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Review Date: 3/20/2008
Intriguing historical story set in Europe in WWII. Based on a true story. Elizabeth Pack, a British diplomat's wife, takes on the role of a spy following disappointment in marriage. Focuses on her assistance in helping England break the German ENIGMA code by smuggling pieces of the machine out of Germany thru Poland.
Review Date: 12/28/2008
Helpful Score: 1
This book was originally published in 1933 as "The Dark Garden".
Review Date: 6/8/2011
Helpful Score: 1
Interesting historical treatment with first person accounts, about the theory that Amelia Earhart landed on Saipan in the Marianas and she and Ed Noonan were killed by the Japanese as a spy there in 1937 - and that the plane was later destroyed by the US Military during WWII (not to intentionally hide anything, just for expediency in cleaning up airstrips needed for the war effort). Illustrated with photos and maps. Documents the location of the alleged graves of her and Ed Noonan. Begs the question: How come no one noticed the world's-most-sought plane sitting at the end of a runway from 1937 to WWII?
Review Date: 11/11/2010
Helpful Score: 1
fascinating series of well-organized compilations of life in the USA during World War II, originally created for commercial broadcast. Four cassettes comprise eight 42-minute programs. The programs have periodic "breaks" for station ID insertion. Programs include: #1 Nazis and Martians (1938). #2 London Calling (1940). #3 Arsenal of Democracy (1941). #4 The US at war (1942). #5 Give Till It Hurts (1942). #6 GI Joe (1943). #7 Liberation (1944). #8 Victory (1945). Each program is narrated and includes music popular at the time, new excerpts from actual recordings - Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Tokyo Rose, MacArthur and many more. Coverage of the celebration in 1945 at war's end will bring tears to your eyes. - RM
Review Date: 7/19/2011
This is an excellent book for those looking for basic Bible fluency. The book is organized the same manner as the Bible: One chapter each. It is quite informal. Each chapter contains plot elements, character bios, and summaries, illustrated with line drawings. It is ideal for persons with little or no Bible fluency. We have used this book many times for Bible study sessions and all participants enjoy using it. It is a perfect-bound paperback, and being quite thick, it is awkward to keep it propped open.
Review Date: 4/10/2020
Excellent book with many drawings and color photos. This has inspired us to completely redo our garden, using the raised beds and A-frames described in the book. It is also arranged month-by-month as a to-do list for each month. Emphasis on safe/organic techniques - some fertilizer is encouraged, but no pesticides. Highly recommended.
Review Date: 7/11/2011
Helpful Score: 1
Factual accounts of women involved the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Authoritative, insightful. Generally, each chapter deals with one woman's role. Author's first-person accounts (she was in the OSS herself). A few photographs.
The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 9/25/2012
Helpful Score: 1
Exciting narrative of a submarine disaster and ultimate rescue of most of the crew in 1939 off Portsmouth NH. The book also is an insightful telling of the career of Swede Momsen as he struggled to experiment and find ways to bring people back from the deep; resulting in safety devices mandatory on subs to this day. Not familiar with submarine layout, I did find the descriptions of the various rooms within the submarine hard to follow, and a line drawing would certainly have clarified that for the reader. A couple of little geographic nitpicks from a local, too: The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is not in Portsmouth NH, it is really in Kittery, ME ... and Campobello Island is not in Maine, it is in nearby New Brunswick, Canada. But those are minor points. The book is excellent and kept me reading long after bedtime.
The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
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Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 12/11/2020
This is a fascinating and excellent book on the history of telegraphic communications and how each successive improvement made the world smaller. However, there is a glaring omission. The book ends by implying the telegraph is dead and no longer exists, when in fact, there are thousands of amateur radio operators who use telegraph keys and Morse code on a daily basis today. A final chapter describing this would have been most appropriate.
Review Date: 9/7/2021
Helpful Score: 1
I was disappointed. I expected this to contain various complete stories, but it only consists of random short excerpts from stories to illustrate writing styles.
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