It's Berlin, 1933. William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered academic from Chicago, has to his own and everyone else's surprise, become America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany, in a year that proves to be a turning point in history. Dodd and his family, notably his vivacious daughter, Martha, observe [...]

Erik Larson, bestselling author of "Devil in the White City, " delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power.
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in histo[...]

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found i[...]

This is the story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, and of two men in particular: an architect and a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the stories of a cast of historical characters including Buffalo Bill, Scott Joplin and Theodore Dreiser.[...]

"Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes."--"New York Times Book Review"
Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkab[...]

From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the "Lusitania"
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound f[...]

Spennende om opptakten til andre verdenskrig. William E. Dodd blir USAs første ambassadør til Hitlers Tyskland i 1933. Til å begynne med fascineres han og familien av Det tredje rikets pomp og prakt. Men opprustningen, statsaggresjonen og jødeforfølgelsene blir etter hvert umulige å overse, og[...]

I juli 1933 reser professor William E. Dodd till Berlin och blir den första amerikanska ambassadören i Hitlers nyvunna Nazityskland. Till en början förförs hela familjen Dodd av de storslagna festerna och den militära prakten. Dottern Martha inleder en kärleksaffär med Rudolf Diels, chef fö[...]

Clifford Professor emeritus of management at the College of Business, Oregon State University. He continues to teach undergraduate and graduate project management courses overseas and in the United States; he has personally taught more than 100 executive development seminars and workshops. His resea[...]