Erik Larson
Author
Language
English
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
ix, 463 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A portrait of the Edwardian era recounts two parallel stories--the case of Dr. Hawley Crippen, who murdered his wife and fled to America, and Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless communication--as the new technology is used to capture a killer.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
430 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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-- Entertainment Weekly -- Lusitania Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of -- Dead Wake Gripping and important, -- The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, LibraryReads, Indigo
Author
Publisher
Broadway Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2012?], c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
xviii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
-- In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.