Books with author Elisabeth Mace

‘May I have this dance, Hilde’ asked Field Marshal Rommel, opening the Grande Ball held in his honour.Did this dance save the life of Hilde’s Polish friends?Hilde had come a long way since her dream of becoming a singer was shattered when her father made arrangements for her to work as a housekeeper in Berlin at the tender age of fourteen.Hilde’s life is thrown into turmoil in Berlin during the late 1920’s early 1930’s. Having Polish friends meant it was becoming increasingly unsafe for her to stay there and she finds a new life in the Harz mountains.In Goslar, Hilde meets her husband, Karl, a young officer in the German Army. When he joins the 7th Panzer Brigade led by General Erwin Rommel at the beginning of World War II, Hilde is left to bring up their children in war-torn Germany.Hilde’s story is based on facts and is told here by her youngest daughter, Elisabeth.

"Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling......"Annie sang quietly, holding Derek's baby blue cardigan and trying to detect a familiar smell. The same cardigan he was supposed to wear at his christening.Annie and her friends leave Ireland in 1926 young and optimistic, hoping to find a better life in Liverpool. Only things do not turn out the way they had imagined. Annie falls in love, marries and starts a family of her own. But with the onset of World War Two comes tragedy and loss. testing Annie's strength to the limit.Little does she realise that salvation of her loved ones lies with a German woman named Hilde, whose life and situation mirrors Annie's own.'Liverpool Connection' is the second book of a trilogy and is based on a true story. The first book 'The Night I danced with Rommel', tells Hilde's story. The third book 'Cuckoo Clock-New York' is Esther's story. a young doctor, fleeing Germany after the Kristallnacht 1938. The books are historical novels based on facts and tell the writer's family history.Liverpool Connection has been awarded The B.R.A.G medallion, a readers award

Kristallnacht 9th November 1938. Doctor Esther Rosenthal's husband has just enough time to whisper to her before the SA pulls him out of the door and slams it shut behind him.Esther has to leave Germany in a hurry and embarks on a journey taking her through Holland, England, and ultimately to the USA. In Holland, she meets a group of children from a Berlin orphanage, the first children to go to England on the Kindertransport. Together with her father, Mordechai, she joins them on their crossing and accompanies them to Harwich.The Kindertransport comes to an abrupt end on the outbreak of World War II. What will happen to the children still at Dovercourt Bay without a new permanent or foster home?'Cuckoo Clock - New York: Esther's story, s the third book in the Unbroken Bonds series.The Book has been awarded a B.A.R.G medallion, a readers award

This book is Volume 3 of First German Reader for Beginners. There are simple and funny German texts for easy reading. The book consists of Elementary course with parallel German-English translation. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The audio tracks are available inclusive on www.lppbooks.com/German/FGRv3

This fun-filled Q&A book is packed with answers to questions that curious children want to know--and parents are only too happy to give them the means to discover on their own. It contains more than 180 answers to questions about history, nature, the human body, animals, plants, the Earth, and more. In Tell Me What Is That?, kids can find the answers to questions such as: "What's a cramp?", "What is the belly button for?", and "What do the rings on a tree mean?" Organized according to different topics and tabbed for easy reference, this book also features a hidden spiral binding that makes it easy to flip back and forth. Entertaining illustrations, cool stickers, and activity sections make learning more fun than ever.

This book is Volume 2 of First German Reader for Beginners. There are simple and funny German texts for easy reading. The book consists of Elementary course with parallel German-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method) utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. Audio tracks are available inclusive on www.lppbooks.com/German/

The book contains a beginner's course for children with parallel German-English translation. There are a few pictures and the first simple sentences in the first chapter. More pictures and vocabulary are added in the second and following chapters. They build up little stories, guiding a learner gently into the English language. The method ALARM (Approved Learning Automatic Remembering Method) utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The audio tracks are available inclusive on www.lppbooks.com/German/FGRCP/

This book is Volume 2 of First German Reader for Beginners. There are simple and funny German texts for easy reading. The book consists of Elementary course with parallel German-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation with funny stories about real life situations such as meeting people, studying, job searches, working etc. The ALARM method utilize natural human ability to remember words used in texts repeatedly and systematically. The audio tracks are available inclusive on www.lppbooks.com/German/FirstGermanReaderV2_audio/