A first-person survivor's account of the sinking of this great ship chronicles the fateful maiden voyage of Titanic with often searing detail. Reissue.

A first-person survivor's account of the sinking of this great ship chronicles the fateful maiden voyage of Titanic with often searing detail. Reissue.

In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director, and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghetto's very existence. From one of Scandinavia's most critically acclaimed and bestselling authors, The Emperor of Lies chronicles the tale of Rumkowski's monarchical rule over a quarter of a million Jews. Driven by a titanic ambition, he sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it - and himself - indispensable to the Nazi regime. Drawing on the chronicles of life in the Lódz ghetto, Steve Sem-Sandberg captures the full panorama of human resilience, and questions the nature of evil. He asks the most difficult questions: Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist, an accessory to the Nazi regime driven by a lust for power? Or was he a pragmatic strategist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration policies?

In February 1940, the Nazis established what would become the second largest Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Lódz. Its chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director, and the elusive, authoritarian power sustaining the ghetto's very existence. From one of Scandinavia's most critically acclaimed and bestselling authors, The Emperor of Lies chronicles the tale of Rumkowski's monarchical rule over a quarter of a million Jews. Driven by a titanic ambition, he sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it - and himself - indispensable to the Nazi regime. Drawing on the chronicles of life in the Lódz ghetto, Steve Sem-Sandberg captures the full panorama of human resilience, and questions the nature of evil. He asks the most difficult questions: Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist, an accessory to the Nazi regime driven by a lust for power? Or was he a pragmatic strategist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration policies?

Which goose is that? Breno Lerner has finally put together the chronicles and reflections he has been writing in his column 'Kitchen Chats', published since 2001in several newspapers and magazines. The result of putting them together like this, is a great conversation that alternates themes like gastronomy, culinary, food, going back and forth to the kitchen. After all, which goose is this barnacle? What was served in the last supper at the Titanic? How the last Imperial ball has finished? How the sailors of the Great Navigations were fed, long before the refrigerator and the microwave came along? Who cut the ox cubes that democratically fit today in every kitchen? Which was the first cookbook, the first known written recipe? There are some other recipes, also very curious. Anyway, you start reading The Barnacle Goose and you are unable to stop. But isn't exactly that what they say about eating?! This is certainly the goal of Breno Lerner: to serve his chronicles as if they were an exquisite meal.

Which goose is that? Breno Lerner has finally put together the chronicles and reflections he has been writing in his column 'Kitchen Chats', published since 2001in several newspapers and magazines. The result of putting them together like this, is a great conversation that alternates themes like gastronomy, culinary, food, going back and forth to the kitchen. After all, which goose is this barnacle? What was served in the last supper at the Titanic? How the last Imperial ball has finished? How the sailors of the Great Navigations were fed, long before the refrigerator and the microwave came along? Who cut the ox cubes that democratically fit today in every kitchen? Which was the first cookbook, the first known written recipe? There are some other recipes, also very curious. Anyway, you start reading The Barnacle Goose and you are unable to stop. But isn't exactly that what they say about eating?! This is certainly the goal of Breno Lerner: to serve his chronicles as if they were an exquisite meal.

From Edna's childhood wearing a flour sack dress while living in a leaky barn to breaking ground in a small mid-west city, outdoor education and the ministry, this story chronicles a determined Canadian prairie pioneer through defining 20th century world events. Edna's grandfather, a baron, fled to England when Bismark started annexing land to create Germany. Her father fought in the Boer War, became one of Baden-Powell's original scouts, sang at the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Mary, and later fled to Canada to avoid the law. Her mother narrowly missed her passage on the ill-fated Titanic voyage. The story begins with Edna's birth to these well-bred parents without a penny to their name.

From Edna's childhood wearing a flour sack dress while living in a leaky barn to breaking ground in a small mid-west city, outdoor education and the ministry, this story chronicles a determined Canadian prairie pioneer through defining 20th century world events. Edna's grandfather, a baron, fled to England when Bismark started annexing land to create Germany. Her father fought in the Boer War, became one of Baden-Powell's original scouts, sang at the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Mary, and later fled to Canada to avoid the law. Her mother narrowly missed her passage on the ill-fated Titanic voyage. The story begins with Edna's birth to these well-bred parents without a penny to their name.

Jessica, Emily, and Kaleb are video game fanatics. They love to play video games and are often found quoting them in their everyday conversation. But can video games be taken too seriously and become real life? The teens find themselves chasing after The Dark Princess as she wields a path of chaos, destruction and mayhem. Their adventure takes them across the ocean on the Titanic 2.0, fighting a shark-zilla, and ultimately to Stone Henge where The Dark Princess has hidden her lair. Can Jessica save her boyfriend from the clutches of this evil mastermind? The teens soon discover that words can be as sharp as the katana that Jessica carries. Will they make it back home alive, and will what they do and say really matter after all? This is the first installment in the Teen Adventure Chronicles. Follow Jessica and her friends in their adventures around the world.