Marton, Kati

Tells the story of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, from her life growing up in East Germany to her political rise and success as the Chancellor.

Recounts how the author's marriages to Peter Jennings and the late Richard Holbrooke were shaped by the beauty and allure of Paris, where she found enduring love and healing against a backdrop of historical events.

Examines the lives of nine Jewish men who grew up in Budapest but where forced to flee in the face of the Nazis, and whose achievements in the fields of science, photography, literature, and the movie industry made lasting impressions on history.

Biography of the young Swede who rescued over a hundred thousand Jews during World War II using special passports and working permits. He disappeared behind the Russian Army lines at the end of the war and his fate is still unknown.