Luba

Download or read book Luba written by and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an illustrated biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.

Download or read book Luba written by Gilbert Hernandez and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: by Gilbert Hernandez In his first graphic novel in two years, Hernandez's The Book of Ofelia begins with Luba, Ofelia and company trying to acclimate to life in America. When Ofelia decides to chronicle her life with Luba in a tell-all book, she discovers inspiration in Luba's young children - the one-armed Casimira, Socorro with the photographic memory, the loner Joselito and the silent Conchita. See Latino soap opera and soft-core porn, with touches of magic-realism, all in one!

Download or read book Luba and Her Family written by Gilbert Hernandez and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilbert Hernandez’s sprawling family saga focuses on the United States, where newly immigrated Luba and her sisters, body-builder Petra and therapist/film star Fritz, find their families’ and friends’ lives becoming more and more intertwined. As the three sisters have “memories of sweet youth,” the next generation finds the spotlight: Luba’s adult daughter Doralís emcees the proceedings in her role as mischievous host of a children’s TV show, while Petra’s little girl, Venus, has adventures with her aunt Fritz and her best friend Yoshio. At her mother’s urging, Venus also writes missives to her fierce, one-armed cousin Casimira, who’s back in Palomar. In these stories ― never before collected together ― Venus tells it like it is!

Download or read book The Rainbow and the Kings written by Thomas O. Reefe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Luba written by Mary Nooter Roberts and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Luba people of Zaire.

Download or read book Luba written by Tsvi Dinur and published by Amsterdam Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barely twenty years old, Luba imagines a promising future in Kovna, Lithuania (present-day Kaunas). However, the year is 1939 and Luba is Jewish. Along with the whole Jewish community, her life changes inexplicably with the Nazi occupation. From her point of view, her “crime” is that she is Jewish and she will make her voice heard to her captors, knowing her chances of survival are slim. With candid urgency, she recounts the war years, her encounter with the commander of the camp where she is interned, and her miraculous survival against all odds.

Download or read book Social Justice 2008, 12 Posters by Luba Lukova written by Luba Lukova and published by Clay & Gold. This book was released on 2008 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Justice 2008 is a powerful portfolio that features 12 thought-provoking posters by world-renowned artist and designer Luba Lukova. This collection swiftly and ably showcases Lukova's masterful use of metaphors and symbols to express themes that include peace, war, ecology, health care, immigration, and privacy. Her distinctive style and vigorous visual imagination distill issues such as these into deceptively simple, yet formidably brilliant images, images that not only transfix, but that have the power to become indelible. Lukova's portfolio captures many of the complex issues our society faces today and yet each poster speaks to the viewer in an accessible and honest way. Surrounded by a case featuring hundreds of Lukova's preliminary sketches, this portfolio can only be categorized as a tour de force. In January 2009 the Health Coverage poster was in a prestigious exhibit at the Inauguration of President Obama in Washington, DC. About the Author: Luba Lukova is an internationally recognized artist and designer. Her powerful posters are exhibited around the world and have won many awards including World's Most Memorable Poster award at the International Poster Salon in Paris. Her distinctive art has been featured in The New York Times, Time, and The Nation. She lives in New York.