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| | 1. |  | The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
from W. W. Norton
Price: $10.17
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This book reads like a novel but is the story of the struggle of the Polish people against the German war machine. Centered around a family that runs a zoo and shelters Jews fleeing from the Aryan mania it can be at times very distressing but also very uplifting. I bought this book for my... more info
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| | 6. |  | The Forgotten Soldier
from Potomac Books Inc.
Price: $13.57
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The wind sucks the breath out of my mouth, even though covered. Ice crystals form on the outer layer of my sock-mask. If I did not knock the crystal off I fear that I would no longer be able to fear. As I wander endless white do I dream or hallucinate of summer at the lake. I have never been so cold... more info
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| | 7. |  | The Painted Bird (Kosinski, Jerzy)
from Grove Press
Price: $10.40
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A powerful, brutally dark novel, *The Painted Bird* is a masterpiece of 20th century literature whatever the prevailing critical/personal opinions regarding Kosinski and the many controversies that surround him may be. I'm not exactly sure how it gets the reputation as a Holocaust novel because the... more info
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| | 8. |  | Push Not the River
from St. Martin's Griffin
Price: $10.17
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Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin is a one-of-a kind truely unique novel that is bound to become a classic for many years to come. The novel's concept is unprecedented as the author uses the diary of a real life Polish Countess, Anna Maria Berezowska, (1791-1794) and mixes facts with... more info
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| | 9. |  | Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History
from Picador
Price: $10.20
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Robert Kaplan's Balkan Ghosts is more than a travel book for most of his experiences in the Balkan's were far from tourism. Rather, like Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, his book explores time and place with the precision of an anthropologist.
Kaplan points out that this area of the... more info
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