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Great Collection of Shipton's writing.......2007-01-06

Eric Shipton was one of THE great climbers and mountaineering authors of the 1930's. Shipton climbed with H.W. Tilman and Frank Smythe (both of whose collections of books have been republished by the same publishing house as this book). Incidentally, Shipton was on the early expedition that explored the southern approach to Everest after the route thru Tibet was closed off post WWII,and,like Tilman and Smythe, was on a number of the pre-WWI Everest expeditions.

Some of Shipton's best writing is in this book and it reads as well today as it did when it was written. Some enthralling accounts of his climbs as well as a good deal of exploration ("Blank on the Map", one of the books in this collection, is worth the price of the book all by itself - an account of the time Shipton, Tilman and a small group spent exploring a remote area of the Karakoram's).

If you like books about climbing that are well-written and entertaining, this is an excellent pick. Just don't expect too much technical climbing jargon or step by step / hold by hold accounts of climbs.

A Poetic account of journey into the soul of Himalayas.......1999-09-15

The books of Eric Shipton takes one back to the glorious days of Himalayan exploration when every turn on the mountain trail could reveal a sight, hitherto unknown to human eyes. It is no surprise that some of the grandest secrets of the Himalayas were revealed to probably the most sympathetic, poetic and daring explorers of all time. Reading these books takes one upon a blissful journey into the soul of the most beautiful creation of nature

A portrait of mountain exploration in fine words........1998-10-02

It is a travel in itself. The form, structure and phrasing is almost alliterated to the rythm and timing of high-mountain travel in the beginning of the century.

Eric Shipton Six Mountain - Travel Books

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Eric Shipton Six Mountain - Travel Books
Mot Shipton
Manufacturer: Diadem Books
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Six Mountain Travel Books: Nanda Devi; Blank on the Map; Upon That Mountain; Mountains of Tartary; Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951; Land of Tempest

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Six Mountain Travel Books: Nanda Devi; Blank on the Map; Upon That Mountain; Mountains of Tartary; Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951; Land of Tempest
Eric Shipton
Manufacturer: Mountaineers
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000X6C3O2

THE SIX MOUNTAIN-TRAVEL BOOKS: NANDA DEVI, ON THE MAP, UPON THAT MOUNTAIN, MOUNTAINS OF TARTARY, MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951, LAND OF TEMPEST.

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THE SIX MOUNTAIN-TRAVEL BOOKS: NANDA DEVI, ON THE MAP, UPON THAT MOUNTAIN, MOUNTAINS OF TARTARY, MOUNT EVEREST RECONNAISSANCE EXPEDITION 1951, LAND OF TEMPEST.
Eric. Shipton
Manufacturer: Diadem Books Ltd.,
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ASIN: B000TTAJHG

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This book is a translation of an oral history of the concentration camp experience recorded immediately after World War II as told by men and women who endured it and lived to tell about it. Their vivid, firsthand accounts heighten the reality of this experience in ways no third-person narrative can capture. Even when they are at a loss for words, their struggle to find language to express the unspeakable is, in itself, mute testimony to the ordeal etched forever on their memories. The testimonies are arranged to reflect the chronology of camp experience (from deportation to liberation), the living conditions of camp life (from malnutrition to forced labor), and the various methods of abuse and extermination (from castration to gassing and cremation). The chronology gives the accounts a narrative flow and even creates a certain suspense, especially as liberation nears and hopes rise.

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misleading use of testimony.......2005-10-06

This book reads like a single history...beware. The author has taken original testimony from many people and woven them together as though they were from a single source (some pages actually have between 15 and 20 references). Appears to be the same sort of propaganda used to create the anti-semetism that fueled the holocaust. Very disappointing.

An excellent overview of concentration camp life.......2001-03-26

This book is a compilation of statements made by hundreds of different Holocaust survivors. The statements are pieced together in a way that makes the readers feel they are reading a story told by one person. The book takes stories from survivors of all the different camps and compiles them to depict the horror felt by all victims of the camps. I would say this book is an excellent introduction to what life in the camps was like.

Use with caution.......2001-03-08

I purchased this book hoping I might be able to use it in the course I teach on the Holocaust. It includes a vast and rich body of testimony that would be invaluable if it were placed in context. However this work is a list of statements, usually identified only by an individual's name. For most of the statements, it is impossible to determine which camp is being described. This book suggests that there was a general concentration camp experience, and that it is not necessary to distinghish one camp from the other. I believe that premise is problematical on both counts. Even the photographs have generic captions that do not identify the camps they depict. While the first-person accounts of the Nazi order of terror are often gripping, this book should be used with caution by those seeking a precise historical understanding of the Holocaust.

Translation and Oral History at its Very Best.......1998-10-15

It is hard to believe that this book is only now available in English. Consisting entirely of eye-witness accounts of life in German concentration camps, the work served as an important source of evidence during the Nazi trials. The accounts, however, are compiled so that they form a narrative that is roughly chronological, beginning with the experience of deportation and ending with the grim business of counting bodies. In between lies the whole experience of the prisoner: the forced and brutalizing work, the whimsical or studied methods of torture, the grisly medical experiments, the routine executions, the gasing of ever larger groups, the ovens that burned night and day, and constantly, throughout the story, the capricious beating, kicking and whipping. Primo Levi, who wrote so eloquently about the danger of forgetting, would have appreciated this book.

And Thomas Whissen, the translator, has performed an admirable and selfless job. He has rendered this story in a language that is so clear, so transparent, that one forgets that one is reading words on a page. The book leaves one feeling bruised and battered, and not quite willing to go back into a world of comforts. It leaves one deeply suspicious of humanity. And this perhaps is a good thing.

Incidentally, it is difficult to imagine a book better suited for university courses on the holocaust.

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Many people believe Hitler was the personification of evil. In this intriguing biography, James Cross Giblin penetrates this faade and presents a picture of a complex personat once a brilliant, influential politician and a deeply disturbed man. In a straightforward and nonsensational manner, the author explores the forces that shaped the man as well as the social conditions that furthered his rapid rise to power. Against a background of crucial historical events, Giblin traces the arc of Hitler's life: his childhood, his years as a frustrated artist in Vienna, his extraordinary rise as dictator of Germany, his final days in an embattled bunker under Berlin. Powerful archival images provide a haunting visual accompaniment to this clear and compelling account of a life that left an ineradicable mark on our world. Author's note, bibliography, index.

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A New Insight .......2006-12-14

This book is about Adolf Hitler. Before I hated Hitler blindly only because of the Holocaust. Now I still hate him, but with a bit more understanding. There is no excuse for what he did, but I believe it may not have been entirely his fault. As he had a difficult child, with his father abusing him or his brothers, and later, after his father died, living homeless and poor in Vienna and Munich, I believe he may have been looking for a center to focus anger and to blame for his misfortune, and he found it in the Jewish people. On April 20, 1889, Hitler was born in a small village in Austria named Braunau. His mother pampered him, but his father had a short temper and would yell at and whip his children often. Adolf was not particularly good at school, gaining average grades at best. He was described as thin and pale. Hitler's ambition was to become an artist, but his father refused. Hitler only went to the college his father wished him to go to because that college had drawing classes. Hitler's father died on January 3, 1903, and in 1905, Hitler got a lung infection, and used it as a reason not to go back to school. Therefore, Hitler's education officially ended when he was sixteen. A couple years later, in 1907, Hitler's mother died of breast cancer. Hitler became homeless and had very little money. For years, he survived by painting postcards and then selling them. He barely managed to afford a small one-room apartment. When WWI started forcing Austria to conscript soldiers, Hitler at first avoided being drafted into the army. However, when Germany entered the war, Hitler willingly entered the army. He got many awards, but had to quit when his eyes were damaged. He soon started plotting to become Chancellor of Germany. He didn't want to be President, because the President actually had no power, and the Chancellor was the most powerful. Eventually he got his wish and made the Chancellor and President the same thing and even became the dictator for life of Germany. He wished to expand Germany and moved first into Austria. Austria was given to him to avoid war, and he even got part Czechoslovakia without bloodshed. However, as he moved on Poland, WWII was started. After many defeats and losses, Hitler turned to a goal of his- to destroy the Jewish people. An "option" was suggested and mobilized. Soon hundreds of Jews were being carted to death camps where they were exterminated or sent to factories to make supplies for the war. An attempt to assassinate Hitler failed, but injured him so he diminished. Always a powerful speaker, Hitler remained this, but was so shaky, the effect was diminished somewhat. Eventually, Hitler was pushed into an underground bunker in Berlin. There he shot himself in the head, and his new wife, Eva Hitler, took poison so as not to be captured by Allied troops. They were then cremated and buried. Several of Hitler's followers also killed themselves, preferring not to be killed by Allied persecutors. I would recommend this book to anyone who wished to know a bit more about Hitler or students who want to do a biography on him.

T. Sprock

Adolf Hitler.......2005-07-12

Adolf Hitler was one of the most evil leaders in human history.he dreamed of making Germany the most powerful country in the world.Hitler hated Jews,communis,andgypsies.He led to the organized murder of over 6 million men,women,and childern.

Does Not Meet Expectations..A HS Textbook at Best..........2005-03-31

I do not pretend to be an expert on European History from the end of WWI until the end of WWII. Additionally I hesitate to judge anyone's book as I realize that a book represents a huge amount of work and an author spends a great deal of time crafting conclusions or even questions that the author says cannnot be answered. However, I have read perhaps a dozen books including Toland, Shirer, Fest and even that recent book by Junge that deal directly in large parts with the life of Hitler. I have also read perhaps four dozen academic books dealing with European history in the first half of the 20th century. I am aware of the of the feuding conclusions regarding Hitler's and the German people's culpability and conduct regarding WWII. I thought this book might give me more insight or least throw some weight to one of the sides of the current historical arguments.

After reading the book, I found myslf severely disappointed. This book is so basic, it reads like a high school textbook. Indeed, it deals with areas of historical dispute by simply ignoring arguments in an almost breathtaking ways. For example, the author, absent one passing comment, simply rejects the argument that the Nazis had been behind the burning of the reichtag in 1933. Likewise, the author left out some of the most basic points found in any serious study. For example, he writes that Germans, dressed as Polish military, seized a German radio station. Although perhaps a bit too much to ask, the author totally leaves out the multiple postponements leading to the jump off. Not surprisingly, the auhor left out the fact of the German units that jumped off early and had to come pack over he border. As to the seizure of the German radio station, the author left out that the Germans left dead concentration camp inmates [called

Is He A Real Man.......2004-03-12

When ever you think of Adolf Hitler, you always think of what he has done wrong. I bet you never knew how he got people to believe him in his speeches. This man was a person like me and you until some dramatic changes in his young life. Did you know he also was very clever and, charming? Also he was very
intelagent and poor.
In this book it tells all the things that happened to Adolf Hitler.It tells how people believed. How people thought he was the one to lead Germany, but I guess that they never thought he would do so much evil.
He also wanted to do things in his life, and make a good difference as he was interested in the arts. This book tells his life from the beginning as a baby to his death. This shows how Adolf got supporters of the Nazi Party and how the Nazi Party got started.
I would suggest this book for people who want to learn about Adolf.Also I'd recommend this book for people 7th grade and over.

Wes from Richveiw Middle School.......2004-03-10

The story is about Adolf Hitler and his group called the Nazis.They killed all of the Jews they could in Germany.Adolf hitler was a deeply disturbed man who had a problem with gypsies, homosexuals and mostly jews. He was beaten by his father , his mother died of breast cancer,He eventually became homeless in vienna and sold paintings.In 1914 he was summoned to the Austiran army.He received two iron crosses for bravery.The story ends when the US army came and defeated the nazis . Then he was found he had committed suicidein a bunker after marring his wife the night before. I dinnt like this book because he killed alot of inocent people.

Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster

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Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster
Michael Mueller
Manufacturer: US Naval Institute Press
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ASIN: 159114101X
Release Date: 2007-06-01

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Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was the head of the Abwehr--Hitler's intelligence servic--from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Hitler, Canaris came to vigorously oppose his policies and practices, and worked secretly throughout the war to overthrow the regime. Near the end of the war, secret documents were discovered that implicated Canaris and hinted at the extent of the activities conducted by Canaris's Abwehr against the Hitler regime, and in 1945 Canaris was executed as a national traitor. But Canaris left little in the way of personal documents, and to this day he remains a figure shrouded in mystery.

Drawing on newly available archival materials, Mueller investigates the double life of this legendary and enigmatic figure in the first major biography of Canaris to be published in German.

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massive cutting .......2007-08-08

Why was this book so dramatically reduced in size from the German original? The German book is nearly twice the length.

Life and Death in Hitler's Europe (Holocaust (Chicago, Ill.).)

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Life and Death in Hitler's Europe (Holocaust (Chicago, Ill.).)
Jane Shuter
Manufacturer: Heinemann
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Binding: Library Binding

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Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe

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A tragic story of genius cut short, and a microcosm of the waste, murder, and inhumanity perpetrated by the Holocaust.
Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe

Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe
Robert Follett
Manufacturer: Alpine Guild, Inc.
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ASIN: 0931712297

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A tragic story of genius cut short, and a microcosm of the waste, murder, and inhumanity perpetrated by the Holocaust........2006-11-05

Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe is the true story of Wolfgang Hamburger, a brilliant artist and cartoonist prodigy trapped in Europe during the advance of the Nazis. He was sent to a detention camp in 1939, and though released in 1940, he had to confront a terrible decision with his beloved wife - her failing health all but guaranteed that she would not survive escape from the relentless Nazi advance, no matter where they tried to go. Author Robert Follett relates Wolf's sad tale as told by Wolf's brother, Peter Natan, and illustrated by Wolf's own art and cartoons. A tragic story of genius cut short, and a microcosm of the waste, murder, and inhumanity perpetrated by the Holocaust.

Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe.......2006-10-13

This "portrait of the artist as a boy and young man" is the true story of a Jewish prodigy in pre-World War II Germany. Wolf began drawing as a very young child. Political cartoons were one of his specialties, even while he was still a teenager. When Hitler came to power, his comfortable family left Berlin for Palestine, where members of the family already lived. Wolf found it impossible to stay there. He went to Paris, against his family's wishes and advice, where the excitement of the art world was rewarding for him. He was able to use his political cartoons against the Spanish Civil War, and later against Hitler's regime. Wolf, a stateless French Jew (his German passport had expired) and his sick wife, were faced with a terrible decision in 1940, as the Germans prepared to invade France.

Robert Follett, an author and friend of Wolf's younger brother, Natan, wrote this book in collaboration with him. It is illustrated with over 200 drawings, paintings, and political cartoons created by Wolf during his short life and collected by his brother. The illustrations lend a special dimension of intimacy to this book. An unusual story of the Holocaust, this book is recommended for students in junior high and high school. It seems that the authors projected it as a book for adults also.
For ages 12 and up. Reviewed by Shelly Feit

The Holocaust: Art, Music & Writing from the Holocaust / Life and Death in Hitler's Europe / Aftermath of the Holocaust / Survivors of the Holocaust (The Holocaust) (Holocaust)

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Manufacturer: Heinemann Educational Books - Library Division
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Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick--who is also a character actor, former boxer and radio disc jockey--creates colorful and intriguing works that layer imagery from his Chicago childhood, advertising, comic books, and science and nature texts. This spring, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, is mounting a national tour of Max and Gaby's Alphabet, the public premiere of a suite of Fitzpatrick's four-color etchings. Max and Gaby's Alphabet spells out the letters of the alphabet in delightful characters and wondrous objects suggested by the artist's two young children. Conceived by the artist as a means to inspire school-age children, Max and Gaby's Alphabet is intended to interest an adult audience as well as young readers. This fully illustrated color catalogue reproduces the finely detailed etchings at their actual size and features an essay by film director Jonathan Demme, in whose films Fitzpatrick has appeared.

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