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Brooks, Andrée Aelion was born on February 2, 1937 in London. Daughter of Leon Luis and Lillian (Abrahamson) Aelion.
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Russian Dance: A True Story of Intrigue and Passion in Stalinist Moscow
(From Manhattan to Moscow, this personal story of love and...)
From Manhattan to Moscow, this personal story of love and espionage takes you on a mesmerizing journey through the turbulent years of the early twentieth century. Advanced Praise for Russian Dance "It is a rare occasion to have an opportunity--as painful as it is--to look into the USSRa s tragic past via a personal story of two people ...who were blessed with a real passion and punished for that with a far--too--real betrayal. Have those involved in the deeds of the inhuman state been publicly exposed and condemned? Very few were. A book like this is not just about history--it is a warning for the present and future. Russian Dance is yet to be over." --Yevgenia M. Albats Fellow, Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard University, and author of The State Within a State: The KGB and its Hold on Russia--Past, Present, and Future "Russian Dance is at once riveting history and finely crafted literature--the tale of a brutally oppressive Russia, a communist--obsessed America, and Jewish survival. Her deft depiction of my outspoken grandfather suggests a larger evenhandedness in her handling of the grand scale of her narrative. Andree Brooks has given us a brave, important, and irresistible book." --Hamilton Fish President, Nation Institute, and grandson of Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr., chairman of the special congressional committee set up at the close of the 1920s to investigate communist activity inside the United States "A riveting, disquieting journey to Moscow during the tumultuous political and economic scene of the 1920s and 1930s. The story moves from New York, to Italy, to Moscow as we witness the interplay of intrigue, politics, power, money, and religion. Brooks captures national moods as only a cosmopolitan can." --Gene Dattel financial historian and former investment banker "In Russian Dance, Andree Aelion Brooks immerses the reader in the glittering art and theater life of New York in the 1920s. Brooks renders this world so strikingly, in all its wealth and splendor, that Bluet Rabinoffa s decision to abandon husband and daughter and run off to Stalinist Russia with her lover, Marc, appears all the more shocking by contrast. The music and theater world of the 1920s will never come again, but it is vividly preserved in the pages of Russian Dance." --Austin Flint playwright and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Writing, Columbia University
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By Andre Aelion Brooks - The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi - a Jewish Leader during the Renaissance: 1st (first) Edition
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(The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi ) Author: Andree Aelion Brooks Aug-2002
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The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi
( The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, compreh...)
The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Doña Gracia Nasi, an outstanding Jewish international banker during the Renaissance. A courageous leader, she used her wealth and connections to operate an underground railroad that saved hundreds of her fellow Spanish and Portuguese conversos (Jews who had been forced to convert to Catholicism) from the horrors of the Inquisition. Born in Lisbon in 1510, she later moved onto Antwerp, Venice, and Ferrara where she was constantly negotiating with kings and emperors for better conditions for her people. Doña Gracia Nasi helped lead a boycott of the Italian port of Ancona in retaliation for the burning of 23 of her people by the Inquisition - an outrageous act in an era when Jews were more accustomed to appeasement. Finally settling in Constantinople, she persuaded Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to grant her a long-term lease on the Tiberias region of Palestine, where she spearheaded one of the earliest attempts to start an independent state for Jews in Isr'l. Doña Gracia Nasi is equally important to history because she shatters the stereotype of how women, especially Jewish women, conducted their lives during the Renaissance period. Some historians have called her the most important Jewish woman since Biblical times.
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(The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi) Author: Andree Aelion Brooks published on (June, 2003)
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Children of Fast-Track Parents: Raising Self-sufficient and Confident Children in an Achievement-Oriented World
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A companion DVD documentary titled "Children of Fast-Track Parents: The Documentary" is also available by searching in the TV & Movies Category of the amazon.com website.
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The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi 1st edition by Brooks, Andrée Aelion (2002) Hardcover
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Andrée Aelion Brooks
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Andrée Aelion Brooks, British journalist, educator, writer. Trustee Gomez House Foundation, since 2003; executive board American Jewish Committee, 1987—1991; trustee Temple Israel, Westport, Connecticut, 1991—1997; Member of Connecticut Press Women (chairman nominating committee 1983-1986), Women Communications (contest co-chairman 1983-1984).
Education
Journalism certified, Northwest London Polytechnic, 1958.
Career
Reporter Hampstead News, London, 1954—1958. Story editor Photoplay magazine, New York City, 1958—1960. New York correspondent Australian Broadcasting Company, 1961—1968.
Elected representative Elstree, England, 1973—1974. Contributor columnist New York Times, New York City, 1978—1995. Freelance journalist, since 1978.
Adjunct professor journalism Fairfield University, Connecticut, 1983—1987. Associate fellow Yale University, since 1989, founder, president Women's Campaign School, 1993—1996. Vice president Minuteman Media, 1995—1996.
Coordinator, director Out Spain history curriculum, 2000. Lecturer Jewish history, since 2002. Computer skills teacher, since 2006.
Guest essayist Wall St. Journal, since 2008.
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book
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Russian Dance: A True Story of Intrigue and Passion in Stalinist Moscow
(From Manhattan to Moscow, this personal story of love and...)
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The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi
( The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, compreh...)
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Children of Fast-Track Parents: Raising Self-sufficient and Confident Children in an Achievement-Oriented World
( A companion DVD documentary titled "Children of Fast-Tr...)
- Woman Who Defied Kings, The : The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi - a Jewish Leader During the Renaissance
- By Andre Aelion Brooks - The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi - a Jewish Leader during the Renaissance: 1st (first) Edition
- (The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi ) Author: Andree Aelion Brooks Aug-2002
- (The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi) Author: Andree Aelion Brooks published on (June, 2003)
- The Woman Who Defied Kings: The Life and Times of Dona Gracia Nasi 1st edition by Brooks, Andrée Aelion (2002) Hardcover
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Russian Dance: A True Story of Intrigue and Passion in Stalinist Moscow
Membership
Trustee Gomez House Foundation, since 2003. Executive board American Jewish Committee, 1987—1991. Trustee Temple Israel, Westport, Connecticut, 1991—1997.
Member of Connecticut Press Women (chairman nominating committee 1983-1986), Women Communications (contest co-chairman 1983-1984).
Connections
Married Ronald J. Brooks, August 16, 1959 (divorced August 1986). Children: Allyson, James.
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Born
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Nationality
British
Education
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1958
Career
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1954 - 1958
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1958 - 1960
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1961 - 1968
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1973 - 1974
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1978 - 1995
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Named one of America Women Achievement, American Jewish Committee, 1989. Recipient 1st place news writing, Connecticut Press Women, 1980, 1983, 1985-1986, 1987, 1994, Outstanding Achievement award, National Federation Press Women, 1981, 1st place award magazine writing, 1983, 1st place award, Fairfield County chapter Women Communications, 1982-1983, 1986-1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2d place award in magazine writing, National Association Home Builders, 1983, Special Service award, Connecticut chapter American Planning Association, 1983, Mark Twain award, Connecticut Press Club, 2003, Pioneer award, Gomez House Foundation, 2003, honor, American Sephardi Federation, 2001.Named one of America Women Achievement, American Jewish Committee, 1989. Recipient 1st place news writing, Connecticut Press Women, 1980, 1983, 1985-1986, 1987, 1994, Outstanding Achievement award, National Federation Press Women, 1981, 1st place award magazine writing, 1983, 1st place award, Fairfield County chapter Women Communications, 1982-1983, 1986-1987, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2d place award in magazine writing, National Association Home Builders, 1983, Special Service award, Connecticut chapter American Planning Association, 1983, Mark Twain award, Connecticut Press Club, 2003, Pioneer award, Gomez House Foundation, 2003, honor, American Sephardi Federation, 2001.