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To The Bitter End: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45
The international bestselling record of a German Jew in Nazi Germany. 'Deserves to stand beside the diary of Anne Frank as a day-to-day description of the sufferings of the victims...
The Lesser Evil: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1945-59
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good - repaired with tape. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Few documents of the twentieth century bear witness to history with the...
Schadenfreude, A Love Story: Me, the Germans, and 20 Years of Attempted Transformations, Unfortunate Miscommunications, and Humiliating Situations That Only They Have Words For
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The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
The first great German novel - an extraordinary recreation of the horrors of the Thirty Years War, written by a veteran of the conflict First published in 1668, Simplicissimus tells...
The Stranger
Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft
Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the...
Much Ado About Nothing: Arden Performance Editions
Arden Performance Editions are ideal for anyone engaging with a Shakespeare play in performance. With clear facing-page notes giving definitions of words, easily accessible information about key textual variants, lineation,...
Heidi: Putting Her Lessons to Good Use: First Unabridged Translation
Only unabridged translation available When the Sesemann family and their friend Doctor Classen, who were so kind to Heidi during her stay in Frankfurt, visit her and her grandfather at...
The History of the Panzerjager: Volume 1: Origins and Evolution
The German Panzerjager, or Panzerjagertruppe, was one of the most innovative fighting arms of World War II and its story has never properly been told. Many books have focused on...
King Lear: Arden Performance Editions
King Lear has ruled for many years. As age overtakes him, he divides his kingdom amongst his children. Misjudging their loyalty, he soon finds himself stripped of all the trappings...
Politics Among Nations, Brief Edition
This brief edition - edited by Professor Morgenthau's former research assistant - is an updated version of the sixth edition of a text on international politics As such, it features...
Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in
Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories... 'There is magic in these pages.' Daisy Dunn, author of The Missing Thread In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus...
Operation Bowler: The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice
21st March 1945. 1530 hours. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over German-occupied Venice. Their mission - destroy Germany's strategic outposts nestled along the...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated Edition
Jim Kay's dazzling depiction of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world has won legions of fans since the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in hardback in...
The Fantastic Tales of Fitz-James O'Brien: Fully Annotated Edition
In the field of supernatural and fantastic literature, certain names come readily to mind - E.T.A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft - but the name of Fitz-James O'Brien has...
The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It's Too Late
Warming is about to hit one and a half degrees, perhaps two degrees soon after. What do we do then? In the overshoot era, schemes abound for muscular adaptation or...
In the City by the Sea
For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a star Hasan lives an idyllic childhood of abundance: of pomegranates and cricket and ostensible serenity. This illusory veneer...
To the Moon
'A zeitgeisty rags-to-riches tale' DAILY MAIL 'An off-beat slice-of-life novel' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD The bestselling South Korean phenomenon, To the Moon is a bittersweet tale of wealth and class, female...
The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise
A long-suffering employee in a big corporation has summoned up the courage to ask for a raise. But as he runs through the looming encounter in his mind, his neuroses...
Skellig: the 25th anniversary illustrated edition
The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's...
On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World's Tropical Rainforests
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories...
Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic
In 2016, Bernie Sanders's campaign for the presidency ended in defeat. Still, he changed everything, as the 2020 primary race attests, Sanders's once marginal watchwords are the new litmus tests....
Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King
The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V , who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a...
Days of Shattered Faith: Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best
Welcome to Alkhalend, Jewel of the Waters, capital of Usmai, greatest of the Successor States, inheritor to the necromantic dominion that was the Moeribandi Empire and tomorrow's frontline in the...
These Shattered Spires
' Ambitious, gruesome and appallingly fascinating ' - The Guardian In a rotten and bloody world, four magical rivals are forced to work together to avoid certain death in a...
Impossible Creatures: 'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now
'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing.' - Michael Morpurgo There's a place where all the wildest stories began ... The...
To the Moon
'A zeitgeisty rags-to-riches tale' DAILY MAIL 'An off-beat slice-of-life novel' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD The bestselling South Korean phenomenon, To the Moon is a bittersweet tale of wealth and class, female...
The Proposal: From the bestselling author, a spellbinding tale of a
Perfect to curl up with this Christmas, The Proposal by Tasmina Perry is a spellbinding tale of second chances that looks back to the year of the last debutantes. With...
How to Love Your Daughter: The 'excellent and unforgettable'
WINNER OF THE SAPIR PRIZE 2022 'A mesmerising, disquieting tale of family estrangement ... Unforgettable ' OBSERVER 'A striking and memorable novel' MEG WOLITZER 'A stone-cold masterwork of psychological tension....
Brother of the More Famous Jack: A 40th Anniversary Edition of the
**BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime** ________________________ A JOYFUL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC ________________________ 'T here are few modern tales of first love and its disillusions that...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Ravenclaw Edition
Let the magic of J.K. Rowling's classic series take you back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Issued to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication of Harry Potter...
Men in the Sun: And Other Palestinian Stories
First published in 1962, Men in the Sun is both a classic of Arab literature, and of what Kanafani himself would term 'resistance literature'. Three Palestinian men embark on a...
AI for the Rest of Us: An Illustrated Introduction
AI is reshaping our world. This book is your practical guide to understanding it - so you can stay relevant, work smarter, and prepare for what's next- no technical background...
A Brief History of the Universe: From Ancient Babylon to the Big Bang
Since the dawn of humanity, men have attempted to divine the nature of the heavens. The first astronomers mapped the movement of the seasons and used the positions of the...
The Bride Stone: the spellbinding new historical novel from the author
An estate on the line. A marriage of convenience. A bride with a hidden past... Read the spellbinding new Regency novel from multi-award-winning author Sally Gardner. AN ESTATE ON THE...
The United States Navy 1914-18
An illustrated study of the organization, training, tactics, and operations of the US Navy during World War I, both before and after the US formally joined the Entente Powers. In...
The Poisoned King: Discover the epic adventure series loved by readers
'Katherine Rundell returns with a perfect fantasy' Telegraph ** BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD WINNER ** The unmissable new story in the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Impossible Creatures series,...
Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China - THE SUNDAY TIMES
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE A Financial Times , New York Times and Times / Sunday...
Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook: 20th Anniversary Edition
20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY FERGUS HENDERSON, CO- FOUNDER OF THE ST. JOHN RESTAURANT THE MAN BEHIND THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, TONY , STARRING DOMINIC SESSA &...
The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster. 'They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and...
The Perfect Tuba: Forging Fulfillment from the Bass Horn, Band, and
Named a best book of the year by BookPage and California Review of Books From National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Sam Quinones, the story of a demanding instrument, the...