Pragmatism & Tragic Sens Lif

Politics & Social Sciences

Hook, Alex

Philosophy

Basic Books

Key moments in history are not always big. While most people recognize that Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 and the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 are critical events that shaped World War II, many people don't know about the lesser though equally significant moments in WWII history, like January 16, 1945 — the day the Wannsee Conference drafted the mechanics of the Final Solution. Defining Moments: World War II includes the following: • A breakdown of the war into key moments, and examination of major battles, events, decisions and strategies that would define the structure of the modern world; • A chronological overview of the events culminating in WWII, from the Treaty of Versaille in 1919 to the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials in 1945; • Over 200 historical photographs, including gritty battlefield shots of the Allied forces and sky-view photos of the atomic attack on Hiroshima; • Quick-read fact boxes that present critical data of key battles and events with full documentation of the participants, locations and their final outcomes. This book is an amazing examination of World War II, providing a unique understanding of the war's global impact, and how it shaped the way we live today.

Defining Moments: World War II

History

Military

Thunder Bay Press

World War II Day by Day

Grange Books

World War II (Defining Moments)

World

Grange Books Ltd.

Ireland: The Emerald Isle

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Select Editions

When Frank Lloyd Wright died in 1959 at the venerable age of 91 he was the most famous architect in the United States. During his long career―over 70 years―he designed over a thousand buildings, almost all of them for clients in North America. Of these around half―532―were completed and most of these, 409 in total, still exist, 17 of them recognized by the American Institute of Architects to be primary examples of his architectural contribution to American culture. Of the 17, Fallingwater is frequently viewed as the greatest piece of architecture in American history. His prodigious output is all the more surprising when one considers how few of his projects reached completion in the first quarter of the 20th century. Much of the reason for this paucity of commissions was his lifestyle. Frank Lloyd Wright led a colorful life full of conflict and controversy, particularly in his personal affairs. He left his first wife and children for the wife of one of his clients. After she and her children had been hacked to death by their deranged cook, his next wife was a morphine addict. He would end his days with a Bosnian Serb aristocrat 33 years his younger. Frank Lloyd Wright thoroughly enjoyed being a celebrity, he loved making special appearances and giving interviews. At the time his self-promotion―and, during World War II his pacificism―made him as many enemies as admirers. But he was untroubled by self doubt, and today his character is irrelevant: his work speaks for itself. In spite of his very human weaknesses, his work helped give American architecture an identity of its own, free from the constraints of the Old World. No longer an imitation of European style, U.S. architecture evolved its unique style in the 20th century, and Wright played a key role in this. The Atlas of Frank Lloyd Wright examines a hundred of his finest buildings, state-by-state. From his earliest work in Chicago, most of the key buildings are covered including: Fallingwater, the Californian textile-block houses―Storer, Ennis, Barsndall and his Oak Park Home and Studio; both Jacobs houses, the Robie House and the Taliesin complex.

Atlas of Frank Lloyd Wright

Taj Books International

Illustrated History of the Third Reich

Europe

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