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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 027.1092 EAN: 9781400042043 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1400042046 Label: Knopf Manufacturer: Knopf Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: October 21, 2008 Publisher: Knopf Release Date: October 21, 2008 Studio: Knopf Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A brilliantly original exploration of some of the formative influences in Hitler’s life—the books he most revered, and how they shaped the man and his thinking. Hitler’s education and worldview were formed largely from the books in his private library. Recently, hundreds of those books were discovered in the Library of Congress by Timothy Ryback, complete with Hitler’s marginalia on their pages—underlines, question marks, exclamation points, scrawled comments. Ryback traces the path of the key phrases and ideas that Hitler incorporated into his writing, speeches, conversations, self-definition, and actions. We watch him embrace Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the works of Shakespeare. We see how an obscure treatise inspired his political career and a particular interpretation of Ibsen’s epic poem Peer Gynt helped mold his ruthless ambition. He admires Henry Ford’s anti-Semitic tract, The International Jew, and declares it required reading for fellow party members. We learn how his extensive readings on religion and the occult provide the blueprint for his notion of divine providence, how the words of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer are reborn as infamous Nazi catchphrases, and, finally, how a biography of Frederick the Great fired the destructive fanaticism that compelled Hitler to continue fighting World War II when all hope of victory was lost. Hitler’s Private Library, a landmark in the study of the Third Reich, offers a remarkable view into Hitler’s intellectual world and personal evolution. It demonstrates the ability of books to preserve in vivid ways the lives of their collectors, underscoring the importance of the tactile in the era of the digital. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hitler's Private Library is a bookworm's view of the evil German Dictator's reading habitsAdolf Hitler (1889-1945) was the Machiavellian magician who seduced Germany from 1933 when he assumed power unti his suicide in Berlin in the spring of 1945. Of the millions of words and thousands of books written about Hitler this book is unique. Stephen Ryback examines many of the books which influenced Hitler thoughout his infamous life, Hitler had a personal library of over 16,000 books. Many of these volumes were never read by the Fuhrer. Scores of books were given him by authors and ... Read More Rating:  - Much More than a Listing of Hitler's BooksThe title of this excellent volume is a bit misleading, since it contains a far richer tapestry of material than merely telling us what books Hitler owned and read. Rather, proceeding chronologically, the author has written a series of interconnected essays which take their theme from various of Hitler's books. And make no mistake about it, as a reading of "Hitler's Table Talk" confirms, the man was a great reader, knocking out in midnight reading sessions as much as a book a night. It seems Hitler ... Read More Rating: - A fascinating read, and not just for Hitler specialistsHow better to understand the mind of a significant historical personality than through his private library! Ryback literally happened upon a large portion of Hitler's library while doing research at the Library of Congress. This is a well written and fascinating approach to the mind that unleashed fascism in what was arguably the most civilized country in the world at the time. Indeed, "Hitler's library" comes across as an oxymoron; we've so demonized Hitler that one would think from Hitler's anti-intellectual ... Read More 
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