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Vasily Grossman (1905–64), one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century, served for over 1,000 days with the Red Army as a war correspondent on the Eastern front. He was present during the street-fighting at Stalingrad, and his 1944 report The Hell of Treblinka, was the first eyewitness account of a Nazi death camp. Though he finished the war as a decorated lieutenant colonel, his epic account of the battle of Stalingrad, Life and Fate,...
22) Old Shop Stories
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C. Blaine Hyatt spent hours in his father's repair shop as a boy, listening to others tell fascinating stories.
Fascinated by their strategies for navigating challenges-and the times in which they lived-he set about writing this collection of stories to preserve their collective history.
One lesson he hopes readers will take away is that the things of this world do not matter in the big picture. No one cares what kind of car you have or...
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What was it like growing up without cars, TV, computers, phones? How did people cope with relationships when sex before marriage was frowned upon? Now is your time to find out. Read the stories of a family of six siblings and their parents who lived through two world wars and countless changes and still stayed loyal to each other. What was their secret?
24) Warsaw Testament
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Born in Lanowitz, a small village in rural Podolia, Rokhl Auerbach was a journalist, literary critic, memoirist, and a member of the Warsaw Yiddish literary community before the Holocaust. Upon the German invasion and occupation of Poland in 1939, she was tasked by historian and social activist Emanuel Ringelblum to run a soup kitchen for the starving inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto and later to join his top-secret ghetto archive, the Oyneg Shabes....
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"Evergreen World Famous Faces" is a captivating compilation that delves into the lives and legacies of some of the most influential individuals in history. From political leaders and cultural icons to scientific minds and artistic virtuosos, this book presents a diverse array of world-renowned personalities. Each chapter unfolds a rich narrative, providing readers with a glimpse into the personal and professional journeys of these iconic figures.The...
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Descubre los Secretos Ocultos de "El Amarre"
Adéntrate en un mundo donde la magia negra se entrelaza con las emociones humanas en "Bajo el Amarre de Bahía Oscura". Esta cautivadora historia te sumergirá en la misteriosa Bahía Oscura, un lugar donde la niebla oculta secretos ancestrales y la desesperación de un amor perdido lleva a una mujer valiente a buscar respuestas en los rincones más oscuros de la magia.
Sigue los pasos de Marta mientras...
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England has been a land of rich and poor from time immemorial, with a pyramid of privilege that reaches down from the monarch to the lowest individual, each with their own station in life. The great and good always manage to leave their mark, but the poor live and die in anonymity. Throughout England's recorded history there have been many whose labouring existence marks them out as the lowest of the low, insignificant paupers whose were forced to...
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Ein Bankräuber versteckt seine Beute an einem delikaten Ort. Ein Kleinkrimineller liegt tot im Garten seiner Eltern. Eine Frau erteilt den Auftrag, ihren Ehemann zu ermorden. - Die spannendsten und tragischsten Fälle schreibt das Leben immer noch selbst. Empathisch und hautnah erzählt der Kriminalbeamte und Mordermittler a. D. Toni Feller von seinen erschütterndsten und bewegendsten Kriminalfällen und lässt seine Leser tief in die Arbeit von...
29) Petrarca
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La más penetrante síntesis de la vida y obra de Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374). El profesor Rico ahonda en los claroscuros que aún perduran en la biografía del gran poeta italiano.
Francesco Petrarca es una de las cumbres de la cultura occidental. Su legado intelectual, inmenso en su tiempo, supuso el origen de lo que todavía hoy entendemos por Humanismo. Pero, además de un gran filólogo y estudioso incansable de los clásicos, Petrarca fue...
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"A book that will leave no one indifferent, and no one affected in quite the same way." -New York Times
A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century
Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential...
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'Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it, not a penny was there in it, only ribbon round it.' Generations of children have grown up knowing Kitty Fisher from the nursery rhyme, but who was she? Remembered as an eighteenth-century 'celebrated' courtesan and style icon, it is surprising to learn that Kitty's career in the upper echelons of London's sex industry was brief. For someone of her profession, Kitty had one great flaw: she fell...
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Ce livre est une exploration captivante de la vie et de l'héritage des chefs militaires les plus redoutables de l'histoire. Le livre explore les exploits de personnages célèbres tels que Guillaume le Conquérant, Toussaint Louverture, Gengis Khan, Jules César et Napoléon Bonaparte.• Les lecteurs sont emmenés dans un voyage à travers les conquêtes, les batailles et les intrigues politiques qui ont façonné le destin des nations et des empires.•...
33) Budismo
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Tanto el budismo como la psicología tratan de ofrecer al individuo oportunidades para llevarse mejor consigo mismo y con el mundo. Sin embargo, la psicología permanece en lo mundano, mientras que los métodos del budismo apuntan a resolver finalmente la causa kármica básica del sufrimiento.Según el Buda, las experiencias y los sucesos tienen sus causas no solo en esta vida sino también en existencias anteriores. En consecuencia, los pensamientos,...
34) Elizabeth
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Elizabeth offers an enthralling journey through the life of Queen Elizabeth II, from the whispers of the palace where she was born to the silence of the chapel where she rests. With a unique and one-of-a-kind cover photograph kindly contributed by photographer Mylo Kaye, this comprehensive biography dives deep into the complexities and nuances of Elizabeth's reign, exploring the public spectacles and the private struggles of a woman destined to wear...
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This book is a captivating exploration of the lives and legacies of history's most formidable military leaders. The book delves into the exploits of renowned figures such as William the Conqueror, Toussaint Louverture, Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon Bonaparte.• Readers are taken on a journey through the conquests, battles, and political intrigues that shaped the destinies of nations and empires.• From ancient conquerors to modern-day...
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This remarkable collection of quotations by John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy offers a wealth of advice and wisdom on leading a meaningful life. Within the book, the brothers opine, advise, and muse on many of life's issues and questions, from taking risks to solitude.
At once poignant, witty, and insightful, this small anthology-which includes twenty-four pages of beautiful photography of the Kennedys over the course of their lives-is a treasure...
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Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881, in Vienna, and is one of the most important European authors of the first half of the 20th century. A Jew, he was persecuted by the Nazis and forced into exile. His final home was in Brazil, where he met a tragic end. A versatile writer, Zweig dedicated himself to almost all literary activities and, in addition to novellas, also became famous as a historian and biographer. His biography of Maria Antonieta...
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The autobiography of a Scottish professor, army chaplain, World War II veteran, and prisoner of war.
From a croft in the Hebridean island of Harris to the grim confines of the Nazis' notorious prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III and the hallowed of Glasgow University; the life of Murdo Ewen Macdonald was one of extraordinary variety and richness. Macdonald was ordained as a Church of Scotland minister in 1939 and joined the military in 1940. After...
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From the Ben Thompson, author of Badass: The Birth of a Legend, comes a collection of history's most awe-inspiring duels and showdowns, brutal crusades and epic brawls, and profiles of the fascinating people who fought in them.
From Caliphs to Green Berets, some of civilization's toughest warriors are profiled in Badass: Ultimate Deathmatch, including Cyrus the Great, St. Moses the Black, and The Rani of Jhansi, as well as in-depth analyses of how...
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