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#1 The author has made a career out of attempting to make the Holocaust accessible and memorable. He brings to this book his unusual training as an economic historian, which helps him see the importance of numbers and their significance.
#2 This is not a book about the Holocaust, but rather a book debunking the myths surrounding it.
#3 The term antisemitism is a misnomer,...
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An exploration of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust challenges misconceptions and discusses how no single theory fully explains the tragedy, drawing on a wealth of scholarly research and experience to offer new insights.
"Despite the outpouring of books, movies, museums, memorials, and courses devoted to the Holocaust, a coherent explanation of why such ghastly carnage erupted from the heart of civilized Europe in the twentieth...
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"Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, introduces readers to the most significant and compelling poems of the past hundred years in [this book]. [This] volume represents the full spectrum of aesthetic sensibilities-- with varying styles, voices, themes, and cultures-- while balancing important poems with vital periods of each poet. Featuring earlier works by Robert Frost, James Weldon Johnson, and Wallace...
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"Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments explores long-standing ethical and moral issues in light of our most urgent dilemmas. Divided into twelve sections, the book opens with a series of broad arguments on existence, human nature and morality. Indeed, "big" questions of the human condition are explored by some of our best-known and most accomplished living philosophers: What is the meaning of our existence? Should we really "do what we love"? How should we...
5) Insurgent
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Divergent volume 2
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Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris₂s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past...
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A timeless volume to be read and treasured, The Stone Reader provides an unparalleled overview of contemporary philosophy. Once solely the province of ivory-tower professors and college classrooms, contemporary philosophy was finally emancipated from its academic closet in 2010, when The Stone was launched in The New York Times. First appearing as an online series, the column quickly attracted millions of readers through its accessible examination...
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The spirit of 1776 comes alive as children learn about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and witness the events preceding it. Children discover why America celebrates the Fourth of July through footage of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and an introduction of the ideas of liberty and freedom.
11) Jungles
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An introduction to tropical rain forests for children. Discusses the wealth of wildlife that jungles shelter and about the people who live there. Explores the Amazon and tells why the future of the jungle is threatened.
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When Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, best known for his Apu trilogy, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1992, film preservationist David Sheppard traveled to Bengal to prepare a short tribute film and found Ray's original negatives in a terrible state. This documentary tells the story of how Ray's work came so close to disintegration and why his films are so important. Includes commentary from filmmakers, critics, a film restorer, an art...
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A question of silence: When three women with no previous acquaintance kill a male shopkeeper in the middle of the day, the female psychiatrist assigned to the case sets out to understand why.
Broken mirrors: Set in an Amsterdam brothel, two prostitutes rebel against their lot in life. Meanwhile one of their customers kidnaps a woman.
The last island: Five men and two women, marooned survivors of an air crash, discover that they may be the only survivors...
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