Walter Lord

Describes the events of December 7, 1941, before, during, and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as the reactions of the men who lived through the attack.

This is the story of the greatest rescue of all time. On May 24, 1940, some 400,000 Allied troops lay pinned against the coast of Flanders near the French port of Dunkirk. Hitler's advancing tanks were only ten miles away. By June 4 more than 338,000 of these men had been evacuated safely to England. It was a crucial turning point in World War II, aptly called by Winston Churchill "a miracle of deliverance." - Jacket flap.

Quinze ans après le naufrage du Titanic, l'auteur s'embarque sur son frère jumeau l'Olympic. Il fait revivre de l'intérieur la vie à bord et la terrible nuit du 14 avril 1912 qui vit périr 2207 personnes. Pour cet ouvrage, il a mené une grande enquête auprès des survivants, de sauveteurs et des parents des victimes.

Sheds light on the sinking of the "Titanic," with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster.

This is about the years from the turn of the century to the First World War, when for a span of time that was never going to end Americans enjoyed the best of all possible worlds.

The crucial World War II Battle of Midway is stirringly re-created from both the American and Japanese points of view.

The climactic shaping of "the land of the free" during the hazardous events of 1814 in Washington, Baltimore, and London.

Biography for young people.