ISBN10: 0307455262, ISBN13: 9780307455260, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. A Washington Post Notable Book With a new chapter on eugenicist Madison Grants The Passing of the Great RaceIn this brilliant and original exploration of some of the formative influences in Adolf Hitlers life, Timothy Ryback examines the books that shaped the man and his thinking.Hitler was better known for burning books than collecting them but, as Ryback vividly shows us, books were Hitlers constant companions throughout his life. They accompanied him from his years as a frontline corporal during the First World War to his final days before his suicide in Berlin. With remarkable attention to detail, Ryback examines the surviving volumes from Hitlers private book collection, revealing the ideas and obsessions that occupied Hitler in his most private hours and the consequences they had for our world.A feat of scholarly detective work, and a captivating biographical portrait, Hitlers Private Library is one of the most intimate and chilling works on Hitler yet written. HITLER'S PRIVATE LIBRARY offers a remarkable view of Hitler's intellectual evolution. It also demonstrates the ability of books not only to convey their contents but also to preserve in very real ways the life of the collector--a testament to the importance of the tactile and physical in the era of the digital and virtual. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, ...