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An Ordinary Woman in Extraordinary Times
$ 14.90The story of a Hungarian-Jewish woman who experienced WWII and the October Revolution…eventually emigrating to Canada.
Baptised In Fire, Or Whatever – Tűzkereszt, vagy amit akartok
$ 15.90Unusual, shocking, politically incorrect, and humorous stories about joy and struggle of a newcomer in the United States. / Amerikai-angolt tanulók számára, illetve azoknak, akik szeretik a szokatlan, megrázó, politikailag helytelen és humoros történeteket.
Beethoven’s Mask
$ 34.90Notes on My Life and Times
Powerful storytelling and sharp observation, leavened with marvelous wit and style, combine to deliver one of the most vivid memoirs ever written.
Castles Burning – A Child’s Life in War
$ 20.00This steely account of a childhood on the run, first from the Nazis and then as a refugee in postwar Europe, serves as a fitting memorial to the author, who died in December 1996, shortly before the book was published. Magda Denes settled in America and became a psychoanalyst, which may explain her total lack of sentimentality about her youthful self. The fierce emotions of childhood–exacerbated in this case by the danger she faced as a Jew in fascist Hungary–have seldom been better portrayed.
Confessions of an Original Sinner
$ 36.90In prose as elegant as it is supple, Confessions of an Original Sinner is at once the vivid account of one man’s voyage and an important contribution to that small library that brings into sharp focus the major intellectual developments of our time.
Country Matters
$ 27.90The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse
Escape to tomorrow
$ 20.00Each day is a struggle to survive…
About the Author: I grew up in a small, peaceful Canadian town, listening to the stories of my immigrant parents’ childhood experiences. Their courage and determination provided me with opportunities that many of their generation were denied. In discussing the large events that shaped the great wars, the impact on the little people is often overlooked. The course of millions of lives was changed, and millions of people suffered hunger, poverty, and torture. I feel that it was important to tell a few of their stories before they are forgotten.
Forever On Pointe
$ 36.90Dancing was her life. Until a paralyzing virus threatened to shatter her dreams.
Forever On Pointe
$ 17.90Dancing was her life. Until a paralyzing virus threatened to shatter her dreams.
From Hungary With Love
$ 24.90The author is hopeful that all those who read his story will have a better understanding of the love in the hearts and souls of Hungarian people. This historical fiction is based on real life events. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.
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Kid without fear – Autobiography & Memoirs
$ 20.00Charles traded hand grenades with other kids like one would trade baseball cards. At the age of twenty-one, he escaped from Communist Hungary to Canada via Communist Yugoslavia, and in the same year he was hit by lightning three times on the same farm. Charles has lived his life by his magical three D’s: Desire, Determination, and Drive.
Liszt’s Weimar
$ 10.00Albert Morris Bagby spent the summer of 1885 in Weimar, where he attended Liszt’s classes. In the guise of a light-hearted autobiographical novel, this romantic tale reveals the characters of several real-life individuals who were part of Liszt’s circle