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Author of American Lightning (DB 68656) examines the development of a German spy ring in the United States just before…
the country's entry into World War I. Details efforts of the New York Police Department's Bomb and Neutrality Squad to uncover the ring and counteract its machinations. Some violence. 2014By Eleanor Henderson, Anna Solomon. 2014
Thirty writers describe their own experiences of giving birth. Discuss overcoming infertility, feeling frustration about medical staff attitudes and derailed…
birth plans, having twins after miscarriage, and the thrill of finishing labor and meeting their babies. Contributors include Ann Hood, Dani Shapiro, Julia Glass, and Cheryl Strayed. Strong language. 2014By Catherine Bailey. 2013
Television producer chronicles her quest to learn the truth about the ninth Duke of Rutland, John Manners, who died in…
1940 in the archives room of the family estate--which was then sealed off for sixty years. Examines Manners's youth and the questions surrounding his service during World War I. 2012By Melanie Notkin. 2014
Fortysomething New York City writer and entrepreneur examines the growing number of women who are remaining childless, usually by situational…
chance rather than choice or infertility. Discusses society's preconceptions of such women, a possible sociological basis for the phenomenon, and coping techniques. 2014By Álvaro Lozano, Varo Lozano, ÁLvaro Lozano Cutanda. 2011
Spanish historian provides an overview of the "Great War"--the first mechanized military conflict which resulted in the deaths of more…
than nine million soldiers and which produced widespread economic imbalances, social unrest, and increased ideological militancy at the outset of the twentieth century. Violence. Spanish language. 2011By Max Hastings. 2013
British historian uses archives and first-person accounts to chronicle the political, diplomatic, and military events that led to World War…
I, which he blames primarily on Germany. Describes the failure of the warring countries' armies to keep pace with technology and the suffering endured by their civilian populations. 2013By Scott Anderson. 2013
War correspondent chronicles British archaeologist T.E. Lawrence's role in World War I, when he led the Arab revolt against the…
Turks. Reconstructs the actions of three key players--German diplomat Curt Pr�ufer, Zionist agronomist Aaron Aaronsohn, and American oil-man William Yale--and the impact they had on events. Bestseller. 2013By Richard Rubin. 2013
Interviews with American veterans--all older than one hundred years at the time--from World War I. Records their battlefield experiences, including…
the horror of trench warfare and gas attacks, and lighter moments away from the front lines. Adds biographical and historical context. Violence and some strong language. 2013By Jennifer Worth. 2012
Autobiography of woman who trained as a nurse/midwife and served in London's impoverished East End during the 1950s. Describes her…
sheltered background, life in an Anglican convent, and long hours among poverty-stricken patients. Basis for the PBS series. 2002By Peter Englund, Peter Graves. 2011
Historian Englund, a member of the Swedish Academy, details the course of World War I (1914-1918) from the perspectives of…
twenty individuals, including a twelve-year-old German girl, an American woman married to a Polish aristocrat, and an English nurse in the Russian army. Translated from Swedish. Violence. 2011By The Countess of Carnarvon, Fiona Carnarvon. 2011
Lady Fiona, the Countess of Carnarvon, chronicles the era that inspired the British television series Downton Abbey. She details the…
life of Almina--illegitimate daughter of Sir Alfred de Rothschild--who married the fifth earl of Carnarvon in 1895 and enjoyed upper-class privileges until World War I. Some violence. Bestseller. 2011By Miranda Carter. 2010
Examines the bonds between the royal families of Europe, fostered by matriarch Queen Victoria, that led to World War I.…
Discusses the childhoods, education, marriages, and leadership of the three cousins who became George V of England, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. 2009By Adam Hochschild. 2011
Award-winning historian examines the pro- and anti-war movements in Great Britain before and during World War I. Portrays social reformers,…
suffragettes, conscientious objectors, and other pacifists who aligned against military and political leaders and the general public. Highlights the carnage that followed. Some violence. 2011By Annie Murphy Paul. 2010
Science writer explores the field of fetal origins. Includes Paul's interviews with scientists, anecdotes from her own pregnancies, and research…
on the lifelong effects of gestational influences. Traces our evolving understanding of prenatal issues such as diet and nutrition, stress, environmental toxins, exercise, and drug and alcohol use. 2010By Michael Korda. 2010
Biography of T.E. Lawrence, the British officer who led Arab armies against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Discusses…
Lawrence's childhood, Oxford education, complicated relationship with fame, role as a national hero, anonymous military reenlistments, and death at age forty-six. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 2010By Graydon A. Tunstall. 2010
Historian uses World War I material from Vienna and Budapest archives to portray Austria-Hungary's winter campaign to rescue soldiers besieged…
by Russian troops. The armies entered the Carpathian Mountains inadequately equipped with food, clothing, and shelters, which led to the death of almost a million men. Violence. 2010By Alan Axelrod. 2007
Military historian uses primary sources to recount the epoch month-long battle in June 1918 at Belleau Wood, a hunting preserve…
outside of Paris. Describes the U.S. Marine Corps' efforts to save the Allies from defeat by holding off, at great odds, the German army--who employed mustard gas. Violence. 2007By Laura S. Scott. 2009
Scott, the founder of the Childless by Choice Project, researches the motives of couples who choose to remain child-free and…
their decision-making processes. Analyzes results of a survey taken to determine the top eighteen reasons people do not have kids. 2009By Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Mehmet Oz. 2009
Physicians Roizen and Oz, authors of the "You" medical books, offer a layman's guide to pregnancy. They describe fetal development…
and maternal health; cover nutrition, hormones, medications, exercise, and stress; and discuss labor, delivery, and the first month of the infant's life. 2009By Marilee Strong, Mark Powelson. 2008
Drawing upon her research of the Scott and Laci Peterson case, journalist Strong explores more than fifty similar murders she…
terms "eraser killings." Describes well-planned intimate-partner homicides that employed soft-kill methods and left no evidence to link the murderer to his victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2008