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Success and How He Won It

From the German of E. Werner

By: E. Werner

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Success and How He Won It

From the German of E. Werner

By: E. Werner

“Success and How He Won It” is an 1887 novel by Christina Tyrrell, from the German of E. Werner. Elisabeth Bürstenbinder (1838–1918) was a German Author who wrote under the name Ernst Werner and first gained attention in 1870 with her novel “Hermann”. Other notable works by this author include: “Sacred Vows”, “Fickle Fortune”, and “Riven Bonds”. This vintage is not to be missed by those with an interest in German culture and literature, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

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Read Books Ltd

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1528787765

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9781528787765

Through The Eyes Of Innocents

Children Witness World War II

By: Emmy E Werner

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Through The Eyes Of Innocents

Children Witness World War II

By: Emmy E Werner

World War II was the first modern war in which more civilians than soldiers were killed or maimed: When it ended in August 1945, more than thirty-nine millions civilians had died as a direct result of the war, and some thirteen million of these were children. In Through the Eyes of Innocents, Emmy Werner tells the story of the children of World War II through their own words. Drawing on diaries, letters, and journals kept by youngsters caught up in the war, Werner shows the universality of their experience. Children and teenagers from a dozen countries - England, Germany, France, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Poland and the United States - are all represented in some 200 eye-witness accounts. Werner focuses on their shared reactions to the war, the hardships they endured, how they coped, and how the war experience shaped their lives. The message they share with other children in contemporary wars is an extraordinary affirmation of life and the sustaining power of hope and human decency.

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288

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Basic Books

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0813338689

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9780813338682

A Conspiracy Of Decency

The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War II

By: Emmy E Werner

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A Conspiracy Of Decency

The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War II

By: Emmy E Werner

The people of Denmark managed to save almost their country's entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity -- one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the history of World War II. Drawing on many personal accounts, Emmy Werner tells the story of the rescue of the Danish Jews from the vantage-point of living eyewitnesses- the last survivors of an extraordinary conspiracy of decency that triumphed in the midst of the horrors of the Holocaust. A Conspiracy of Decency chronicles the acts of people of good will from several nationalities. Among them were the German Georg F. Duckwitz, who warned the Jews of their impending deportation, the Danes who hid them and ferried them across the Oresund, and the Swedes who gave them asylum. Regardless of their social class, education, and religious and political persuasion, the rescuers all shared one important characteristic: they defined their humanity by their ability to act with great compassion. These people never considered themselves heroes -- they simply felt that they were doing the right thing.

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232

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Basic Books

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0786746696

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9780786746699

Journeys from Childhood to Midlife

Risk, Resilience, and Recovery

By: Emmy E. Werner,Ruth S. Smith

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Journeys from Childhood to Midlife

Risk, Resilience, and Recovery

By: Emmy E. Werner,Ruth S. Smith

Presents the development of resilience and coping systems in the underprivileged children of Kauai.

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Cornell University Press

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0801487382

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9780801487385

Myths & Legends of China

By: E. Werner,Arthur F. Leach

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Myths & Legends of China

By: E. Werner,Arthur F. Leach

Originally published in 1922, this early works on Myths and Legends of China is extensively illustrated throughout and will appeal greatly to any student or historian. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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524

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Obscure Press

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1444658816

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9781444658811

Overcoming the Odds

High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood

By: Emmy E. Werner,Ruth S. Smith

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Overcoming the Odds

High Risk Children from Birth to Adulthood

By: Emmy E. Werner,Ruth S. Smith

Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who have been monitored from the prenatal period through early adulthood by psychologists, pediatricians, public health professionals, and social workers. Werner and Smith trace the impact of a variety of biological and psycho-social risk factors and stressful events on the development of these individuals, most of whose parents did not graduate from high school and worked as semiskilled or unskilled laborers. Incorporating vivid case study accounts with statistical analysis, the authors focus on both the vulnerability and the resilience of those who overcame great odds to grow into competent and caring adults. They trace the recovery process through which most of the troubled adolescents in the cohort—those with histories of delinquency, teenage pregnancy, and mental health problems—emerged with improved prospects in their twenties and early thirties. Identifying both the self-righting tendencies that enable high risk children later to adapt successfully to work, marriage, and parenthood, and the conditions under which professional and volunteer care is most beneficial, Werner and Smith offer concrete suggestions for effective intervention policies.

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299

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Cornell University Press

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1501711997

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9781501711992

Passages to America

Oral Histories of Child Immigrants from Ellis Island and Angel Island

By: Emmy E. Werner

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Passages to America

Oral Histories of Child Immigrants from Ellis Island and Angel Island

By: Emmy E. Werner

More than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the "Guardian of the Western Gate," the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Based on the oral histories of fifty children who came to the United States before 1950, this book chronicles their American odyssey against the backdrop of World Wars I and II, the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich, and the hardships of the Great Depression. Ranging in age from four to sixteen years old, the children hailed from Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe; the Middle East; and China. Across ethnic lines, the child immigrants' life stories tell a remarkable tale of human resilience. The sources of family and community support that they relied on, their educational aims and accomplishments, their hard work, and their optimism about the future are just as crucial today for the new immigrants of the twenty-first century. These personal narratives offer unique perspectives on the psychological experience of being an immigrant child and its impact on later development and well-being. They chronicle the joys and sorrows, the aspirations and achievements, and the challenges that these small strangers faced while becoming grown citizens.

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