DescriptionHelen Colijn's account of her wartime experiences is a window into a largely overlooked dimension of World War II, the imprisonment of women and children in Southeast Asia by the Japanese and how these prisoners of war responded to their dire circumstances. The conditions were harsh, terrible. Food was scarce, medicine unavailable. Held in captivity for three and a half years, more than a third of the women in Helen's camp died of disease or starvation. Yet their courage, faith, resiliency, ingenuity, and camaraderie provide us with enduring lessons on living. Though the prisoners had no musical instruments, they had their voices, and from memory scored classical works for symphony and piano. The music that helped sustain them while in captivity is a lasting and precious gift of these women to a world that has witnessed far too much war.
DescriptionLiterary star Karen Leith died violently, secluded in her odd Greenwich Village house. Karen?s friend and future stepdaughter, Eva, has the corpse?s blood on her hands and so stands accused. But detective genius Ellery Queen suspects that Eva cannot possibly be guilty. He becomes convinced that Karen was murdered in as clever and horrifying a manner as he has ever encountered. How? And by whom? Ellery Queen ultimately proves that logic, intellect, and a bit of intuition can uncover the puzzling truth even when evidence points elsewhere. Listening pleasure from a master of suspense.
DescriptionImmediately after Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo itself. In those early days of World War II, Ame…
