Nelson is a cheeky little imp who is the bane of Julie's life. But watch out, nobody is safe from the orange curse! Nelson is capable of making life difficult for pretty much anyone he comes across...

With her text, Bertschy proves that real life writes the true stories, which, like a conversation between friends, does not shy away from the deepest shame and the worst grief. Together with Alexander, the protagonist who has been beaten by fate but is still full of life, we explore life in the Second World War, the post-war period and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The adventure in Spain gives Alexander new zest for life, when he, together with Julia, dares to take the step of emigrating in...

Is it an earthquake? Is it a typhoon? No, it's a disaster of the supernatural variety! Nelson, the unbearable imp who's crashed into the lives of Julie, a pretty young singleton, and Floyd, her dimwitted Labrador, is back. And like a hole in the ozone layer, he's turning up the heat. Nobody is safe from the little orange curse... especially not the contents of the refrigerator!

For most people, a full-time job means spending around 40 hours in the office every week. But Nelson, the little orange imp, is dedicated to his work like no one else! Ever since he crashed into their lives, he's been committed to screwing everything up for Julie, a pretty young singleton, and Floyd, her dimwitted Labrador—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year... Nothing will stop him from carrying out his diabolical tasks!

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany."A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." —Los Angeles Times**When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time s...

A New York Times BestsellerIn this uplifting Holocaust survivor memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life.Born in Leipzig, Germany, into a Jewish family, Eddie Jaku was a teenager when his world was turned upside-down. On November 9, 1938, during the terrifying viole...

A German woman recounts her youth during World War II under Hitler's regime in this "richly texture memoir" ( Publishers Weekly).Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden—just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat—Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and sometimes frightening memoir, Hunt recounts a youth lived under an evil but persuasive leader. As she grew older, the harsh reality of war—and...

A long-lost painting stolen by the Nazis turns up at a Boston pawnshop—and leads to a string of murders—in this "fast-paced and tightly written thriller" ( The Seattle Times).In April 1945, the Nazis, reeling and near defeat, frantically work to hide the huge store of art treasures that Hitler has looted from Europe. Truck convoys loaded with the cultural wealth of the Western world pour in an unending stream into the compound of the vast Altaussee salt mi...

History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front.With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two...

A groundbreaking second-generation memoir of the Holocaust and its legacy by Otto Frank's goddaughter—"The extraordinary tale is heroic" ( The New York Times).Rita Goldberg recounts the extraordinary story of her mother, Hilde Jacobsthal, a close friend of Anne Frank's family who was fifteen when the Nazis invaded Holland. After the arrest of her parents in 1943, Hilde fled to Belgium, living out the war years in an extraordinary set of circumstances—first...

Combining the authenticity of reportage with the emotional intensity of an extraordinary imagination, The Inventory is a profoundly unsettling account of the effects of Nazi paranoia upon every segment of German society. Writing with piercing clarity and searing irony, Gila Lustiger weaves together the tales of ordinary people swept up in a society where brutal oppression and extermination are everyday events.Amid the routine of daily life-with its flirtations and quarrels...

Spanning three generations and two continents, this compelling saga interweaves historical romance, adventure yarn, mystery and memoir. The discovery of a cache of old letters belonging to his father prompts a grieving physician to revisit the past. His journey of discovery leads him to an entirely new view of his parents’ lives and also sets off a re-examination of his own. The story follows an impoverished family of five children growing up in post-World-War-I Austria and continues throu...