Describes the difficult and bloody four-month battle that tipped the stalemate on the Western Front in favor of the Allies in 1918 and drove back the Germans, bringing World War I to an end.
Stephen was uniformly successful with the scalpels, but he had to return the largest catling, a heavy, double-edged, sharp-pointed amputating knife, to the coarse stone again and again. 'No sir,' cried Harris, who could bear it no ...
This particularly poignant work, set in the first half of 1815 and largely in Paris, is told from two perspectives, that of Napoleon himself and that of the lowly, devoted palace laundress Angelica—an unlucky creature who deeply loves him ...
By turns thrilling and satirical, studded with poetry and understated revelation, The Last Hundred Days captures the commonplace terror of Cold War Eastern Europe. Patrick McGuinness's first novel is unforgettable.
Inge Marssolek and Adelheid von Saldern, “Das Radio als historisches und historiographisches Medium,” in Zuhören und Gehörtwerden I. Radio im Nationalsozialismus, eds. Marssolek and von Saldern (Tübingen, 1998), 33; Uta C. Schmidt, ...
The bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the Falklands War, written by the commander of the British Task Force.
Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been.
A chronicle of the initial fifteen weeks of the thirty-second president's administration evaluates FDR's accomplishments while offering insight into why they have been upheld as a measure for subsequent presidencies, in an account that ...
A teen girl suffers from progeria, a rare disease that causes her to age rapidly. This is the story of three unlikely friends learning to live life to its fullest before ultimately letting it go.
Hannah is disappointed when a cold keeps her from her class's celebration of the one hundredth day of school, but she learns upon returning that the 101st day can be just as special.
At times tense and unnerving, One Hundred Days illuminates the pain, confusion, and thrill of growing up and the overwhelming desire of adults to protect the children they