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Book Club Kit: In the Garden of Beasts
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
Posted in Book Club Kit, Non-fiction
Tagged 6 Copies, AJPL, books, Erik Larson, Germany, literature, reading, World War II, WWII
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We Recommend…Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon
Are you interested in the period just following World War II? Or maybe you’re interested in Istanbul, Turkey? Or do you just love a good spy novel? Either way, the newest book by Joseph Kanon is for you. Istanbul Passage … Continue reading
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Tagged books, espionage, istanbul, reading, recommendations, spy novel, WWII
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Book Club Kit: Sarah’s Key
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay First Published: 2007 10 Copies & Reading Guide Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club Kit, Fiction
Tagged 10 Copies, 2007, books, family, Historical Fiction, History, literature, PCLD, reading, Tatiana de Rosnay, Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, World War II, WWII
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Book Club Kit: The Book Thief
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
Posted in Book Club Kit, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged 10 Copies, 2006, books, Germany, Markus Zusak, PCLD, reading, WWII
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