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Tag: Germany

  • The Listener

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    By David Lester Place: Publisher & Year: Winnipeg: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2011 Genres: General fiction, historical fiction Format: Graphic novel ISBN: 9781894037488 Audience: Adults Number of pages: 312 Settings: Vancouver, BC, Canada, Lippe, Germany & other locations in Europe Time periods: Contemporary and 1928-1933 Plot summary: Hitler’s rise to power is described to the main…

  • The Informationist: A Thriller

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    By Taylor Stevens Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Crown Publishers, 2011 Genres: Thriller, adventure, suspense Series: Vanessa Michael Munroe; 1 ISBN: 9780307717092 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 307 Setting: Mainly set in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon, Africa.  Also set in Houston, Texas and Frankfurt, Germany, with brief stints in Ankara, Turkey and Paris, France.…

  • The Book Thief

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    By Markus Zusak Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A Knopf, c2005, 2006 Genre: Historical fiction ISBN: 9780375831003 Audience: Adult, young adult -“Somebody’s favorite book” Number of pages: 552 Setting: Molching, Germany (outside of Munich) Time period: 1939- 1945 Plot summary: In January 1939, nine year old, Liesel Meminger, steals her first book while…

  • Lord John and the Hand of Devils

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    By Diana Gabaldon Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Delacorte Press, 2007 Genres: Historical fiction, mystery Series: Lord John Grey series ISBN: 9780385311397 Intended audience: adults Number of pages: 302 Setting: England and Germany Time period: Eighteenth century Plot summary: The book is a compilation of three different stories – “Lord John and the Hellfire…