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  • Eight Days in May

    The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    **"[G]ripping, immaculately researched . . . In Mr. Ullrich’s account, the murderous behavior of the Reich’s last-ditch loyalists was not a reaction born of rage or of stubbornness in the face of defeat—common enough in war—but of something that had long ago tipped over into the pathological." —Andrew Stuttaford, Wall Street JournalThe best-selling author of Hitler: Ascent and Hitler: Downfall ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Fateful Hours

    The Collapse of the Weimar Republic

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    Narrated by Russ Bain ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 17 min

    From the New York Times bestselling historian, the riveting story of the Weimar Republic―a fledgling democracy beset by chaos and extremism―and its dissolution into the Third Reich.Democracies are fragile. Freedoms that seem secure can be lost. Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic. Germany's first democracy endured for fourteen tumultuous years and ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Writers' Castle

    Reporting History at Nuremberg

    by Uwe Neumahr ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    **A gripping new approach to the Nuremberg Trial, told through the stories of the many great writers who came to witness it“A riveting group portrait that puts these celebrity reporters in the spotlight... An engaging blend of gossipy anecdote and precise, thought-provoking analysis” — Financial Times**Nuremberg, 1945. As the trials of Nazi war criminals begin, some of the world's most famous ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Background for Love

    by Helen Wolff, Marion Detjen ...
    Translated by Tristram Wolff, Jefferson Chase ...
    Series series Pushkin Press Classics
    A lush autobiographical story of young love, 1930s Côte d’Azur, and rising fascism in Nazi Germany — by the famed publisher of Calvino, Pasternak, and Gunter GrassIn a giddy rush, a young woman and her older lover leave 1930s Berlin for a summer vacation on the Côte d'Azur. As they drive along stunning bays, linger over sumptuous meals and steal kisses on the street, they seem marvelously in sync, ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Summer of Freedom

    How 1945 Changed the World

    by Oliver Hilmes ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    This colorful post–World War II history brings to life a crucial yet understudied period, through the eyes of both major figures and ordinary people.It was a summer like no one had ever experienced: in the four months from May to September 1945, the old world collapsed, and a new one opened up. The heinous Third Reich was over, ushering in an era of freedom, but also fresh conflicts.With a ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis

    A History of Collaboration

    by Stephan Malinowski ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    The shocking true story of the German monarchy's collaboration with the Nazis – an award-winning bestseller in Germany**AWARDED THE GERMAN NON-FICTION PRIZE 2022**'Malinowksi’s work is a near-masterpiece, relating a story not synthesised in this way before, and about which any number of self-serving myths exist' Simon Heffer, Daily TelegraphThe disappearance of the Hohenzollern family from ... ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Dead Funny

    Telling Jokes in Hitler's Germany

    by Rudolph Herzog ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    As Donald Trump persecutes comedians who make fun of him, a look at WWII history shows that, under fascism, a joke can get you banned, exiled . . . or executed . . .Hitler and Göring are standing on top of the Berlin radio tower. Hitler says he wants to do something to put a smile on the Berliners’ faces. Göring says, “Why don’t you jump?”When a woman working in a German factory told this joke to ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • 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

    $14.99 CAD

  • Berlin 1936

    Sixteen Days in August

    by Oliver Hilmes ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR GENERAL OUTSTANDING SPORTS WRITINGA captivating account of the Nazi Olympics – told through the voices and stories of those who were there.'Compelling, suspenseful and beautifully done' Anna Funder, author of STASILANDFor sixteen days in the summer of 1936, the world’s attention turned to the German capital as it hosted the Olympic Games.Seen thr... ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Football Leaks

    Uncovering the Dirty Deals Behind the Beautiful Game

    by Rafael Buschmann, Michael Wulzinger ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    'Probably the biggest story in football of the last decade ... Reads like a Cold War thriller.' - Best Football Books of 2019, FourFourTwo***One anonymous football fan.**18.6 million confidential documents.This is the explosive story of the biggest leak in sporting history - and the shady underworld of modern football.**In 2016, a whistle-blower known only as 'John' started to leak a treasur... ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Fateful Hours

    The Collapse of the Weimar Republic

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    From the New York Times best-selling historian, the riveting story of the Weimar Republic—a fledgling democracy beset by chaos and extremism—and its dissolution into the Third Reich.Democracies are fragile. Freedoms that seem secure can be lost. Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic. Germany’s first democracy endured for fourteen tumultuous years ... Read more

    $35.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Germany 1923

    Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis

    by Volker Ullrich ...
    Translated by Jefferson Chase ...
    From the New York Times best-selling historian comes a gripping account of the crisis of the Weimar Republic, when hyperinflation and political upheaval threatened to unravel a new experiment in democracy.As the great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography, written in exile, “I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such ... Read more

    $24.39 CAD