One of those book blog tour things does appear to be happening for Summer of Long Knives. It starts September 15th, runs through October 15th, and’ll involve
I just saw one: Edge of Tomorrow. It’s as fun a summer blockbuster as you’ll find. The premise unites the ideas behind Groundhog Day and Aliens in a way
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The reading I did at Inklings Bookstore in Yakima last weekend was six kinds of fun–special thanks to Emily, events goddess–but most of you reading
I think he kinda liked it. Set in Munich three years after the Nazis assumed power in Germany, The Summer of Long Knives by Jim Snowden (@snowdenlit)
Yes, we’re talking about Mein Kampf, apparently one of the bestselling political books of the year. B-School grads in India are expected to have devoured its
While Dachau was the most famous of Germany’s concentration camps–its name became synecdoche for the entire camp system–many others sprang up during the 1930s.
The Nazi calendar had its own set of holidays, including the anniversary of the seizure of power (January 30th), Hitler’s birthday (April 20th) and the
In Summer of Long Knives, Rolf and Klara’s main goal–disrupted by the murder of Gretl Hofstengl–is to leave Nazi Germany. Accomplishing this involved clearing a couple
Over at the Goodreads Summer of Long Knives discussion thread, my reader Lilo is telling us all about a book called Pfaffenhofen unterm Hakenkreuz (Pfaffenhoffen under the Twisted Cross.),