Países Bajos ocupados, tiene grandes ambiciones de futuro. No obstante, no...

Brought to you by Penguin.The greatest hero of the Second World War... is a girl you've never heard of.A blazing debut novel based on the unsung true story of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands._______1940, Amsterdam.You're nineteen years old. You have dreams of your own....

The women who broke the rules, creating their own legacy of how to live and sing the blues.An exciting lineage of women singers—originating with Ma Rainey and her protégée Bessie Smith—shaped the blues, launching it as a powerful, expressive vehicle of emotional liberation. Along with their successors Billie Holiday, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin, they injected a dose of reality into the often trivial world of popular song, bringing the...

1940, Hollandia: A húszéves, visszahúzódó joghallgató Hannie Schaft önkéntesként segélycsomagokat állít össze a háborús menekülteknek. Ám amikor két legjobb barátnőjét zsidó származásuk miatt kitiltják az egyetemről, majd fokozatosan szinte mindenhonnan, Hannie úgy véli, eljött a radikálisabb segítségnyújtás ideje: kimenti őket a fővárosból, és a szülei vidéki lakásában bújtatja el. Az ország sorsa fölött érzett elkeseredésében felveszi a kapcsolatot az ellenállási mozgalom egy helyi csopo...

**WINNER OF THE COLORADO BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORICAL FICTIONNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTA heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson**How far would you go to protect the people and country you love?It’s 1940 and Hannie Schaft is a shy nineteen-year-old law student living in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands with ambitious goals for he...