germany

An introduction to the cooking of Germany featuring such traditional recipes as spaetzle, hot potato salad, Black Forest torte, and marzipan. Also includes information on the history, geography, customs and people of this European country.

Recounts the story of the artifacts sold, confiscated, stolen, dismembered, defaced, destroyed, or buried during World War II and its aftermath.

In January 1945, eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, her lover, and a Jew who escaped a train bound for Auschwitz face the elements and witness the horrors of war as they travel west in hopes of reaching the British and American lines.

Presents the complete text to the seventeenth-century versions of Christopher Marlowe's classic play and includes explanatory notes, twenty-five critical essays, and chronology.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Germany, and includes discussion of the country's religion, literature, media and cinema, performing arts, painting, architecture, geography, holidays, education, and society.

Chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a young pop music star in Germany, as well as the relationships she builds and destroys along the way.

Elaborates on the tale of "The Pied Piper," told from the point of view of a boy who is too ill to keep up when a piper spirits away the healthy children of a plague-ridden town after being cheated out of full payment for ridding Hameln of rats.

Presents a biography of Adolf Hitler, and describes his troubled childhood, service in World War One, entrance into politics, and how he was able to maneuver himself into becoming the most powerful dictator of the twentieth century.

Presents a series of fictional stories based upon the warring cultures of Germany and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century and describes some of the decisions made by various figures and the fates of certain artists and poets of the time.

An introduction to Germany that provides information on the country's people, history, landmarks, geography, cities, language, and celebrations.