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!

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...

I started my book with introducing my grandparents and parents, and continued with anecdotes from my childhood. I remember the depression, people were very poor, as no work was available. I saw ex-soldiers, who had lost limbs in the war, begging in the street.Father applied for a new job, he was one of the lucky ones who could earn money to keep us comfortable. We moved to Dueneberg near Hamburg in 1929. I started school that year at the age of six. My brother Dieter was born 1931....

"One Life In Four Worlds" is a biographical novel set in the period between 1939 and 2022. The focus is on Albert Pawlak, who looks back on his life in Germany and Canada. A thrilling journey through history unfolds, marked by personal experiences and strokes of fate.Historical events such as the Second World War, the post-war period in divided Germany, the flight from East to West Germany, the wave of emigration to North America, German reunification and the evolu...

This is a heart-breaking insight into the personal experiences of a little girl growing up during World War II in East Germany. The author's memories reveal through a child's eyes the effect the war had on herself, her family and her friends and their struggle to survive and adapt to the lack of food, the Hitler Regime and the bombings.

A BOYS WAR. With charm and humour, a 92 year old Viennese writer invites you on a journey back in time to the last three years of World War Two.In the first year, you take part in a perilous journey to his grandmother's home in the country. In the second year, you live through the happy, and often hilarious, evacuation of his class to a small town in Hungary. After a short stay in the Vojvodina, you barely make it back to Austria and narrowly escape the bombing once there. After su...

Richard O. Rafanovic was born and lived throughout his youth in a country that was occupied by Hitlers military, then the Russians, and finally, the Communist government of his country. His quest for liberty inspired him to find freedom, which led to his crossing the Iron Curtain on foot in the middle of the night. While in Germany, it became possible for him to come to the United States of America to realize his quest for freedom.

"I'll think of something. So far, I've always come up with something, no matter what it was about," I thought. "And there's always an after!" Sabine, who grows up in the GDR, doesn't really have a "good start" in life. After a failed suicide attempt by her mother, she is first placed in a children's home. Some time later, she is separated from her beloved brother forever and her biological father wants nothing to do with her. But Sabine does not give up. Whatever happens to her, she tackle...

The book tells two complimentary stories about events at the end of World War II in Germany. Eva describes how her large Mennonite family flees from their farm in East Prussia, pursued by the Russian army, to settle in the west of Germany. In interesting detail, she describes the hardships and the kindness they received while trekking for two month in horse-drawn wagons through war-torn Germany, often slipping out of the Russian noose. Occasionally, she recounts memories of her childhood a...