Now the subject of the Netflix documentary The Devil Next DoorThe incredible story of the most convoluted legal odyssey involving Nazi war crimesIn 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise from the Holocaust: the trial of eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk.
In Erased, Omer Bartov uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace.
In this collection of recent and unpublished essays, leading analytic philosopher Scott Soames traces milestones in his field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the world's most vigorous philosophical tradition.
When Sarah Taylor suspected that her four-year-old daughter, Nadia, had been kidnapped by Fawzi, her abusive ex-husband, Sarah's whole world was turned upside down.
The quotable Ai WeiweiThis collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life.
Wildfire tells the story of the first decade of The Prodigy from the perspective of original member Leeroy Thornhill, fully illustrated with entirely unseen photography from the earliest raves, to Japan and the United States in the late '90s, by which point the band were one of the biggest on the planet.
Since the mid-2000s, public opinion and debate in China have become increasingly common and consequential, despite the ongoing censorship of speech and regulation of civil society.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, from Bar Harbor to Boca Raton, the ragtag crew known as the K&A Gang robbed wealthy suburban neighborhoods with assembly line skills.
In his heyday as a top television news broadcaster, Ed Mitchell interviewed high-profile politicians such as Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.
Ingo Steuer hat dieses Buch nicht erst geschrieben, wenn sein Leben auf diese oder jene Art gelebt sein wird; wenn andere auf dem Eis stehen und trainieren und er nur noch hinter der Bande steht oder auf der Bank sitzt, zuschaut und ein heißer Tee ihm die Hände wärmt.
Take a ride-along with Sergeant Mark Tappan and his amazing K9 partner Mattis, whose heroic actions will inspire you to live courageously, serve selflessly, and love passionately because every human (and dog) has a purpose.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771-1790) is the name given to the unfinished autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most influential founding fathers of the United States of America.
Blinded in one eye by a childhood incident, his tormentors called him 'One Eye' or 'Cyclops'; it could have instilled a victim mentality in him, but instead he became a fighter.
Inside Pepys' London reveals a vivid picture of London at a critical point in history - poised to become a major centre of international commerce and culture.
In einer Welt, in der die Ansammlung von Dingen oft unausweichlich scheint, bietet Ulla Thamsen mit "Das Messie-Syndrom überwinden" einen wegweisenden Leitfaden für alle, die sich von den Fesseln des zwanghaften Hortens befreien möchten.
En este relato, la autora explica, al comienzo, las razones psicológicas que descubrió en el 2023 que la llevaron a demorar 22 años para culminar este libro.
Historia de una mujer cuenta la vida de una muchacha que, a causa de un contexto de violencia, no entendía por qué la persona que supuestamente la amaba también le hacía daño.
Un día de diciembre de 2017, Jesse Ball se dio cuenta de que tenía la misma edad –39 años– que el artista y escritor Édouard Levé cuando escribió su famoso Autorretrato.
