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VICTORY

Name: VICTORY
Author: Winston S. Churchill
ISBN: 0304930164

by Winston S. Churchill ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 7, 1946

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There are the 1945 speeches, from January through his defeat in the general election, a collection which covers a vital seven months in a fast changing world, months in which President Roosevelt died and Germany capitulated. In these months Churchill gave several surveys of events before the House; commented at length on Britain's intervention in Greece's Civil War; on Britain's contribution and losses; on the achievement of the C.R.I. command; on the Crimea Declaration and the three power conference; on the Curton line and its significance. He talked too of internal affairs; his political speeches in the election campaign are included; his tributes to General Eisenhower, to Franklin Roosevelt; his analysis of the world he believed the fighting men wanted to come back to (in definition of the Conservative Policy); his defense of the stand on unconditional surrender. There are the usual assortment of long speeches and short, of messages, statements, answers, etc. Only too fast the public forgets- and the market for these papers is shrinking.

Pub Date: Aug. 7, 1946

ISBN: 0304930164

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: Oct. 13, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1946

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
HIS FATHER'S SON
by Winston S. Churchill

- BOOK REVIEW
THE SIX DAY WAR
by Winston S. Churchill Randolph S. Churchill

- BOOK REVIEW
GREAT DESTINY
by Winston S. Churchill

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING
by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; adapted by Natalie Andrewson ; illustrated by Natalie Andrewson

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THE NUTCRACKER
by E.T.A. Hoffmann & illustrated by Julie Paschkis

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.