Vera Gissing Books

Memoirs of a Jewish woman, born ca. 1928, who grew up in the Czech town of Čelákovice and was sent by her parents, along with her sister, to England in 1939 under the sponsorship of the British Refugee Committee, due to the rescue activities of Nicholas Winton. Relates her wartime experiences in Wales and her return to Czechoslovakia in 1945. Both her parents were deported and died in concentration camps. Describes antisemitism expressed by some Czechs after the war and resentment shown toward Jews who returned to reclaim their property. Gissing returned to live in England in 1949. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Twenty-seven Spanish fairy tales featuring ill-fated princes, beautiful princesses, and wicked magicians.

A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Hans Christian Andersen's famous tales, from award-winning translator Tiina Nunnally Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy tales—with an anarchic twist—but many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination. The thirty stories here range from exuberant early works such as "The Tinderbox" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" through poignant masterpieces such as "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling" to more subversive later tales such as "The Ice Maiden" and "The Wood Nymph." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

A practical, lavishly illustrated reference helps readers easily identify hundreds of different rocks, minerals, and gemstones.

Nejkrásnější a nejznámější pohádky K. J. Erbena a B. Němcové s ilustracemi Josefa Lady a v anglickém překladu. Ideální dárek pro zahraniční přátele, kteří si chtějí přečíst Zlatovlásku, Hrnečku, vař nebo třeba Perníkovou chaloupku.

Praha, prosinec 1938 - německá okupace e na obzoru a tisíce uprchlíků a českých občanů si zoufale přejí uniknout do bezpečí. Nicholas Winton, mladý britský makléř na dovolené, je ohromen jejich situací, především možným osudem dětí, jejichž životy jsou ohroženy. Nemůže prostě odejít. Hovoří s mnoha rodiči, kteří mají odvahu rozloučit se se svými dětmi. Jeho úsilí vrcholí tím, že z Prahy odjede osm vlaků odvážejících 669 hlavně židovských dětí do bezpečí Velké Británie. Je to jen několik dní před tím, než se uzavřou hranice.