Authors: Ben Pastor

Description: "Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection." Publishers Weekly "A mystery, it rivets the reader until the end and beyond, with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully reproduces the grim canvas of war. A character study, it captures the thoughts and actions of real people, not stereotypes." The Free Lance-Star Part wartime political intrigue, detective story, psychological thriller, and religious mystery, Ben Pastor's debut follows a German army captain and a Chicago priest as they investigate the death of a nun in Nazi-occupied Poland. In October 1939 Captain Martin Bora discovers the abbess, Mother Kazimierza, shot dead in her convent garden. Her alleged power to see the future has brought her a devoted following; her work and motto, "Lumen Christi Adiuva Nos" ("Light of Christ, help us"), appear also to have brought some enemies. Father Malecki has come to Cracow, at the pope's bidding, to investigate Mother Kazimierza's powers. The Vatican orders him to stay and assist Bora in the inquiry into her killing. Stunned by the violence of the occupation and the ideology of his colleagues, Bora's sense of Prussian duty is tested to the breaking point. The interference of seductive actress Ewa Kowalska does not help matters. Ben Pastor, born in Italy, has lived for thirty years in the United States, working as a university professor in Vermont. She is the author of other novels, including The Water Thief and The Fire Walker (St. Martin's Press).

Langue: en

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Categories: Fiction

Authors: Ben Pastor

Description: Dans la Pologne que l'année allemande envahit durement en 1939. l'assassinat de la mère Kazimierza, religieuse connue pour ses dons de prophétie, pourrait mettre le feu aux poudres. Un duo improbable enquête : Martin Bora, officier du renseignement allemand et le père Malecki, américain, prêtre à Chicago, envoyé par le Vatican. Deux hommes honnêtes dans une période de l'histoire où le mépris de l'individu est de rigueur. Confronté avec horreur au comportement assassin des troupes de son pays, Martin Bora est coincé entre la loyauté et un idéal humaniste, qui l'amène à apprécier la discussion, pas toujours facile, avec le père Malecki. Le couvent abrite-t-il des résistants, les soeurs leur apportent-elles de l'aide ? Les prophéties gênaient-elles l'occupant dans sa propagande ? Et la belle actrice Ewa Kowalska, qui ne laisse pas indifférent un Martin Bora éloigné de son épouse et dont le couple bat de l'aile, quel jeu joue-t-elle exactement ? " Lumen Christi adjuva nos " plus que jamais la devise de la mère Kazimierza est de mise. Intrigue politique, thriller psychologique et mystère religieux tout à la fois, ce premier volet des enquêtes de Martin Bora dans les années troubles de la Seconde Guerre mondiale est une réussite incontestable.

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Authors: Danielle Corrado ,Viviane Alary

Description: Contributions sur les représentations de la guerre civile espagnole dans l'historiographie, la littérature, le cinéma, la presse et l'enseignement depuis la mort de Franco, en Espagne et en Europe.

Langue: fr

Publisher: Presses Univ Blaise Pascal

Categories: Literature, Modern

Authors: Ben Pastor

Description: Praise for Ben Pastor's Lumen: "Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection."— Publishers Weekly "Rivets the reader with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully reproduces the grim canvas of war. A character study, it captures the thoughts and actions of real people, not stereotypes."— The Free Lance-Star "And don't miss Lumen by Ben Pastor. . . . An interesting, original, and melancholy tale."— Literary Review Italy, September 1943. The Italian government switches sides and declares war on Germany. The north of Italy is controlled by the fascist puppets of Germany; the south liberated by Allied forces fighting their way up the peninsula. Having survived hell on the Russian front, Wehrmacht major and aristocrat Baron Martin von Bora is sent to Verona. He is ordered to investigate the murder of a prominent local fascist: a bizarre death threatening to discredit the regime's public image. The prime suspect is the victim's twenty-eight-year-old widow Clara. Haunted by his record of opposition to SS policies in Russia, Bora must watch his step. Against the backdrop of relentless anti-partisan warfare and the tragedy of the Holocaust, a breathless chase begins. Ben Pastor, born and now back in Italy, lived for thirty years in the United States, working as a university professor in Vermont. The first in the Martin Bora series, Lumen, was published by Bitter Lemon Press in May 2011.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Categories: Fiction

Authors: HKappel

Description: A obra autobiográfica Homem invisível, de Luiz Antonio Hecker Kappel, é um mergulho no túnel do tempo da história da formação de Roma, do cristianismo: do nascimento de Cristo, dos apóstolos até fatos atuais ― covid-19 e a tragédia do Rio Grande do Sul. O texto narrativo é recheado de descrições e comparações com a contemporaneidade. O ator personagem (homem invisível) parte de fatos reais (a diferença entre o capitalismo liberal e o socialismo/comunismo), fatos biográficos (como as personagens filhas, sua descendência de judeus) para ir compondo a trama. Une ficção e realidade. Através desse estilo, viajamos por informações históricas e vamos entendendo as relações entre todos à volta de Jesus. As outras religiões são postas em pauta também. Isso permite ao leitor refletir sobre as diversidades. Há uma riqueza de citações que embelezam o texto e engrandecem o conhecimento do mundo de quem o lê. Assim o autor demonstra profundo estudo e repertório, por exemplo, quando cita pintores renomados como Tintoretto, Ticiano, Rafael Sanzio, Correggio, Caravaggio etc. para construir seu enredo, que transita entre realidade e ficção. Ora o leitor está lá em Jerusalém... ora está na atualidade sofrendo o caos estabelecido.

Langue: pt-BR

Publisher: Editora Appris

Categories: Religion

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Categories: Book industries and trade

Authors: Ben Pastor

Description: A German army officer investigates the murder of a local Italian fascist amid the horrors of a brutal regime.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Categories: Fiction

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Categories: Italian American

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Langue: en

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Categories: American literature

Authors: Barbara Kuroff ,Tricia Waddell

Description: ""Novel & Short Story Writer's Market" is a must for every writer. Created exclusively for fiction writers, it provides every fiction market, plus agents, articles, contests and organizations."--Barbara Kuroff, editor.

Langue: en

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

Authors: Barbara Kuroff ,Anne Bowling ,Nancy Breen

Description: Listing markets, agents, publishers, and more, this comprehensive guide is an author's best reference. "One of the best guides to fiction writer's markets available".--"American Reference Book Annual".

Langue: en

Publisher: Writer's Digest Books

Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines

Authors: R.R. Bowker Company

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Langue: en

Publisher: R. R. Bowker

Categories: Reference

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Langue: en

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Categories: American literature

Authors: Renzo Cremante ,Lidia Mastroianni

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Categories: Literary Criticism

Authors: Leonardo Gori

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Langue: it

Publisher: Hobby & Work Publishing

Categories: Fiction

Authors: Ben Pastor

Description: Praise for the Martin Bora series: "The tone of Liar Moon has a flu-like grimness, appropriate the 1943 setting. Pastor is excellent at providing details (silk stockings, movie magazines, cigarettes) that light up the setting." Booklist " Lumen's plot is well crafted, her prose shap . . . a disturbing mix of detection and reflection." Publisher's Weekly Rome, 1944. While the Allies are fighting their way up the Italian peninsula, Rome lives the last days of Nazi occupation. Their world is falling apart as the German Army, the Gestapo, and the SS vie for power while holding glittering and debauched parties. But this is also a time of Italian partisan attacks, arrests, and mass executions, all to the sound of Allied artillery bombardment just outside the walls of the city. Baron Martin von Bora, an officer in the Wehrmacht, has the complex and delicate task of solving not one, but three murders. A young German embassy secretary has "accidentally" fallen to her death from a fourth-floor window, and a Roman society lady and a headstrong cardinal of the Roman Curia are found dead in her apartment. The cardinal is personally known to Bora and, like the officer, secretly active in the resistance against the Third Reich. With Italian police inspector Sandro Guidi at his side, Bora sets off to establish the truth. Different as they are, the two men confront crime, war, and dictatorship in the awareness that the dignity of man comes at a price beyond all imagination.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press

Categories: Fiction

Authors: Roger Weingarten

Description: Serving up chills and thrills, this collection of haunting tales offers the intelligence and emotional resonance that only comes from great writing. Whether it's John Updike writing about a shadowy Indian in a coastal New England town or T. Coraghessan Boyle's tale of a vengeful statue of the Virgin Mary, these stories show how delicious it can be to curl up with master storytellers and the things that go bump in the night.

Langue: en

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Description: Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

Langue: en

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Categories: Books

Authors: Ralph Waldo Trine

Description: Ralph Waldo Trine was an important New Thought writer. Trine is often cited as the inspiration for Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. As with all New Thought writers, Trine's work helped to shape the current crop of self-help books, such as The Secret, The Power of Positive Thinking, and The Law of Attraction. Also in this edition: A Creed of the Open Road, and The Greatest Thing Ever Known. The wisdom of the ages can be found between these pages!

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Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit

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