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A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in this celebrated novel which was the basis for the 1932 Oscar-...
An evocative historical novel of Dutch imperialism in Bali....
The life of a prima ballerina and the conflicting demands of her career and the man she loves....
Set in the first decade of the 20th century, this moving book shares the tragic reality of the Dutch invasion of Bali and the mass suicides that ensue...
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A Play in Three Acts
The Weeping Wood is an exhaustive compilation of the lurid history and endless greed of industry for rubber. From the discovery of Cahuchu, the horrib...
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Vicki Baum, author of the acclaimed Grand Hotel, visited Shanghai in 1937. Her many friends there provided her with a wealth of information about Chin...
"Here is a Berlin luxury hotel, like its famous prototype still crowded with fascinating guests but drastically changed under a war-torn Nazi regime. ...
A Novel
Novel of intrigue, romance and adventure, reaching its climax when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor....
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