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The book thief / by Zusak, Markus.; White, Trudy.;
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Books and reading; Storytelling; Death; Jews; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Rin Tin Tin [sound recording] / by Orlean, Susan.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Dogs in motion pictures; Dogs in the performing arts; German shepherd dog; Rin-Tin-Tin (Dog); Working dogs;
© p2011., Simon & Schuster Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A beauty refined / by Peterson, Tracie,author.;
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Family secrets; Germans; Interpersonal relations; Sapphires;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last year of the war / by Meissner, Susan,1961-author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Tex.); German Americans; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Yes to life : in spite of everything / by Frankl, Viktor E.(Viktor Emil),1905-1997,author.; Goleman, Daniel,writer of introduction.; Vesely, Franz,writer of afterword.; Young, Joelle,translator.; translation of:Frankl, Viktor E.(Viktor Emil),1905-1997.Über den sinn des lebens.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."Eleven months after his liberation from Auschwitz, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna, published here for the first time. The psychologist, who was to become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity"--
Subjects: Meaning (Psychology); Resilience (Personality trait);
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All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler / by Donner, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.
Subjects: Biographies.; Harnack-Fish, Mildred, 1902-1943.; Rote Kapelle (Resistance group); Americans; Anti-Nazi movement; Espionage; Executions and executioners; World War, 1939-1945;
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The weather detective : rediscovering nature's secret signs / by Wohlleben, Peter,1964-author.; Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai,translator.; translation of:Wohlleben, Peter,1964-Kranichflug und blumenuhr.English.;
Subjects: Weather.; Nature;
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Nein! : standing up to Hitler, 1935-1944 / by Ashdown, Paddy,1941-2018,author.; Young, Sylvie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In his last days, Adolf Hitler raged in his bunker that he had been defeated because he had been betrayed from the inside. In part, he was right. His armies were being crushed on all fronts but from the beginning there were Germans determined to bring him and his Nazi party down. This is the story of those who, starting in 1935, repeatedly attempted to kill Hitler, frustrate his war aims, pass his military secrets to the Allies and, from 1943 onwards, strike a separate peace with the West, which would have avoided eastern Europe falling under the Soviet yoke --
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.; Anti-Nazi movement;
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Our only home : a climate appeal to the world / by Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Dalai Lama XIV,1935-author.; Alt, Franz,1938-author.; Reif, Peter,translator.;
With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions, and aggravating a water shortage that has affected the entire world. In short, climate change can no longer be denied. The Dalai Lama, one of the most influential figures of all time, calls on political decision-makers to finally fight against deadlock and ignorance on this issue and to stand up for a different, more climate-friendly world and for the younger generation to assert their right to regain their future.
Subjects: Climatic changes; Environmental ethics.; Environmentalism; Global warming.;
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The shadow / by Raabe, Melanie,1981-author.; Taylor, Imogen(Translator),translator.; translation of:Raabe, Melanie,1981-Schatten.English.;
On February 11 you will kill a man called Arthur Grimm. Of your own free will. And for a good reason. Norah has just moved from Berlin to Vienna in order to leave her old life behind her for good when a homeless woman spits these words at her. Norah is unnerved- many years earlier, something terrible happened to her on February 11. She shrugs this off as a mere coincidence, however, until shortly afterwards she meets a man called Arthur Grimm. Soon Norah begins to have a dreadful suspicion- does she have a good reason to take revenge on Grimm? What really happened in the worst night of her life all those years ago? And can Norah make sure that justice is done without herself committing murder?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Moving, Household; Prophecies (Occultism); Psychic trauma;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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