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    Francis of Assisi

    The Life of a Restless Saint

    by Volker Leppin ...
    Narrated by Bob Souer ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 40 min

    One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired generations of Christians and other spiritual seekers, from medieval ascetics to 1960s hippies and modern environmentalists. The "poverello" wrote poems praising the sun, moon, and stars, spoke to the birds, and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Hitler: Ascent

    1889-1939

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This landmark biography of Hitler puts an emphasis on the man himself: his personality, his temperament, and his beliefs.“[A] fascinating Shakespearean parable about how the confluence of circumstance, chance, a ruthless individual and the willful blindness of others can transform a country — and, in Hitler’s case, lead to an unimaginable nightmare for the world.” ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Hitler: Downfall

    1939-1945

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    A riveting account of the dictator’s final years, when he got the war he wanted but led his nation, the world, and himself to catastrophe—from the author of Hitler: Ascent“Skillfully conceived and utterly engrossing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewIn the summer of 1939, Hitler was at the zenith of his power. Having consolidated political control in Germany, he was at the helm of a newly restored ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • About Death Penalty. Reflections on Legal History

    From the Code of Hammurabi and Sumerian Precursors up to Gemanic Law, the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages

    by Volker Krey ...
    The brief monograph at hand deals with the issue Death Penalty from a legal history standpoint. Here, after some introductory remarks on pre-state societies (hunters and gatherers), the following historic eras are subject matter: The Code of Hammurabi and Sumerian precursors, Germanic Law, the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages. Target groups of this publication particularly are criminal lawyers, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Francis of Assisi

    The Life of a Restless Saint

    by Volker Leppin ...
    Translated by Rhys S. Bezzant ...
    An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the mythsOne of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired generations of Christians and other spiritual seekers, from medieval ascetics to 1960s hippies and modern ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Silent Death

    A Gereon Rath Mystery

    by Volker Kutscher ...
    Translated by Niall Sellar ...
    Series Book 2 - Gereon Rath Mystery Series
    The Silent Death: A Gripping Historical Mystery Set in the Shadows of 1930s Berlin"[Kutscher's] trick is ingenious...He's created a portrait of an era through the lens of genre fiction."—The New York TimesVolker Kutscher, author of the international bestseller Babylon Berlin, continues his Gereon Rath Mystery series with The Silent Death as a police inspector investigates crime and corruption in a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Babylon Berlin

    Book 1 of the Gereon Rath Mystery Series

    by Volker Kutscher ...
    Translated by Niall Sellar ...
    Series Book 1 - Gereon Rath Mystery Series
    THE BASIS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TV SENSATION BABYLON BERLIN"Cabaret on cocaine...captures the dark glamour of a briefly exhilarating time between the wars." --NPRBabylon Berlin is the first book in the international-bestselling series from Volker Kutscher that centers on Detective Gereon Rath caught up in a web of drugs, sex, political intrigue, and murder in Berlin as Germany teeters on the edge ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Goldstein

    A Gereon Rath Mystery

    by Volker Kutscher ...
    Translated by Niall Sellar ...
    Series Book 3 - Gereon Rath Mystery Series
    **The Basis for the International TV Sensation Babylon BerlinOne of CrimeReads's Favorite Crime Books of the Year (Selected by Paul French)Volker Kutscher, author of the international bestseller Babylon Berlin, continues his Gereon Rath Mystery series with Goldstein** as a police inspector investigates the crime and corruption of a decadent 1930s Berlin in the shadows of the growing Nazi movement ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Bismarck

    The Iron Chancellor

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    Translated by Timothy Beech ...
    Series series Life & Times
    An accessible biography of Otto von Bismarck, Germany’s first chancellor.Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) has gone down in history as the Iron Chancellor, a reactionary and militarist whose 1871 unification of Germany put Europe on a path of disaster leading up to World War I. But, as this new edition of his accessible biography shows, the real Bismarck was a far more complex character.A leading ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Martin Bormann

    Hitler's Executioner

    by Volker Koop ...
    Translated by Cordula Werschkun ...
    A biography of the man who served as head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, Hitler's personal secretary, and the monster who decided the fate of millions.Born on June 17, 1900, Martin Ludwig Bormann became one of the most powerful and most feared men in the Third Reich. An obsessive bureaucrat, it was Bormann who helped steer Hitler's apparatus of terror so effectively that he became the clandestine ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Feminist Utopia Project

    Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future

    Edited by Alexandra Brodsky, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff ...
    This "incredible addition to the feminist canon" brings together the most inspiring, creative, and courageous voices concerning modern women's issues (Jessica Valenti, editor of Yes Means Yes).In this groundbreaking collection, more than fifty cutting-edge feminist writers—including Melissa Harris-Perry, Janet Mock, Sheila Heti, and Mia McKenzie—invite us to imagine a world of freedom and equality ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Red Book

    Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing

    Edited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff ...
    A collection of essays, oral histories, and artworks about periods across all stages of life, gathered by the editor of the New York Times bestselling anthology My Little Red Book.After hearing a harrowing coming-of-age story from her great aunt, Rachel Kauder Nalebuff started gathering stories about menstruation in her family that had never been told. What began as an oral history project quickly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook