Thomas B. Allen

A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focuses on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war. Reprint.

How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War

George Washington, Spymaster

A priest's diary, hidden for forty years in a mysterious locked room of a St. Louis mental hospital, has recently come to light, giving us the best-documented exorcism in history - the very exorcism that prompted William Peter Blatty to write The Exorcist.

The True Story of an Exorcism

Possessed

A história real que inspirou o clássico O Exorcista. "Livrai-nos de todo o mal, amém." Um fenômeno quase paranormal atingiu o mundo em 1973. Multidões sofreram de náuseas, desmaios, alucinações e calafrios, numa histeria coletiva sem precedentes. Todos aparentemente possuídos por um filme: o já clássico O Exorcista, dirigido por William Friedkin e adaptado do romance que o roteirista Willian Peter Blatty lançara dois anos antes e que completa 45 anos em 2016. Se a ficção consegue ser tão assustadora, imagine o poder contido na história real? Muitos não sabem, mas a obra-prima de W. Peter Blatty não se trata de uma invenção. Ela foi inspirada num fenômeno ainda mais sombrio, desses que a ciência não consegue explicar: um exorcismo de verdade. A história real aconteceu em 1949, e você pode conhecê-la — se tiver coragem! — no livro Exorcismo, do jornalista Thomas B. Allen, lançamento da DarkSide Books em 2016. Exorcismo narra em detalhes os fatos que aconteceram com Robert Mannheim, um jovem norte-americano de 14 anos que gostava de brincar com sua tábua ouija, presente que ganhou de uma tia que achava ser possível se comunicar com os mortos. Thomas B. Allen contou com uma santa contribuição para a pesquisa do seu trabalho. Ele teve acesso ao diário de um padre jesuíta que auxiliou o exorcista Bowdern. Como resultado, seu livro é considerado o mais completo relato de um exorcismo pela Igreja Católica desde a Idade Média. Os investigadores paranormais Ed e Lorraine Warren definiram a obra de Thomas B. Allen como "um documento fascinante e imparcial sobre a luta diária entre o bem e o mal". Exorcismo é um livro exclusivo da DarkSide Books, que vem em capa dura e o padrão de qualidade quase psicopata da editora. Ele ainda vem com uma surpresa para os leitores mais audaciosos: uma reprodução da tábua Ouija que pode ser jogada usando o marcador de página.

Exorcismo

Provides a biography of this courageous ex-slave who worked to establish the Underground Railroad, became a Union Army spy, and helped more than seven hundred slaves find their way to freedom in the North.

How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War

Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent

"Ranging in history from an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth I to the creation of the Nazi Final Solution and to the Presidential Daily Brief from August 2001 that warned that Osama Bin Laden was planning an attack on the U.S., the documents in Declassified offer an intriguing glimpse into the world of espionage and covert operations over hundreds of years."--Book jacket.

50 top-secret documents that changed history

Declassified

Emily Dickinson

Alfred Leete Hampson

A collection of seventy-eight poems which highlight the seasons, the passage of time, and living life itself and which were written by one of America's foremost poets.

Poems for Youth

Describes how sharks select their victims and what determines the severity of an attack, along with accounts of shark attack survivors about their experiences.

Their Causes and Avoidance

Shark Attacks

Charles O. Hyman

A compilation of archival photographs and text provides a look at life in the United States from its beginnings to the present, focusing on the people and the characteristics that make them uniquely American.

Celebrating a Nation, Its People, and Its Past

We Americans

The story of the hardships and difficulties endured by General George Washington and the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Patriots, Tories, and Redcoats Tell Their Stories

Remember Valley Forge

Norman Polmar

"What would have happened if atomic bombs had not been dropped on Japan in August 1945? Distinguished military writer historians Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar answer that provocative question in Code-Name Downfall, a vivid and dramatic narrative of America's war in the Pacific, which would lead inevitably to massive amphibious assaults against the Japanese home islands. Based on newly declassified documents, personal interviews, and a decade of meticulous research, their book traces the progress of the Pacific War and reveals the top-secret details of the plans and preparations, on both the American and Japanese sides, for an invasion that would be far more complex - and costly in human lives - than the D-Day landings in France." "Some historians have argued that the use of the atomic bomb was both unnecessary and immoral. Allen and Polmar totally refute that argument and back up their position with hard evidence. More than that, the authors describe the deep personal beliefs of the men who determined the course of the war, not only from the vantage point of history, but also in the context of that terrible time. In the end, with new knowledge and understanding of the events during these climactic days of the war, readers will be able to decide for themselves whether Truman's decision was justified."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Secret Plan to Invade Japan and why Truman Dropped the Bomb

Code-name Downfall

Harold Weber McCormick

The Sharks, Skates and Rays

Shadows in the Sea

Examines the life, career, controversies, accomplishments, and blunders of the man in charge of the Navy's nuclear power program for over 30 years.

Rickover

Hyman G. Rickover was not long removed from his Jewish roots in Poland when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. After a respectable career spent mostly in unglamorous submarine and engineering billets, he took command of the U.S. Navy's nuclear propulsion program and revived his career, being retired--involuntarily--some thirty years later in early 1982. He was not only the architect of the nuclear Navy but also its builder. In the process, he erected a network of power and influence that rivaled those who were elected to high office, and that protected him from them when his controversial methods became objectionable or, as critics would suggest, undermined the nation's vital interests. Authors Thomas B. Allen and Norman Polmar, whose full-length biography of Rickover (in manuscript in 1981) was consulted by the Reagan Administration during the decision to remove him from active duty, are eminently qualified to write an essential treatment on the controversial genius of Admiral Rickover.

Father of the Nuclear Navy

Gives accounts by American and Japanese survivors of The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.

American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories

Remember Pearl Harbor

Shows artifacts left at the memorial, including medals, letters, crosses, combat paraphernalia, and flags

Artifacts from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection

Offerings at the Wall

Culled from archives around the world, the 50 documents in Declassified illuminate the secret and often inaccessible stories of agents, espionage, and behind-the-scenes events that played critical roles in American history. Moving through time from Elizabethan England to the Cold War and beyond, noted author Tom Allen places each document in its historical and cultural context, sharing the quirky and little-known truths behind state secrets and clandestine operations. Each of seven chapters centers on one particular theme: secrets of war, the art of the double cross, spy vs. spy, espionage accidents, and more. Through support and access provided by the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., this lively history contains never-before-published and hard-to-find documents—printed from scans of the originals wherever possible. These include The Zimmerman Telegram, which led America into World War I; letters from Robert Hanssen to his Soviet spymaster, marking the start of his devastating career as a mole; and papers as recent as the Presidential Daily Brief that announced that Bin Laden was determined to strike the U.S.—delivered in August 2001. The public interest in state secrets and espionage has been piqued by our current international conflicts, and this engrossing book—well priced and engagingly written for the general reader—will definitely feed that fascination.

50 Top-Secret Documents That Changed History

The Spy Book uncovers the secrets and decodes the messages of the covert world of espionage. Over 2,000 entries on people, agencies, operations, and tools comprise this definitive work. Insiders Norman Polmar and Thomas Allen have unearthed files that have only recently been made available, including many from the KGB. This second edition includes the latest unveiled spies and situations, as well as new entries on the effects of espionage on literature, movies, television, and other media.

The Encyclopedia of Espionage

Spy Book

This authoritative and comprehensive survey features over 2,400 entries. Subjects range from battles, soldiers, and military activities to politics, culture, and the Holocaust. Enlivened by 85 illustrations, its panoramic perspective encompasses WWII's enduring influences on the American way of life. "A unique and valuable look at the war."—General James Doolittle

World War II: the Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-1945

Roger MacBride Allen

An authoritative narrative reveals President Lincoln as the nation's first hands-on Commander-in-Chief, whose appreciation for the power of technology played a critical role in the North's Civil War victory over the less developed South.

Thomas B. Allen

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