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   The Hope

   • Herman Wouk

   • 688pagine
   • 25 ore di lettura

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   Herman Wouk is one of this century's great historical novelists, whose peerless talent for capturing the human drama of landmark world events has earned him worldwide acclaim. In 'The Hope', his long-awaited return to historical fiction, he turns to one of the most thrilling stories of our time - the saga of Israel. In the grand, epic style of 'The Winds of War' and 'War and Remembrance', 'The Hope' plunges the reader into the major battles, the disasters and victories, and the fragile periods of peace from the 1948 War of Independence to the astounding triumph of the Six-Day War in 1967. And since Israelis have seen their share of comic mishaps as well as heroism, this novel offers some of Herman Wouk's most amusing scenes since the famed "strawberry business" in 'The Caine Mutiny'. First to last 'The Hope' is a tale of four Israeli army officers and the women they love: Zev Barak, Viennese-born cultured military man; Benny Luria, ace fighter pilot with religious stirrings; Sam Pasternak, sardonic and mysterious Mossad man; and an antic dashing warrior they call Kishote, Hebrew for Quixote, who arrives at Israel's first pitched battle a refugee boy on a mule and over the years rises to high rank. In the love stories of these four men, the author of 'Marjorie Morningstar' has created a gallery of three memorable Israeli women and one quirky fascinating American, daughter of a high CIA official and headmistress of a Washington girls school. With the authenticity, authority, and narrative force of Wouk's finest fiction, The Hope portrays not so much the victory of one people over another, as the gallantry of the human spirit, surviving and triumphing against crushing odds. In that sense it can be called a tale of hope for all mankind; a note that Herman Wouk has struck in all his writings, against the prevailing pessimism of our turbulent century.

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   Hope

   • Kevin Sullivan

   • 448pagine
   • 16 ore di lettura

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   On May 6, 2013, Amanda Berry made headlines when she escaped from a Cleveland home and called 911, revealing she had been kidnapped for ten years. The chilling story emerged of Ariel Castro, a local school bus driver, who had separately lured Berry and two other young women, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, to his home, where he imprisoned them. Over the next decade, the women endured frequent rape, psychological abuse, and threats of death if they tried to escape. During her captivity, Berry gave birth to a daughter, whom she raised under harrowing circumstances. Through their recollections and Amanda's secret diary, Berry and DeJesus recount the unimaginable suffering they faced and the resilience that helped them survive. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan weave together the events inside Castro's home with original reporting on the search for the missing girls. This narrative reveals details about Castro's life and motivations that have never been disclosed before, offering a harrowing yet uplifting account of two women whose bravery and ingenuity ultimately led them back to their families and freedom.

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   The Glory

   A Novel

   • Herman Wouk

   • 685pagine
   • 24 ore di lettura

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   In The Hope, world-famed historical novelist Herman Wouk told the riveting saga of the first twenty years of Israel's existence, culminating in its resounding triumph in the Six-Day War, which amazed the world as few events of this turbulent century have. With The Glory, Wouk rejoins the story of Israel's epic journey in one of his most compelling works yet. From the euphoric aftermath of that stunning victory in 1967, through the harrowing battles of the Yom Kippur War, the heroic Entebbe rescue, the historic Camp David Accords, and finally the celebration of forty years of independence and the opening of the road to peace, Wouk immerses us in the bloody battles, the devastating defeats, the elusive victories.

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