Erich Maria Remarque
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A compelling set of short stories from the author of World War I classic, All Quiet on the Western Front
German-American novelist Erich Maria Remarque captured the emotional anguish of a generation in his World War I masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as in an impressive selection of novels, plays, and short stories. This exquisite collection revives Remarque's unforgettable voice, presenting a series of short stories that have...
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When "All Quiet on the Western Front" - a quasi-autobiographical war novel by German army veteran Erich Maria Remarque - was published in 1928, it was an immediate sensation. Few books before it had dared to describe in such detail the privations, challenges and horrors of war and the book became a publishing juggernaut, selling 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print.
It has since become a classic of the genre; a...
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"On the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I: a hardcover edition of the classic tale of a young German soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time. When twenty-year-old Paul Baumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the...
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After four grueling years the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable. For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart,...
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English
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History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front. With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two...
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A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there's more to life than earning a living off other people's misfortunes. A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation. When he falls in love with the beautiful but troubled Isabelle,...
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English
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Ravic, a German doctor and refugee living in Paris in 1939, has been treating some of the city's most elite citizens, all the while searching for the Nazi who tortured him back in Germany. Although he's given up on love, life has a curious way of turning romantic.
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English
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From the quintessential author of wartime Germany, A Time to Love and a Time to Die echoes the harrowing insights of his masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front. After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his...
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Glencoe literature library volume 11
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Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2000
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iv, 158 p. ; 24 cm. + 1 study guide.
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English
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1972
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[1st ed.].
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305 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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After years of hiding and surviving near death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now living in New York City among old friends, far from Europe's chilling atrocities, Ross soon meets Natasha, a beautiful model and fellow émigré, a warm heart to help him forget his cold memories. Yet even as the war draws to its violent close, Ross cannot find peace. Demons still pursue him. Whether they are ghosts from the past or the guilt of surviving,...
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KiWi volume 472
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Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Pub. Date
1999
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2. Aufl.
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498 p. ; 19 cm.
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Deutsch
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Netflix
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"All Quiet on the Western Front" tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches.
15) Three comrades
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Turner Entertainment
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c2009
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1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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A poignant love story centered around the lives of three young, disillusioned returned soldiers caught up in the turmoil of post-World War I Germany. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis
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Español
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Audiolibro producido con música original y sonido 3D, el mismo esta diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares.
"Sin novedad en el frente" es una novela escrita por el autor alemán Erich Maria Remarque y publicada en 1929. La historia sigue a un grupo de jóvenes soldados alemanes que luchan en la Primera Guerra Mundial. El protagonista y narrador es Paul Bäumer, quien se une al ejército alemán con otros compañeros de su edad llenos de entusiasmo...
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Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
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1 videodisc (ca. 131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In this realistic depiction of the lives of ordinary German soldiers Paul Baumer and his school chums are encouraged to enlist by their bombastic, slogan-chanting teacher, but they quickly learn that actual war is more gore than glory, as they crawl through mud, huddle in trenches, suffer the ordeal of frenzied hand-to-hand combat and dodge screaming shells during World War I.
20) Arch of triumph
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Distributed by Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
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Full screen.
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1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Haunted by a secret past and tormented by an uncertain future, two lonely people are drawn together in Paris during the last desperate days of freedom before WWII. A surgeon flees to Paris to escape the Nazis' growing power. After falling in love with an unemployed cabaret singer and finding her a job, he is deported when unable to produce his passport. Things come to a crisis when war is declared.