Discloses the Israeli plan to assassinate the known terrorist leaders responsible for the Munich massacre of Israeli athletes and chronicles the story of the hit-squad's leader, a man morally destroyed by his mission.
George Jonas is a larger-than-life businessman with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. He and his wife, Despina, have been living an idyllic life on Hilton Head Island for five years. But when his spirited, middle-aged wife suddenly falls ill the morning after Mother's Day and lies before him motionless and radiantly beautiful George is overcome with a foreboding feeling. His life is about to change forever. Despite the doctor's valiant attempts to save Despina through a complicated surgery, she lapses into a coma. Still full of hope despite the insurmountable odds that hover over his wife like a dark cloud, George's grief is boundless when Despina eventually dies, even as his children, John and D'Ann, rally around him. After thirty years with his wife, he finds himself desperately alone, haunted by his memories, and wracked with guilt. As he blindly embarks down an emotional path of grief that leads him from denial to rage to eventual acceptance of the inevitable, George learns more about himself and his inner strength than he ever could have imagined. Good Morning, Morning Glory shares the tale of one man's intense and powerful journey of self-discovery as he moves from the depths of despair within hospital corridors to joyful heights atop Mexico's pyramids.
In his extraordinary memoir, Beethovens Mask, George Jonas describes life as an Italian opera: an absurd story set to irresistible music. Spanning the period between 1935 and 2001from just before the outbreak of the Second World War to 9/11the narrative takes the form of a journey log, zeroing in on key episodes in Jonass own life and in the lives of others: famous, infamous, and anonymous men and women that he encountered in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Beethovens Mask is an extraordinary, riveting read that will engage any reader interested in the twentieth century, its foibles, evils, comic and comedic aspects, and the self-destructive urge of humanity that drove Europe and, ultimately, the rest of world into the most horrendous bloodshed of the Second World War.Powerful storytelling and sharp observation, leavened with marvelous wit and style, combine to deliver one of the most vivid memoirs ever written.
Criminal lawyer Eddie Greenspan is one of Canada's most publicized and least understood personalities. Colourful, controversial, influential, outrageous, he is both loved and hated. An account of a 20 year period in his life.
Two years ago, Avery experienced heartbreak. Now she’s met Jonas at a restaurant in town, and while she doesn’t expect it to go anywhere, one coincidence leads to another and they make plans to meet for dinner the following day. Avery’s world has been predictable and routine the past two years, but she feels something shift when she meets Jonas, and she can’t help but be drawn to him. However, just when she’s starting to make up her mind about Jonas, Avery’s ex shows up and causes trouble. Will her new love wither, just like that?
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