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Tripped : Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the dawn of the psychedelic age / by Ohler, Norman,author.; Yarbrough, Marshall,translator.; translation of:Ohler, Norman.Stärkste Stoff.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Berlin 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use--long kept under control by the Nazis' strict anti-drug laws--is rampant throughout the city. Split into four sectors, Berlin's drug policies are being enforced under the individual jurisdictions of each allied power--the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and the US. In the American zone, Arthur J. Giuliani of the nascent Federal Bureau of Narcotics is tasked with learning about the Nazis' anti-drug laws and bringing home anything that might prove "useful" to the United States. Five years later, Harvard professor Dr. Henry Beecher began work with the US government to uncover the research behind the Nazis psychedelics program. Begun as an attempt to find a "truth serum" and experiment with mind control, the Nazi study initially involved mescaline, but quickly expanded to include LSD. Originally created for medical purposes by Swiss pharmaceutical Sandoz, the Nazis coopted the drug for their mind control military research--research that, following the war, the US was desperate to acquire. This research birthed MKUltra, the CIA's notorious brainwashing and psychological torture program during the 1950s and 1960s, and ultimately shaped US drug policy regarding psychedelics for over half a century. Based on extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, TRIPPED is a wild, unconventional postwar history, a spiritual sequel to Norman Ohler's New York Times bestseller BLITZED. Revealing the close relationship and hidden connections between the Nazis and the early days of drugs in America, Ohler shares how this secret history held back therapeutic research of psychedelic drugs for decades and eventually became part of the foundation of America's War on Drugs"--
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Brainwashing; Brainwashing; Drug control; Drug control; LSD (Drug); LSD (Drug);
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The granddaughter : a novel / by Schlink, Bernhard,author.; Collins, Charlotte,1967-translator.; translation of:Schlink, Bernhard.Enkelin.English.;
"It is only after the sudden death of his wife Birgit that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Abandoned children; Booksellers and bookselling; Family secrets; Grandchildren; Granddaughters; Grandparent and child; Holocaust deniers; Neo-Nazis; Widowers; Xenophobia;
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September 5 [videorecording] / by Binder, Moritz,screenwriter.; David, Alex,screenwriter.; Benesch, Leonie,1991-actor.; Chaplin, Ben,actor.; Fehlbaum, Tim,1982-film director.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Sarsgaard, Peter,actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch.September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad; Israel. Sherut ha-biṭaḥon ha-kelali; Olympic Games 1972 : Munich, Germany); Athletes; Jewish athletes; Hostages; Israelis; Journalism; Broadcast journalism; Terrorism;
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Road to Berlin : the Allied drive from Normandy / by Forty, George;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 1999., Cassell,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Out of the storm : the life and legacy of Martin Luther / by Wilson, Derek A.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-382) and index.LSC
Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Reformation; Reformation; Lutheran Church;
© 2007., Hutchinson,
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Suspiria [videorecording] / by Ebersdorf, Lutz,actor.; Fendi, Silvia Venturini,film producer.; Fischer, Bradley J.,film producer.; Guadagnino, Luca,1971-film director,film producer.; Harper, Jessica,actor.; Johnson, Dakota,1989-actor.; Kajganich, David,1969-film producer,screenwriter.; Morabito, Marco,film producer.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Jessica Harper, Lutz Ebersdorf.A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for disturbing content involving ritualistic violence, bloody images and graphic nudity, and for some language including sexual references.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Americans; Dance schools; Murder; Witches;
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The elves and the shoemaker / by Grimm, Jacob,1785-1863; Grimm, Wilhelm,1786-1859; Stringle, Berny; Stringle, Julian Marc; Peto, Dave;
Read by Ian Beck ; performed by Berny and Julian Marc Stringle and Dave Peto.A simple retelling of the classic tale from the Brothers Grimm about a poor but generous shoemaker who becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his work during the night.
Subjects: Elves; Shoemakers; Fairy tales; Children's audiobooks;
© c2005., Oxford University Press,
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The secret history of Audrey James : a novel / by Marshall, Heather(Heather J.),author.;
Northern England, 2010 After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border, where she hopes to find a fresh start and heal from her loss. When she arrives, she begins to unravel the truth about her past, but discovers the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets ... Berlin, 1938 Audrey James is weeks away from graduating from a prestigious music school in Berlin, where she's been living with her best friend, Ilse Kaplan. As she prepares to finish her piano studies, Audrey dreads the thought of returning to her father in England and leaving Ilse behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted, and the stakes grow higher by the day. Restrictions tighten, the borders close to Jews, and rumours swirl about people being apprehended in the street and shipped off to work camps. When Ilse's parents and brother suddenly disappear, two high-ranking Nazi party members confiscate the Kaplans' upscale home, believing it to be empty. In a desperate attempt to keep Ilse safe, Audrey becomes housekeeper for the officers while Ilse is forced into hiding in the attic--a prisoner in her own home. As war in Europe threatens, it isn't long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in cell of the anti-Hitler movement: clusters of resisters working to bring down the Nazis from within Germany itself. But resistance comes with risk, and before the war is over, Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself, her friend, or sacrificing everything for the greater good.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Female friendship; Jewish families; Jewish women; Music students; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
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The secret history of Audrey James : a novel / [Book Club Set] / by Marshall, Heather(Heather J.),author.;
Northern England, 2010 After a tragic accident upends her life, Kate Mercer leaves London to work at an old guest house near the Scottish border, where she hopes to find a fresh start and heal from her loss. When she arrives, she begins to unravel the truth about her past, but discovers the mysterious elderly proprietor is harbouring her own secrets ... Berlin, 1938 Audrey James is weeks away from graduating from a prestigious music school in Berlin, where she's been living with her best friend, Ilse Kaplan. As she prepares to finish her piano studies, Audrey dreads the thought of returning to her father in England and leaving Ilse behind. Families like the Kaplans are being targeted, and the stakes grow higher by the day. Restrictions tighten, the borders close to Jews, and rumours swirl about people being apprehended in the street and shipped off to work camps. When Ilse's parents and brother suddenly disappear, two high-ranking Nazi party members confiscate the Kaplans' upscale home, believing it to be empty. In a desperate attempt to keep Ilse safe, Audrey becomes housekeeper for the officers while Ilse is forced into hiding in the attic--a prisoner in her own home. As war in Europe threatens, it isn't long before a shocking turn of events pushes Audrey to become embroiled in cell of the anti-Hitler movement: clusters of resisters working to bring down the Nazis from within Germany itself. But resistance comes with risk, and before the war is over, Audrey must decide what matters most: saving herself, her friend, or sacrificing everything for the greater good.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Anti-Nazi movement; Female friendship; Jewish families; Jewish women; Music students; Secrecy; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel : genius, power, and deception on the eve of World War I / by Brunt, Douglas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The hidden history of one of the world's greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I--this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Diesel, Rudolf, 1858-1913.; Diesel motor; Mechanical engineers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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