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Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This title presents an account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a wor...ld that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith.
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The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust.
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Combined here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the Holocaust through cartoons the author captures the everyday reality of fear and the sensation of survival.
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The dramatic story of Russia's revolution and civil war, from Antony Beevor, the bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad
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A unique and deeply affecting memoir of a child's survival in the Roma and Sinti holocaust
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If you think you know Vienna, think again.vVienna: Behind the facades - a personal journey is
the story of Jenny Haworth's life-long love affair with Vienna, a personal memoir that pulls back the curtainvand reveals the secrets of a city that once considered
itself the centre o...f the world.
The city is celebrated in all its beauty, its culturevand its grandeur, but shameful aspects of its pastvand its influential role on the world stage are also explored, stories that even today can make onevwonder how the city survived at all.
This book is an absorbing read from a woman whovhas loved the city all her life but doesn't flinch fromvgoing to the heart of Vienna and telling the truth aboutvit. Much more than a travel guide or a history book,vVienna: Behind the facades - a personal journeyvshows how this city emerged over the centuries andvbecame the seed bed for many of the best and thevworst of the ideologies and freedoms of the 20thvcentury. Vienna's charm remains intact, but finally,valso, its full story is on show as well.
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The harrowing, moving and poignant account of one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz: a girl who was only 6 years old when sent to the extermination camp.
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The novel starts with Lucy in love with two brothers (Jamie and Tom), one who goes to fight for the Republican side in the Civil War, and the other who joins Franco and fights for his Fascist party. Against her father's wishes Lucy travels to Spain to join both men, and there bec...omes involved with the Quakers who were instrumental in saving the lives of countless women and children in this most savage of wars. For Lucy herself, the challenge going forward is not so much which brother she will end up with, but whether she will survive long enough to decide.
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The brilliant and provocative new book from the world's foremost cultural commentator
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The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most enduring and bestselling books of all time, yet its history is as complex as it is contested. For the first time, this is the extraordinary true story behind the book, its publication and its significance.
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