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The Night and the Music - Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block’s 17 Matthew Scudder novels have won the hearts of readers throughout the world—along with a bevy of awards including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe (Germ... -
The Dark Arena - Mario Puzo
Review"Fierce, intense, compelling."-_The Boston Globe _"ONE OF THE FINEST WORKS OF FICTION TO COME OUT OF THIS COUNTRY’S OCCUPATION OF GERMANY."-_The Nation_ "PU... -
The Cay - Theodore Taylor
Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he's eager to glimpse it firsthand--until the freighter he and his mo... -
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
SUMMARY: It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. ... -
The Berlin Conspiracy - Tom Gabbay
From Publishers WeeklyWallowing in a post–Bay of Pigs funk, ex-CIA agent Jack Teller is called out of retirement in 1963 and sent to Berlin to meet an East German agent with a mess... -
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
SUMMARY:If you are either learning German, or learning English as a second language (ESL) as a German speaker, this book is for you. There are many editions of The Age of In... -
Sweet Poison - David Roberts
It is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his gue... -
Stalingrad - Antony Beevor
In June 1941, German forces swept across Soviet territory in an offensive that finally brought them within twenty-five miles of Moscow. But in August 1942, the overconfident Hitler... -
Spark - John J. Ratey; Eric Hagerman
A groundbreaking and fascinating investigation into the transformative effects of exercise on the brain, from the bestselling author and renowned psychiatrist John J. Ratey, MD.D..... -
Self's punishment - Bernhard Schlink; Walter Popp
From Publishers WeeklyThe successful film adaptation of Schlink's The Reader should give a boost to his third mystery to feature aging German PI Gerhard Self (after 2007's Sel...