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More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined

The Wilhelm Gustloff sank after being hit by Russian torpedoes on Jan. 30, 1945. More than 9,000 people died. Ullstein Bild via Getty Images hide caption

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More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined

On its final voyage, Germany's Wilhelm Gustloff carried soldiers and thousands of civilians, many of them children. Young adult author Ruta Sepetys revisits the ship's 1945 sinking in Salt to the Sea.

More Died On This WWII Ship Than On The Titanic And Lusitania Combined

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Two Gray Titles, One Sexy Mix-Up
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Two Gray Titles, One Sexy Mix-Up

What happens when two books with similar names are out at the same time? Well, when one is historical fiction set in Lithuania and the other an S&M novel that's ripping up the best-sellers list, some interesting teachable moments.

Two Gray Titles, One Sexy Mix-Up

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