After the revolution and Civil War, the large Burliuk family became divided—some members left Soviet Russia forever, while others remained in their homeland. The same happened with the family and wide circle of friends of Sonia Delaunay. Despite the seemingly closed borders, correspondence between the two families continued for years. The main theme of these endless letters was the debate...

Die Stadt Berlin rückte im 20. Jahrhundert nur allzu oft ins Zentrum des Geschehens. Berlin war eine monarchische, eine demokratische, eine faschistische und eine sozialistische Hauptstadt. Von hier aus wurden zwei Weltkriege in die Welt getragen, die mit großer Wucht auf die Stadt zurückfielen. In Berlin erlebte der Kalte Krieg seine Zuspitzung, bevor er hier sein symbolisches Ende fand. Die...

Between Anti-Fascist Society, Socialist Utopia and Lived Jewishness: What did it mean to be Jewish in the GDR? After the Shoah, many Jews made the conscious choice to live in East Germany, to be part of building a new, more equitable socialist society, hoping for greater justice and to overcome antisemitic structures. This volume looks at what became of their ideals, how Jewish life was newly...

Farmer Pettson begins to sow his vegetables and because Findus doesn’t like vegetables he decides to plant one of his meatballs instead. However keeping the vegetable garden safe from the farm animals proves a hard task for Findus and Pettson. The seventh story from Hawthorn Press in the popular Findus and Pettson series about a farmer and his talking cat.

The cozy Valyn world was destroyed by the war. She temporarily lives in Italy, but it is not easy for her to get used to a new life in the hospitable southern lands. Brothers David and Vlad feel the same way. Teenagers together sort humanitarian aid for Ukraine, get to know the world around them, test themselves and its strength... And all the time they think about DIM, parents, native...

Is there a place for love and compassion in the basements of Mariupol destroyed by the Russians? Can the gratitude for the time with a loved one be greater than the grief of losing him in the war? What gives you the strength to support people who have just escaped from the occupation, when your son is going through hell in Azovstal right now? And what is it like to welcome a child into this...

Die letzte Woche des Dritten Reiches hat begonnen. Hitler ist tot, aber der Krieg noch nicht zu Ende. Alles scheint zum Stillstand zu kommen, und doch ist alles in atemloser Bewegung. Volker Ullrich schildert Tag für Tag diese 'zeitlose Zeit' und entführt den Leser in eine zusammenbrechende Welt voller Dramatik und Gewalt, Hoffnung und Angst. Sein Buch ist eine unvergessliche Zeitreise in den...

No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on...

As Penny starts the school year she’s ready to face the world—alone. Noah has gone off the radar after ending his world tour early, and no one, including Penny, knows where he is. So when she accepts Megan’s invitation to visit her performing arts school, it seems like an opportunity to make some new friends.

Katerina Gordeeva is one of the most famous independent journalists in Russia. This is a book about grief. The grief of people with different political views and positions, from different cities of Ukraine and Russia, with different destinies, who were united by a common misfortune - war. Gordeeva loves her heroes, and out of trust and love, documentary evidence of this terrible time is born....

Vierundsiebzig ist eine Reise zu den Ursprüngen, zu den Tatorten: in die Camps und an die Frontlinien, in die Wohnzimmer der Verwandten und weiter in ein êzîdisches Dorf in der Türkei, in dem heute niemand mehr lebt. Es geht darum, hinzusehen, zuzuhören, Zeugnis abzulegen, Bilder und Berichte mit der eigenen Geschichte zu verbinden, mit einem Leben als Journalistin und Autorin in Deutschland.