"Discusses the attack at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and an iconic photograph that captured the historic event"--

Munich's Oktoberfest, held each year since 1810 from late September through the first weekend in October, is one of the most famous events in Germany. It is a beer drinker's paradise-over the course of sixteen days, more than six million visitors consume nearly two million gallons of specially brewed Oktoberfest beer. For the first-time visitor to the Wies'n (a meadow near Munich's center dedicated to the festival), Oktoberfest can be a little overwhelming....

Provides an account of the terrorist attacks against Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic games, profiling some of the individuals involved and exploring the political and historical reasons for the acts.

In 1900, seventeen soccer players met at a local restaurant in Munich. Led by Franz John, they signed a document that created FC Bayern Munich. One hundred and twenty years later, FC Bayern Munich is a soccer powerhouse both in Germany and around the world. FC Bayern Munich traces the evolution of Germany's most famous soccer club from local team to global phenomenon. Packed with interesting facts, historical context, and photographs of the club in...

"In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging...

6 moths from the events of 'Project Stardust', Agent Scarlett Carver and Covert Investigation Group hunt for clues that will lead them to LADON (a computer program designed to access, override, and plant a digital mole into an enemy's system) stolen by agents of defence contractor Armawood; allied with global banking giant - Klassbank. Little does Scarlett and her team know, the real mastermind behind the events of Project Stardust, CEO Simon Klass,...

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Pocket Jerusalem & Tel Aviv is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the architectural magnificence of the Temple Mount / Al Haram Ash Sharif, feel the spiritual power of the Western Wall and weave between mounds of fresh produce and cafes at Mahane Yehuda Market – all with your trusted...

A powerful account of the resistance group made up of German students who opposed Nazism, written by the sister of two members who were killed. The White Rose tells the story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, who in 1942 led a small underground organization of German students and professors to oppose the atrocities committed by Hitler and the Nazi Party. They named their group the White Rose, and they distributed leaflets denouncing the Nazi regime....