This one-volume biography of Adolf Hitler distills Ian Kershaw`s stunning two-volume study Hitler: 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler: 1936–1945: Nemesis. From Hitler`s origins as a failed artist in fin-de-siècle Vienna to the terrifying last days in his Berlin bunker, Kershaw`s biography is a mesmerizing portrait of how Hitler attained, exercised, and retained power. Drawing on previously untapped sources, such as Goebbels` diaries, and illustrated with 151 photographs, Kershaw addresses crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism, the Holocaust, and the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively.
ISBN: 978-1-60751-999-7
Издательство:
Бератор-Пресс
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
What if the second world war had started in 1938? The two sides of the Spanish civil war are still locked in a blood-soaked stalemate. Stalin`s purge of the Red Army is barely underway. And Neville Chamberlain - sickened by the arrogance and duplicity of the Germans - does not return from Munich waving the piece of paper that would give the Czech arms factories to Hitler and postpone the war until 1939. On October 1, German tanks cross the Czech frontier, touching off declarations of war from France, from England, from the USSR. Poland, fearing the Russians more than Hitler, declares war on the German side. Soon Fascist Spain attacks Gibraltar, the Japanese army crosses the Manchurian frontier into the British Army sets off for France,...
ISBN: 978-0-340-92182-1
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Now at last in a single, abridged paperback - the definitive life. Ian Kershaw`s two-volume biography of Hitler was greeted with universal acclaim as the essential work on one of the most malign figures in history. Now this landmark biography is available in one single, abridged edition, tracing the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power, destroying the lives of millions and unleashing Armageddon.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103588-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Hitler and the Holocaust" is the product of a lifetime’s work by one of the world’s foremost authorities on the history of anti-Semitism and modern Jewry. Robert S. Wistrich examines Europe’s long history of violence against its Jewish populations, looks at the forces that shaped Hitler’s belief in a “satanic Jewish power” that must be eradicated, and discusses the process by which Hitler gained power and finalized his plans for mass genocide. He concludes by addressing the abiding legacy of the Holocaust and the lessons that can be drawn from it. Combining a comprehensive picture of one of the most cataclysmic periods in recent history with contemporary scholarly developments and fresh historical inquiry, "Hitler and the...
Throughout her life, Stephanie von Hohenlohe (1891-1972) was notorious as a secret go-between and even a professional blackmailer. Although she was the illegitimate daughter of a Jewish woman from Prague and a Jewish moneylender, Stephanie always claimed to be of pure Aryan descent. A shameless social climber, she acquired her title by marriage to an Austrian nobleman. Thanks to her remarkable gifts for networking and negotiation, she was employed as a society columnist by Lord Rothermere, with whom she had been having a long-standing affair. She gained access to the German Reich Chancellery in Berlin and got to know Adolf Hitler personally. Conveniently overlooking her Jewish origins, Hitler began to employ her on secret diplomatic...
The clone assassin has been played long enoug - now it’s more than a game. Bred to kill, Agent 47 is The Agency’s most valuable assassin. So when a competing murder-for-hire organization decides to destroy The Agency, the first person they target for elimination is Agent 47. Tasking someone to off the best hitman in the business is one thing; getting the job done is another. When the attempt falls short, Agent 47 is ordered to track down and kill the culprit who is feeding vital information about The Agency to its enemies. Agent 47 must follow a bloody trail halfway around the world, fight his way through the streets of Fez, Morocco, and battle slavers deep inside Chad. Then he will discover a shattering truth: If he fails at his...
ISBN: 978-0-345-47132-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th centurys greatest writers of action and suspense - an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Now reissued in a new cover style. The story of men who rose to heroism, and then to something greater, "HMS Ulysses" takes its place alongside "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Cruel Sea" as one of the classic novels of the navy at war. It is the compelling story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk - a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance, crippled by enemy attack and the bitter cold of the Arctic.
The classic bestseller behind this year`s epic second instalment The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, now in a perfectly-sized pocket hardback. This new film tie-in edition features the complete story of Bilbo Baggins` adventures in Middle-earth, with a striking cover image from Peter Jackson`s film trilogy and drawings and maps by Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey `there and back again`. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent,...
To celebrate The Hobbit`s 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of Tolkien`s timeless classic, perfect for little Hobbits everywhere. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo`s life is never to be the same again. The Hobbit became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien`s epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero Bilbo Baggins, has lost none of its appeal. Now, for the...
