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After 35 years it is now revealed that all through World War II the British Secret Intelligence possessed the Germans'…
electric code computer for decoding secret German orders. According to the author, the Allied leaders were successful in their military campaigns because they knew every planned major and minor enemy offensive. Bestseller. 1974
The first integrated intelligence organization of World War II was set up by a Canadian with the code name "Intrepid."…
He was given the extraordinary mission of guarding covert communications between Churchill and Roosevelt in 1940. Bestseller. 1976. (Reissue).
Part XI of "The Story of Civilization." A carefully researched narrative history focuses on Napoleon but emphasizes the age named…
for him. Re-creates the spirit of the time through its people and manners, arts and sciences, politics, and battles. Bestseller
Portrayal of a royal family from the end of World War I through the present. Lacey discusses the personal and…
political significance of such matters as Edward VIII's abdication, Margaret's marital problems, and Elizabeth's own courtship and marriage. Bestseller
A chilling true story of a haunted house. George and Kathleen Lutz and their three children move into a home…
in Amityville, Long Island in 1975, although they knew it had been the scene of a mass murder. Bestseller
Three-part portrait of Alaska covers the vast and isolated wilderness and its wildlife, the cities and their politics, and the…
people of the upper Yukon region. Impressions of the lands and its occupants. Bestseller
Detailed biography portrays the brilliant commander as a controversial domineering figure who used his military prestige to influence civilian policy…
decisions. Manchester challenges some myths and misunderstandings that have become part of the MacArthur legend. Some strong language. Bestseller
The oldest adopted child of movie queen Joan Crawford, who died in 1977, tells a shocking story of what it…
was like living with her mother. Revelations of punishment, humiliation, and exploitation are described by the daughter of the famous star who demanded that her children refer to her as 'Mommie Dearest.' Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1978
An English veterinarian writes of his work, whether on his back in a stable trying to deliver a calf during…
a snowstorm or comforting a lonely old man whose only companion, a dog, has died. Bestseller 1972. Spanish language
Inside view of the early astronauts (Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton) strips away the media image of the…
men and reveals what makes them tick. Also describes the space program, how it functioned in the beginning, and how these seven responded to it. Some strong language. Bestseller
Comedy of the how-to/self-help mania that zooms in on favorite national pastimes and preoccupations. The humorist claims she never knew…
how miserable she was until she tried to find out why she was happy. Her inalienable right to pursue happiness leads her to "Fear of Buying" and "Is There a Draft in Your Open Marriage?" Bestseller
True story of Charles Sobhraj, the illegitimate son of a Vietnamese mother and an Indian father. After a tormented childhood,…
he turns to crime at an early age and finds that his good looks, charm, and command of languages makes him unusually successful. Then he goes beyond preying on tourists to murder. Violence. Bestseller
The Former Secretary of State covers his first four years, from January 1969 to January 1973, as Assistant to the…
President for National Security Affairs and President Nixon's closest adviser on foreign policy. Some of the highlights include his relationship with Nixon and portraits of major foreign leaders. Bestseller. 1979
Historical account of the author's family from its roots in eighteenth-century Africa to slavery in Virginia. Continues with the family's…
resettlement in Tennessee following the Civil War. Bestseller 1974. Portuguese language