Dear Mr. You
Title | Dear Mr. You PDF eBook |
Author | Mary-Louise Parker |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2015-11-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501107836 |
This book "renders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved priest from her childhood to remembrances of former lovers to an homage to a firefighter she encountered to a heartfelt communication with the uncle of the infant daughter she adopted"--
What Soldiers Do
Title | What Soldiers Do PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Louise Roberts |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2013-05-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0226923096 |
How do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? Do you appeal to their bonds with their fellow soldiers, their patriotism, their desire to end tyranny and mass murder? Certainly—but if you’re the US Army in 1944, you also try another tack: you dangle the lure of beautiful French women, waiting just on the other side of the wire, ready to reward their liberators in oh so many ways. That’s not the picture of the Greatest Generation that we’ve been given, but it’s the one Mary Louise Roberts paints to devastating effect in What Soldiers Do. Drawing on an incredible range of sources, including news reports, propaganda and training materials, official planning documents, wartime diaries, and memoirs, Roberts tells the fascinating and troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread—and then exploited—the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos—ranging from flagrant public sex with prostitutes to outright rape and rampant venereal disease—horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population. The sexual predation, and the blithe response of the American military leadership, also caused serious friction between the two nations just as they were attempting to settle questions of long-term control over the liberated territories and the restoration of French sovereignty. While never denying the achievement of D-Day, or the bravery of the soldiers who took part, What Soldiers Do reminds us that history is always more useful—and more interesting—when it is most honest, and when it goes beyond the burnished beauty of nostalgia to grapple with the real lives and real mistakes of the people who lived it.
Mary Louise in the Country
Title | Mary Louise in the Country PDF eBook |
Author | L. Frank. Baum |
Publisher | Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2021-10-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 8726958929 |
‘Mary Louise in the Country’ is the second book in the popular ‘Mary Louise’ series of children’s books by ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum. Mary Louise and her grandpa Jim have relocated to the sleepy little town of Craggs Crossing for the summer. Here Mary encounters young Ingua Scammel, who seems to be hiding something. Mary Louise suspects something isn’t right, and calls upon her friend and detective in training Josie O’Gorman to help get to the bottom of the mystery. Lyman Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) was a prolific and well-known American writer. He is best known for his famous series of modern fairy tales set in the imaginary land of Oz. The first of the books, ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ is widely considered to be the first true American fairy tale and was the basis for the hugely popular 1939 classic musical ‘The Wizard of Oz’ starring Judy Garland. Born and raised in New York, Baum held a range of jobs including as a poultry farmer, clerk, and storekeeper before pursuing his talent for writing at the age of 41. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, as well as over 40 other novels and over 80 short stories. He died in California in 1919.
Anonymous Sources
Title | Anonymous Sources PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Louise Kelly |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2013-06-18 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1476715548 |
A debut international thriller about a Pakistani terrorist's nuclear threat to blow up the White House.
Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
Title | Mary Louise Solves a Mystery PDF eBook |
Author | L. Frank. Baum |
Publisher | Lindhardt og Ringhof |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2021-10-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 8726958902 |
Originally published under the pseudonym Edith van Dyne, ‘Mary Louise Solves a Mystery’ is the third book in the popular children’s series by prolific author L. Frank Baum. Mary Louise is travelling around Italy with her grandpa Jim when she comes across unhappy young heiress Alora Jones. Alora’s mother died not long ago, leaving Alora and her inheritance under the control of her moody and secretive ex-husband in Italy. Sensing a mystery, Mary Louise and her friend and trainee detective Josie O’Gorman are soon on the case. Lyman Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) was a prolific and well-known American writer. He is best known for his famous series of modern fairy tales set in the imaginary land of Oz. The first of the books, ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ is widely considered to be the first true American fairy tale and was the basis for the hugely popular 1939 classic musical ‘The Wizard of Oz’ starring Judy Garland. Born and raised in New York, Baum held a range of jobs including as a poultry farmer, clerk, and storekeeper before pursuing his talent for writing at the age of 41. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, as well as over 40 other novels and over 80 short stories. He died in California in 1919.
Mary Louise in the Country
Title | Mary Louise in the Country PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Van Dyne |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Pages | 211 |
Release | 2014-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1776585437 |
This is the second book in a series of novels for younger audiences penned under a pseudonym by L. Frank Baum. Mary Louise in the Country takes up the issue of home rule for Ireland and features a co-starring role from the street-smart Josie O'Gorman.
The Wind Called My Name
Title | The Wind Called My Name PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Louise Sanchez |
Publisher | Tu Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781620147801 |
When ten-year-old Margaríta Sandoval's family moves to Wyoming during the Great Depression, she faces racism, homesickness, and the possibility that her grandmother's land in New Mexico may be lost.--