Rabbit Classics

One by one the boys begin to fall.. In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'Nothing New in the West') is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front. The novel was first published in November and December 1928 in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung and in book form in late January 1929. The book and its sequel, The Road Back (1930), were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany. All Quiet on the Western Front sold 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print. In 1930, the book was adapted as an Academy-Award-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone. It was adapted again in 1979 by Delbert Mann, this time as a television film starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine.

All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. In this timeless and thought-provoking allegory, George Orwell explores the dangers of totalitarianism, the corrupting influence of power, and the fragility of democracy. When the animals of Manor Farm rise up against their drunken and tyrannical owner, they envision a utopian society where all animals are equal and free. But as the pigs, led by the charismatic and power-hungry Napoleon, consolidate their control, the animals begin to realize that their revolution has gone horribly wrong. A powerful warning about the dangers of government control, propaganda, and manipulation, "Animal Farm" is a classic tale that remains eerily relevant today. Join the animals of Manor Farm as they discover the dark side of revolution and the true meaning of freedom.

The original US edition of the masterpiece of war literature depicting the plight of German soldiers during World War I-now an Oscar-nominated Netflix film From the perspective of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier in World War I, comes an unsettling tale of the mundanity and misery of trench warfare on the Western Front. When Paul and his comrades volunteer for the Imperial German Army, pressured into this act of patriotism by idealistic parents and a steely schoolmaster, they quickly learn that the authorities they trusted to shape their minds and guide their growth were condemning them to unimaginable danger and squalor, in the name of duty to an old world in its death throes. Bombarded by shells and bombs, by horror after horror, Paul absorbs the sordid lessons of combat and reflects upon the strangers on the arbitrary other side, transformed into enemies by a distant "word of command." With timeless insight and searing prose, Erich Maria Remarque draws readers into the embattled consciences of soldiers on the frontlines, enlivening a tragic story with characters whose survival one hopes for against all odds.