Certifiably MAD, 192 pages

A collection of selected material from MAD Magazine.

Silent Night, Deadly Night by Vicki Delany, 295 pages

It's the week before Thanksgiving, and Merry Wilkinson, owner of Mrs. Claus's Treasures, is preparing for a weekend reunion of her mother's college friends. But when the group of women comes into Merry's shop, Merry is met with frosty attitudes and cold hearts.

The women argue amongst themselves constantly, and the bickering only intensifies after one of the friends is poisoned. With her father's role as Santa in danger due to his proximity to the crime, Merry will need to use all of her investigative gifts to wrap this mystery up and save Santa and her favorite holiday.

Tyler's Row by Miss Read, 322 pages

Miss Read, whose real name is Dora Jessie Saint, has been producing these delightful novels of English village life since 1956.Peter Hale, a teacher from Caxley, and his wife, Diana, buy a charming row of four dilapidated cottages in Fairacre and begin converting them into a retirement dreamhouse. Conversion is constantly interrupted by the lively feud between current tenants of Tyler's Row.

Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery by Mary Amato, 262 pages

When Lacy wakes up dead in Westminster Cemetery, final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, she's confused. It's the job of Sam, a young soldier who died in 1865, to teach her the rules of the afterlife and to warn her about Suppression--a punishment worse than death.

Lacy desperately wants to leave the cemetery and find out how she died, but every soul is obligated to perform a job. Given the task of providing entertainment, Lacy proposes an open mic, which becomes a chance for the cemetery's residents to express themselves. But Lacy is in for another shock when surprising and long-buried truths begin to emerge. When Lacy wakes up dead in Westminster Cemetery, final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, she's confused. It's the job of Sam, a young soldier who died in 1865, to teach her the rules of the afterlife and to warn her about Suppression--a punishment worse than death.

Lacy desperately wants to leave the cemetery and find out how she died, but every soul is obligated to perform a job. Given the task of providing entertainment, Lacy proposes an open mic, which becomes a chance for the cemetery's residents to express themselves. But Lacy is in for another shock when surprising and long-buried truths begin to emerge.When Lacy wakes up dead in Westminster Cemetery, final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, she's confused. It's the job of Sam, a young soldier who died in 1865, to teach her the rules of the afterlife and to warn her about Suppression--a punishment worse than death.

Lacy desperately wants to leave the cemetery and find out how she died, but every soul is obligated to perform a job. Given the task of providing entertainment, Lacy proposes an open mic, which becomes a chance for the cemetery's residents to express themselves. But Lacy is in for another shock when surprising and long-buried truths begin to emerge.When Lacy wakes up dead in Westminster Cemetery, final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, she's confused. It's the job of Sam, a young soldier who died in 1865, to teach her the rules of the afterlife and to warn her about Suppression--a punishment worse than death.

Lacy desperately wants to leave the cemetery and find out how she died, but every soul is obligated to perform a job. Given the task of providing entertainment, Lacy proposes an open mic, which becomes a chance for the cemetery's residents to express themselves. But Lacy is in for another shock when surprising and long-buried truths begin to emerge.

Fairacre Festival by Miss Read, 104 pages

Tthe first day of October brings an unheralded and violent storm, which whips through Fairacre, blowing down trees and telephone poles -- and, worst of all, damaging the roof of St. Patrick’s Church. The inhabitants of tiny Fairacre can’t imagine how they will be able to afford the repairs, until Mr. Willett suggests a fundraising festival. Preparations for a food sale, a concert, a school play, and a gigantic Christmas bazaar are soon made -- but will they be enough? With her customary humor and grace, Miss Read recounts a story of catastrophe and courage.The first day of October brings an unheralded and violent storm, which whips through Fairacre, blowing down trees and telephone poles -- and, worst of all, damaging the roof of St. Patrick’s Church. The inhabitants of tiny Fairacre can’t imagine how they will be able to afford the repairs, until Mr. Willett suggests a fundraising festival. Preparations for a food sale, a concert, a school play, and a gigantic Christmas bazaar are soon made -- but will they be enough? With her customary humor and grace, Miss Read recounts a story of catastrophe and courage.

Farther Afield by Miss Read, 336 pages

Miss Read, whose real name is Dora Jessie Saint, has been producing these delightful novels of English village life since 1956.On the first day of the summer holidays Miss Read plunges literally into the end of term, by falling downstairs and breaking her arm and twisting her ankle. Her old friend Amy Garfield insists on taking her on holiday to the idyllic island of Crete. The two women, so dissimilar but united in friendship, have time to assess the values of married and single life.

In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston, 410 pages

Petite, kind, brilliant, and young, Stevie is nothing like the usual women bodyguard Shen Li is interested in. Even more surprising, the youngest of the lethal, ball-busting, and beautiful MacKilligan sisters is terrified of bears. But she’s not terrified of pandas. She loves pandas.

Which means that whether Shen wants her to or not, she simply won’t stop cuddling him. He isn’t some stuffed Giant Panda, ya know! He is a Giant Panda shifter. He deserves respect and personal space. Something that little hybrid is completely ignoring.

But Stevie has a way of finding trouble. Like going undercover to take down a scientist experimenting on other shifters. For what, Shen doesn’t want to know, but they’d better find out. And fast. Stevie might be the least violent of the honey badger sisters, but she’s the most dangerous to Shen’s peace of mind. Because she has absolutely no idea how much trouble they’re in . . . or just how damn adorable she is.

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston, 433 pages

It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her. By the time he figures out she’s a honey badger shifter, it’s too late.

Honey badgers are survivors. Brutal, vicious, ill-tempered survivors. Or maybe Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is just pissed that her useless father is trying to get them all killed again, and won’t even tell her how. Protecting her little sisters has always been her job, and she’s not about to let some pesky giant grizzly protection specialist with a network of every shifter in Manhattan get in her way. Wait. He’s trying to help? Why would he want to do that? He’s cute enough that she just might let him tag along—that is, if he can keep up . . .It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her. By the time he figures out she’s a honey badger shifter, it’s too late.

Honey badgers are survivors. Brutal, vicious, ill-tempered survivors. Or maybe Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is just pissed that her useless father is trying to get them all killed again, and won’t even tell her how. Protecting her little sisters has always been her job, and she’s not about to let some pesky giant grizzly protection specialist with a network of every shifter in Manhattan get in her way. Wait. He’s trying to help? Why would he want to do that? He’s cute enough that she just might let him tag along—that is, if he can keep up . . .It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her. By the time he figures out she’s a honey badger shifter, it’s too late.

Honey badgers are survivors. Brutal, vicious, ill-tempered survivors. Or maybe Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is just pissed that her useless father is trying to get them all killed again, and won’t even tell her how. Protecting her little sisters has always been her job, and she’s not about to let some pesky giant grizzly protection specialist with a network of every shifter in Manhattan get in her way. Wait. He’s trying to help? Why would he want to do that? He’s cute enough that she just might let him tag along—that is, if he can keep up . . .It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her. By the time he figures out she’s a honey badger shifter, it’s too late.
 
Honey badgers are survivors. Brutal, vicious, ill-tempered survivors. Or maybe Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is just pissed that her useless father is trying to get them all killed again, and won’t even tell her how. Protecting her little sisters has always been her job, and she’s not about to let some pesky giant grizzly protection specialist with a network of every shifter in Manhattan get in her way. Wait. He’s trying to help? Why would he want to do that? He’s cute enough that she just might let him tag along—that is, if he can keep up . . .

This was probably one of the funniest and best written romance books I've ever read. I picked it up as a lark after my daughter showed me the cover but I can't recommend it enough. I've already got book 2 on my e-reader ready to go.

Lumberjanes: Jackalope Springs Eternal, 112 pages

When Counselor Jen takes the Roanoke scouts on a mission to find a Jackalope, they end up stumbling on a young cowgirl who’s been living in the woods surrounding camp with her herd of unusual critters!

In the aftermath of the time shenanigans set off by Jo’s Mysterious Time Thingy, the Roanoke scouts are a little bit uneasy on their feet. It’s up to Jen to cheer them up and help them get back up and off adventuring again, with a quest to seek out the most mysterious mythological monster of all…the mighty JACKALOPE! 

Oolong Dead by Laura Childs, 320 pages

While riding her horse in a race through the South Carolina Lowcountry, Theodosia Browning finds her arch nemesis, Abby Davis, dead. What's more, the victim's brother is Theodosia's old flame. Who'd have guessed they'd be reunited through cold-blooded murder? Theodosia's investigation takes her from the Lowcountry thicket to the backstage maze of a darkened theater where a maestro of murder waits for the next cue. All proving that when it comes to high drama, Theodosia can give Verdi a run for his money.

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty, 222 pages

Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut’s body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral?

In Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Doughty blends her mortician’s knowledge of the body and the intriguing history behind common misconceptions about corpses to offer factual, hilarious, and candid answers to thirty-five distinctive questions posed by her youngest fans. In her inimitable voice, Doughty details lore and science of what happens to, and inside, our bodies after we die. Why do corpses groan? What causes bodies to turn colors during decomposition? And why do hair and nails appear longer after death? Readers will learn the best soil for mummifying your body, whether you can preserve your best friend’s skull as a keepsake, and what happens when you die on a plane. Beautifully illustrated by Dianné Ruz, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? shows us that death is science and art, and only by asking questions can we begin to embrace it.

The Railway Man by Eric Lomax, 278 pages

During the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.

Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife Patti and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened and, fifty years after the terrible events, was able to meet one of his tormentors.

The Railway Man is an incredible story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, 419 pages

In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades.

When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her--freedom, prison or death.

With The Testaments, the wait is over.

Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story more than fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, 311 pages

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now...

The PreHisory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit by Gary Larson, 288 pages

A Far Side retrospective, celebrating its tenth anniversary.

The Chickens Are Restless by Gary Larson, 96 pages

A collection of cartoons by the American creator of the Far Side, whose demonic and subtle views of the fauna of our planet have made him one of the world's best selling cartoonists.

The Completely MAD Don Martin, 190 pages

The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney, 356 pages

This book should come with a warning label. I finished it on my lunch, sitting in my car and before I knew it, I was crying. I almost had to call into work, lol.
Joel lives in a nursing home, and he’s not one bit happy about it. He hates being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. He’s fed up with life and begins to plan a way out when his new roommate, a retired soap opera actor named Frank, moves in and turns the nursing-home community upside down.

Though the two men couldn’t be more opposite, a fast friendship is formed when Frank is the only one who listens to and stands up for Joel. When he tells Frank about his burgeoning plan, they embark together on a mission to find the perfect escape, and along the way will discover that it’s never too late for new beginnings.

Filled with colorful characters, sparkling humor and deep emotion, The Great Unexpected is the story of friendship, finding oneself later in life and experiencing newfound joy in the most unexpected places.

Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball by Laura Ellen Anderson, 206 pages

Meet Amelia Fang.

She loves playing Goblin Tag, and cuddling her pet pumpkin, Squashy. She hates going to her mum and dad's boring Barbaric Ball. Oh, and one more thing - Amelia is a vampire.

When the spoilt prince of Nocturnia captures Squashy, Amelia must plan a daring rescue. But things in the Kingdom of the Dark may not be all they seem...

Join Amelia on her first abominable adventure. She won't bite!

The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance by Anders Rydell, 352 pages

WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.WhiletheNazipartywasbeingcondemnedbymuchoftheworldforburningbooks,theywerealreadyhardatworkperpetratinganevengreaterliterarycrime.ThroughextensivenewresearchthatincludedrecordssavedbytheMonumentsMenthemselves--AndersRydelltellstheuntoldstoryofNazibooktheft,ashehimselfjoinstheefforttoreturnthestolenbooks.WhentheNazisoldiersransackedEurope'slibrariesandbookshops,largeandsmall,thebookstheystolewerenotburned.Instead,theNazisbegantocompilealibraryoftheirownthattheycouldusetowageanintellectualwaronliteratureandhistory.Inthissecretwar,thelibrariesofJews,Communists,Liberalpoliticians,LGBTactivists,Catholics,Freemasons,andmanyotheroppositiongroupswereappropriatedforNaziresearch,andusedasanintellectualweaponagainsttheirowners.Butwhenthewarwasover,mostofthebookswereneverreturned.Insteadmanyfoundtheirwayintothepubliclibrarysystem,wheretheyremaintothisday.

Now,Rydellfindshimselfentrustedwithoneofthesestolenvolumes,settingouttoreturnittoitsrightfulowner.ItwaspassedtohimbythesmallteamofheroiclibrarianswhohavebegunthemonumentaltaskofcombingthroughBerlin'spubliclibrariestoidentifythelootedbooksandreunitethemwiththefamiliesoftheiroriginalowners.ForthosewholostrelativesintheHolocaust,thesebooksareoftentheonlyremainingpossessionoftheirrelativestheyhaveeverheld.AndasRydelltravelstoreturnthevolumehewasgiven,heshowsjusthowmuchasinglebookcanmeantothosewhoownit.
While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already hard at work perpetrating an even greater literary crime. Through extensive new research that included records saved by the Monuments Men themselves--Anders Rydell tells the untold story of Nazi book theft, as he himself joins the effort to return the stolen books. When the Nazi soldiers ransacked Europe's libraries and bookshops, large and small, the books they stole were not burned. Instead, the Nazis began to compile a library of their own that they could use to wage an intellectual war on literature and history. In this secret war, the libraries of Jews, Communists, Liberal politicians, LGBT activists, Catholics, Freemasons, and many other opposition groups were appropriated for Nazi research, and used as an intellectual weapon against their owners. But when the war was over, most of the books were never returned. Instead many found their way into the public library system, where they remain to this day.

Now, Rydell finds himself entrusted with one of these stolen volumes, setting out to return it to its rightful owner. It was passed to him by the small team of heroic librarians who have begun the monumental task of combing through Berlin's public libraries to identify the looted books and reunite them with the families of their original owners. For those who lost relatives in the Holocaust, these books are often the only remaining possession of their relatives they have ever held. And as Rydell travels to return the volume he was given, he shows just how much a single book can mean to those who own it.