"A fine escapade related with proper drama and likely to be news even to well-read young historians. (maps, sources, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 12-15)"
Allied prisoners of war stage a series of intrepid escapes from German captors in this young readers' version of a true story from World War I.
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An isolated factory in Nazi-occupied Norway is an important link in a plan to deliver a nuclear weapon for Hitler until Norwegian resistance fighters embark on a dangerous mission to stop it.
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"Featuring excellent characterization and exquisite detail concerning a theater of the war (Norway) not well-mined, this will make a terrific addition to World War II collections."
An exciting, thorough account of how Norwegian resistance, with help from the British, scuttled Nazi attempts to build an atomic program.
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"It's nonfiction as thriller in its recounting of the actions of a midlevel, monstrous clerk and the work of a few dedicated people in delivering him to justice. (author's note, bibliography, notes, index [not seen]) (Nonfiction. 12 & up)"
Adolf Eichmann was among the Gestapo war criminals who managed to escape from Europe and establish new lives in Argentina. The search for him involved an international group of Nazi hunters who left no stone unturned to determine where and how he had fled, find him and bring him to justice.
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"History at its best: readable, dramatic and propelled by unforgettable principals."
Desperate sailors take over the Russian Navy's premier battleship, hoping to use their mutiny as a catalyst for revolution and the overthrow of Nicholas II.
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"Despite occasionally clumsy exposition, Higher goes a long way toward doing justice to its fascinating subject."
Bascomb debuts with a lively account of how three great New York City skyscrapers were built at the end of the Roaring Twenties.
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