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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The leaders of the Manhattan Project were alarmed to learn that Nazi Germany was far outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research. Hitler would soon have the capability to reverse the entire D-Day operation and conquer Europe. Kean tells the story of a rough and motley crew of geniuses-- dubbed the Alsos Mission-- sent into Axis territory to spy on, sabotage, and even assassinate members of Nazi Germany's feared Uranium Club. The Mission included...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence. Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xv, 272 pages, 3 foldout pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet the founding father who made America modern ... An immigrant from the West Indies, he played a crucial part in the political, legal, and economic development of the new nation: He served as Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War; he helped establish the Constitution; he wrote most of The Federalist Papers; and he modernized America's fledgling finances, among other notable achievements. Noted Hamilton scholar and chairman of...
