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Personal: A Jack Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher #19)
by Lee Child#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Jack Reacher returns in another fast-moving, action-packed, suspenseful book from Lee Child. You can leave the army, but the army doesn&’t leave you. Not always. Not completely, notes Jack Reacher—and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State Department and the CIA. Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott—an American marksman gone bad—is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison, he&’s out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G8 summit packed with enough world leaders to tempt any assassin. If anyone can stop Kott, it&’s the man who beat him before: Reacher. And though he&’d rather work alone, Reacher is teamed with Casey Nice, a rookie analyst who keeps her cool with Zoloft. But they&’re facing a rough road, full of ruthless mobsters, Serbian thugs, close calls, double-crosses—and no backup if they&’re caught. All the while Reacher can&’t stop thinking about the woman he once failed to save. But he won&’t let that that happen again. Not this time. Not Nice. Reacher never gets too close. But now a killer is making it personal.Praise for Personal &“The best one yet.&”—Stephen King &“Reacher is the stuff of myth, a great male fantasy. . . . One of this century&’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes . . . Child does a masterly job of bringing his adventure to life with endless surprises and fierce suspense.&”—The Washington Post &“Yet another satisfying page-turner.&”—Entertainment Weekly &“Reacher is always up for a good fight, most entertainingly when he goes mano a mano with a seven-foot, 300-pound monster of a mobster named Little Joey. But it&’s Reacher the Teacher who wows here.&”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis
by L. Gregory JonesA topic unjustly neglected in contemporary theology, forgiveness is often taken to be either too easy or too difficult. On the one hand is the conception of forgiveness that views it mainly as a move made for the well-being of the forgiver. On the other hand, forgiveness is sometimes made too difficult by suggestions that violence is the only effective force for responding to injustice. In this exciting and innovative book, L. Gregory Jones argues that neither of these extreme views is appropriate and shows how practices of Christian forgiveness are richer and more comprehensive than often thought. Forgiveness, says Jones, is a way of life that carries with it distinctive concepts of love, community, confession, power, repentance, justice, punishment, remembrance, and forgetfulness. In Part 1 of Embodying Forgiveness Jones first recounts Dietrich Bonhoeffer's own struggle against the temptation to make forgiveness either too easy or too difficult in his thought and, even more, in his life and death at the hands of the Nazis. Jones then considers each of these temptations, focusing on the problem of "therapeutic" forgiveness and then forgiveness's "eclipse" by violence. Part 2 shows why a trinitarian identification of God is crucial for an adequate account of forgiveness. In Part 3 Jones describes forgiveness as a craft and analyzes the difficulty of loving enemies. He deals particularly with problems of disparities in power, impenitent offenders, and the relations between forgiveness, accountability, and punishment. The book concludes with a discussion of the possibility of certain "unforgiveable" situations. Developing a strong theological perspective on forgiveness throughout, Jones draws on films and a wide variety of literature as well as on Scripture and theological texts. In so doing, he develops a rich and comprehensive exploration of what it truly means to embody Christian forgiveness.
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
by Gary ChapmanOver 20 million copies sold! A perennial New York Times bestseller for over a decade!Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that&’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life?In the #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages®, you&’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman&’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today.The 5 Love Languages® is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work.Includes the Love Language assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.
Ben Washington Is the Newbie on the Block (The Ben Washington Series)
by Jasmine MullenBen&’s life has been upended. He&’s leaving Atlanta. His mom&’s having a baby. He desperately wants a dog. Who said being twelve is easy? Meet Ben Washington. He&’s about to leave the place he loves for a new town—population: near nothing. Sixth grade is universally bumpy. And starting school in a pocket-sized town where no one looks like you is going to be an even bigger challenge. Is there a friend for Ben in Radnor Falls? What is he going to do about the trio of bullies who seem far too old to still be in middle school? And what about the mystery of &“Spooky Fred,&” the town outsider? What has Fred done, and what will Ben do when he finds out? Will Ben come to love the slime green house with creaky floors and attic bedroom? Read this story of friendship, faith, and finding God in the hard spaces of life to find out.
Editing Jesus: Confronting the Distorted Faith of the American Church
by Rick LawrenceWe need Jesus. The whole Jesus. The American church is in decline. Secularism is fast gaining traction in culture. Ministry leaders and Christians who love the church are rightly concerned about this momentum. We&’re scrambling to find solutions.Longtime Christian journalist, researcher, and ministry leader Rick Lawrence believes that the driving force propelling the church into irrelevance is its propensity reduce Jesus. Deeply researched and comprehensively sourced, Editing Jesus, explores the 8 ways the Jesus of the contemporary church has been edited to fit the spirit of the age. Lawrence writes on:The Co-Mingling of KingdomsThe Marginalization of the PoorThe Golden-Calfing of MaterialismThe Dismissing of the SupernaturalThe Siren-Song of PlatformingThe De-Prioritizing of Justice . . . and moreThis book is for every person who loves Jesus and His church—who longs to see the real Jesus worshiped and exalted. And it&’s for every person who wonders how the wheels came off Western Christianity and harbors a hunger that goes unmet in the church. When we discover and return to the unedited Jesus, it&’s impossible to remain unchanged.The church begins and ends with Jesus. The whole Jesus.
Known for Love: Loving Your LGBTQ Friends and Family without Compromising Biblical Truth
by Casey HoughAnswering the hard and painful questions in a sexually confused world.We live in a world with competing voices about what it means to love and to be loving. It&’s tough—if not impossible—to feel this tension. But what does it mean that Jesus was known for love? We want to be like Him—known for love—but that can quickly become confusing when feelings, family, and dear friends come into the picture. In Known for Love, pastor Casey Hough provides a biblical and theological framework for thinking through the hard situations we encounter with family and friends. Drawing from a well of faithful biblical scholars, Hough provides insights for everyday Christians living in a sexually broken world.What did Jesus say, if anything, about homosexuality?Should we refer to people as &“gay&” Christians?Should Christians attend the wedding of a gay marriage?Should I welcome my same sex attracted child and partner to my home?How do I love my daughter who now believes she&’s my son?Along with answering these important questions, Hough gives us a framework that helps us think through future scenarios that we will likely encounter.Just reading through these questions can stir up a lot of emotions. But Casey brings us biblical news which is always good news. If you want to cultivate a heart for God and others that upholds truth, a heart that is marked by compassion and love, a heart that strengthens you and others in the gospel, you will welcome this essential and timely resource.Known for Love gives us the wisdom and courage we need to live into these days with faithful and truly loving hearts.
Flags on the Bayou: ANOVEL
by James Lee Burke- A powerful evocation of the brutality and tragedy of slavery and antebellum South and the war, and an atmospheric portrait of Louisiana, where James Lee Burke grew up - James Lee Burke is the New York Times bestselling author of over forty novels, including the Dave Robicheaux series, as well as the popular standalone novels Every Cloak Rolled in Blood and Another Kind of Eden - Burke has a large and dedicated fan base with over 72k followers across social media and close to 7k newsletter subscribers. We'll reach his fans via extensive early advertising, engaging teaser content, and a pre-order push on social media and Goodreads followed by a robust digital marketing campaign to expand his audience and bring in new readers, including fans of historical and literary fiction. - Burke is first and foremost a stylist: “Burke’s evocative prose remains a thing of reliably fierce wonder” (Entertainment Weekly), and Flags on the Bayou will be positioned as a literary standalone novel, separate from the Robicheaux series, to attract new readers while still appealing to Burke’s enthusiastic fanbase - We will be sending the book to known Burke fans as well as a wider range of literary authors, including Charles Frazier, Atticka Locke, and Louise Erdrich For readers of Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, Jeff Shaara’s Gods and Generals, and MacKinlay Kantor’s Andersonville
The Counterfeit Christ of the New Age Movement
by Ron RhodesLike the apostle Paul, Christianity has always stood on Mars Hill between the Epicureans and the Stoics, between atheism and pantheism. Today, they would be called Secular Humanists and New Agers. The first is a materialist, insisting that everything is reducible to matter. The latter are mystics, reducing all to mind or spirit. The former believe there is no God at all, and the latter claim that God is all and that all is God. Both are deadly enemies of Christianity, which confesses that God is the creator of all. At different times in history, one or the other of these enemies of the Christian faith has been the greater threat. Currently, the dominant move in our culture is away from the Epicureans to the Stoics, away from Secular Humanism to the New Age. As Harvey Cox put it in the title of his book, there is a "Turn East." Most Christians are ill-equipped to handle this new trend. We have become accustomed to responding to atheists, who do not believe in God, Christ, the soul, prayer, and life after death. But what about New Agers, who claim to believe in all of these? Of course, beneath their common terminology is an entirely different theology. This is the deceptive nature of the New Age and the need for more careful Christian scrutiny. To date, much of the Christian response to the New Age threat has been popular and even sensational. What has been needed is something more theological and biblical. In this excellent book by Ron Rhodes we have one of the first comprehensive, biblical, and critical responses to the core of New Age error. By centering on the New Age view of Christ, this book at once exposes the heretical nature of New Age teaching as well as highlights the central teaching of Christianity, the unique person and work of Jesus Christ, the God-Man. To be sure, there are more dimensions to New Age teaching than its view of Christ, but there are none more important. Furthermore, by centering on Christology, Rhodes is able to relate many of the other New Age teachings to this essential core doctrine. This book is by far the most comprehensive, biblical, and scholarly critique of any central New Age teaching available today.
DIE MEESTE STERRE IS LANKAL DOOD
by Johann De LangeOp die verste einder lig die son soos die koperhingsel van 'n hek + kom stadig uit sy slome los, 'n swerm duiwe stuif op uit 'n bos soos skraal boekrûe. Pen op papier teken ek als op, skrywende tot + met.
Hartedief
by Rudie Van RensburgOpsomming ’n Berugte reeksmoordenaar jag by stormweer onder die Kaap se vroue, en dis Rooi en Kassie wat hom moet vastrek. Maar hoe spoor jy ’n miljoenêr-ontsnappeling op wat die polisie al jare lank ontglip, geen digitale spoor los nie, nie eens ’n selfoon besit nie en hope vals ID’s het? En boonop sy slagoffers se harte steel deur hulle net een kyk te gee? Die Hartedief kom met moord weg, en dan is Kassie se volle aandag ook nie eintlik by die saak nie, want hy is smoorverlief op ’n aanvallige mede-seëlversamelaar. Om vlerk te sleep is nie vir sissies nie, en sy eie hart is in gevaar. Om sake vir hom en Rooi te vererger word hul baas by die Spesiale Spookeenheid daarvan verdink dat sy hul ondersoek doelbewus in die wiele ry. Kassie weet hy moet haar onskuld bewys. Intussen word nóg Kaapse vroue wreedaardig vermoor wanneer daar onweer broei.
Pirana
by Rudie Van RensburgKASSIE SE VYANDE IS TOT DIE TANDE GEWAPEN … Wanneer Kassie Kasselman die saak van ’n vermiste oudkollega begin ondersoek, is dit duidelik hier skuil meer as net ’n dwelmverwante verdwyning. Hoe lyk dit dan vir Kassie of dit verband hou met twee ander sake − ’n ontvoering én ’n moord − op sy lessenaar? Van die Kaapse ganglands tot die Krugerwildtuin met sy renosterstropers; tussen ’n verslonsde Bolandse hoewe met ’n grieselige visdam en die glansen- skanswêreld van diplomasie moet Kassie sy pad voel-voel vind – of Rooi Els se vrou is visvoer.
Summer of Shame (Passages Ser.)
by Anne SchraffMark fights to save his new friends from the ignorance and fear of his neighbors. Sequel to An Alien Spring.
The Turkish Lover: A Memoir (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
by Esmeralda SantiagoEnthralled admirers of Esmeralda Santiago's memoirs of her childhood have yearned to read more. Now, in The Turkish Lover, Esmeralda finally breaks out of the monumental struggle with her powerful mother, only to elope into the spell of an exotic love affair. At the heart of the story is Esmeralda's relationship with "the Turk," a passion that gradually becomes a prison out of which she must emerge to become herself. The expansive humanity, earthy humor, and psychological courage that made Esmeralda's first two books so successful are on full display again in The Turkish Lover.
The Angry Land (A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West #6)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneWhen a cattle train bound for Texas is ambushed by blood thirsty rustlers, legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen vows to get the cattle back, get the killers who stole them—and get revenge for the blood they spilled . . . Johnstone Country. Where Outlaws Shoot. And Legends Shoot Back. The completion of a new railroad line from Colorado to Texas is a dream come true for Smoke Jensen and the other ranchers of Big Rock. But this dream turns into their worst nightmare when the first herd they load onto the train is stolen by a vicious gang of kill-crazy rustlers. This is no ordinary train robbery. It&’s an inferno of slaughter that includes the friendly rancher who volunteered to take Smoke&’s place on the trip. Now Smoke is saddling up and riding out—to get the prairie rats who murdered his friend . . . Smoke isn&’t the only one who&’s after these merciless killers. A pair of undercover lawmen from Texas have managed to infiltrate the gang by pretending to be dangerous outlaws. While Smoke is trying to track down the stolen herd, the undercover lawmen pretend to plot with the gang to rob more cattle trains. But there&’s a hitch in the lawmen&’s plan. To make sure they&’re really on board, the gang wants them to prove their loyalty—by eliminating their biggest threat: Smoke Jensen . . .
The Whip Hand (A Hunter Buchanon Black Hills Western #4)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneJOHNSTONE COUNTRY. THE ULTIMATE KILLING GROUND.The latest action-packed installment in bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone in the Hunter Buchanon Black Hills Western series.THE HILLS HAVE EYES The Buchanans are no strangers to hard times—or making hard choices. After losing a hefty number of livestock to a killer grizzly, Hunter Buchanan is forced to sell a dozen broncs down in Denver for some badly needed cash. Everything goes smoothly—until he&’s ambushed on the way home. The culprits are a murderous bunch of prairie rat outlaws, as dangerous as any Buchanan has ever tangled with. But Hunter is hell-bent on getting his money back. Even if means pursuing the thieves into Dakota Territory—where even deadlier dangers await . . . Meanwhile, Angus Buchanan has agreed to guide three former Confederate bounty hunters into the Black Hills, on the trail of six cutthroats who robbed a saloon and killed two men in Deadwood. This motley trio of hunters are as cutthroat as the cutthroats they&’re after. And it doesn&’t take long for Angus to realize they mean to slaughter him as well at the end of the trail . . . One family of ranchers. Two groups of cold-hearted murderers. So many ways to die.
Seven Hours till Dawn (A Jim Heston Novel of the West)
by Carson McCloudA cowboy discovers gold in California and fights outlaws threatening his family in this western adventure from Carson McCloud. With nothing keeping Jim Heston tied to Texas, he treks northwest to California, determined to carve a life out of the untamed and often brutal wilderness. In the shadow of the Sierra Mountains, he builds a ranch, until an unforgiving winter wipes out his stock. With jobs sparse in the small nearby town, Jim turns to hunting to keep fed, only to stumble upon an even more elusive prey: gold. Cord Bannen makes his living parting miners from their hard-earned gold, hoping to find a motherlode instead of the small, scattered nuggets he and his gang steal. And when he spies Jim exchanging gold at Bidwell&’s Bar on more than one occasion, Cord believes he&’s finally struck it rich. But when Cord threatens Jim&’s family, he learns the hard way that all that glitters isn&’t gold. For Jim Heston depends on another type of metal to protect those he loves—the double-barreled kind that spits lead with bad intentions . . .
A Lamb to the Slaughter (A Tinhorn Western #2)
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneThe second installment in a bold, new, action-packed series set in Texas from legendary national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. Johnstone Country. Where Life Is A Gamble. The national bestselling authors of violent, bullet-riddled Old West yarns return to the Texas frontier town where Sheriff Buck Jackson and Deputy Flint Moran are quickly learning that enforcing the law means being fastest on the draw—or being killed by someone quicker . . . Welcome to Tinhorn, Texas. Now Go Home. Two drifters, flush with cash and looking to buy cattle, arrive in town—one nursing a bullet wound he claims he received accidently when his friend was cleaning his gun. Jackson and Moran are suspiciouss but have no reason to challenge their story—until four more drifters show up looking for the first two. Moran may not be lightning quick when it comes to numbers, but reports say the Wells Fargo office was held up by six men . . . But Moran is going to need more bullets. He&’s been called upon to go after Abel Crowe and his three sons on a murder and kidnapping charge. And with Jesse Slocum breaking out of prison to wreak vengeance on Sheriff Jackson, who killed Slocum&’s brother, the young deputy is going to make his name one bullet at a time—or die trying . . .
Shot in the Back
by William W. Johnstone J.A. JohnstoneTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURYFrom the greatest western storytellers of our time comes a new twist on the legend of notorious outlaw Jesse James—who just might not have died on that fateful April 3, 1882.1942—Granbury, Texas. A ninety-five-year-old man walks into a recruiting office with the crazy idea to enlist—and an even crazier story. He claims to be the one and only Jesse James, the infamous bank robber allegedly shot by Robert Ford sixty years earlier. Using another man’s corpse to collect the reward, Ford allowed James to slip away and start a new life. Changing his name to Dalton, Jesse worked as a cattle broker in Fort Worth and fathered a pair of twins named Bill and Frank. But when one of the boys turns out to be a chip off the old block—a young outlaw in the making—Jesse has no choice but to school the lad in the fine art of bank robbing so he doesn’t get his fool head blown off. Problem is, once Jesse’s son gets a taste of the outlaw life, he decides it isn’t for him after all. Father Jesse, on the other hand, misses it…So begins the wildest story the West has never known, proving that some legends are bigger than life—and a lot harder to kill…
Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force
by Sarah Jakes RobertsInstant New York Times Bestseller!Unleash the superpower of being yourself. Sarah Jakes Roberts, bestselling author of Woman Evolve, will help you craft a language toward your issues with intentionality.Stripping our minds of the expectations that inundate our world has never been more difficult. One quick scroll of our phones and we're consumed by other people's projections of how we should be feeling or responding.The ability to determine your truth without judgment is the beginning of harnessing authentic power in Christ. When we do the work of embracing where we are, we create space for God's love to meet us in our most raw form and then polish us to shine like never before. Power does not lie in success, achievement, or performance. Power rests in humility, honesty, and the commitment to continuous growth.Power Moves will help you to qualify whether you're living life authentically or if you've found a way to maintain status quo. It will reveal the principles required to tap into the most powerful version of who you are, then lead you in how to introduce your authentic self to the world around you. Sarah will help yougive language to your changing needs,acknowledge and applaud your growth,refuse to bear the weight all at once or all alone, andrelease your power. Open your eyes to the way that God sees you and awaken your boldness to effect change in the world by living out the truth of who God says you are with confidence.
The London House
by Katherine ReayUncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain&’s World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family&’s reputation.Caroline Payne thinks it&’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian, but Mat has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline&’s British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover.Determined to find answers and save her family&’s reputation, Caroline flies to her family&’s ancestral home in London. She and Mat discover diaries and letters that reveal her grandmother and great-aunt were known as the &“Waite sisters.&” Popular and witty, they came of age during the interwar years, a time of peace and luxury filled with dances, jazz clubs, and romance. The buoyant tone of the correspondence soon yields to sadder revelations as the sisters grow apart, and one leaves home for the glittering fashion scene of Paris, despite rumblings of a coming world war.Each letter brings more questions. Was Caroline&’s great-aunt actually a traitor and Nazi collaborator, or is there a more complex truth buried in the past? Together, Caroline and Mat uncover stories of spies and secrets, love and heartbreak, and the events of one fateful evening in 1941 that changed everything.In this rich historical novel from award-winning author Katherine Reay, a young woman is tasked with writing the next chapter of her family&’s story. But Caroline must choose whether to embrace a love of her own and proceed with caution if her family&’s decades-old wounds are to heal without tearing them even further apart.Praise for The London House:&“Carefully researched, emotionally hewn, and written with a sure hand, The London House is a tantalizing tale of deeply held secrets, heartbreak, redemption, and the enduring way that family can both hurt and heal us. I enjoyed it thoroughly.&” —Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost NamesA stand-alone split-time novelPartially epistolary: the historical storyline is told through letters and journalsBook length: approximately 102,000 wordsIncludes discussion questions for book clubs
Young Citizens
by Nystrom EducationAlthough the United States was founded more than 200 years ago, it changes daily. The nation’s founders fought for a better life, and today, Americans still stand up for what they believe in. By demanding change and challenging inequality, Americans of all ages are helping to shape the future of the United States. What changes would you like to see in the United States? Maybe you would like more music or art classes at school. Maybe your focal park needs to be cleaned up. Maybe you would like the government to fund more explorations of outer space! There are endless possibilities.
Be Skillful: God's Guidebook to Wise Living (The BE Series Commentary)
by Warren W. WiersbeOur world yearns for how-to guides and the secret to a fulfilled life. However, no truth is man-made. The wisdom that God granted to King Solomon is the same wisdom that would benefit us today—if only we would seek it.The book of Proverbs offers principles to develop godly character daily. From the dangers of speaking without listening to the satisfaction inherent in fearing the Lord, author Warren Wiersbe will unpack the Scriptures in ways that will help you apply these spiritual truths.Having pastored three churches, Wiersbe is a man who has dedicated his life to a deep understanding of the Word. Allow the insight he's gained over the years to penetrate your heart. Soon, wisdom will be your companion, and folly your sworn enemy.
Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
by Niigaan SinclairNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom ground zero of this country's most important project: reconciliationNiigaan Sinclair has been called provocative, revolutionary, and one of this country's most influential thinkers on the issues impacting Indigenous cultures, communities, and reconciliation in Canada. In his debut collection of stories, observations, and thoughts about Winnipeg, the place he calls "ground zero" of Canada's future, read about the complex history and contributions of this place alongside the radical solutions to injustice and violence found here, presenting solutions for a country that has forgotten principles of treaty and inclusivity. It is here, in the place where Canada began—where the land, water, people, and animals meet— that a path "from the centre" is happening for all to see.At a crucial and fragile moment in Canada's long history with Indigenous peoples, one of our most essential writers begins at the centre, capturing a web spanning centuries of community, art, and resistance. Based on years' worth of columns, Niigaan Sinclair delivers a defining essay collection on the resilience of Indigenous peoples. Here, we meet the creators, leaders, and everyday people preserving the beauty of their heritage one day at a time. But we also meet the ugliest side of colonialism, the Indian Act, and the communities who suffer most from its atrocities. Sinclair uses the story of Winnipeg to illuminate the reality of Indigenous life all over what is called Canada. This is a book that demands change and celebrates those fighting for it, that reminds us of what must be reconciled and holds accountable those who must do the work. It's a book that reminds us of the power that comes from loving a place, even as that place is violently taken away from you, and the magic of fighting your way back to it.
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022
by Frank TrentmannOne of The Telegraph&’s 50 Best Books of 2023A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from the Second World War to the present day, including hugely revealing new primary source material on every aspect of its transformation.In 1945, Germany lay ruined. Its citizens stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and war of extermination. But by the end of Angela Merkel&’s tenure in 2021, Germany looked like the moral voice of Europe, welcoming over one million refugees, holding together the tenuous threads of the European Union, and making military restraint the center of its foreign policy. At the same time, its rigid fiscal discipline and energy deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin have cast a shadow over the present. Innumerable scholars have asked how Germany could have degenerated from a nation of scientists, poets, and philosophers into one responsible for genocide. And yet, until now, a similarly vital question has been ignored. That is, how did a nation whose past has been marked by mass murder, a people who cheered Adolf Hitler, reinvent themselves?Trentmann tells this dramatic story from the middle of the Second World War, through the Cold War and the division of East and West, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and Germany&’s struggle to find its place in the world today. This journey includes a series of internal, moral conflicts: admissions of guilt and shame vying with immediate economic concerns, restitution for some but not others, tolerance versus racism, compassion versus complicity. Through a range of voices—German soldiers and German Jews; displaced persons in limbo; East German women and shopkeepers angry about energy shortages; opponents and supporters of nuclear power; volunteers helping migrants and refugees, and right-wing populists attacking them—Trentmann paints a remarkable and surprising portrait of the German people over eighty years, showing how they became who they are today.
Season of Darkness (Tom Tyler Mystery Series #1)
by Maureen JenningsThe creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire, England, in the darkest days of the Second World War.Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The threat of a German invasion is real, and many German Nationals are interned in camps across the country. One such camp is on the ancient moor land of Prees Heath, near the small town of Whitchurch in Shropshire, where Tom Tyler is the sole detective inspector.Young women from all walks of life have joined the Land Army, to help desperate farmers keep the country fed. When one of these young women is found murdered on a desolate country road, Tyler is almost glad for the challenge; he has been fretting for some time about the dullness of policing in a rural community. In addition, a former lover has reappeared and turned his emotions upside down; his soldier son seems utterly changed by his experience at Dunkirk; and his sixteen year old daughter is unhappy. As he pursues the murderer, Tyler finds himself drawn into an uneasy alliance with one of the Prees Heath internees, a psychiatrist, who claims to be an expert on the criminal mind.