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  Darkest Hour - How Churchill...

  Anthony McCarten

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  “McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable.”—Michael F. Bishop, Executive Director of the International Churchill Society 
  From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revelatory look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill’s ascendancy to Prime Minister 
  “He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to history....” 
  May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. 
  Just days after becoming Prime Minister, Winston Churchill must deal with this horror—as well as a skeptical King, a party plotting against him, and an unprepared public. Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, how could he change the mood and shore up the will of a nervous people? 
  In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of how an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the celebrated Bafta-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how he practiced and re-wrote his key speeches, from ‘Blood, toil, tears and sweat’ to ‘We shall fight on the beaches’; his consideration of a peace treaty with Nazi Germany, and his underappreciated role in the Dunkirk evacuation; and, above all, how 25 days helped make one man an icon. 
  Using new archive material, McCarten reveals the crucial behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history. It’s a scarier—and more human—story than has ever been told.

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  Hero Villain - Satoshi: The Man...

  Mark Eglinton

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  The inside story of the man who invented Bitcoin and his battle to protect it.In 2008, when the Bitcoin Whitepaper was published online, the technology world changed forever. Hero /Villain: Satoshi: The Man Who Built Bitcoin tells the story of how an awkward, Australian security specialistfirst created something revolutionary under the moniker “Satoshi Nakamoto” and how he spent every momentthereafter either in self-imposed hiding or in court trying to protect his invention.Initially intended to be a force for good that would allow people to transact directly and inexpensively online, itwasn’t long before Bitcoin became something else: a store of value with a cast of powerful investors hell-benton manipulating it for their own gain.For the first time, the real inside story of Bitcoin is laid bare—a story with greed, power, and betrayal at its heart.With firsthand interviews with the man most likely to be Bitcoin’s inventor and those who have fought with himto ensure Bitcoin fulfills its positive and potentially world-changing purpose, Hero / Villain: Satoshi: The ManWho Built Bitcoin serves as an important book in the context of a world where cryptocurrency is in turmoil.

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  Out of the Shadow of a Giant -...

  John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin

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  The authors of Ice Age “present a well-documented argument that [Newton] owed more to the ideas of others than he admitted” (Kirkus Reviews).   Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society.   Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established. They argue persuasively that, even without Newton, science would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary figures, Hooke and Halley.   “Science readers will thank the Gribbins for restoring Hooke and Halley to the prominence that they deserve.”—Publishers Weekly   “Engaging . . . They offer proof that Hooke was an important scientist in his own right, and often had physical insights that were borrowed (usually without acknowledgement) by Newton.”—Choice

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  Drama - An Actor's Education

  John Lithgow

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  This “warm and generous” memoir is “brisk . . . packed with funny stories. . . . A buoyant, heartwarming account of coming into one’s own” (New York Times Book Review). 
   
  Award–winning actor John Lithgow presents a charming, witty, and revealing memoir about his family, his work, and his life in Drama—an intimate story of insights and inspirational reflections from one of America’s most beloved actors. Lithgow pays tribute to his father, his greatest influence, and relives his collaborations with renowned performers and directors including Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, Liv Ullmann, Meryl Streep, and Brian De Palma. A compelling reflection on the trials, triumphs, and changes across his long career, Lithgow’s Drama illuminates the inner life of a celebrated talent, and points the way forward for anyone aspiring to greatness in their own life. 
   
  “Drama is a cut above?touching, self-aware, and beautifully written.” —People 
   
   “Anyone interested in an actor’s life?especially backstage?will find this book enlightening.” —USA Today 
   
  “A memoir as finely crafted as one of Lithgow’s performances.” —Steve Martin 
   
  “Finely articulated as it is heartfelt . . . moving and candid.” —John Irving 
   
  “A great read.” —Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of The Liar’s Club 
   
  “Unflinching and irresistible.” —Gay Talese 
   
  “Drama recounts in graceful, considered prose a life that after a few wrong turns is now happier and more well-adjusted than most.” —Charles McGrath, New York Times 
   
  “Lithgow rises to the occasion with courageous honesty and fairness.’” —Los Angeles Times 
   
  “John Lithgow’s memoir, Drama, reminded me that the world is indeed all a stage and that professionals have some great ideas about how to perform on it.” —Drew Gilpin Faust, The Wall Street Journal

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  Fifty Fast Facts About Napoleon

  Middle Grade Guide

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  Short? Nope. French? Not exactly. There is a lot to discover about France's only emperor. Impress your teachers, students, friends and family with these Fifty Fast Facts about Napoloen. Support your studies with stories that are sure to amaze. Teachers, Fifty Fast Facts gives you easy-to-follow, curriculum-based facts covering what you really need to know to write your next paragraph, project, unit test, or essay for Social Studies, Humanities, History, or English class. These Fifty Fast Facts link up to the core curriculum and include categories like critical thinking, perspective-taking, and the social, political, and economic impact of world events. With sample paragraphs, timelines, a bibliography, and quick quizzes to test your knowledge, you're sure to ace your next assignment using these Fifty Fast Facts. 
    
  Fifty Fast Facts are produced by Middle Grade Guide. Bringing together teachers, writers, researchers, and school administrators from all over the world, Middle Grade Guide brings a global perspective to education. Middle school is hard -- Middle Grade Guide makes it easier.

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  Early Years The - Part I The...

  Steve Hodel

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  TWENTY YEARS BEFORE SHOCKING THE WORLD IN LOS ANGELES IN 1947 AS “THE BLACK DAHLIA AVENGER” DID GEORGE HODEL TERRORIZE CALIFORNIA BY COMMITTING SOME OF ITS MOST INFAMOUS CRIMES AND SERIAL MURDERS? 
  From the Introduction:In writing George Hill Hodel: “The Early Years,” my original intent was to present all my father’s suspected crimes from the 1920s and 1930s in one edition. I have found this is simply not possible as it would require a book that would dwarf Dostoevsky’s nearly seven-hundred-page opus, Crime and Punishment. Therefore, I will present “The Early Years” in two-parts, two editions. This edition is Part I and presents my investigations of his suspected crimes in the 1920s. Note that I said, “suspected crimes.” I want to be crystal clear on this point. My two-part, “Early Years” investigations are just that—a search out of for the truth. …In the presentation of these crimes from the long ago (the first one goes back one-hundred years), I make no claim to a “solution.” I am not saying that my father, George Hill Hodel, committed any of these crimes, beyond a “Reasonable Doubt”—which would be the legal requirement to find him guilty.Several of these crimes, without the introduction of hard physical evidence, or DNA, are not solvable. Others have been claimed “solved” by law enforcement and are considered “Case Closed.”…To be clear.These crimes from the Twenties and Thirties did not present themselves to me post-Black Dahlia Avenger published in 2003. I was aware of them and his possible involvement in them as early as the year 2000, a full three years before I presented my father to the world as the killer of Elizabeth “Black Dahlia” Short and the other LA Lone Woman Murders.

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