From the Heart of Hell. Manuscripts of a Sonderkommando Prisoner, Found in Auschwitz
By: Załmen Gradowski
4.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
A shattering first hand testimony from the very heart of the Holocaust. In December 1942 Zalmen Gra…
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1. The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy
By: Tadeusz Pankiewicz
4.09
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Historia krakowskiego getta opowiedziana przez polskiego aptekarza Tadeusz Pankiewicz patrząc na… read more
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- history
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- world war ii
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- holocaust
"These small examples are incontrovertible proof of what blind, organised hatred can lead to, and of just how low standards of human morality can fall."-Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy
"The Nazis not only had subtle ways of destroying human life and dignity, they were equally good at desecrating the graves of the dead ― something that is held sacred and ring-fenced with care within …"-Tadeusz Pankiewicz, The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy
2. The Complete Maus
By: Art Spiegelman
4.57
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive ed… read more
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"Ingen är normal."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"Es bueno ser simpatico si quieres vivir."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"He’s more attached to things than people."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
3. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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- history
- world war ii
- nonfiction
- european history
- holocaust
"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
4. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
By: Jimmy Carter
4.48
Format: 252 pages,
Following his #1 New York Timesbestseller, Our Endangered Values, the former president and winner o… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. Hiroshima
By: John Hersey
3.50
Format: 36 pages,
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book… read more
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6. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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7. A Lesson Before Dying
By: Ernest J. Gaines
3.48
Format: None pages,
A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black… read more
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8. Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz
By: Rudolf Höss , None , None
4.46
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
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9. Fatelessness
By: Imre Kertész , Tim Wilkinson
3.27
Format: None pages, Paperback
At the age of 14 Georg Koves is plucked from his home in a Jewish section of Budapest and without a… read more
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10. The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine
By: Ben Ehrenreich
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
From an award-winning journalist, a brave and necessary immersion into the lives and struggles of a… read more
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11. My Name Is Asher Lev
By: Chaim Potok
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono … read more
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12. The Martian Chronicles
By: Ray Bradbury
3.97
Format: 480 pages,
The strange and wonderful tale of man's experiences on Mars, filled with intense images and astonis… read more
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13. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
By: Jennifer Worth
3.78
Format: 472 pages,
An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more
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14. Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
By: Sarah Helm
3.62
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, masterful, and absorbing account of the last hidden atrocity of World War II--Rav… read more
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15. Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Novel
By: Anne Frank , David Polonsky
3.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The only graphic novelization of Anne Frank's diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foun… read more
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16. Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
By: Olga Lengyel
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Olga Lengyel tells, frankly and without compromise, one of the most horrifying stories of all time.… read more
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17. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
By: Blaine Harden
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
A New York Timesbestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean poli… read more
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18. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
By: Siddharth Kara
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times… read more
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"Now you understand how people like us work?"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how it even inhabits the same planet. Neatly arranged mountains of vegetables…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
"Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom of an economic chain that purports to exonerate all participants of a…"-Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
19. Chłopki. Opowieść o naszych babkach
By: Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak
4.44
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Autorka Służących do wszystkiego wraca do tematu wiejskich kobiet, ale tym razem to opowieść zza dr… read more
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- history
20. How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
By: Cody Cassidy
4.06
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
A detailed guide to surviving history’s most challenging threats, from outrunning dinosaurs to maki… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
21. The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
By: Kati Marton
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The “captivating” ( The New York Times ), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, … read more
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- history
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"This also serves as a clever way of neutralizing potential opponents. “Angela is very skilled at appropriating any issue as soon as it gains traction,"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Both Merkel and Obama read Yuval Harari’s somewhat ponderous Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind for pleasure. And though their tastes are widely different, both find escape and relaxation in music."-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Her description of a perfect day sounds perfectly ordinary: “I will sleep long, have a relaxed breakfast. Then I’ll go out for some fresh air, chat with my husband or with friends. I might go to the …"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
22. The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
By: Sara Leibovits
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Poland, 1944 The train slowed and halted with a squeal of the brakes. It felt like we waited in the… read more
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23. All This I Will Give to You
By: Dolores Redondo
4.14
Format: 495 pages, Kindle Edition
The award-winning, international bestselling page-burner about the secrets and lies of one man that… read more
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"Sería más fácil si los muertos no dejaran sus pertenencias atrás, como cascarones vacíos de nautilus extinguidos; sería más sencillo si cualquier huella de su existencia fuera borrada con ellos, olvi…"-Dolores Redondo, All This I Will Give to You
"Leer era una defensa, un escudo con el que armar de recursos su timidez para relacionarse. Pero escribir era infinitamente más que eso. Escribir era el palacio interior, los sitios secretos, los luga…"-Dolores Redondo, All This I Will Give to You
24. The Boy From Block 66: A WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survival True Story (Heroic Children of World War II Book 1)
By: Limor Regev
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
He has endured more than any child ever should, but now he must survive Block 66. January, 1945 . … read more
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25. Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live
By: Lily Ebert
4.60
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming Holocaust survivor story that demonstrates the powe… read more
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26. The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir
By: Tova Friedman
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A powerful memoir by one of the youngest ever survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her … read more
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27. The Preacher’s Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities
By: Kate Bowler
4.03
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've … read more
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28. Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love
By: Rebecca Frankel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalist One of Smithsonian Magazine 's Best History Books of 202… read more
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29. The Ghost Tattoo
By: Tony Bernard
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, profoundly moving Holocaust memoir from a rarely told perspective, this is the story of… read more
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30. We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds
By: Sally Adee
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity—the electric currents that ru… read more
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31. From the Heart of Hell. Manuscripts of a Sonderkommando Prisoner, Found in Auschwitz
By: Załmen Gradowski
4.53
Format: None pages, Paperback
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