The Death's Head Chess Club

The Death's Head Chess Club
Title The Death's Head Chess Club PDF eBook
Author John Donoghue
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 352
Release 2015-05-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0374713979

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A novel of the improbable friendship that arises between a Nazi officer and a Jewish chessplayer in Auschwitz SS Obersturmfuhrer Paul Meissner arrives in Auschwitz from the Russian front wounded and fit only for administrative duty. His most pressing task is to improve camp morale and he establishes a chess club, and allows officers and enlisted men to gamble on the games. Soon Meissner learns that chess is also played among the prisoners, and there are rumors of an unbeatable Jew known as "the Watchmaker." Meissner's superiors begin to demand that he demonstrate German superiority by pitting this undefeated Jew against the best Nazi players. Meissner finds Emil Clément, the Watchmaker, and a curious relationship arises between them. As more and more games are played, the stakes rise, and the two men find their fates deeply entwined. Twenty years later, the two meet again in Amsterdam—Meissner has become a bishop, and Emil is playing in an international chess tournament. Having lost his family in the horrors of the death camps, Emil wants nothing to do with the ex-Nazi officer despite their history, but Meissner is persistent. "What I hope," he tells Emil, "is that I can help you to understand that the power of forgiveness will bring healing." As both men search for a modicum of peace, they recall a gripping tale of survival and trust. A suspenseful meditation on understanding and guilt, John Donoghue's The Death's Head Chess Club is a bold debut and a rich portrait of a surprising friendship.

The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club
Title The Thursday Murder Club PDF eBook
Author Richard Osman
Publisher Penguin
Pages 385
Release 2021-08-03
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1984880985

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A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's too late?

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Title The Yiddish Policemen's Union PDF eBook
Author Michael Chabon
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 468
Release 2012-01-24
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0062124587

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For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end. Homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. And in the cheap hotel where Landsman has washed up, someone has just committed a murder—right under his nose. When he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, and Landsman finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil, and salvation that are his heritage. At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.

Those who Save Us

Those who Save Us
Title Those who Save Us PDF eBook
Author Jenna Blum
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 497
Release 2004
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0151010196

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Trudy Swenson, haunted by her German heritage, embarks upon a deeper investigation of her past and uncovers secrets her mother has kept hidden for five decades.

Change of Heart

Change of Heart
Title Change of Heart PDF eBook
Author Jodi Picoult
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 482
Release 2008-12-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0743496752

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Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth?

Death's Head

Death's Head
Title Death's Head PDF eBook
Author Simon Furman
Publisher Panini
Pages 224
Release 2007-04-10
Genre Science fiction comic books, strips, etc
ISBN 9781905239696

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The cult British freelance peacekeeping agent, Death's Head returns once again in a collection of his greatest adventures that take him into the far future and into the past as he locks blasters with a host of enemies both villainous and noble, including the Fantastic Four and the corrupt Iron Man of 2020. Once more, the characters' creator returns with an exclusive introduction. Reprints Death's Head #8-10, The Sensational She-Hulk #24, Fantastic Four Vol.1 #338, Marvel Comics Presents Vol.1 #76, Strip #13-20 and What If... Vol.1 #54.

The Death's Head Chess Club

The Death's Head Chess Club
Title The Death's Head Chess Club PDF eBook
Author John Donoghue
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 401
Release 2015-05-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0374135703

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"Originally published in 2015 by Atlantic Books, Great Britain."