One of the most beloved characters in all of comics, Tintin won an enormous international following. Translated into dozens of languages, Tintin's adventures have sold millions of copies. Yet, despite Tintin's enduring popularity, Americans know almost nothing about his gifted creator, Georges Remi-better known as Herge. Timed to coincide with Steven Spielberg's long-awaited film The Adventures of Tin Tin: Secret of the Unicorn, here is the first full biography of Herge available for an English-speaking audience, offering a captivating portrait of a man who revolutionized the art of comics. Granted unprecedented access to thousands of the cartoonist's unpublished letters, Assouline gets behind the genial public mask to take full measure of Herge's life and art and the fascinating ways in which the two intertwine. Neither sugarcoating nor sensationalizing his subject, he weighs such controversial issues as Herge's support for Belgian imperialism in the Congo and his alleged collaboration with the Nazis. He also analyzes the underpinnings of Tintin-how the conception of the character as an asexual adventurer reflected Herge's love for the Boy Scouts as well as his Catholic mentor's anti-Soviet ideology-and relates the comic strip to Herge's own place within the Belgian middle class. For all his huge success-achieved with almost no formal training-Herge would say unassumingly of his art, "I was just happy drawing little guys, that's all." A profound influence on a generation of artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the elusive figure of Herge comes to life in this illuminating biography-a deeply nuanced account that unveils the man and his career as never before. "Highlights yet again that all-too-common divide between the flawed private man and the admirable creative genius...Those fascinated by the strange lives of creative geniuses may want to read Assouline's fine, if somewhat disillusioning, biography." -Michael Dirda, Washington Post "Will inform and edify America's Tintin devotees." -San Francisco Chronicle

2016 film by Wojciech Smarzowski

The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Lise Cohen is taken to a special prisoner-of-war camp for female Jews, a camp run as a bordello to entertain the German officers and troops going in to battle. The camp is run with an iron fist by Commandant Starker and his minion Alma. Starker becomes frustrated when Lise demonstrates no fear, and devises cruel experiments to scare her, to no avail. Once she realizes her guilt is unfounded, Lise begins to play Starker's game, but even though she begins living a better life, she doesn't forget the atrocities she has seen and experienced.

2004 television film directed by Pierre Boutron

2017 film by Ryu Seung-wan

2014 film by Jan Komasa

1987 television film directed by Jack Gold

October 24, 1944, the world's greatest battle at sea begins in the Philippines. Japan's navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World War II. Instead Musashi, its top secret super battleship, ends up at the bottom of the ocean. How did this unsinkable giant go down so fast? Was it overwhelming American air power? Or a fatal design flaw? Now American deep sea explorers and Japanese military experts are determined to solve this 70-year old mystery. But first they must find the missing Musashi.

《虎式坦克全书》从研发历程、机动性、火力、防护性、作战运用、维修等维度，全景剖析了虎式坦克、“虎王”坦克及其衍生车型的性能特点和综合实力，延伸探讨了第二次世界大战时期的德国坦克设计思想，同时全面介绍了同盟国军队针对虎式坦克和“虎王”坦克开发的实用战术策略。 本书由英国战史专家托马斯·安德森撰写，作者基于德国联邦档案馆和英国博文顿坦克博物馆等机构保存的战时资料，节选了大量作战报告、战时通令和官方往来信件，力求以严谨、专业、客观的视角，还原虎式坦克、“虎王”坦克及其衍生车型的真实面貌。此外，作者还精选了数百幅珍贵历史照片，以及战时出版的《虎式插图手册》等纸质资料复印件，极具观赏和收藏价值。 本书是广大军事爱好者、历史爱好者和模型爱好者不可错过的经典军事科普读物。

The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving ;a great gentleman. ; But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's ;greatness ; and graver doubts about his own faith in the man he served. A tragic, spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England. A wonderful, wonderful book.

1976 film by Tinto Brass

Set in battle-scarred Europe during and immediately after World War II, this intriguing first novel deals with a man's obsession with a younger woman. While convalescing in a French hospital, British soldier Jamie Lovecraft meets Ania Malina, a hospitalized Polish girl. Letters to his sister mention Ania only briefly at first, but later dwell obsessively on the girl and her physican, Dr. Kessler. As the story shifts seamlessly into first-person narrativefirst by Jamie, later by AniaJamie is discharged and moves to Paris. Re-introduced to Ania by Kessler, he finds that the young woman's existence now centers on dancing and drinking. The more shabbily she treats Jamie, the stronger his preoccupation grows. The sensual imagery (which occasionally verges on the grotesque), pervasive sense of doom and lacings of French may limit the novel's appeal somewhat, but its polished prose and fine characterizations merit attention.

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

◆幸存者证词拼成的奥斯维辛 ◆真实而震撼的纳粹集中营见证录 ◆不断修正证词意味着不断接近历史真相 ··· 【内容简介】 本书是奥斯维辛集中营幸存者的证词合集，由身为化学家的莱维及其奥斯维辛狱友、外科医生德·贝内代蒂共同整理撰写。这些1945—1986年间的证词来源各异，既有莱维和德·贝内代蒂自己所叙之事实，也有其他被囚禁、迫害者乃至施暴者家属的现身说法，它们都真实有力地反映了集中营里囚犯们的非人生活。诚如莱维所言，“执着地修正自己可能出的差错，常常会赋予搜寻真相的人一种身份，而它胜过单纯的证人身份。”这些证词是必不可少的记忆，成为我们反思历史和人之价值的依据。 ··· 【编辑推荐】 1、这是一本真实、勇敢的纳粹集中营见证实录，其中收录的证词为纳粹战犯的追责提供了不可或缺的证据，也为后世了解那一段黑暗与恐怖的历史提供了一次珍贵的机会。 2、在书中，见证者们谈到了囚犯工厂、宿舍、医务室、死亡淋浴室与焚尸炉，谈到了集中营里的生活以及战后的省思。即便战争已经过去，对亲历者而言奥斯维辛就像一场如影随形的噩梦，从梦中醒来的唯一办法就是直面那些残酷时刻，不断接近历史真相。 3、本书揭露了鲜为人知的奥斯维辛真相，解答了普通人关于奥斯维辛的疑问，例如：集中营是否发生过囚犯暴动？囚犯之间如何互相帮助？纳粹军官如何筛选、处死囚犯？战败将至，纳粹怎样以最后的疯狂迁移并屠杀众多囚犯？莱维与贝内代蒂在回答这些问题的同时，揭示了集中营的无边黑暗，直指“人之为人”的本质。

2019 film directed by Taika Waititi

"Guernica"" "relates the powerful story of Picasso's 1937 masterpiece, a painting that from its birth out of war and violence became kn own worldwide as a symbolic cry for peace. The acclaimed biographer of Gaudi traces the iconic painting's beginnings amid the Spanish Civil War through its use as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism, through the years when it became the nucleus of the Museum of Modern Art's creation in New York, to its role as a symbol of reconciliation when it returned to Spain after the death of Franco, as democracy was reestablished. Of all the great paintings in the world, the story of Pablo Picasso's Guernica may tell us more about the last century's history than any other. In this new book by Gijs van Hensbergen, the acclaimed biographer of Gaudí, the author explores the life of this key cultural icon from its birth to the present day. He tells the story of the painting's beginnings, amid the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War; describes its use as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism; tells how it traveled overseas to become the nucleus of the Museum of Modern Art's creation in New York; and finally writes movingly of its role as a symbol of reconciliation for Spain after the death of Franco, when it returned to that country as democracy was reestablished. Guernica is a story of national struggle, political exile, and the power of art as a tool of protest and of healing. Ingeniously chronicling the last century using Picasso's visionary tableau, van Hensbergen offers a new way of understanding our own history.

Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.

2019 film directed by James Kent