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Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish refugee Stephie Steiner adapts to life in the cultured Swedish city of Gothenburg, where she attends school, falls in love, and worries about her parents who were not allowed to emigrate.

The story of a weary traveler who stops at the home of a grumpy old woman and shows her how to make nail soup.

"Describes the customs, songs, foods, and activities associated with the celebration of Christmas in Sweden"--Provided by publisher.

Presents volume eight of an eight-volume series on Holocaust Biographies, and examines the role that Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman, played in rescuing thousands of Jews from Hungary.

Chronicles the life of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swede, who at the end of World War II was able to save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazi concentration camps.

Liberated from a German concentration camp at the end of World War II but haunted by the memory of her ordeal, fifteen-year-old Piri starts a strange new life as a Jew in Sweden. 'Sequel to "Upon the Head of the Goat.".

In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.

New York police detective Jacob Kanon searches for the killer of his daughter and her boyfriend, who were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in other European cities have been found dead with little to connect the murders except a postcard to the local newspaper. Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm, and they think they know where to find the next victims.

A comprehensive biography of Swedish film actress Ingrid Bergman that chronicles her childhood, early film career in Europe, classic films in America, marriages, and children.