1918-1945

Max and Alicia Carver enlist the help of their friend Roland to explore the circumstances surrounding the mysterious haunting of a spirit named Jacob, the previous owner's son who drowned; but their search uncovers a sinister character who returns from beyond in order to collect a debt from the past.

Contains 650 alphabetically arranged entries that discuss the economic depression in the United States that resulted from the stock market crash in 1929 with a focus on how the depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal impacted the nation's economy, politics, society, the arts, and related topics; and features primary documents, photographs, and a chronology.

The question of whether Pius XII and the Vatican should be blamed for failing to act decisively in response to Hitler's final solution is as hotly debated today as in was in the years directly following World War II. This book presents the observations of an American diplomat who spent four years inside the Vatican during World War II and chronicles his own role in assisting and hiding escaped prisoners of war.

This 6-volume set was written by Winston Churchill using a team of advisors and the collection of the documents on which the writing was to be based. He also asked for recollections from those involved. Volume 6 tells the story from the Anglo-American landings in Normandy in June and the unconditional surrender of Japan in September.

Examines the crucial role economics played in the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, describing how Hitler's attempts to make Germany a world power influenced the country's economic successes and failures and how the end of the Third Reich has had a lasting impact on the country.

A writer's guide to life in America from the passing of the National Prohibition Act in 1919 through the end of World War II in 1945, covering popular slang, prohibition, the Depression, World War II, crime, transportation, fashion, radio, and music and dance.

A comprehensive look at the economic policies of President Franklin Roosevelt, maintaining that his "New Deal" programs failed to achieve the economic boost the country needed during the Depression.

Traces the life of the diplomat who saved Hungarian Jews during World War II and mysteriously disappeared after the Russians occupied Budapest.