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#1 The story of Poland begins at dusk on a still summer night. A bird sings two beautiful notes, and the family knows they have been waiting for them. They are the words in their language which mean Live here.
#2 Dr. Krzyżanowski was a doctor who specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis. He was a kind man, and he treated everyone kindly. He didn't care about money,...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Irena's Children tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Tilar J. Mazzeo's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Irena's Children includes: Historical context, chapter-by-chapter overviews, profiles of the main characters, detailed timeline of...
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"In 1942, social worker Irena Sendler was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. She reached out to the trapped Jewish families, asking the parents to trust her with their young children. She started smuggling them out of the walled district, convincing her friends and neighbors to hide them. In a friend's garden, she buried lists of the names and true identities of those children, with the hope that their relatives could...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's early days. Fans fell in love with Eliza Hamilton--Alexander Hamilton's devoted wife--in Lin-Manuel Miranda's phenomenal musical Hamilton. But they don't know her full story. A strong pioneer woman,...
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