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Safe Passage: The Untold Story of Diplomatic Intrigue, Betrayal​, and the Exchange of American and Japanese Civilians by Sea During W​oAn untold story of idealism, betrayal, and behind-the-scenes American-Japanese contacts in World War II. In the fall of 1943, during some of the Pacific theater's bloodiest battles, the United States and Japan pulled off a diplomatic coup-- the exchange of civilians caught on the...
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Saints and Liars: The Story of Americans Who Saved Refugees from the NazisLong before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Martha and Waitstill Sharp, who were originally sent to Prague as part of a relief effort but turned immediately to helping Jews...
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Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the HolocaustWinner of the National Jewish Book Award: viewing the Holocaust through the eyes of youth "Zapruder . . . has done a great service to history and the future. Her book deserves to become a standard in Holocaust studies classes. . . . These...
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Sammy: Child Survivor of the Holocaust"In sharing your personal testimony as survivor of the Holocaust you have granted future generations the opportunity to experience a personal connection with history. Thanks you for your invaluable contribution, your strength and your generosity of Spirit" -Steven Spielberg, Director of Shindler's List. "Sammy...
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Saving Our Survivors: How American Jews Learned about the HolocaustHow did American Jews come to learn about the Holocaust in the immediate aftermath of the war? What kinds of images and representations of Holocaust survivors first circulated in America, when most Jewish survivors were still stuck in European displaced persons camps? Drawing on...
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Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War IIAn unsparing, "sweeping," and "vivid" (Drew Gilpin Faust, author of This Republic of Suffering) new history of World War II, recasting the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers In popular memory, the Second World War was an...
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Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America and How to Defeat It for Good"A comprehensive work on fascism and America's democracy." --BOB WOODWARD "An alarm bell announcing that the American house is on fire." --STEPHEN KING "A provocative and passionate reminder that democracies don't collapse overnight." --CALEB GAYLE What is driving the rise of fascism--and how can...
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Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic CityA comprehensive new history of Shanghai, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries Home to 25 million people, Shanghai is the most populous and wealthiest city in China. A meeting point between China and the wider world, the city...
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Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern AsiaAs recently as 1928, a vast swath of Asia stretching from the Red Sea to the borders of Thailand was bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the "Indian Empire" or, more simply, as the Raj. It was the...
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Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the LegendShelby American didn't last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being extinguished by corporate politics. In less than a decade, it created a legacy that will be revered as long as cars still roar around racetracks. Now, on the sixtieth...
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Shores Beyond Shores: From Holocaust to Hope - A Bergen-Belsen Survivor's True Story2025 Recipient of THE ANNE FRANK AWARD FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND TOLERANCE, from the Dutch Government2024 Recipient of THE OFFICER'S CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany's highest civilian medalNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST"Irene Butter's book is a...
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Si Esto Es Un Hombre / Survival in AuschwitzLo que se puede aprender sobre el ser humano y sobre la historia de Europa en el siglo XX en los tres volúmenes de la gran trilogía memorial de Primo Levi es terrible y también aleccionador, y honradamente no creo que sea posible tener...
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Snafu: The Definitive Guide to History's Greatest ScrewupsA New York Times Bestseller From actor, comedian, writer, and host of the hit history podcast SNAFU, Ed Helms brings you an absurdly entertaining look at history's biggest blunders, complete with lively illustrations. History contains a plethora of insane screwups--otherwise known as SNAFUs. Coined...
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Sobrevivir a Mauthausen-Gusen: Memorias de Un Español En Los Campos Nazis / Surviving Mauthausen-Gusen. Memoirs of a Spaniard in the Nazi ConcentratioUn testimonio único y de gran valor, fiel al juramento de Mauthausen Décadas después de la guerra y fiel al juramento pronunciado por los españoles supervivientes de Mauthausen el día de la liberación, Enrique Calcerrada Guijarro escribió este inigualable y estremecedor libro testimonial, de...
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Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War IIOne of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called "Good War." The Greatest Generation, we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They quickly and cheerfully went...
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Something New Under the SunHumans have long transformed the planet, scratching its surface for stones and ores, planting and harvesting crops, sparking fires for light and heat. But since the dawn of industrialization and especially since 1950, our impact has accelerated sharply. Economic, technological, and demographic changes have...
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Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet EmpireThe riveting story of the ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five, who infiltrated the highest levels of the British establishment and helped Stalin cement a half century of Soviet domination over Eastern Europe. "A brilliant book. Deep research and dazzling writing make...
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Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd TimesA "beautiful, deep, thoughtful" (Angela Duckworth, New York Times-bestselling author of Grit) investigation into the science of why we crave meaning--and how we can pursue it in this age of anxiety These days everyone feels on edge, panicked by climate change, political polarization, and...
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Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945An astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city's descent into utter annihilation In 1939, when Ian Buruma's epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the...
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Stolen Legacies: The Fight for Nazi-Looted ArtThe Nazis didn't just steal art.They stole identity, history, and memory.Decades later, thousands of those artworks still hang in museums and private collections - not because their histories are unknown, but because laws permit institutions and third parties to retain them.In Stolen Legacies, prosecutor,...
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