Günter Grass has been wrestling with Germany's past for decades now. In this new novel Grass [examines a subject that has long been taboo — the suffering of Germans during World War II.
It is the story of the sinking of the Wilhelm...
A new world power, The Caliphate, has been born It is spreading across the Middle East absorbing the other countries in the area. The rest of the would sees The Caliphate as a homogenous power that has a long-term plan for regional domination but...
From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe...
Đặng Thùy Trâm (b. Huế, Vietnam, November 26, 1943; d. Đức Phổ, Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam, June 22, 1970) was a Vietnamese civilian doctor who worked as a battlefield surgeon for North...
Gerade aus seinem Heimaturlaub zurückgekehrt, wird der 26jährige Erich Schwabe Ende 1944 nach Rußland geschickt, um mit einem Trupp junger Soldaten Ersatz für eine Kampfgruppe zu liefern. Sie sind auf 4 Motorschlitten unterwegs,...
Ein berühmter Roman von gestalterischer Dichte und mahnender Kraft! Hier wird Stalingrad nicht aus der Warte des Generalstäblers gesehen, sondern mit den Augen des leidenden und hungernden Soldaten, der sich in der Steppe oder in den...
A novel—inspired by the most celebrated regiment in the Red Army—about a woman’s sacrifice, courage, and love in a time of war.
Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From...