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This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period’s most distinguished historians. The volume brings together the most important and influential aspects of Ian Kershaw’s research on the Holocaust for the first time. The writings are arranged in three sections - Hitler and the Final Solution, popular opinion and the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the Final Solution in historiography - and Kershaw provides an introduction and a closing section on the uniqueness of Nazism. 

More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts, and fears. Drawing on a vast array of untapped archives and...

What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization - in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics - that have transformed the way we live. 

The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choices puts Ian Kershaw's analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the world's six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II and shaped the course of human destiny. 

With Germany in the World, award-winning historian David Blackbourn radically revises conventional narratives of German history, demonstrating the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification—and revealing a national identity far more complicated than previously imagined.

Saudi Arabia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a major player on the international stage and the site of Islam's two holiest cities. It is also one of the world's only absolute monarchies. How did Saudi Arabia get to where it is today?

In this masterful account, Jeremy Black explores the key themes that have shaped the history of the modern world since 1950. Eschewing a simple political narrative, he instead explores the roles of the environment, demographics, the economy and technology in driving change in the world.

A monumental new history of the twentieth-century Arab world, told through Arab voices. Western commentators have long described the Arab world as uniquely disordered, defined by fanaticism, ignorance, and the cruelties of war and autocracy. The Modern Arab World provides a much-needed...

'Brilliant . . . A great book' Rod Liddle 'Utterly shocking. Blunt wasn't just an arch-traitor. He was a callous mass-murderer. A war criminal no less. And it's hard to say which is the greater sucker punch - Blunt's dark treachery, or the British establishment's cover up of his crimes. It is...

In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German pastor, theologian, and anti-Hitler conspirator, has become one of the most widely read and inspiring Christian thinkers of our time. Now, drawing on extensive new research, Strange Glory offers a definitive account, by turns majestic and intimate, of this modern icon.

Uncover the defining medical history crisis of the twentieth century, tracing a deadly pathogen that reshaped the globe. As troops mobilized for global conflict in 1918, a far more lethal and invisible enemy stalked military camps, transport ships, and crowded cities. This gripping historical...

Experience the tense political history of a defiant Caribbean nation's relentless rebellion against global empires. Perfect for a gripping commute, this narrative transforms complex Cold War struggles into a high-energy underdog story. Listen as centuries of colonial rule and foreign...

In the 1930s, the airship was viewed as the future of transatlantic travel and a brave new era of global connectedness. Germany's safe, fast and efficient airships brought it back into the international fold after its humiliation in World War I. But on May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship caught...

From the award-winning author of Plunder (a New York Times Best Nonfiction of the Year) Gold’s Fools is the stranger-than-fiction investigation into a 80-year-old mystery of Nazi treasure and two best friends who are now willing to destroy each other to solve it. It started with a tip—an...

Timothy Garton Ash, uno de los mejores pensadores europeos, ha pasado su vida estudiando esta parte del mundo. Este emocionante audiolibro está repleto de experiencias vividas: desde los recuerdos de su padre del desembarco de Normandía y el espionaje al que lo sometió la Stasi hasta entrevistas con guerrilleros albaneses en las montañas de Kosovo, o sus encuentros con adolescentes desesperados en los barrios más pobres de París, aparte de sus consejos a presidentes, ministros de exteriores y primeros ministros.

I en årrække har den tidligere kriminalkommissær og privatdetektiv Bernie Gunther gemt sig i Cuba, men nu vil han væk fra det job, han modvilligt varetager i den cubanske efterretningstjeneste. Under flugten bliver han arresteret, og nu ser det ud til, at fortiden endelig indhenter Bernie...

I 1949 i efterkrigstidens hårdt ramte Tyskland er forholdene kaotiske, og landet er som et betændt sår fuld af lyssky aftaler, voldsom grådighed og flygtende krigsforbrydere på jagt efter nye identiteter. Kort sagt en tilstand, hvor der er rigeligt at lave for den hårdkogte privatdetektiv...

Det er sommeren 1956. Bernie Gunther arbejder under falsk navn som receptionschef på det berømte Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat ved Den Franske Riviera. Da verdens måske rigeste og måske mest berømte forfatter, W. Somerset Maugham, mangler en fjerde mand til et spil bridge, træder Gunther...

Intetanende går Paul Hjelms eks-kone ind i en bank i Stockholm for at klare et par ærinder. Det er optakten til et besynderligt hændelsesforløb, der består af et voldsomt gidseldrama, et mystisk skrivebord fra 1700-tallet samt et antal fossiler og leder direkte ind i en af 2. Verdenskrigs...

Velkommen til München og Grækenland 1957, hvor Philip Kerr og hans eminente research igen giver vinger til en hårdkogt krimi om Bernie Gunther og Europa før, under og efter 2. Verdenskrig. Den populære og rutinerede indlæser Bent Otto Hansen formidler på fornemste vis denne fremragende...