Canadian exchange student Kurt Schreiber spends a year in Germany, learning more than he bargained for about his grandfather's life in Hitler's army.
When Canadian teen Kurt Schreiber goes to Germany to find out what his...
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Author:Bass, KarenSummary: -
Author:Conkling, WinifredSummary:The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1934, IrEne Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot,...
- Author:Heaton, Colin D.Summary:
Occupation and Insurgency details German policies toward civilians and captured military forces in the Soviet Union from 1941–1945 and examines them in the context of the laws of war. The results of these policies illustrate how an...
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Author:Buckley, William F.Summary:William F. Buckley, Jr. recreates a pivotal moment in history through the eyes of young interpreter-interrogator Sebastian, whose fate is entwined with the lives and deaths of some towering figures in twentieth-century history.
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Author:Lamb, Christina, Mustafa, NujeenSummary:This is the true story of Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude and hope.
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Author:Hill-Lehr, AndriaSummary:Even as a young girl growing up in Nova Scotia, Mona Louise Parsons stood out for her elegance and theatrical flair. But the life of this Wolfville native has always overshadowed her stage roles. From a Nova Scotian childhood, she...
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Author:Riteman, Philip, Baulu-MacWillie, MireilleSummary:Philip Riteman is a Holocaust survivor whose mission is to educate today’s youth on the atrocities committed against millions of Jews and Gentiles by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime during World War II. From the Pruzhany Ghetto, Poland,...
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Author:Raven, Margot TheisSummary:The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
- Author:Posner, GeraldSummary:
Based on exclusive and unrestricted access to more than 5,000 pages of personal writings and family photos, this definitive biography of German physician and SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele (1911-1979) probes the personality and...
- Author:HITLER, AdolfSummary:
Mein Kampf is a book by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology. Hitler began the dictation of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be "...
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Mein Kampf (German: My Struggle) is a 1925 autobiographical Manifesto of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Leader. The work outlines Hitler's political ideology and future plans for Germany. Hitler began the book while imprisoned for what he...
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Author:Gupta, ArjunSummary:The 16th century German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder was as brilliant as he was prolific. A close friend of Martin Luther, Cranach the Elder gave artistic substance to aspects of Luther's rebelllion against the Catholic Church. This...
- Author:Fallada, HansSummary:
The bookkeeper Johannes Pinneberg and his new wife, the sales girl Emma, had hardly found out that she was two months pregnant when Pinneberg is fired and must find a new job in the middle of the economic crisis. Pinneberg's...
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An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 170 other Allied airmen as...
- Author:Bartlett, Don, Loe, Erlend, Shaw, DonSummary:
From the bestselling author of Doppler, a wry and very funny look at the pitfalls of human existence . . . and the charms of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. Aspiring playwright Bror Telemann loves all things British. His wife, Nina,...
- Author:Cloutier, AnnieSummary:
Dans les jours qui suivent la chute du mur de Berlin en 1989, Liv, jeune Québécoise venue étudier en Allemagne, est invitée chez une amie à Winterhüde, une banlieue cossue de Hambourg. Le matin du 11 septembre 2001, sur les quais de...
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Author:Hutsell-Manning, LindaSummary:Transported to medieval Germany, Jason and his friends Charlotte and Squid have to use their wits and the power of a magical bugle to help the people of Coburg fight for freedom. It's going to be 12-year-old Jason's worst summer ever -...
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Author:Lutz, Hartmut, Strzelczyk, Florentine, Watchman, RenaeSummary:Indianthusiasm refers to the European fascination with, and fantasies about, Indigenous peoples of North America, and has its roots in nineteenth-century German colonial imagination. Often manifested in romanticized representations of...
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Author:Cantor, JillianSummary:It's 1931 in Germany, and Max Beissinger is in love with Hanna Ginsberg. But their love struggles as Hitler rises to power, and Hanna's Jewish heritage puts her in danger. Max is certain he can protect her. But ten years later, Hanna...
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Author:Neuhaus, NeleSummary:Detective Pia Kirchhoff is about to set off on her honeymoon, when a string of murders terrorizes local residents. None of the victims had enemies, and no one knows why they were singled out. As fear of the Taunus Sniper grows, pressure...
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