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Chronicles the life of Adolf Hitler, examining his ideology, his ambitions, his relationships with his closest advisers, the Final Solution, his military decisions during the war, resistance amongst his officers, the attempts on his life, and his final days.

Chronicles Adolf Hitler's life through 1936 and discusses the events that made his rise to power possible, the effects World War I had on the building of the Third Reich, the reasons his ideas were so popular in Germany, and other related topics.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and another composer meet in a drama of jealousy, intrigue, sexual betrayal, and artistic backstabbing in the Imperial Austrian Court in Vienna.

Discusses the work that made nineteenth-century Moravian monk Gregor Mendel the father of genetic research, the lack of notice his breakthrough was given, and the effect his discoveries had when scientists realized their significance thirty-five years later.

Examines the historical influences that led up to the Holocaust, showing that German anti-Semitism was not just a product of Nazi fanaticism, but was born of a racist ideology that has its roots in the Napoleonic era.

Bibliography: p. (265)-291. An account of Waldheim's childhood, student years, and service in Hitler's Third Reich.

Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.

A picture book with accompanying CD tells the story of the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Brief text and illustrations recount Mozart's childhood and the discovery of his phenomenal musical talent.

Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.