Based on a true story, and from the co-author of Rescuers, the courageous and vividly told story of one boy and the courageous family who risks everything to save him. Once Jacob Gutgeld lived with his family in a beautiful house in Warsaw, Poland. He went to school and played hide-and-seek in the woods with his friends. But everything changed the day the Nazi soldiers invaded in 1939. Suddenly it wasn't safe to be Jewish anymore.

Jacob's Rescue

Children's Books

Drucker, Malka

Halperin, Michael

Literature & Fiction

Yearling

Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story

Once Jacob Gutgeld lived with his family in a beautiful house in Warsaw, Poland. He went to school and played hide-and-seek in the woods with his friends. But everything changed the day the Nazi soldiers invaded in 1939. Suddenly it wasn't safe to be Jewish anymore.One afternoon, eight-year-old Jacob slipped through a hole in the ghetto wall to meet Alex Roslan, a kind Christian man who agreed to be his new "uncle." The Roslan family, at the risk of their own lives, kept Jacob's identity as a Jew hidden.Every day of hiding meant a new danger and a threat of discovery. Jacob worried about his real family and longed to go to school and play outside like the Roslan children. The fear, the hunger, and the hardships brought Jacob closer to the Roslan family -- until at last they were able to begin a new chapter in their lives.

Turtleback Books

Book by Pagell, Ruth A., Halperin, Michael

International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It

Business & Money

Pagell, Ruth A.

Haperin, Michael

Finance

Amacom Books

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International

Greenwood

Fields of Poison recounts the odyssey of Antonio Velasco from a village in rural Mexico to a life of back-breaking labor as an eleven-year old migrant farm worker in America. With determination, foresight, and overwhelming intellect he rose to the heights of the scientific and medical professions. Major corporations fought Dr. Velasco's determination to investigate and prevent life-threatening pesticide poisoning. Against enormous odds he developed diagnostic protocols and treatment of toxic pesticides that have a long-term impact on public health. Dr. Velasco's story represents the American ideal that the nation benefits from generations of immigrants."...story of the extraordinary brilliance and tenacity of Dr. Antonio Velasco in overcoming systemic racism and injustice in America. His story reminds us it is possible to bend the arc of history towards justice." Harry Snyder, J.D. Advocacy Leader in Residence, University of California School of Public Health."...relates...the battles encountered by Dr. Antonio Velasco in seeking social and legal justice to protect workers from highly hazardous pesticides?. ." Graham Matthews, PhD., Emeritus Professor of Pest Management, Imperial College, London."[with] burning passion for justice?Antonio converted his anger into achievement." Sen. Bill Monning, California State Senate."...significant portrait of human courage and the potential that lies within us all to learn from personal suffering and to substantively contribute to the larger good." Daniel Rothenberg, Ph.D. Professor of Practice, School of Politics and Global Studies.Author, playwright, screen and television writer Michael Halperin served as Executive Story Consultant, 20th Century-Fox and Story Editor, Universal Television, and writer-producer for MCA Television. He authored Black Wheels, National Education Association choice for its African American 100 Best Book List. Best-selling Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story, Random House, written under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, was named ABA Best Book, Children's Book Council; Notable Children's Trade Book, Int'l. Reading Assn. Teacher's Choice. Writing Great Characters, Lone Eagle; Writing the Second Act, MWP; Writing the Killer Treatment, MWP are staple texts for universities.

Fields oF Poison Migrant Farmworker to Crusading Physician

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Floricanto Press

In 1943, four-year-old David and his nine-year-old brother Jacob were forcibly interned with their aunts and grandmother in the infamous Warsaw Ghetto. As news of wholesale execution of Jews became known, the women planned the children's escape into the arms of Alexander and Mela Roslan, Polish-Catholic merchants, who willingly made their choice at the risk of death.

My Name Is David Search for Identity: A True Post-Holocaust Odyssey

Every screenplay needs an attention-grabbing beginning and a satisfying ending, but those elements are nothing withour a strong, well-crafted middle.

Writing the Second ACT: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Script

Michael Wiese Productions

Writers have to understand and develop the elements that make a great script before writing the script itself. Halperin demonstrates how treatments can be effective, taking writers through the entire process in a variety of genres including originals, adaptations, movies-of-the-week, miniseries, sitcoms and soap operas.

Writing the Killer Treatment: Selling Your Story Without a Script

The author has developed an easy to understand, logical system which gives all screen writers a foolproof and failproof method of developing great characters.

Writing Great Characters : The Psychology of Character Development in Screenplays

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Lone Eagle Pub. Co

This newly updated and expanded edition of an Oryx bestseller, by award-winning authors Ruth A. Pagell and Michael Halperin, is the only reference work available that guides business researchers and librarians to the most valuable sources for information on international business and shows how to interpret and use the data provided. The authors also describe business practices in various regions and countries, the basics of international trade and finance, international business organizations, and relevant political departments and agencies. An extensive number of exhibits and tables are featured, and the book's appendixes include glossaries, checklists for evaluating sources, and sample disclosure documents.

International Business Information (How to Find It, How to Use It)

Pagell, Ruth

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Jacob's Rescue

Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story

International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It

International Business Information: How to Find It, How to Use It

Fields oF Poison Migrant Farmworker to Crusading Physician

My Name Is David Search for Identity: A True Post-Holocaust Odyssey

Writing the Second ACT: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Script

Writing the Killer Treatment: Selling Your Story Without a Script

Writing Great Characters : The Psychology of Character Development in Screenplays

International Business Information (How to Find It, How to Use It)