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Germania: in Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History (10 Edition) by Simon Winder Publisher Comments Germania is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topics---how we are... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Publisher Comments Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture by Carl E Schorske Publisher Comments A landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born. "Not only is it a... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany by Marion Kaplan Publisher Comments Between Dignity and Despair draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us the first intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. Kaplan tells the story of Jews in Germany not from the... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen Publisher Comments A work of the utmost importance--as authoritative as it is explosive--Hitler's Willing Executioners will fundamentally change our perception of the Holocaust and of Germany in the Nazi period. Goldhagen reaches conclusions that are both uncompromising... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet by Fredrick C Redlich Publisher Comments This book provides the first analysis of Hitler's life by a trained MD and practicing psychiatrist. Focusing especially on his medical and mental history, Redlich shows us precisely how Hitler's physical and mental health influenced his beliefs and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn Publisher Comments The Nuremberg Interviews reveals the chilling innermost thoughts of the former Nazi officials under indictment at the famous postwar trial. The architects of one of history’s greatest atrocities speak out about their lives, their careers in the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Stauffenberg: A Family History, 1905-1944 by Peter Hoffmann Publisher Comments This book examines the extraordinary personality of Claus Count Stauffenberg, a key figure in the 1944 coup attempt against Hitler. Stauffenberg’s personality is thrown into relief by a study of his two brothers and other family members and... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor Publisher Comments Acclaimed for his vivid re-creations of some of the twentieth century's most significant battles, Antony Beevor is one of the best known and respected military historians writing today. He now offers readers a gripping, street-level portrait of the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin by Mel Gordon Publisher Comments Between 1921 and 1933, Berlin developed a reputation for debauchery unrivaled by any city before or since. Unlike European capitals such as Paris, Barcelona, and Amsterdam, where brothel districts were extensive but discreet, in Berlin sexual tourism was... (read more) Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography by John Toland Publisher Comments Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates, this is the definitive biography of one of the most despised yet fascinating figures of the 20th century. Toland won... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich by Ian Kershaw Publisher Comments Hitler's personality alone can scarcely explain his immense popularity and political effectiveness during the 1930s and `40s. Behind his strong hold over the German people lay the hopes and perceptions of the millions who adored him and consequently... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Burgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town by Steven Ozment Publisher Comments In an era when women were supposed to be disciplined and obedient, Anna proved to be neither. Defying 16th-century social mores, she was the frequent subject of gossip because of her immodest dress and flirtatious behavior. When her wealthy father... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire by Sidney Kirkpatrick Publisher Comments From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasures they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. In Hitlers Holy Relics, bestselling author Sidney... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust by Richard Rhodes Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-319) and index.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town by Helmut Walser Smith Publisher Comments In 1900, in a small Prussian town, a young boy was found murdered, his body dismembered, the blood drained from his limbs. The Christians of the town quickly rose up in violent riots to accuse the Jews of ritual murder--the infamous blood-libel charge... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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My Father's House: A Childhood in Wartime Bavaria by Beatrix Ost Publisher Comments Cultural Writing. Biography and Memoir. A young girl growing up in the forties on a vast estate near Munich lives a life charmed by privilege yet scarred by place and time. Everyday routine is upended as the estate becomes home to friends, family... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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German Generals Talk by B H Liddell Hart Publisher Comments Chapter One: The Suicidal Schism Everything in war looks different at the time from what it looks in the clearer light that comes after the war. Nothing looks so different as the form of the leaders. The public picture of them at the time is not only an... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Goldhagen Publisher Comments This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germans were ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews, that the killers were all SS men, and that those who slaughtered Jews did so reluctantly. Hitler's... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler by Gerrard Williams Publisher Comments DID HITLER—CODE NAME “GREY WOLF”—REALLY DIE IN 1945? In a riveting scenario that has never been fully investigated until now, international journalist Gerrard Williams and military historian Simon Dunstan make a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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