Linda Hope

Based on the real life of a young woman in Odessa, In Spite of All the Devils is about a girl finds the strength to overcome many difficulties. Navigating her problems against all odds, she is able to start her life in a new country. Her drive to survive is so strong that she is also able to help her younger brother. Through it all, she never gives up, and her strength grows despite the trials of war.Her and her family's heroic courage, devotion to the Motherland, and fight for a better future will inspire readers to strive to make the world a better place for coming generations.

For five decades, comedian, actor, singer, dancer, and entertainer Bob Hope (1903-2003) traveled the world performing before American and Allied troops and putting on morale-boosting USO shows. Dear Bob...: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II tells the story of Hope's remarkable service to the fighting men and women of World War II, collecting personal letters, postcards, packages, and more sent back and forth among Hope and the troops and their loved ones back home. Soldiers, nurses, wives, and parents shared their innermost thoughts, swapped jokes, and commiserated with the "G.I.s' best friend" about war, sacrifice, lonely days, and worrisome, silent nights. The Entertainer of the Century performed for millions of soldiers in person, in films, and over the radio. He visited them in the hospitals and became not just a pal but their link to home. This unforgettable collection of letters and images, many of which remained in Hope's personal files throughout his life and which now reside at the Library of Congress, capture a personal side of both writer and recipient in a very special and often emotional way. This volume heralds the voices of those servicemen and women Hope entertained and who, it is clear, delighted and inspired him.

To mark his 100th birthday, the late Bob Hope, along with his daughter Linda, compiled hundreds of jokes that he has told throughout the years, interweaving entertaining anecdotes on how they reflected his own life. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.