| International Standard Book Number |
9781400361687
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| International Standard Book Number |
1400361680
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781400355822
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| International Standard Book Number |
1400355826
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781400355815
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| International Standard Book Number |
1400355818
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
863.7
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| Personal Name |
Escobar, Mario, 1971- author.
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| Uniform Title |
Guardiana de libros. English
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| Title Statement |
Library of forbidden books : a novel / Mario Escobar ; [translator: Gretchen Abernathy].
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| Imprint |
?20
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| Imprint |
Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
xxii, 278 pages ; 23 c
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| General Note |
Includes discussion question
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| Summary, Etc. |
Berlin, 1933. The vibrant cultural heart of Germany is darkening under the shadow of the Nazi regime. For Helene Nathan, one of the first female librarians at a prestigious German library, the books she cherishes are no longer just sources of knowledge - they are targets. As the government begins its systematic purge of literature, compiling lists of "forbidden" works and orchestrating public book burnings, Helene realises she cannot stand by as her world turns to ash. Determined to resist the encroaching tyranny, Helene and her colleagues embark on a perilous mission of secretly collecting and hiding the very books slated for destruction. It's a dangerous act of defiance in a city where every neighbour could be an informant and the Gestapo are a constant, looming threat. Her quiet rebellion is especially complicated by the fact that Helene is half-Jewish, and Rudolf Kummer, a ruthless Nazi official, seemingly has a personal vendetta against her. As the stakes escalate and friends and neighbours begin to disappear, Helene must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice. Her fight is not just for the pages she saves, but for the very soul of her country and the freedom to thin
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| Language note |
Translated from the Spanis
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Government, Resistance to Fictio
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Librarians Fictio
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Prohibited books Fictio
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
National socialism Germany Fictio
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Censorship Germany Fictio
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Book burning Fictio
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Illegal libraries Fictio
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Christian fiction.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Abernathy, Gretchen, translator.
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