Allen Dulles, avuncular pipe-smoking intelligence mandarin, turns out to have been a shocking figure with admiration for major Nazis,no patience with American democracy, suspiciously peripheral to the Kennedy assassination and on and on. Devil indeed!
Gary
Could a single chain of mountains keep a country from achieving prosperity? Could war break out over a single dam on The Nile? You wouldn't think a book about geopolitics would be the engaging page-turner that it is. Why couldn't geography have been like this when I was in school?
John
The movie's not out until January, but you can read now about the black female engineers and mathematicians who were the unseen contributors to the space program.
Sarah
Could a single chain of mountains keep a country from achieving prosperity? Could war break out over a single dam on The Nile? You wouldn't think a book about geopolitics would be the engaging page-turner that it is. Why couldn't geography have been like this when I was in school?
John
Paris 1940’s. Les Parisiennes tells the remarkable story of the heroic women of Paris and how they lived, suffered and coped during the dark years of World War II. C’est un livre très passionnant!
Nathan
Short biographies of a diverse collection of fascinating women from history. You'll find a few familiar names in here, but even history buffs are going to meet some new faces in this book.
Sarah
Maybe it's learning about an event in history that (In America at least) is not well known, maybe it's being told from the perspective of a man determined to make his mark on history or die trying, but Millard has released a history book that goes toe to toe with the best thrillers out there.
John
The movie's not out until January, but you can read now about the black female engineers and mathematicians who were the unseen contributors to the space program.
Sarah
Allen Dulles, avuncular pipe-smoking intelligence mandarin, turns out to have been a shocking figure with admiration for major Nazis,no patience with American democracy, suspiciously peripheral to the Kennedy assassination and on and on. Devil indeed!
Gary