War Nonfiction

Endpapers excavates the extraordinary histories of the author's grandfather and father: the renowned publisher Kurt Wolff, dubbed "perhaps the 20th century's most discriminating publisher" by the New York Times Book Review, and his son Niko, who fought in the Wehrmacht during World War II before coming to America.

This young readers’ edition from New York Times best-selling author and Fox News anchor Bret Baier dives into the first of the secret World War II meetings between President Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, which would shape the world for decades to come.

After the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese Americans became the subject of racism and discrimination within the United States. Many were rounded up and put in concentration camps. But even while this was happening, there were many Japanese American soldiers who fought to ensure that all Americans were safe during the biggest conflict in world history. Facing the Mountain is the story of three Japanese American soldiers: Rudy Tokiwa, Fred Shiosaki, and Kats Miho, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team to fight for their country in World War II.

Recruited by the US Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than 10,000 women served as codebreakers during World War II. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, best-selling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.

After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in refugee camps for ten years, until a refugee relocation program gave her the opportunity to move to the United States. When asked why she should be given a chance to leave the camp, Achut simply told the interviewer: I want life. But the chance at starting a new life in a new country came with a different set of challenges. Some of them equally deadly. Taught by the strong women in her life not to look back, Achut kept moving forward, overcoming one obstacle after another.

In Lincoln's Last Days, Bill O'Reilly masterfully adapts his historical thriller to appeal to a younger audience. Shorter text and abundant photographs make this is a useful, inviting, and accessible audiobook for younger listeners interested in American history and the Civil War. Both adults and children are sure to find this volume irresistible on its own, or as a compelling companion to Killing Lincoln.

Er stammte aus ärmlichsten Verhältnissen und war voller Ideen: Karl May. Er konnte sich zum Hilfslehrer hocharbeiten, aber das war immer noch ein armseliger Beruf. Karl wollte höher hinaus, er wollte die Welt in ihrer ganzen Schönheit erleben dürfen. Er träumte von fremden Ländern und einem abenteuerlichen Leben und merkte, dass er davon schreiben konnte und dass die Leute ganz gebannt lasen, was er schrieb. Er wurde Schriftsteller, und zwar ein erfolgreicher.

Axel Brüggemann lässt das Klischee vom "Wolferl", dem "Donnerblitzbub", hinter sich und nimmt seine jungen Hörer ebenso ernst wie den genialen Komponisten und Musiker. Er zeigt, dass Mozart kein braver Knabe, sondern eigensinnig und unangepasst war, ähnlich wie ein Popmusiker von heute. Das Hörbuch beginnt nicht mit dem vierjährigen Wunderkind Mozart, sondern mit dem ausgezehrten, fiebernden Mozart, der auf dem Sterbebett die dramatische Musik seines Requiems diktiert und sich dazwischen an sein Leben zurückerinnert.

Alles beginnt damit, dass der junge Robert von Locksley durch Betrug und Intrige seinen Besitz verliert und als Geächteter in den Sherwood Forest flieht. Dort trifft er auf Gleichgesinnte, die bald seine getreuen Gefährten und unzertrennlichen Freunde werden. Robins Stockkampf mit dem riesenhaften Little John fehlt ebenso wenig wie das Wettschießen mit dem meisterhaften Bogenschützen Scarlet oder die Begegnung mit Bruder Tuck, dem stets hungrigen Philosophen unter den Männern im Wald. Gemeinsam setzen sie sich gegen den rachsüchtigen Guy von Gisbourne zur Wehr. Und gegen Robins anderen großen Widersacher, den mächtigen Sheriff von Nottingham, der kein anderes Ziel kennt, als die Bande endlich zur Strecke zu bringen. Zahlreiche gefährliche Abenteuer sind zu bestehen, bevor Robin Hood am Ende sogar Richard Löwenherz begegnet, dem großen König von England.

Lakota-Häuptling Sitting Bull, dessen indianischer Name Tatanka Yotanka lautete, beobachtete mit Sorge, wie die weißen Siedler seinem Volk weite Teile der Prärien Nordamerikas nahmen. Die riesigen Büffelherden, einst Lebensgrundlage der Indianer, wurden nahezu ausgerottet. Eisenbahnlinien zerschnitten das Land, Siedlungen und Forts wurden errichtet und die Indianer immer weiter vertrieben.

Telemach, Odysseus' Sohn, inzwischen auch schon ein Mann in reifen Jahren, erinnert sich an früher: Daran, wie sein Vater sich versteckt hatte, als die Männer kamen, die ihn unbedingt beim Kriegszug gegen Troja dabei haben wollten, und wie er dann doch mitziehen musste; an die Nachrichten von den Heldentaten seines Vaters, die das heimische Ithaka erreichten. Noch besser erinnert er sich an seine Gefühle, als er seinen Vater, den er ja so gut wie gar nicht kannte, unverhofft auf Ithaka wiedersah.

Wer war Klaus Störtebeker? Das Schicksal dieses Piraten fasziniert die Menschen seit vielen Jahrhunderten und hat zahlreiche Legenden angeregt. In ihrer lebendigen und farbigen Erzählung porträtiert Kirsten John den "deutschen Robin Hood" und berühmten Seeräuber, der die reichen Kaufleute in Hamburg und Bremen ausraubte und seine Beute unter den Armen verteilte. Von den Kaufleuten gehasst und gefürchtet, stiegen Störtebeker und seine Männer zu Volkshelden der kleinen Leute in Norddeutschland auf.

For more than 100 years, a submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. This Civil War stealth weapon, the H.L. Hunley, made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. But something went wrong during that daring mission. The Hunley never returned to port.

When Frank Thompson sees a poster requesting recruits for the new Union army, he is ready and willing to enlist. Except Frank isn’t his real name. In fact, Frank isn’t a man—he is really Sarah Emma Edmonds. At only nineteen years old, Sarah had already been dressing as a man for three years and living on the run in order to escape an arranged marriage. She had tasted freedom, and there was no going back.

Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. Her people have been rounded up in reconcentration camps, where there is always too little food and too much illness. Rosa knows how to heal sickness with medicines made from wild plants. But with a price on her head for helping the rebels, Rosa dares not go out in the open. Instead, she turns hidden caves into hospitals for those who know how to find her.

Adults wage war, while children are unwitting victims, pulled into a maelstrom of fear and hate without any choice. This is a story about two groups of teenagers on opposite sides of the world, forever connected by an act of war. It is a story about the adults some of those teens became, forever connected by acts of forgiveness, understanding, and peace. And it is a story about one remarkable man, whose heart belonged to both America and Japan, who put that peace and understanding in motion.

Uhu ist in Ungarn! Dort hilft er Béla Bartók beim Volkslieder Sammeln in der Puszta. Ob Arnold Schönberg und Gustav Mahler...

Dorothy Lucas yearned to discover all that she was capable of. After the devastating news of Pearl Harbor, her brothers joined the World War II war effort, but Dorothy wanted to do her part, too. So, she enlisted to serve as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). After hours of flight school and roaring engines, Dorothy and her fellow WASPs risked their lives towing targets in the air for the male fighter pilots in training. Through many mechanical scares and smoke-filled cockpits, Dorothy remained brave and committed to her job - defying gravity and defying the odds.

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the white beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture.

Best-selling author and screenwriter Alistair MacLean follows Lawrence as he breaks with tradition to live with Arabs and, using modern-day guerrilla tactics, helps them defeat the Turks and gain an independent state. In addition to the enthralling details of the campaign, MacLean provides valuable insight into the origins of the Middle East we know today.