Tilar J Mazzeo

The extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler?the ?female Oskar Schindler??who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. In 1942, one young social worker, Irena Sendler, was granted access to the Warsaw ghetto as a public health specialist. While there, she reached out to the trapped Jewish families, going from door to door and asking the parents to trust her with...

Traces the life of the visionary young widow who built the Veuve Clicquot champagne empire, describing how events during the Napoleonic wars inspired her achievements at the helm of a fledgling wine business.

Goes behind the doors of Paris's Hotel Ritz during the Nazi occupation of World War II, revealing illicit affairs, deadly intrigues, acts of defiance and treachery, and the people and events that made this cultural landmark legendary.

Irena Sendler was a young Polish woman living in Warsaw during World War II with an incredible story of survival and selflessness. And she's been long forgotten by history. This young readers edition of Irena's Children tells Irena's story set during one of the worst times in modern history. With guts of steel and unfaltering bravery, Irena smuggled thousands of children out of the walled Jewish ghetto in toolboxes and coffins, snuck them under overcoats...