Books with author Paul Janeczko

Hitler hailed Terezin (Theresienstadt) as a haven for artistic Jews, when in reality the Czech concentration camp was little more than a way station to the gas chambers. Requiem gives voice to the dignity and resilience of Terezin's inmates and honors their commitment to art and music in the face of great brutality. The many memorable characters conjured here include a child who performs in the camp's now famed production of Brundibar, a man who lectures on bedbugs, and a boy, known as "Professor," who keeps a notebook hidden in his shoe. Accented with dramatic illustrations by inmates, found after the war ended, Janeczko's spare and powerful poems convey Terezin's tragic legacy on an intimate, profoundly moving scale.

Describes the contributions and techniques of American spies over the course of the past two centuries, recounting dramatic missions while profiling such historical figures from George Washington and the Culper Spy Ring, Benedict Arnold, Civil War, World War I and II, Spy Gadgets and Gizmos, OSS Training, Cold War, to Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.