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Contemporary Europe

1. Civilization and Its Discontents

   Sigmund Freud, Christopher Hitchens, James Strachey, Et Al.

   Freud’s seminal volume of twentieth-century cultural thought grounded in psychoanalytic theory, now with a new introduction by Christopher Hitchens.More

2. The End of the European Era: 1890 to the Present

   Felix Gilbert, David Clay Large

   Sixth Edition

   The new sixth edition of the leading text in contemporary European history is now thoroughly revised with up-to-date scholarship.More

3. What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933

   Joseph Roth, Michael Hofmann

   "[Joseph Roth] is now recognized as one of the twentieth century's great writers."—Anthony Heilbut, Los Angeles Times Book ReviewMore

4. Khrushchev: The Man and His Era

   William Taubman

   Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."—Robert Legvold, Foreign AffairsMore

5. The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics

   Richard Davenport-Hines

   A startling account of the history of drug abuse, this book forces us to reconsider many of our views on a controversial issue.More

6. A Secret History of the IRA

   Ed Moloney

   An epic portrayal of one of the twentieth century's longest wars—based on unprecedented access to all the players.More

7. The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town

   Helmut Walser Smith

   One of the most dramatic explorations of a German town in the grip of anti-Semitic passion ever written.More

8. Holocaust: A History

   Debórah Dwork, Robert Jan van Pelt

   A magisterial, dramatic account that reshapes the way we think and talk about the greatest crime in history.More

9. Red Cavalry

   Isaac Babel, Nathalie Babel, Peter Constantine, Et Al.

   "Amazing not only as literature but as biography."—Richard Bernstein, The New York TimesMore

10. The Healing Wound: Experiences and Reflections, Germany, 1938-2001

    Gitta Sereny

    "[A]n astonishing, subtle study of many Holocaust perpetrators and participants."—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore

11. Auschwitz

    Debórah Dwork, Robert Jan van Pelt

    "[A] peerless work of documentation and research that sheds new light on this century's darkest address."—Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewMore

12. The Holocaust on Trial

    D. D. Guttenplan

    The account of a trial in which the very meaning of the Holocaust was put on the stand.More

13. The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality

    Richard Overy

    "A concise, penetrating account....This stirring book inspires an admiration for British courage."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

14. Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider

    Peter Gay

    A seminal work as melodious and haunting as the era it chronicles, now reissued with a new introduction.More

15. Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis

    Ian Kershaw

    The climax and conclusion of one of the best-selling biographies of our time.More