This is an excellent book written by an author who is my age, and who, like me, lived in West Berlin during the second world war. The story provides an accurate account of the conditions in Berlin during the war, and of the friendship shared between the American soldiers (who we all admired) and the Berliners. It will be of great value to those interested in the historical aspects of the story, as well as to those who want a real page-turner about a young girl's perspectives on living through the war and how she and her family were able to cope through such a devastating time. A wonderful story which recounts the developmnt of a relationship between a young girl from Berlin and an American soldier who become separated by the battles of war, only to be brought back together again by fate. The ending is sure to be remembered by anyone fortunate enough to read this accurate description of our history and that of the young girl who is at its center. An excellent yarn.

I found this book utterly engrossing and not just because I went to high school with "Bertie." I was completely intrigued to learn about his mother and her girlhood in Germany, how she got through the war and how she met her future American husband. What a wonderful gift for storytelling Ms. Berck has! I simply couldn't put it down, and didn't want it to end.

My mother sent me Yonder the Bridge as a gift, autographed by the author, and I found it to be a gem in its own right, not just because of my personal connections. I'm positive other readers will find it as captivating as I did, although the overlying fun of knowing the author and what will ultimately happen was an added pleasure, not a detraction for me.

In all my years of reading, I have never read such a fascinating book! The book is filled with history and a never before told account of how life was for a young German woman growing up in Germany before, during and after WWII. The author also recounts some very amusing anecdotes and humorous situations that occurred during these times. Some of experiences the author describes in her book make the reader realize how fragile life was during those war years and how strong a person had to be to survive both emotionally and physically.

It is a story of "the other side of the coin". The story that has never been heard before - a young German girl thrown into war times and the many obstacles of life that come with it and her subsequent journey to the United States as the young bride of an American soldier.

A 10/10 book!

Maia Gibb

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This story retells the ups and downs of a family's modern-day immigration story. Who would ever guess that this couple would play so many roles in five decades on three continents - from 1940's Europe, to 1950's South America, 1960's spy adventures in the U.S.' attempt to retrieve a Russian nuclear submarine, to the present day.

The entire series of books are a joy to read.

This book is unique

Eva Krutein tells Americans about the culture shock immigrants experience. In her case, coming from Germany, living in Chile, South America, before coming to the United States. Eva describes the difficulties she and her five children had when adjusting to the new culture. She talks about hardships of learning a new language, of getting jobs and university degrees in music. Their new friends show them that Americans are considerate and cooperative.

Her husband Manfred, an ocean mining engineer, tells how he becomes involved in a super-secret espionage affair, lifting a sunken Soviet submarine in the Pacific Ocean from 16,000 feet water depth. Neither his family nor his friends know about the project which lasted four years. He wrote about his secret actions in a diary. The interweaving of the couple's experiences makes this book so unique. It keeps the reader's interest to the last page of the book.

They don't have many books about Ellis Wilson. He is a wonderful black artist. He did not get his credit due.

I really enjoyed this book. It is the best and only book I ever seen about Ellis Wilson and his art. If you are a big fan of his work like I am don't delay get this book right away!!!

The notes did greatly help AFTER I read the Christopher Marlowe novel, in the capacity that I was able to choose a wonderful topic for a research paper from the further suggestions offered by the book. As with other Cliff Notes that I have purchased over the years, this one aided me in making heads and tails out of much of the language and historical content. I recommed this guide be used hand in hand along with the Novel itself, for both are an easy and enjoyable read.

Eva Fitzwater's Cliffs Notes for Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" begins with a short biography of the playwright and a look at the Faust Legend as it existed in the 16th-century. A brief synopsis and list of characters precedes the main section of the volume devoted to Summaries and Commentaries; one of the strengths of Fitzwater's notes is that she presents significantly more commentary than summary for each scene of the play. The collection of short analytical essays at the end of hte volume look at Faustus as a Medieval/Renaissance hero and dramatic character, the character of Mephistophilis and the concept of Hell, and the servant-master relationship in the play. After considering the motifs of the fall and the appetites, Fitzwater develops Marlowe's style. The final sections deal with the Renaissance theater of Marlowe's day and stage performances of "Doctor Faustus" (covering some of the concerns and people covered in the film "Shakespeare in Love"), and looks at the textual problems that have resulted from the lack of an authoritative text of the play. The strength of this particular little yellow book with the black stripes is on the analytical commentary of the play scene-by-scene and its historical background, more so than the analysis of the play as a whole. Some treatment of how the Faust legend changed after Marlowe's day, specifically in terms of Goerte's "Faust," would have been nice, but that's just a final nit-pick. This is an excellent study aid for those who have read Marlowe's play.

As someone who's witnessed the day-to-day lives of Israelis firsthand and observed the ongoing rift between the secular and religious camps, I was extremely interested in hearing what the author had to say about the situation. This book confirmed my own observations and fears: that the split between the religious and the secular in Israel is becoming a problem that may eventually outweigh the Palestinian crisis in terms of practical consequences. Is there any hope for reconciliation? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that way.

Minus one star for atrocious punctuation.

Well, I think this is a terrific book if you're interested
in the topic. It's full of insight, beautifully written,
and offers a novel perspective.

Also, it was written by Mother.

Hi Mom!

At first this book was very slow, but the more I read, the more I wanted to read! E.R. Gaggin truly has a talent for making the story come to life. I is about a boy and his family who, after living in many places finally end up on the Mayflower headed for New England---but that's not the end of their adventures! The Mother of the boy has a sense of humor that makes this book fun to read. This is a great book if you want to get the feel for what the pilgrims went through to get to New England.

This book was fantastic, one of my favorites. The story is charming. There are occasional places in the book where it is a bit slow, but that is one of the most charming things about it. It is a very sweet story and I enjoyed every minute of it. Needless to say as I have resd it 19 times. I really can't believe how many wonderful books are allowed to go out of print. Its shameful. That's all I have to say.

Eva Ibbotson's world is a place where imagination abounds and witches and wizards live happily with ogres, hags, mermaids and krakens. In the tradition of Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling and E. Nesbit, these three novels are packed with crisp humor and droll characters. From the motley band of rescuers searching London for their missing prince in The Secret of Platform 13, to Belladonna, the young witch who needs to do something awful in order to win the hand of a handsome wizard in Which Witch?, to the three kindly old aunts who kidnap children to help care for the creatures living on the Island of the Aunts, these hilarious tales will sweep readers away to a world of pure fantasy and fun.

This is a great introductory set to Eva Ibbotson's entertaining writing. All three are well written, funny and appropriate for younger children. The books are recommended for ages 8 and up, but I think that many younger readers would also understand and appreciate this series, especially if they were read with a parent. Ibbotson does a very nice job of describing the different magical creatures and helping younger readers understand what is going on, but it is not in any way boring for older readers. These three books are not a series and do not share any of the same characters, but are a fun introduction to a wonderful fantasy author! Check these out while you wait for Ms. Rowling to finish the next Harry Potter book!

This is a nice way to own these three books. The stories are not connected and can be read in any order, they do not share the same characters or locations. But they do share a similar whimsical flavor that is hard to describe without reading yourself. I really enjoyed each of these books on their own very much, so much so that I returned to Amazon.com to buy this box set for my Aunt, another adult who enjoys childrens fantasy adventure yarns.

This book on Evita is quite different on the part that it was written by someone who went to that country to study how Eva Peron affected the society around her decades later.She is well rounded in her studies of Evita and the different takes on the different myths that surround this girl from the pampas is very interesting.Don't ask me why I gave it Four stars! I'm a man and I love Eva.But,it seems suitable...Okay? Respects to Julie Taylor..of course!

As the title indicates, this is not so much a straightforward and linear biography of Eva. Rather, this book is an examination of the myths that have sprouted up around Evita ("Evita," meaning "little Eva," was her nickname)in her own country and abroad.

The author, an anthropologist, brilliantly points out that what people believe about Eva, and the myths they construct around her, often have less to do with what Eva actually did in her real life, but with what people perceive she represented. Often, judgments and interpretations of Evita are meant to reflect well on the one who is doing the judging - whether it be the Peronists, the anti-Peronists, or foreigners.

The author discovers that Argentines have an unusual tendency to keep their national figures "alive." Few other people, says the author, see it as natural that the myths of long-dead leaders, as well as their bodily remains, would play a part in present day politics. Understanding Eva, who she was and what she accomplished, is often made difficult by this very fact - Argentines are fascinated with their own history and often force it into whatever shape they see as most fit. The author points out that the average Argentine is aware that his own version of his country's history may contradict that of his neighbor's.

The author also argues that while Peronists and anti-Peronists often believe they have different value systems, in fact they share many of the same values. Proof of their shared value system is that Evita is often interpreted in terms of her womanhood. The opposition sees Evita as a violation of the Argentine feminine ideal, whereas the Peronists see Evita as the definition of the feminine ideal. In both cases her gender and sexuality are made the forefront of her character and the judgment laid upon it: the opposition insists that Eva once worked as a prostitute and many of them claim so to this day, despite the fact that there is no evidence to support such a claim. Some Peronists suggest that, due to her heavy work schedule toward the end of her life, Evita did not have the time to have sexual relations with her husband. In both evaluations of her character her sexuality, her virginity, is important, and can therefore be seen as a result of the Catholic value system that permeates all Hispanic cultures. Evita is thus judged against the archetype of "Marianismo" (The Virgin Mary, and her accompanying ideals and virtues). The author also argues, as indicated by the book title, that the myths surrounding Evita are not only linked to Argentine ideas of womanhood, but international and cross-cultural ideas of womanhood and the "mysterious" powers often subscribed to them in relation to their ability to give birth, and their alleged potential for "corrupting" influence if not controlled by a man or male-dominated institution (the opposition often complained that her husband, the President, did not keep Evita "in check"). The author further argues that there is evidence that all peoples are likely to subscribe to women spiritual and mystical powers, and that this equation has led to the "saint abroad" - the belief held by many foreigners that Evita's followers saw her as a saint. The most popular example of this "saint abroad" can be found in the musical "Evita," most vividly in the song "Santa Evita" ("Saint Evita").

One of the most fascinating things about this book is the revelation that Evita's followers, the "Descamisados" (Spanish for "the shirtless ones"), generally do not see Evita as a saint, instead they see her in a rather pragmatic light - when asked what Evita meant to them and what she had done, the poor often listed the laws she had advocated and helped to pass, rarely is there mention of supernatural or saintly powers. It appears that it was Evita's opposition and the middle class of Argentina that created the myth that Evita's "gullible" followers saw her as a saint and the possessor of mystical powers; thus the middle class of Argentina created what the author terms a "myth of a myth."

A word of "caution" - this book is not always an easy read. I believe this book is the author's thesis work, and is therefore often full of words that necessitate the aid of a dictionary. Obscure and veiled references and phraseology abound. Often, particularly toward the beginning of the book, the author's paragraphs will consist of one thought repeated several times with different word usage. This book may be something of a struggle for the "lay" reader, myself among them. There are passages in this book that seem as though they are written in another language, perhaps even written with the intention of confusing the reader. But in all, this is a very well written and well-researched book, one of the best examinations available of this fascinating woman (and I have read most of them). Understanding this book is worth the effort for anyone interested in deciphering the myths and meanings behind the myths of the late, great Evita.

This book is written in a very readable form, more fiction like, yet very factual. I felt the author's story was an important account of one family's struggle to survive as German refugees from Eastern Europe. The details of the story made me very sad yet because of the author's hope in mankind I felt lifted up by her account.

Eva Krutein is a survivor. Her story is horrifying in that it details man's inhumanity to man on all fronts. What is particularly distressing is the cruelty and stupidity practiced by the allies after the war under the guise of an abomination known as the Morgenthau Plan. This book fills in some missing pieces, tells a story that is not covered by the anti-German media in the USA. If I have any criticism it is that Eva is too forgiving of the Red Army atrocities - she makes excuses for it, and does not explain that gang rape, rape, murder, starvation etc., was official government policy of Stalin with the deafening silence of the Americans & Brits. Eva's war is at times funny, often depressing and ultimately uplifting. Read it!