The Mascot
Title | The Mascot PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kurzem |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 438 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780670018260 |
A survival story, a grim fairy-tale, and a psychological drama, this memoir asks provocative questions about identity, complicity, and forgiveness. When a Nazi death squad raided his Latvian village, Jewish five-year-old Alex escaped. After surviving thew
The Mascot
Title | The Mascot PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kurzem |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 2013-08-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1448176387 |
Part thriller, part psychological drama, part puzzle with a strange twist, The Mascot is one of the most astonishing stories to emerge from the Second World War. It tells the remarkable true story of how Alex Kurzem unravelled the shocking secrets of his wartime past. With the support of Mark, his son, Alex began to recall how he evaded the German-led execution squad that decimated his village, but witnessed the murder of his Jewish mother and siblings. He scavenged amongst the trees and protected himself from wolves, before falling into the hands of a Latvian police battalion. The soldiers adopted him as their mascot and Alex accompanied the unit everywhere as it changed its identity and duties to those of an SS unit on the rampage. He even appeared in Nazi propaganda films and newspaper articles, riding into Riga in a military parade... yet he was Jewish. At the age of five, was Alex Kurzem a collaborator or just a lost little boy? Caught up in a world of war-crime hunters, former war criminals and security agents with unclear agendas, he has since been threatened by many who believe he has betrayed them.
Mascot
Title | Mascot PDF eBook |
Author | Antony John |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2018-09-11 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062835645 |
This witty, heartfelt story about perseverance in the face of adversity is perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio, Cammie McGovern, and John David Anderson. Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he’s helpless now. He’s sick of going to physical therapy, where he isn’t making any progress. He’s tired of not having control over his own body. And he misses playing baseball—but not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. Noah is scared he’ll never feel like his old self again. He doesn’t want people to think of him as different for the rest of his life. With the help of family and friends, he’ll have to throw off the mask he’s been hiding behind and face the fears that have kept him on the sidelines if he ever wants to move forward.
Mascot Nation
Title | Mascot Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew C. Billings |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2018-10-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0252050843 |
The issue of Native American mascots in sports raises passions but also a raft of often-unasked questions. Which voices get a hearing in an argument? What meanings do we ascribe to mascots? Who do these Indians and warriors really represent? Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black go beyond the media bluster to reassess the mascot controversy. Their multi-dimensional study delves into the textual, visual, and ritualistic and performative aspects of sports mascots. Their original research, meanwhile, surveys sports fans themselves on their thoughts when a specific mascot faces censure. The result is a book that merges critical-cultural analysis with qualitative data to offer an innovative approach to understanding the camps and fault lines on each side of the issue, the stakes in mascot debates, whether common ground can exist and, if so, how we might find it.
Mascot to the Rescue!
Title | Mascot to the Rescue! PDF eBook |
Author | Peter David |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 177 |
Release | 2009-06-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0061957380 |
“Holy page-turner! ” — Kirkus Reviews
Norby the College Mascot
Title | Norby the College Mascot PDF eBook |
Author | Nick Patton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 32 |
Release | 2013-06-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780985108014 |
The St. Norbert mascot discovers what it is like to be a student professor and president of the college.
The Mascot Book
Title | The Mascot Book PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Villiers |
Publisher | Health Research Books |
Total Pages | 206 |
Release | 1996-09 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780787309084 |
The Mascot Book treats its subject in a manner which has not been touched before. Information so hidden away that it literally had to be dug out from amidst an enormous amount of other material. Your fascination of the subject will grow the further you.