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  Damn This War! - Between the...

  Julie Hankey

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  The love story of Zippa and Tony is nothing without the context of the Second World War.The war introduced them - they met as blackout wardens in London. It gave them darkened streets to wander in, hand in hand, then, by sending Tony away to officer training camps, it sharpened their hunger for each other, casting a glow over his comings and goings. It turned them into schemers and wanglers against fate and army regulations. It pressed them into marriage, and when the war decided to deploy him to North Africa, it whispered the urgent question of a baby. To which Tony, thinking of the war, replied maybe not; and Zippa, thinking of the war, said yes.In spite of themselves, the war experience was changing them both, and yet both were hanging on, looking back, suspended in memory and time, and living from letter to letter.Decades later, their daughter Julie discovered their letters, and piecing them together began to create a portrait of her parents and their relationship that was completely unfamiliar to her. Vivid, honest and completely absorbing, Damn This War! is a true insight into a wartime love story.

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  School district tries making...

  PBS NewsHour

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  Since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, there's been an increased police presence at schools. But that presence has also sparked concerns. According to a recent analysis, black students are more likely to be arrested on campus than their white counterparts. Special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza of Education Week reports on how the Saint Paul public schools are changing their approach.

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  Amazing Architects and Artists:...

  F. H. Cornish, Fiona MacKenzie

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  The inspiring stories of 5 people who changed history. 
  Contents: 
  Leonardo da Vinci who painted the Mona Lisa 
  Christopher Wren who rebuilt London 
  Antoni Gaudí who built the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona 
  Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish painter 
  Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican female artist 
  BRITISH ENGLISH 
  Word count: 10,172 
  Headword count: 941 
  PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials. 
  This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series. 
  Level 2 is equivalent to CEF level A2-B1. 
  About the Amazing People series: 
  A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen. 
  Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure. 
  After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research. 
  Created in association with The Amazing People Club. 
  About Collins ELT Readers: 
  Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels: 
  Level 1 – elementary (A2) 
  Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2–B1) 
  Level 3 – intermediate (B1) 
  Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2) 
  Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

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  Short Nonfiction Collection Vol 021

  Various Various

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  A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain.  The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, war, farming, slavery, education, philosophy, and nature. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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  Freud - Inventor of the Modern Mind

  Peter D. Kramer

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  Sigmund Freud’s life bridged the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and his reputation and influence have endured, even intensified, in the twenty-first. Often referred to as “the father of psychoanalysis,” Freud did, in fact, conceive of many of its defining characteristics: he was the original advocate of the “talking cure,” and discovered--or, some argue, invented--the human unconscious.  
  Kramer’s take on Freud is at once critical and sympathetic: he recognizes what is archaic in Freud’s work and also what endures, interpreting him as not only a pioneer, but a writer whose work will survive among the classics of our literature.   
  This nonfiction book provides a historical account of Sigmund Freud's life and enduring influence on psychoanalysis, making it a valuable read for anyone interested in the field of psychology or the history of ideas. 
  HarperCollins 2024

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  Ronald Reagan - A Highly...

  Kelly Mass

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  Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the U.S.A. of America, serving from 1981 to 1989. He was the Republican politician Party's 33rd ruler of California from 1967 to 1975, following a profession as a Hollywood star and labor organizer. 
  Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, to a low-income family. In the year 1932, he finished from Eureka College and went to work in Iowa as a radio sports analyst. 
  Reagan transferred to Californian the year 1937 to chase after a profession as a star. He appeared in certain noteworthy productions. 
  Reagan worked as president of the Screen Casts Guild from 1947 to 1952, throughout which time he made an attempt to push out supposed communist impact within the company. He changed to tv in the 1950s and ended up being a representative for General Electric. 
  President Reagan has meant a lot for the United States, the politics at the time, the Cold War, and more. Learn more about him through this comprehensive book.

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