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Cold crematorium : reporting from the land of Auschwitz / by Debreczeni, József,1905-1978,author.(CARDINAL)883107; Olchváry, Paul,translator.(CARDINAL)663097; Freedland, Jonathan,1967-writer of foreward.(CARDINAL)420067; Hartman, Laura,cartographer.(CARDINAL)720177;
"The first English language edition of a lost memoir by an Auschwitz survivor, offering a shocking and deeply moving perspective on life within the camps. When József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungarian-language journalist and poet, arrived in Auschwitz in 1944, his life expectancy was forty-five minutes. This was how long it took for the half-dead prisoners to be sorted into groups, stripped, and sent to the gas chambers. He beat the odds and survived the "selection," which led to twelve horrifying months of incarceration and slave labor in a series of camps, ending in the "Cold Crematorium"-the so-called hospital of the forced labor camp Dörnhau, where prisoners too weak to work awaited execution. But as Soviet and Allied troops closed in on the camps, local Nazi commanders-anxious about the possible consequences of outright murder-decided to leave the remaining prisoners to die. Debreczeni survived the liberation of Auschwitz and immediately recorded his experiences in Cold Crematorium, one of the harshest, most merciless indictments of Nazism ever written. This haunting memoir, rendered in the precise and unsentimental prose of an accomplished journalist, is an eyewitness account of incomparable literary quality. It was published in the Hungarian language in 1950, but it was never translated, due to Cold War hostilities and rising antisemitism. More than 70 years later, this masterpiece that was nearly lost to time is now being published in more than 15 different languages for the first time, and will finally take its rightful place among the greatest works of Holocaust literature"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Debreczeni, József, 1905-1978.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Dörnhau (Concentration camp); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews, Hungarian; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 27
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Architects of death : the family who engineered the death camps / by Bartlett, Karen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.The puppeteer -- Born and bred at J.A. Topf -- A deal with the devil -- A beautiful name -- Buchenwald -- Always at your service -- Auschwitz -- Is there anyone left to burn? -- Innovators until the end -- Trials and retribution -- A change of scenery in the USSR -- Power without morals -- Atonement.
Subjects: Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Firma J.A. Topf & Söhne; Buildings; Crematoriums; Crematoriums; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and architecture.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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King of ashes [large print] : a novel / by Cosby, S. A.,author.(CARDINAL)875874;
"When Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals. Roman, a financial whiz with a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he's forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his brother: himself, and his own particular set of skills. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family. Anything. Because everything burns."--
Subjects: Gangster fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Large print books.; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Siblings; Organized crime; Crematoriums; Missing persons;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 14
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A long day at the end of the world : a story of desecration and revelation in the Deep South by Hendricks, Brent R.,1958-(CARDINAL)644476;
Includes bibliographical references."In February 2002, hundreds of abandoned and decayed bodies were discovered at the Tri-State Crematory in rural Georgia, making it the largest mass desecration in modern American history. The perpetrator—a well-respected family man and a former hometown football star—had managed to conceal the horror for five years. Among the bodies found at the Tri-State Crematory was that of Brent Hendricks’s father. To quell the psychic disturbance surrounding the desecration, Hendricks embarked on a pilgrimage to the crematory site in Georgia. In A Long Day at the End of the World, he reveals his very complicated relationship with the South as he tries to reconcile his love-hate feelings for the culture with his own personal and familial history there, and his fascination with the disturbed landscape. In achingly beautiful prose, Hendricks explores his fraught relationship with his father—not just the grief that surrounded his death but the uncanniness of his resurrection. It’s a story that’s so heart-wrenching, so unbelievable, and so sensational that it would be easy to tell it without delving deep. But Hendricks’s inquiry is unrelenting, and he probes the extremely difficult questions about the love between a parent and a child, about the way human beings treat each other—in life and in death—and about the sanctity of the body. It’s the perfect storm for a true Southern Gothic tale."--
Subjects: Hendricks, Brent R., 1958-; Authors, American; Crematoriums; Death care industry;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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King of ashes : a novel / by Cosby, S. A.,author.(CARDINAL)875874;
"Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family-and the family business-together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortality draws even closer when it becomes clear that the crash that landed their father in a coma was no accident and Dante's recklessness has placed them all in real danger. Roman, a financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he's forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his brother: himself, and his own particular set of skills. Roman begins his work for the criminals while Neveah tries to uncover the long-ago mystery of what happened to their mother, who disappeared when they were teenagers. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family. Anything. Because everything burns."--
Subjects: Gangster fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Siblings; Family-owned business enterprises; Crematoriums; Organized crime; Missing persons; African American families; Traffic accidents; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 37 / Total copies: 108
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King of ashes [audio-enabled device] : a novel / by Cosby, S. A.,author.(CARDINAL)875874; Lazarre-White, Adam,1969-narrator.; Playaway Digital Audio,issuing body.(CARDINAL)565887; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.(CARDINAL)868990;
Read by Adam Lazarre-White.Sound files.Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family--and the family business--together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortality draws even closer when it becomes clear that the crash that landed their father in a coma was no accident and Dante's recklessness has placed them all in real danger. Roman, a financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he's forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his brother: himself, and his own particular set of skills. Roman begins his work for the criminals while Neveah tries to uncover the long-ago mystery of what happened to their mother, who disappeared when they were teenagers. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family. Anything. Because everything burns.Adult.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Gangster fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Siblings; Family-owned business enterprises; Crematoriums; Organized crime; Missing persons; Gangsters; African American families; Traffic accidents; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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King of ashes [sound recording] : a novel / by Cosby, S. A.,author.(CARDINAL)875874; Lazarre-White, Adam,1969-narrator.;
Read by Adam Lazarre-White.When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family--and the family business--together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortality draws even closer when it becomes clear that the crash that landed their father in a coma was no accident and Dante's recklessness has placed them all in real danger. Roman, a financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he's forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his brother: himself, and his own particular set of skills. Roman begins his work for the criminals while Neveah tries to uncover the long-ago mystery of what happened to their mother, who disappeared when they were teenagers. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Gangster fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Families; Siblings; Family-owned business enterprises; Crematoriums; Organized crime; Missing persons; Criminals; African American families; Traffic accidents; Drug traffic;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 10
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Eyewitness Auschwitz : three years in the gas chambers / by Müller, Filip.(CARDINAL)138627; Freitag, Helmut,author.(CARDINAL)754322; Flatauer, Susanne,editor,translator.(CARDINAL)518882; Translation of:Müller, Filip.Sonderbehandlung.;
Filip Muller's firsthand account of three years in the gas chambers. One of the few prisoners who saw the Jewish people die and lived to tell about it, Muller has written one of the key documents of the Holocaust. A very detailed description of day-to-day life, if we can call it that, in Hell's inmost circle ... jammed with infernal information too terrible to be taken all at once.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Müller, Filip.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The loved one : an Anglo-American tragedy / by Waugh, Evelyn,1903-1966.(CARDINAL)140963;
"Mr. Joyboy, the embalmer at a full-service funeral home for Hollywood's departed greats, and Aimee Thanatogenos, the crematorium cosmetician, find their romance complicated with the appearance of a young English poet." --WorldCat
Subjects: Fiction.; Motion picture industry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The witch is dead : an Ophelia and Abby mystery / by Damsgaard, Shirley.(CARDINAL)483479; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;
On the verge of adopting Tink, witch Ophelia finds her life complicated when Tink's dog pulls a human skull out of the woods, and Ophelia and her grandmother must take on body snatchers and a creepy crematorium owner to rescue Tink.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Librarians; Witches;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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