[INCOMPLETE] Cleanup: Blitzed

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There are issues that need to be cleaned up with the English translations of Blitzed by Norman Ohler.

1. US Hardcover: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ISBN 9781328663795)

- The page count is incorrect. I’m holding a copy right now, and it should be 292.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:
A groundbreaking book that discovers a surprising perspective on World War II: Nazi Germany’s all-consuming reliance on drugs

The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer produced cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives. Meth proved particularly attractive to some German army leaders, who not only dosed themselves but also incorporated the drug into their battle plans – it was rationed out in pill form to millions of troops. The elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to account for the breakneck invasion that sealed the fall of France in 1940, as well as other German military victories.

Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command – and to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs – ultimately including Eukodal, a cousin of heroin – administered by his personal doctor. He ended his life as an addict in the throes of withdrawal. While drugs alone can never explain the Nazis’ toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler’s investigation makes an overwhelming case that drugs played an important and shockingly overlooked role in the Third Reich.

Thoroughly researched and rivetingly readable, Blitzed throws light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows.

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2. US Paperback: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ISBN 9781328915344)

- Shaun Whiteside needs to be added with the Translator role.

- The description is incorrect. Transcribed from the back of the book:

The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines. Troops were encouraged, and in some cases ordered, to take rations of a form of crystal meth – the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to account for the breakneck invasion that sealed the fall of France in 1940, as well as other German military victories. Hitler himself became increasingly dependent on a cocktail of drugs – ultimately including Eukodal, a cousin of heroin – administered by his personal doctor.

Thoroughly researched and rivetingly readable, Blitzed throws light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows.

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3. US Kindle: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ASIN B01IAS9G94)

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:
A New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich” (Washington Post).

The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, which were consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to German soldiers.

In fact, troops were encouraged, and in some cases ordered, to take rations of a form of crystal meth—the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to account for the breakneck invasion that sealed the fall of France in 1940, as well as other German military victories. Hitler himself became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs—ultimately including Eukodal, a cousin of heroin—administered by his personal doctor.

Thoroughly researched and rivetingly readable, Blitzed throws light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows.

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4. US Ebook: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ISBN 9781328664099)

- The ISBN-10 1328664090 also needs to be set as the ASIN to prevent the bot from causing problems.

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 304.

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 3.

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5. US Audible: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ASIN B06X9XJYYJ)

- The format is incorrect. It should be Audible Audio.

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6. CD Audiobook: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ISBN 9781504799201)

- Stefan Rudnicki needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- Shaun Whiteside needs to be added with the Translator role.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Blackstone Publishing.

- The page count is missing. It should be 8.

- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:
The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs.

On the eve of World War II, Germany was a pharmaceutical powerhouse, and companies such as Merck and Bayer cooked up cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, to be consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to millions of German soldiers. In fact, troops regularly took rations of a form of crystal meth—the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to explain certain German military victories.

Drugs seeped all the way up to the Nazi high command and, especially, to Hitler himself. Over the course of the war, Hitler became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs—including a form of heroin—administered by his personal doctor, Dr. Morell.

While drugs alone cannot explain the Nazis’ toxic racial theories or the events of World War II, Ohler’s investigation makes an overwhelming case that, if drugs are not taken into account, our understanding of the Third Reich is fundamentally incomplete. Carefully researched and rivetingly readable, Blitzed throws surprising light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows.

- The language is missing. It should be English.

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7. Library Edition CD Audiobook: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ISBN 9781504799195)

- Stefan Rudnicki needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- Shaun Whiteside needs to be added with the Translator role.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Blackstone Publishing.

- The page count is missing. It should be 8.

- It should be noted in the Editions field that this is the Library Edition.

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 6.

- The language is missing. It should be English.

- The cover art is incorrectly taken from the UK hardcover edition. Correct art here: https://dsxuu8etcj8kw.cloudfront.net/...

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8. MP3 CD Audiobook: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (ISBN 9781504799218)

- Stefan Rudnicki needs to be added with the Narrator role.

- Shaun Whiteside needs to be added with the Translator role.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Blackstone Publishing.

- The page count is missing. It should be 8.

- “MP3CD” needs to be removed from the Editions field.

- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 6.

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9. UK Paperback: Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany (ISBN 9780141983165)

- Shaun Whiteside needs to be added with the Translator role.

- The publisher is incorrect. It should be Penguin Books.

- The publication date is incorrect. It should be May 4, 2017.

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10. UK Kindle: Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany (ASIN B01FRPIU5Y)

- The description is missing paragraph breaks and includes praise quotes. It should read as follows:
The sensational international bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich

The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops' resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940.

The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.

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11. UK Ebook: Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany (ISBN 9780241256985)

- The page count is incorrect. It should be 272.

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12. UK Digital Audiobook: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

- The ISBN-10, ISBN-13, and ASIN are all missing. ISBN-13 should be 9780141986074, ISBN-10 and ASIN should be 0141986077.

- The publisher should just be Penguin.

- The page count is missing. It should be 8.

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13. Missing Edition: UK Audible

TITLE: Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
AUTHOR: Norman Ohler
NARRATOR: Jonathan Keeble
TRANSLATOR: Shaun Whiteside
ASIN: B01N52HVSM
PUBLISHER: Penguin Audio
DATE PUBLISHED: November 24, 2016
NUMBER OF PAGES: 8
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION: [same as Entry 10]
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/9...

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14. Invalid Editions

The following editions are all invalid and need to be either marked invalid or merged.

A. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... – no ISBNs, needs to be merged with UK paperback: Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... – invalid edition of German hardcover made by Goodreads bot importing a secondhand seller, needs to be merged: Der totale Rausch: Drogen im Dritten Reich

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... – blank edition, no ISBNs, either mark invalid or merge with whatever edition you feel like.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... – blank edition, no ISBNs, either mark invalid or merge with whatever edition you feel like.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... – blank edition, there is no US digital audiobook edition so I guess just merge with whatever edition

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... – blank edition with no cover or ISBNs. Based on subtitle, needs to be merged with the US hardcover edition: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... – edition that seems to just be complete gibberish typed into the various metadata fields at random, should be marked invalid

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A week has passed, so I'm bumping the thread.

[Amanda]

1-12 done

[Drace]

Giving this a bump in case anyone wants to tackle 13-14. If it's not done by next week, I'll start new threads in the appropriate folders.

[Patricia]

#13 done

[Drace]

Thanks for the help. Once again going to leave this thread open for another week before marking it as complete and starting a thread elsewhere to deal with the invalid editions.