Best Selling Books by Elizabeth Wein

The Carnegie-shortlisted author of Code Name Verity returns with another gripping historical novel, taking readers on a daring flight across war-torn Europe.

Critically acclaimed Elizabeth Wein returns with a thrilling, female-led aviation adventure set against the backdrop of Hitler''s Germany and the last days of the Nazi regime.

Verity è il nome in codice di Julie Beaufort-Stuart, una ragazza bionda e minuta che appartiene alla nobiltà scozzese e ha studiato in Svizzera. Ha una tempra di ferro e parla tedesco con disinvoltura, per questo lavora al servizio dell''intelligence britannica come spia. La Seconda guerra mondiale infuria, Hitler ha in mano il nord della Francia: tutti devono collaborare per contrastare i tedeschi. Come Julie anche Maddie fa la sua parte, dapprima nella torre di controllo di un aerodromo inglese, poi come pilota: volare è la sua grande passione. Tra Maddie e Julie nasce un''amicizia molto salda, ma una notte i loro destini si separano in maniera drammatica: Maddie sta portando Julie in Francia per una missione particolarmente delicata, quando l''aereo viene raggiunto dal fuoco nemico...

Rose Justice is een jonge pilote van de Air Transport Auxiliary in WOII. Na een geheime vlucht komt Rose terecht in Ravensbrück, het beruchte vrouwenconcentratiekamp. Onder afgrijselijke omstandigheden put Rose hoop uit de loyaliteit, moed en vriendschap van haar medegevangenen. Is dat voldoende om het lot te ondergaan dat onherroepelijk voor haar ligt? In dit onvergetelijke verhaal schrijft Elizabeth Wein over vriendschap, loyaliteit, schuld en onschuld, moedige vrouwen en puur kwaad.

« Je le crierai à la face du monde ! » Rose Justice est une jeune pilote de liaison américaine, qui opère sur le territoire britannique pendant l’été 1944. Capturée par la Luftwaffe, et après avoir refusée de travailler dans une usine construisant des bombes, elle est finalement envoyée dans le camp de Ravensbrück. Emprisonnée avec une française, coupable d’avoir épousée un juif, des jeunes-femmes polonaises victimes d’atroces expérimentations nazies et des prisonnières de guerre de l’Armée Rouge, elle va alors se trouver confrontée aux pires atrocités de la guerre. Elle va aussi découvrir que sa survie et plus encore son humanité dépendent de la puissance des liens qu’elle va forger avec des femmes qu’elle n’aurait normalement jamais du rencontrer...

Dietary intakes of 178 native Canadians (Indians and Metis) in three age groups (13-24, 25-29, and 50-86 years) living near Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Canada were examined over two seasons (fall and spring). Results support the desirability of increased consumption of traditional and store foods and the wisdom of encouraging the use of country foods (wild game, birds, fish, and berries).

Doctoral thesis. Results of a study of the estimated frequency of use of 48 country foods queried for 120 native Canadian households near Wood Buffalo National Park for a one-year period, in order to document the household use of country foods, and to examine the nutrient intakes and health-related beliefs and preferences regarding selected country and store-bought foods of adult and adolescent natives.

A discussion of traditional folkloric archetypes used to creative effect in contemporary comic books Hellblazer, Swamp Thing, and Sandman.

Overall purpose of the study was to assess the nutrient intakes, and food preferences and food health beliefs of Native Canadian school children in two communities in northern Alberta, one with and one without a school lunch program.