The year is 1943. Christoph von Richter is a man caught in the crossroads between two opposing ideologies, whose clash reverberates like thunder through his life and the lives of people all around him. Ironically, it begins to appear more and more that his greatest opposition may come from near--and inside--him and that his only hope may lie in the very people he is sworn to oppose.Eva DuBois, a woman with a secret, soon finds herself entrapped in a web of seemingly contradictory s...

The year is 0011NE, and mankind is under attack. Hostile forces from other worlds have come to Earth, their motivations a mystery, their objectives unknown. In the face of the alien threat, a global military called the Earth Defense Network--EDEN--was created.Dawn of Destiny begins the story of Scott Remington, a new graduate of EDEN Academy. It is the first chapter in an epic that will carry him to the ends of the Earth, challenging the very faith he clings to as he confronts a pu...

“You won’t be able to put it down. (Don’t ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day).”—Chicago Sun-TimesIn Geneva, American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn’t seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of death: “The generals . . . they’re back . . . Aquitaine!” Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the world’s most ...

A New Yorker staff writer investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in “a finely etched memoir with the powerful sweep of history” (David Grann, #1 bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon)“Fatherland maintains the momentum of the best mysteries and a commendable balance.”—The New York Times“Unflinching and illuminating . . . Bilger’s haunting memoir reminds us, the past is prologu...

The true story behind the film The Nasty Girl: A memoir by a German woman who uncovered her hometown's war crimes and complicity with the Nazis.Nestled along the Danube in southern Germany, Passau is a pleasant tourist destination known for its historic buildings and scenic views at the intersection of three rivers. But for decades, the small Bavarian city suppressed an intimate association with Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.Born in Passau in 19...

What was the origin of the word ‘Nazi’? Who were the key figures involved in the Second World War, and what terrible weapons did they unleash? All these questions and more are answered in this fascinating book containing over one hundred facts about WWII. Whether you are looking for information to include in a project or article, or you are just interested in finding out more about this tragic period in modern history, this is a perfect addition to any bookshelf.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE $60,000 HILARY WESTON WRITERS TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONWhat the hell kind of great escape is this? No one escapes!”-L.B. Mayer, on the 1963 filmHe had fifty-seven seconds of screen time in the most lavish POW film Hollywood ever produced. He was blond. A Gestapo agent. Sauntering down the aisles of a speeding train, he speaks in terse German to Richard Attenborough, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum. The film is The Great Escap...

The lie that bought Jacob Weisen a new life cannot help him escape the past.Birkenau could not kill Jacob Weisen. He survived the death camp and made his way to America, where he became famous telling the story of Isaac Becker, an author who was tortured to death when the guards caught him writing down his story. Becker's manuscript was lost, but by telling the tale, Weisen keeps his memory alive. No other witnesses survived—and W...

World War II was the most devastating conflict in human history, but the tragedy did not end on the battlefields. During the war, Germany -- and, later, the Allies -- plundered Europe's historic treasures. Between 1939 and 1945, German armed forces roamed from Dunkirk to Stalingrad, looting gold, silver, currency, paintings and other works of art, coins, religious artifacts, and millions of books and other documents. The value of these items, many of which were irreplaceable, is estimated ...

Before the Nuremberg Tribunal, there were the civilians of the small German town of Rüsselsheim, who were tried in the first World War II War Crimes Trial.In August 1944, the nine-man crew of an American bomber was forced to bail out over Germany. As their captors marched them into Rüsselsheim, a small town recently bombed to smithereens by Allies, they were attacked by an angry mob of civilians—farmers, shopkeepers, railroad workers, women, and children. With a lo...

Step into the world of espionage and international intrigue with this gripping WW2 thriller.It's 1941, and Hitler has unleashed Operation Barbarossa, taking the German forces to the outskirts of Moscow. In the chaos of war, Stalin orders Lenin's body to be moved a thousand miles behind the Urals to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.Allied spy Eva Molenaar is caught up in a web of intrigue when she uncovers a plot involving a Hollywood mogul, Hitler's propaganda machi...

A Vietnam vet leads an Army Special Forces unit to rescue a compromised CIA agent in 1979 East Berlin in this spy thriller series debut.When the CIA's most valuable spy is compromised, the Agency realizes it does not have the capability to bring him to safety. If he cannot evade the dreaded East German security service, the result will be chaos and a cascade of failures throughout the Agency's worldwide operations.Master Sergeant Kim Becker lived through the ...