Tag Archives: Germany

Book Club Kit: In the Garden of Beasts

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson First Published: 2011 6 Copies & Reading Guide The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to … Continue reading →

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We Recommend…A Good American by Alex George

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

After just three pages, I knew I would love A Good American by Alex George. We meet Frederick and Jette at the beginning of their love affair in the early 1900s and we follow their family’s story through the present.  … Continue reading →

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Book Club Kit: The Book Thief

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak First Published: 2006 10 Copies & Reading Guide Liesel Meminger is only nine years old when she is taken to live with the Hubermanns, a foster family, on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, in … Continue reading →

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