Commandant of Auschwitz recalls Nazi actions and fate
Rudolf Hoess, Auschwitz commandant, discusses his role in mass gassings from 1941 to 1943, defending orders from Himmler. The bio details his early life, rise in the SS, brutal camp operations, capture, trial, and execution, portraying a brutal view of totalitarian power.
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Rudolf Hoess
Auschwitz
Nazi Germany
Hoess
Himmler
Germany
Dachau
Sachsenhausen
Poland
Life Bubbles Up From The Hand Of The Hunter
John Braine’s Life Bubbles Up from the Hand of the Hunter centers on Dick Corvey a tuberculosis patient in wartime Britain and the life around him. Evoking small-town shopkeepers nurses and lovers it captures longing and the psychosomatic illness with a quiet introspective voice. The book, not a swift thriller, offers patient character study and renewed hope as voices rise from daily life.
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John Braine
Houghton Mifflin
Dick Corvey
Nelly
Mal Jaton
Harry
Braine
Sound of One Hand review in wartime Japan setting
Laurence D. Savadore’s novel follows Endicott a war veteran with an eye patch who deserts to a small Japanese village near Tokyo. He bonds with a Nisei and a young woman Tomi while his mother Renatti and cousin Barbara urge him to return to the United States. The book contrasts Ginza nightlife with a genuine Japanese community offering a soothing rhythm and authentic character studies.
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Laurence D. Savadore
Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Korea
Japan
Renatti
Endicott
The
Note
Sonoko
Machiko
the Penny
Tokyo
Tomi
States
Barbara
Ginza
Lafcadio Hearn
MUTA Best Sellers List Highlights Diverse Titles
A catalog of MUTA Best Sellers features FICTION titles including HAWAII by Michener and ADVISE AND CONSENT, along with THE CONSTANT IMAGE and TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN. NONFICTION entries include MAY THIS HOUSE BE SAFE FROM TIGERS, and FOLK MEDICINE.
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Hawaii
Michener
the Constant Image
Davenport
Shaw
Devil's Advocate
West
King
Jarvis
Hart
Flynn
Ryan
Logan's Films Are Academy Winners
Hollywood reports Joshua Logan has directed four motion pictures that garnered 16 Academy Award nominations and seven Oscars. His fifth project Tall Story, produced and directed for Warner Bros. by Mansfield, features Anthony Perkins Jane Fonda and Ray Walston and is due for release.
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Hollywood
Joshua Logan
Warner Bros
Mansfield Independent
Anthony Perkins
Jane Fonda
Ray Walston
Logan
Don Murray
Red Buttons
Miyoshi Umeki
Marlon Brando
South Pacific
On Guard THE U. S. SECRET SERVICE
A compact history of the U S Secret Service from its 1865 founding to present, detailing Lincoln's order, Wood’s early counterfeiting crackdown, and the agency's evolving roles in protection and investigation. Noting later shifts with the FBI and anecdotes about leaders and agents.
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U. S. Secret Service
Walter 5. Bowen
Henry Edward Neal
Chilton
Lincoln
Ford Theater
William P. Wood
Alleghenies
Mysterious Bob
Secret Service
Teapot Dome
FBI
Woodrow Wilson
Gault
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Bowen
Joe Wing
Metamorphosed Men in Subtle Pages of Alien Worlds
A reflective note describes how men transform from distant beings to relatable humans through fiction. It hints at a story where love bridges East and West with a shared, sincere emotion, focusing on simple, innocent lives and their tender experiences.
European Education reviewed as stirring war tale
Romala Gary's European Education follows Janek and his father as they hide in a Polish town and join partisans against German occupiers. The novel blends brutal war trials with personal courage, showing how hunger, fear, and betrayal test loyalty while faith in humanity endures.
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Romala Gary
Simes & Schus Pr
Janek
Sucharki
Czern
Old Krylenko
Marek
Wilno
Zosia
Pan Jozef
Tadek
Stalingrad
Dobranski
Pole
Pla
Gary
Young Love KINGDOM COME review by Virginia Sorensen
A 500 page novel set in 1850s Jutland and Copenhagen follows Svend Madsen and Hanne Dalsgaard as social and religious divides threaten their romance. The reviewer lauds Sorensen's sustained pleasures but notes a rare lapse when Hanne confronts Thea Olrik about love and religion.
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Kingdom Come
Virginia Sorensen
Harcourt, Brace
Jutland
Norway
Copenhagen
Hans Christian Andersen
Soren Kierkegaard
Schleswig-Holstein
Arne
Pastor Olrik
Thea
Dipper
America
Brigham Young
Utah
Sorensen
Crow Snatches Parking Tickets in Ontario Incident
A crow reportedly snatched parking tickets from windshields in Sault Ste. Marie Ont. Two witnesses, including Mrs George VerIneskey, saw the brazen thefts, describing the birds as brazen and clever in their pilfering.
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George Ver« Ineskey
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
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