Adolph Hitler, obsessed with supernatural objects, believes that the ancient and mysterious Kabbalah will make him master of the world as it is reputed to have the power to alter the fate of nations. Once possessed by the Templars, it has been hidden for over 600 years. Undaunted, Hitler assigns Klaus Schwerin, his maser spy, on a top secret mission to find it. Vicious, devious and a veritable chameleon, Schwerin compels the worlds expert on the Kabbalah, Professor Anton Gruenwald, a Jew, ...

In the realm of poetry, where words dance and emotions soar, Benjamin King's verse emerges as a symphony of raw passion and profound introspection. "Ben Kings Verse (Unabridged)" is an unyielding testament to the human experience, delving into the depths of love, loss, and the relentless pursuit of meaning. Through lyrical prose and evocative imagery, King's words ignite a fire within the reader's soul, leaving an indelible mark on their hearts and minds. Prepare to embark on a literary jo...

Follow this Path shows you how the traditional ways to engage people no longer apply in today's world, and offers an alternative system called "The Gallup Path," based on the proven, revolutionary strategies of the world's most successful businesses.What do the world's greatest organizations have in common? They know that their most valuable resource is human-their employees and customers. And the best companies understand two important facts: people are e...

Stink, JT, and Toya are from the very bottom, the Black Bottom to be exact. All three just happen to be trapped inside the same impoverished, unforgiving neighborhood as kids. Growing up deprived of even the simple necessities creates not just a want but a need for better. With no parents, no guidance and no love, it's not long before the trio take to fearless desperation when gambling with their lives and freedom. They embody the pioneer spirit of the legendary Detroit hustlers invading f...

Markwon has had things come to him easily most of his young life. His parents gave him whatever he wanted, and so did the girls at his high school. One day a sixty-second altercation leads to a decision that would alter his young life forever. But Kwon's decision doesn't just affect his life, it affects the lives of everyone around him, and lives he didn't even know existed. Faced with immeasurable odds, he will have to grow up quickly and find something to believe in if he wants to stay a...

The heroic, #1 New York Times bestselling tale of the men who saved the world's greatest art from the Nazis, and the basis for the acclaimed motion picture starring George Clooney.At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuhrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art h...

A masterly and moving account of the most horrific hidden atrocity of World War II: Ravensbrück, the only Nazi concentration camp built for womenOn a sunny morning in May 1939 a phalanx of 867 women—housewives, doctors, opera singers, politicians, prostitutes—was marched through the woods fifty miles north of Berlin, driven on past a shining lake, then herded in through giant gates. Whipping and kicking them were scores of German women guards.Their destinati...

'[Harry Leslie Smith] is absolutely one of my heroes. Everyone should read this and be humbled.' Annie Lennox'A deep love of humanity is what animates Smith. He is a hero of our times.' Newsweek'His straight-from-the-heart delivery makes these events seem as clear and immediate as if they happened yesterday' Morning StarAt 22, the war is over for RAF serviceman Harry Leslie Smith – the now 92-year-...

A groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight -- and keep fighting -- for a lost cause in World War IIIn The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of firsthand testimony -- personal diaries, court records, and military correspondence -- to explore how the German people experienced the Second World War.When war broke out in September 1939, it was deeply unpopular in Germany. Yet without the ...

THE MAELSTROM THAT IS EUROPE, COMPLICATED BY IRON, LOVE AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICANSThe Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, forged from an alliance between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians from the 20th century, led by Mike Stearns, who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident.This troubled century was full ...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardThe real story behind the major motion picture The Monuments Men. The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc Chagall--not to mention works by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso. And the story told in this superbly researched and suspenseful book is that of the Third Reich's war on European culture and the Allies' desperate effort to preserve it.From the Na...

A black musician arrested by Nazis in 1930s Germany endures the horrors of the Dachau death camp in this harrowing novel based on historical factA self-proclaimed "gay negro" from New Orleans, Clifford Pepperidge made his name in the smoky nightclubs of Harlem in the 1920s, playing piano alongside Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, and other jazz greats. A decade later, he thrills crowds nightly in the cabarets of Weimar Berlin. But dark days are on the horizon as the Na...