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  • Genius in the Shadows

    A Biography of Leo Szilard, the Man Behind the Bomb

    by William Lanouette ...
    Well-known names such as Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Edward Teller are usually those that surround the creation of the atom bomb. One name that is rarely mentioned is Leo Szilard, known in scientific circles as “father of the atom bomb.” The man who first developed the idea of harnessing energy from nuclear chain reactions, he is curiously buried with barely a trace ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Triumph of the Amateurs

    The Rise, Ruin, and Banishment of Professional Rowing in the Gilded Age

    by William Lanouette ...
    The Triumph of the Amateurs is the story of the lost world or professional rowing in America, a sport that attracted crowds of thousands, widespread betting, and ultimately corruption that foretold its doom. It centers on the colorful careers of two New York City Irish boys, the Biglin brothers John and Barney, now long forgotten save for Thomas Eakins's portraits of them in their shell. If the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Reporting on Hitler

    Rothay Reynolds and the British Press in Nazi Germany

    by Will Wainewright ...
    Allegedly the only man capable of holding the Führer's intense gaze, Rothay Reynolds was a leading foreign correspondent between the wars and ran the Daily Mail's bureau in Berlin throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The enigmatic former clergyman was one of the first journalists to interview Adolf Hitler, meeting the future Führer days before the Munich Putsch.While the awful realities of the Third ... Read more

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  • Doomed Destroyer

    by Ron Cope ...
    On March 1st 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered Operation Weserubung: the invasion of Norway. Having swept across Europe, the Nazi assault on Scandinavia was designed to secure the valuable iron ore being delivered by rail from Sweden to the Norwegian port of Narvik. To complete the task, Hitler sent ten large destroyers, with 220 Alpine Troops on each. Five smaller British H Class destroyers were sent up ... Read more

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  • Searching for Bobby Fischer

    A Father's Story of Love and Ambition

    by Fred Waitzkin ...
    The inspiration for the iconic film, this memoir by the father of a prodigy reflects on chess, competition, and childhood.Fred Waitzkin fell in love with chess during the Cold War–era showdown between Russian champion Boris Spassky and young American superstar Bobby Fischer. Twelve years later, Waitzkin's own son, Joshua, discovered chess in Washington Square Park and began displaying the telltale ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lunatics, Imbeciles and Idiots

    A History of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland

    by Kathryn Burtinshaw, John Burt ...
    "Reveals the grisly conditions in which the mentally ill were kept . . . [and] harrowing details of the inhumane and gruesome treatment of these patients."— Daily MailIn the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical ... Read more

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  • Lincoln Reconsidered

    Essays on the Civil War Era

    by David Herbert Donald ...
    A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Secret Formula

    The Inside Story of How Coca-Cola Became the Best-Known Brand in the World

    by Frederick Allen ...
    A "highly entertaining history [of] global hustling, cola wars and the marketing savvy that carved a niche for Coke in the American social psyche" ( Publishers Weekly).Secret Formula follows the colorful characters who turned a relic from the patent medicine era into a company worth $80 billion. Award-winning reporter Frederick Allen's engaging account begins with Asa Candler, a nineteenth-century ... Read more

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  • The Plot to Hack America

    How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election

    by Malcolm Nance ...
    “The Plot to Hack America reads like a spy thriller, but it’s all too real.” –US Daily ReviewOver 600 Amazon *FIVE STAR* Reviews!“Nance states that, by their choices, actions, and statements, ‘Trump and Pence chose Russia’s values over America’s.’” –Michael Lipkin, New York Journal of BooksPublished a full month prior to the divisive Trump vs. Clinton 2016 presidential election, this book exposed ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Through the Darkness

    Glimpses into the History of Western Medicine

    by Monica-Maria Stapelberg ...
    The fascinating history of medicine in Europe is filled with curious, often bizarre, strange, and gruesome cures, enthusiastically espoused by physicians and other medical practitioners of the times. Repulsive and disgusting examples of ‘medications’ often dominated treatment directives and many proposed cures were all but useless, highly dangerous and even lethal.This book explores compelling, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Accidental Agent

    Behind Enemy Lines with the French Resistance

    by John Goldsmith ...
    A covert agent's memoir of three perilous missions in Nazi-occupied Paris, told with "unconditional honesty" ( Kirkus Reviews).At first, John Goldsmith's services were consistently refused. But in 1942, he was recruited into Buckmasters F Section of the Special Operations Executive—and his wartime exploits would be remarkable.His faultless French and upbringing in Paris were to prove invaluable. ... Read more

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  • Brave Genius

    A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

    by Sean B. Carroll ...
    The never-before-told account of the intersection of some of the most insightful minds of the 20th century, and a fascinating look at how war, resistance, and friendship can catalyze genius.In the spring of 1940, the aspiring but unknown writer Albert Camus and budding scientist Jacques Monod were quietly pursuing ordinary, separate lives in Paris. After the German invasion and occupation of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD