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Not I

Memoirs of a German Childhood

by Joachim C. Fest
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014

A portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stance Few writers have deepened our understanding of the Third Reich as much as German historian, biographer, journalist, and critic Joachim Fest. His biography of...
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"Dearest Georg": Love, Literature, and Power in Dark Times

The Letters of Elias, Veza, and Georges Canetti, 1933-1948

by Vesa & Elias Canetti
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010

In 1934, Veza Taubner and Elias Canetti were married in Vienna. Elias describes the arrangement to his brother Georges as a “functional” marriage. Meanwhile, an intense intellectual love affair develops between Veza and Georges, a young doctor suffering fromtuberculosis. Four years later, Veza...
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by I.J. Singer
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010

In the Polish city of Lodz, the brothers Ashkenazi grew up very differently in talent and in temperament. Max, the firstborn, is fiercely intelligent and conniving, determined to succeed financially by any means necessary. Slower-witted Jacob is strong, handsome, and charming but without great purpose...
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What You Did Not Tell

A Russian Past and the Journey Home

by Mark Mazower
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017

****NAMED FINANCIAL TIMES "TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR"** **NAMED EVENING STANDARD "BOOK OF THE YEAR"** **NAMED NEW STATESMAN "BEST BOOK OF 2017"** A warm and intimate memoir by an acclaimed historian that explores the European struggles of the twentieth century through...
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Beg, Borrow, Steal

A Writer's Life

by Michael Greenberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009

In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a women's department store;...
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by Richard Polsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009

In early 2005, Richard Polsky decided to put his much-loved, hard-won Warhol Fright Wig, up for auction at Christie's. The market for contemporary art was robust and he was hoping to turn a profit. His instinct seemed to be on target: his picture sold for $375,000. But if only Polsky had waited ....
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by SJ Naudé
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015

If death comes to a loved one, can we grieve alone? When all around is in ruins, can we confine our lives to one beautiful room constructed out of art, or love, or family ties? And when the words we know prove inadequate, can we turn to the language of birds? In an arty mansion in Milan’s industrial...
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Like Wind, Like Wave

Fables from the Land of the Repressed

by Stefano Bolognini
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010

An Italian psychoanalyst and raconteur reflects insightfully on life and the common experiences that make us human. “The brief pieces collected in this volume are as much short stories as they are essays as they are psychoanalytic studies. In every chapter, the stage is set for consideration...
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Berlin 1936

Sixteen Days in August

by Oliver Hilmes
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018

Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympic Games, describing events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters: Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians. While events...
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by Alicia Kopf
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018

‘She thought that it was precisely when things get uncomfortable or can’t be shown that something interesting comes to light. That is the point of no return, the point that must be reached, the point you reach after crossing the border of what has already been said, what has already been seen....
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Out of Sight

The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties

by William Hackman
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015

A social and cultural history of Los Angeles and its emerging art scene in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s The history of modern art typically begins in Paris and ends in New York. Los Angeles was out of sight and out of mind, viewed as the apotheosis of popular culture, not a center for serious art. Out...
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Lillian and Dash

A Novel of Hellman and Hammett

by Sam Toperoff
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013

This exciting novel about Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man) and Lillian Hellman (The Children’s Hour) reintroduces their larger-than-life personalities and the vicissitudes of their affair that spanned three decades.   Toperoff reimagines the highs and lows of a fast-living,...
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1947

Where Now Begins

by Elisabeth Åsbrink
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018

**“One of the best books, certainly the best nonfiction book, that I've read recently.” —Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition    “An extraordinary achievement.” —New York Times Book Review An award-winning writer captures a year that defined the modern world, intertwining...
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A Mighty Purpose

How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children

by Adam Fifield
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

The inspiring story of how the iconoclastic humanitarian Jim Grant succeeded in saving the lives of tens of millions of children through his extraordinary ability to win over world leaders ** ** Nicholas Kristof hailed Jim Grant as a man who “probably saved more lives than were destroyed by Hitler,...
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