Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
By: Katrina Shawver
4.34
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
When Katrina Shawver met the eighty-five year old Henry Zguda, he possessed an exceptional memory, …
Want to Read $ 8.99If you liked the historical plot in Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America by Katrina Shawver , here is a list of 13 books like this:
1. Lalka
By: Bolesław Prus
3.82
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Lalka ukazała się pierwotnie w odcinkach na łamach warszawskiego "Kuriera Codziennego", stanowiąc d… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Bolesław Prus's Lalka book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
"Toteż mając lat osiemnaście, panna Izabela tyranizowała mężczyzn chłodem."-Bolesław Prus, Lalka
"Przez rok cierpiałem na jakąś chorobę mózgową, a zdawało mi się, że jestem zakochany."-Bolesław Prus, Lalka
"Bo widzisz, najgorszą samotnością nie jest ta, która otacza człowieka, ale ta pustka w nim samym."-Bolesław Prus, Lalka
"Bywają wielkie zbrodnie na świecie, ale chyba największą jest zabić miłość. Tyle lat upłynęło, prawie pół wieku ; wszystko przeszło: majątek, tytuły, młodość, szczęście... Sam tylko żal nie przeszedł…"-Bolesław Prus, Lalka
2. Wesele
By: Stanisław Wyspiański
3.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Wesele zostało zainspirowane prawdziwym wydarzeniem: ślubem poety Lucjana Rydla z chłopką Jadwigą M… read more
Want to Read $ 13.45Similar categories in Stanisław Wyspiański's Wesele book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
"Miałeś, chamie, złoty róg, miałeś, chamie, czapkę z piór: czapkę wicher niesie, róg huka po lesie, ostał ci się ino sznur, ostał ci się ino sznur."-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele
"POETA Po całym świecie możesz szukać Polski, panno młoda, i nigdzie jej nie znajdziecie. PANNA MŁODA To może i szukać szkoda. POETA A jest jedna mała klatka - o, niech tak Jagusia przymknie rękę pod …"-Stanisław Wyspiański, Wesele
3. Love in the Library
By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
4.47
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more
Want to Read $ 7.55Similar categories in Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- world war ii
- historical
4. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
By: Sara Leibovits
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Sara Leibovits's The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
5. The Teacher of Warsaw
By: Mario Escobar
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
For fans of The Warsaw Orphan and The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the start of WWII changed everything … read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Mario Escobar's The Teacher of Warsaw book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- adult
- holocaust
"Why do they hate us so much?" I was thoughtful and took my time answering. It was a question I often asked myself. "I think it's because they don't know us. At their core, racists and anti-Semites ar…"-Mario Escobar, The Teacher of Warsaw
6. Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive
By: Marc Brackett
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permissio… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Marc Brackett's Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- nonfiction
7. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)
By: Limor Regev
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Limor Regev's The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1) book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
8. A Child for the Reich
By: Andie Newton
4.36
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
They’ve stolen her child And she’ll do anything to get her back Rumours of the Reich’s dreaded … read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Andie Newton's A Child for the Reich book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- world war ii
- historical
- war
- holocaust
9. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Loren Grush's The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- adult
10. Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust
By: Renee Hartman
4.01
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
RENEE: I was ten years old then, and my sister was eight. The responsibility was on me to warn ever… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Renee Hartman's Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
11. The Secret Messenger
By: Mandy Robotham
4.15
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The highly awaited new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The German Midwife. Venice, … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Mandy Robotham's The Secret Messenger book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- adult
- holocaust
12. To Hell with the Hustle
By: Jefferson Bethke
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This is your wake-up call to resist the Hustle culture and embrace the slowness of Jesus. Our cu… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Jefferson Bethke's To Hell with the Hustle book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- nonfiction
"The big difference between chaos and shalom is rhythm. Chaos is unpredictable and unrhythmic. It has no set cadence. But shalom is more like a dance that depends on the rhythm in music."-Jefferson Bethke, To Hell with the Hustle
"What if God doesn't want me to be big things for Him? Like, at all? What if He just wants me to talk to Him and know Him and live an ordinary live where I love Him and my neighbours well?"-Jefferson Bethke, To Hell with the Hustle
"What if God doesn't want me to do big things for Him? Like, at all? What if He just wants me to talk to Him and know Him and live an ordinary live where I love Him and my neighbours well?"-Jefferson Bethke, To Hell with the Hustle
"I'd thought that when I started to follow Jesus, things were supposed to get better. If that was true, why was it getting worse? Why did it hurt more instead of less? Maybe it's because when we're de…"-Jefferson Bethke, To Hell with the Hustle
13. The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
By: Jack Fairweather
4.33
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
How do you keep fighting in the face of unimaginable horror?This is untold story of one of the grea… read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in Jack Fairweather's The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- historical
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
"So long as the prisoners could believe in the greater good, they were not defeated. Witold's men perished in many terrible ways, but they did so with a dignity that Nazism failed to destroy."-Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
"The camp [Auschwitz] had already developed nicknames for those on the edge of starvation: cripples, derelicts, jewels, but the most common was "Musselmänner," or "Muslims," seemingly in reference to …"-Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
14. Her Last Chance
By: Alison Ragsdale
4.35
Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition
My darling girl, I watch you playing outside in the grass. Your long blonde hair sweeps back and yo… read more
Want to Read $ 3.99Similar categories in Alison Ragsdale's Her Last Chance book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- adult
15. Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
By: Helen Zia
4.47
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Helen Zia's Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- war
- nonfiction
"In a world fractured by turmoil, there's much to learn from the profound human experience shared by the uprooted and displaced."-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"There are many lessons to be learned from refugees and migrants that can contribute to the understanding needed to navigate the global tectonics to bring people together, not drive them into flight."-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"Certainly, what was true for the refugees and exiles of Shanghai remains true for people fleeing catastrophe in contemporary times. Whether these migrants are driven from Syria, Myanmar, Bosnia, Suda…"-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
"Where America's WWII generation is often lauded as its greatest, the Chinese contemporaries of that generation deny any claims to such superlatives. Especially when China's 5,000 year history spans h…"-Helen Zia, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
16. No Strangers Here (County Kerry Mystery, #1)
By: Carlene O'Connor
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
On a rocky beach in the southwest of Ireland, the body of Johnny O’Reilly, sixty-nine years old and… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Carlene O'Connor's No Strangers Here (County Kerry Mystery, #1) book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
17. Surviving The Forest (World War II Brave Women Fiction)
By: Adiva Geffen
4.24
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate … She was a beautiful and happy young woman who … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Adiva Geffen's Surviving The Forest (World War II Brave Women Fiction) book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- world war ii
- historical
- holocaust
18. The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)
By: Oren Schneider
4.49
Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition
Alexander Rosenberg was a smart and curious teenager who spoke many languages, collected stamps, pl… read more
Want to Read $ 5.99Similar categories in Oren Schneider's The Apprentice of Buchenwald: The True Story of the Teenage Boy Who Sabotaged Hitler’s War Machine (Holocaust Survivor True Stories) book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- memoir
- war
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- holocaust
19. The Clockmaker’s Wife
By: Daisy Wood
3.96
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The world is at war. And time is running out… London, 1940. Britain is gripped by the terror of … read more
Want to Read $ 5.49Similar categories in Daisy Wood's The Clockmaker’s Wife book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- world war ii
- historical
- adult
- war
20. A Cat at Dachau
By: Elyse Hoffman
4.23
Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition
SS Private Max Schrader is a brutal Nazi guard at Dachau concentration camp. While he is ruthless t… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Elyse Hoffman's A Cat at Dachau book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- world war ii
- holocaust
21. Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
By: Katrina Shawver
4.34
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
When Katrina Shawver met the eighty-five year old Henry Zguda, he possessed an exceptional memory, … read more
Want to Read $ 8.99Similar categories in Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America book and Katrina Shawver's Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
- biography
- history
- memoir
- historical
- war
- adult
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- sports
- holocaust
