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The Hidden Life of Otto Frank
by Carol Ann Lee
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Carol Ann Lee’ s impeccably researched portrait The Hidden Life of Otto Frank brings into sharp focus every facet of the extraordinary life, both charmed and cursed, of Otto Frank, the father of the most famous young girl of the twentieth century... ( read more)
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Salamina
by Rockwell Kent
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New edition. Vivid depictions of a now-vanished Greenland and its people.... ( read more)
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Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
by Veronica Buckley
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She was born on a bitterly cold December night in 1626 and, in the candlelight, mistakenly declared a boy. On her father's death six years later, she inherited the Swedish throne. She was tutored by Descartes, yet could swear like the roughest soldier... ( read more)
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The Twentieth Train: The True Story of the Ambush of the Death Train to Auschwitz
by Marion Schreiber
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<div>One day in April 1943, a young doctor and Jewish resistance fighter Youra Livchitz discovered the departure date of the next transport train to Auschwitz. With only one weekend in which to organize a raid, Youra recruited two school... ( read more)
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Madam Prime Minister
by Gro Harl Brundtland
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One of the world's leading woman politicians tells her inspiring story At forty-one, Gro Harlem Brundtland, physician and mother of four, was appointed prime minister of Norway-the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that office. In this... ( read more)
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Even in Sweden: Racisms, Racialized Spaces, and the Popular Geographical Imagination
by Allan Richard Pred
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In the context of persistently high unemployment rates and more general economic uncertainty, racism has resurged throughout Western Europe. Even in Sweden, a country long stereotyped by Western intellectuals as the very model of rational social justice... ( read more)
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Switzerland: A Village History
by David Birmingham
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Switzerland is a remarkable country, half of whose territory lies in the Alps. This is the history of one Swiss alpine village. Raising cattle and making cheese brought modest wealth to its struggling peasants until a destructive Napoleonic invasion... ( read more)
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The Challenge of Neutrality: Diplomacy and the Defense of Switzerland
by Georges A Chevallaz
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A study of Swiss neutrality during World War II. It asks two essential questions: Why, in the face of German imperialism - with its authoritarian, totalitarian and racist ideology - did Switzerland declare neutrality? Why did it not join the "camp of... ( read more)
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Mixed Farming: The Changing Agrarian Landscape
by Liesbeth Melis
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About 10,000 agricultural businesses in the Netherlands are closed every year. Where once there were grazing cows, now there are golfers playing the back nine or rows of campervans and tents--or even farm museums. Some businesses decide to specialize... ( read more)
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The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga
by Emma Le Roy Ladurie
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From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. With masterful erudition, Le Roy Ladurie deepens and expands the historical contexts of these... ( read more)
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The Wilkomirski Affair: A Study in Biographical Truth
by Stefan Maechler
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This is the definitive report on Fragments, Binjamin Wilkomirski's invented "memoir" of a childhood spent in concentration camps, which created international turmoil.<BR>In 1995 Fragments, a memoir by a Swiss musician named Binjamin Wilkomirski... ( read more)
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Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
by Ian Buruma
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Ian Buruma returns to his native land to explore the great dilemma of our time through the story of the brutal murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of an Islamic extremist.
It was the emblematic crime of our moment: On a... ( read more)
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The Awful End of Prince William the Silent: The First Assassination of a Head of State with a Handgun
by Lisa Jardine
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In this innovative and engaging work of history, distinguished author Lisa Jardine shows how the first killing by handgun of a head of state had a profound effect on the course of history. The shooting of Prince William of Orange by a French Catholic in... ( read more)
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The Netherlands: Negotiating Sovereignty in an Interdependent World (Renewing American Schools)
by Thomas R Rochon
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Across Europe, national leaders and ordinary citizens alike face the problems and opportunities raised by increasing economic and political interdependence. Interdependence between nations creates new dilemmas in every sphere of activity. In The... ( read more)
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Hitlers Secret Bankers Rev Edition
by Adam Lebor
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Based on newly declassified documents and archival research, Hitler's Secret Bankers reveals the full, hitherto unknown extent of Swiss economic collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. In this updated edition, readers discover how and why the... ( read more)
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Medieval Iceland
by Jesse L Byock
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The history of medieval Europe is incomplete if it does not take Iceland into account. Jesse Byock's reassessment of medieval Iceland uses all the available sources--the medieval Icelanders' historical writings, extensive saga literature, and intricate... ( read more)
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The Quest for Freedom: Belgian Resistance in World War II
by Yvonne De Rid Files
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The story of a true heroine of WWII, a young woman who risked her life fighting the Nazis during the war.... ( read more)
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Politics, Parties, and Parliaments: Political Change in Norway (Parliaments & Legislatures)
by William R Shaffer
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William R. Shaffer has written a study of peaceful political change in a democracy, with special emphasis on the crucial role played by parliaments. Striking political change is occurring all over the world, most notably in nations where communism has... ( read more)
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