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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
Ballantine Books, 1987
Should be required reading for our political representatives
I grew up playing war like every other kid and had a somewhat glamorized view of war. When we went to war in Iraq for the first time I thought it was kind of cool. Being a Jewish person who lost a great deal of their family in the Holocaust having any sympathy for any ...
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Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
Patrick J. Buchanan
Crown, 2008
Great merge of history and politics
This book is very well done. The web of politics and history is developed to the last detail. I gave this book a 5-star rating. I started to give it a 4-star, but then realized that the weakness was my own Achilles heel in history. I think from my standpoint the only ...
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The Hiding Place
Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth and John Sherrill
Chosen, 2006
A story of unwavering faith in the face of persecution and Nazi tyranny
The Hiding Place is the moving true-life account of Corrie ten Boom and her family who sheltered persecuted Jews in Nazi-oocupied Holland during World War Two. They did this at great personal risk, but they did it because of their unwavering faith in God, and because ...
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Skeletons at the Feast
Chris Bohjalian
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
A brilliantly told story
I agree with those who thought "Skeletons at the Feast" was a marvelous book. It beautifully captures the brutality of war, as well as its ability to bring out the best in some. Most vividly, though, it depicts how nearly casual killing becomes. I shall never forget ...
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The Book Thief (Readers Circle)
Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
loved it
I was recommended this book by a friend. I had never heard of it and was pleasantly suprised. I loved this book. I loved the way it was creatively narrated and it was well written. I would highly recommend.
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The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America
Jim Marrs
William Morrow, 2008
the rise of the forth reich
The Rise of the Forth Reich
I have not read this book yet.
I sent a review of Jesse Ventura's book "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me" to Amazon,ca.
I sent several emails and made a dozen phone-calls; I was promised by Joel in your office that the review would ...
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Those Who Save Us
Jenna Blum
Harvest Books, 2005
A beautiful, sad book
Those who save Us caught me right from the start. World War II fascinates me- esp. the Holocaust and the Nazi regime. This book tells the story of Anna, a young woman who becomes a Nazi officer's mistress to save her daughter. This book made me cry- it made me so angry ...
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Mr. Monk Goes to Germany
Lee Goldberg
NAL Hardcover, 2008
Mr. Monk Goes to Germany
Mr. Monk Goes to Germany
The latest book in Lee Goldberg's Mr. Monk Series is well-paced and exciting. The chapters speed by as though you are watching a good movie.
Monk is coping fairly well when Dr. Kroger announces that he is going to Germany for a weeklong ...
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The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
Andrei Cherny
Putnam Adult, 2008
Great story of little known events
This book was way more than a recounting of the "candy bombings"-the dropping of chocolates to the children of Berlin. It was a fascinating history of the events surrounding the Berlin airlift, and the dicey relations with the Stalin -led Soviets, so recently our ...
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Rick Steves' Germany and Austria 2008 (Rick Steves)
Rick Steves
Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007
How to get even more excited about your trip
I love this book! It is very thorough on the major destinations' history and sights. It thoroughly explains things such as how to take the subway, how to interact with the waiter, and how to see the Opera cheaply. It has small black & white photos throughout which ...
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The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945
Saul Friedlander
Harper Perennial, 2008
A Dantean Tour of Holocaust Hell by master chronicler Saul Friedlander
Nazi Germany and the Jews is a two volume set on Nazi Germany's satanic persecution and murder of six million Jews. Volume I deals with the years of persecution suffered by the Reich's Jews from Hitler's takeover of the state in 1933 until the outbreak of World War II ...
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Little Golden Book)
RH Disney
Golden/Disney, 2003
Snow White done right..
Since this is a book taken from Disney's film version, I can see where much change was made. The illustrations are beautiful, more colorful, brighter than the original film. Everything seems to be in order: from the Evil Queen sending the huntsman to kill Snow White ...
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Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Bill Bryson
Harper Perennial, 1999
Great Book for those who have traveled to Europe
Bill Bryson is so right on with the quirks of Europe. It's a great read for those who've traveled there, because he can take you back to those moments and make you laugh. I recommend to my friends who haven't been there to let them know how Europe really is. Even ...
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries ...
Robert Kurson
Ballantine Books, 2005
As Exciting as Any Dive I Have Been On.
Short on air, I'll be brief. I took this book to Blackbird Caye Resort, Belize, on a SCUBA vacation. Once started, it hooked me in, to the point I only put it down for meals and to prep for my next dive. There are 248 other reviews to inform you of the story ...
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After the Reich
Giles MacDonogh
Basic Books, 2007
Bad reviews are from political pawns
I'm disgusted at the selfish, biased and brain-dead reviews of the leftists that give this book one star because they hate anything that could possibly make the Allies look bad or the Germans look like victims, because their selfish stuck-up elitist views of the world ...
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