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What if the answers to life’s biggest questions could be found in just four words? BE: Who am I? DO: What am I doing? GIVE: What difference does it make? LOVE: Why does it matter? Be Do Give Love is a father–daughter memoir born in the aftermath of a winter funeral, a spring reboot, and a summer of road trips and reflection. What began as grief, trauma, and crisis became an unexpected opportunity to work together, launch a publishing imprint, and complete the work of bringing a grandfather’s World War II memoir to a wider audience. At the heart of their journey is a framework, not invented, but revealed through lived experience. With honesty, humor, and vulnerability, Erik Larson and Maddie Larson share stories of loss and renewal, breakdowns and breakthroughs, faith and doubt. Rediscover the simplicity of timeless truths all too easily overlooked, and use the insights and questions in this book to align your Actions with your Identity to make a positive Impact in the world.

Après Dans le jardin de la bête et La Splendeur et l''Infamie, le nouveau chef-d''œuvre d''Erik Larson ! 6 novembre 1860 : Abraham Lincoln devient président des États-Unis. Cinq mois plus tard, c''est le début de la guerre de Sécession. Si, durant cette période, la crise est alimentée par les positions du Nord et du Sud sur l''esclavage, la fracture s''avère beaucoup plus profonde au sein du pays. En quelques semaines, les opinions des uns et des autres deviennent inconciliables, même au sein des familles. L''époque est marquée par les tragédies et les trahisons, la guerre se profile et personne ne semble avoir le pouvoir de l''empêcher. En dépit de sa personnalité unique, Lincoln lui-même se sent impuissant. Ces cinq mois, écrit-il, ont été " tellement incroyables que si j''avais pu les anticiper, je n''aurais pas cru possible de pouvoir y survivre ". Avec un sens de l''intrigue et du suspense digne des plus grands auteurs de thrillers, Erik Larson nous raconte, à partir de nombreux documents inédits, l''histoire de cette période exceptionnelle où les positions tranchées de chacun vont peu à peu mener à une catastrophe à endiguer. Il nous offre également ici, en creux, l''occasion d''une réflexion passionnante sur l''époque moderne.

Un relato fascinante de los caóticos meses que precedieron al estallido de la Guerra Civil americana. El 6 de noviembre de 1860, Abraham Lincoln se convirtió en el inesperado vencedor de la carrera por la presidencia, en un momento en el que Estados Unidos estaba amargamente dividido tras varias declaraciones de secesión de los estados del sur que amenazaban con la destrucción de la Unión. Erik Larson ofrece un relato fascinante de los caóticos meses entre la elección de Lincoln y el bombardeo de Sumter por la Confederación, un período marcado por trágicos errores y malentendidos, egos inflamados y ambiciones ruines, tragedias personales y traiciones. Una historia de horror político que captura las fuerzas que llevaron a Estados Unidos al borde del abismo.

Een architect, een seriemoordenaar en één gezamenlijke obsessie. Het is bijna niet te geloven dat de New York Times-bestseller ‘De duivel in de witte stad’ geheel op de waarheid berust. Het is 1893, en architect Daniel H. Burnham legt de laatste hand aan zijn baanbrekende tentoonstelling voor de langverwachte Wereldtentoonstelling in Chicago. Zijn idealistische levenswerk, ‘De Witte Stad’, vormt de basis voor de gehele tentoonstelling, maar het evenement loopt uit op een immens drama. Om de hoek is seriemoordenaar H.H. Holmes met zijn eigen levenswerk bezig, het bouwen van het ‘Wereldtentoonstelling Hotel’, ook wel het ‘Moordkasteel’ genoemd, inclusief gas- en martelkamers voor de gasten van de tentoonstelling... Erik Larson is een Amerikaanse bestsellerauteur die wereldwijd bekendheid heeft verkregen met meerdere New York Times-bestsellers. Kenmerkend voor Larsons werken is de manier waarop hij historische gebeurtenissen op meeslepende wijze weet te transformeren in verhalen om te verslinden, een stijl die ook wel narratieve non-fictie wordt genoemd. ''De duivel in de Witte Stad’ won de Edgar Award, en zijn boeken zijn in meer dan zeventien landen uitgegeven.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this “riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult” (Los Angeles Times). “A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter. Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.” At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans. Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this ''riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult'' (Los Angeles Times).

Erik Larson, autorul bestsellerului Siajul morții, ne oferă o poveste remarcabilă din timpul ascensiunii lui Hitler la putere. Momentul este plasat în 1933, locul – Berlin, când William E. Dodd devine primul ambasador al SUA în Germania nazistă a lui Hitler, într-un an care s-a dovedit a fi un moment de cotitură în istorie. Profesor în Chicago, Dodd își aduce cu el și soția, fiul și fiica, Mar - tha. La început, Martha este fascinată de petreceri și de fast, de tine - rii chipeși din cel de-al Treilea Reich, cu entuziasmul lor contagios pentru readucerea Germaniei într-o poziție de importanță mondială. Îndrăgostită de „Noua Germanie“, ea are aventuri una după alta, in - clusiv cu primul șef al Gestapoului, Rudolf Diels. Dar, pe măsură ce apar dovezile persecuției evreilor, confirmate cu înfrigurare de martori, tatăl ei telegrafiază îngrijorările către un Departament de Stat în mare măsură indiferent. Dodd urmărește alarmat în timp ce evreii sunt atacați, presa este cenzurată și încep să circule proiecte de legi înspăimântătoare. Pe măsură ce primul an curge și umbrele se adâncesc, familia Dodd experimentează zile pli - ne de entuziasm, intrigă, romantism – și, în cele din urmă, groază, când un spasm sfâșietor de violențe și crime dezvăluie adevăratul caracter al lui Hitler și ambiția sa nemiloasă. Scăldată în atmosfera tensionată a perioadei și oferind portrete de neuitat ale bizarului Göring și ale fermecătorului – deși sinistrului – Goebbels, În grădina fiarelor oferă o perspectivă uimitoare, de martor ocular al evenimentelor ce se desfășoară în timp real, dezvăluind o eră cu nuanțe și o complexitate surprinzătoare. Rezultatul este o lucrare extraordinară, ușor de citit, care spune multe despre motivul pentru care lumea nu a recunoscut amenințarea gravă reprezentată de Hitler până când Berlinul și Europa nu au fost înecate în sânge și în teroare.

Verslag over Churchills eerste jaar als premier bij aanvang van de Tweede Wereldoorlog (1940).

A guidebook for personal success. This simple guidebook tells the story of how a series of events led the author to take charge of his life and stop letting circumstances control him. He gained a purpose and a plan to take charge, strive to improve, and be successful in every area of his life.As you read, you will be inspired to develop your own life''s purpose statement and a plan to take on your own journey of personal development to reach for your highest potential. This is a guidebook not just to read but to use. Through evaluation exercises you will gain your own life''s purpose statement that you will use to put together a specific and deliberate plan to improve in every are of your life. Whatever the outcome, I can promise you will a more successful person after reading and using this book.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis “One of [Erik Larson’s] best books yet . . . perfectly timed for the moment.”—Time • “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”—NPR NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • Vogue • NPR • The Washington Post • Chicago Tribune • The Globe & Mail • Fortune • Bloomberg • New York Post • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • LibraryReads • PopMatters On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents’ wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela’s illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

ÅRHUNDRADETS BROTT 1893 öppnade en spektakulär världsutställning i Chicago. Statyer och konstverk hade fraktats från jordens alla hörn och världens första Pariserhjul tronade över konstgjorda sjöar och arkitektoniska underverk i bländande vitt. Tanken var att rädda stadens usla rykte – men bara några kvarter utanför utställningsområdet hade mannen som skulle bli känd som USA:s förste seriemördare byggt ett hotell med lönnrum och kremeringsugnar. DJÄVULEN I DEN VITA STADEN är detaljerad och uppslukande true crime – om tillblivelsen av en lika häpnadsväckande som otursförföljd världsutställning, och jakten på en skoningslös bedragare och mördare. Hur H. H. Holmes lyckades tortera, mörda och dölja sina offer är trots alla bevis lika obegripligt som fascinerande. Erik Larsons flerfaldigt belönade faktaklassiker har sålt över 5 miljoner exemplar och fått mer än 100 000 5-stjärniga läsarbetyg. ”Larson balanserar skickligt de makabra detaljerna med världsutställningens katastrofala konsekvenser.” – USA Today

''Verreweg Larsons beste en boeiendste werk van historische non-fictie.'' - New York Times Berlijn 1933. William E. Dodd wordt de eerste Amerikaanse ambassadeur in het Duitsland van Adolf Hitler, in het jaar dat een keerpunt in de moderne geschiedenis zou blijken. Dodd, een kalme professor uit Chicago, neemt zijn vrouw, zijn zoon en zijn flamboyante dochter Marthe mee. In eerste instantie is Marthe erg onder de indruk van de pracht en praal, de feesten en de knappe politici en officieren van het Derde Rijk. Hun grenzeloze enthousiasme voor dit ''nieuwe Duitsland'' is aanstekelijk en ze heeft ene affaire na de andere, onder meer met het eerste hoofd van de later zo gevreesde Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. Maar als bewijs van de Jodenvervolging zich begint op te stapelen en ooggetuigen schokkende verklaringen afleggen, begint William Dodd berichten naar de VS te sturen waarin hij zijn zorgen uit. Het State Department reageert echter grotendeels met onverschilligheid. Gedurende 1933 wordt de situatie steeds grimmiger en komt het leven van de ambassadeursfamilie in een storm terecht, vol intrige, romantiek en uiteindelijk afgrijzen als Hitler zijn ware gezicht laat zien met een uitbarsting van schokkend geweld tijdesn de Kristallnacht. Doordrenkt van de gespannen sfeer van deze periodeen vol indrukwekkende portretten van de bizarre Göring en de charmante maar zeer sinistere Goebbels geeft Tiergarten Strasse een ooggetuigenverslag van de gebeurtenissen zoals die elkaar in hoog tempo opvolgen. Tiergartenstrasse is een indrukwekkend boek over een grote dreiging die iedereen pas veel te laat heeft zien aankomen waarmee het ook een actueel en noodzakelijk boek is.

Un architetto e un serial killer. L''incredibile storia di due uomini e dell''Esposizione Universale di Chigago. Stati Uniti, 30 ottobre 1893. L’architetto Daniel H. Burnham è sul tetto del mondo: l’Esposizione Universale di Chicago si è appena conclusa con uno straordinario successo di critica e pubblico e, ad appena quattro anni dal clamore suscitato dall’Esposizione di Parigi, l’America celebra il suo trionfo di avanguardia globale nel campo dell’architettura e simbolo delle promesse della modernità e del Novecento. Quella di Burnham è stata una lotta dai contorni epici contro tempo, politica e caratteristiche fisiche del terreno: tra complesse bonifiche – l’area di Jackson Park, su cui sorgono gran parte degli edifici, pochi mesi prima dei lavori era una landa di sterpaglie e desolazione –, rischi di sciopero, scontri con le personalità locali e un clima quanto mai inclemente, l’edificazione della «Città Bianca» appare a tutti come un miracolo. Un sogno giunto al suo lieto fine. Ma c’è un’altra città, oscura e demoniaca, che si è andata costruendo parallelamente nel ventre del paese; una città tirata su da un unico uomo nel silenzio dello scantinato del suo albergo, cadavere su cadavere, omicidio dopo omicidio. Per tutta la durata dell’Esposizione, Henry Howard Holmes, «l’assassino più folle e depravato dell’Ottocento», ha infatti continuato a uccidere: il suo hotel, «il Castello», da cui sono passati nei mesi della fiera centinaia di turisti, è un intricato dedalo di stanze e corridoi che nascondono scannatoi, camere di tortura e forni crematori. Un capolavoro di perversione, sorretto unicamente dal fascino di un uomo che, con la sua avvenenza e i suoi modi calmi e diretti, è riuscito a ingannare un’intera comunità: dai numerosissimi creditori alle giovani donne che continuavano a venire da lui cercando lavoro, per poi scomparire per sempre. Con la stessa prosa esatta e potente de Il giardino delle bestie, Erik Larson ricostruisce la storia di queste due città – la città della speranza e quella della morte – e dei due uomini che le hanno erette. Il diavolo e la città bianca è l’affresco di un momento storico elettrizzante in cui, a pochi passi da Buffalo Bill e Thomas Edison, si aggiravano le illusioni e gli incubi di un’America ingenua e inconsapevole. «Quando una storia vera può fare piú paura della finzione». The New York Times «Un libro avvincente, che cattura tutto lo spirito di un''America in corsa verso la modernità». Independent on Sunday «Il diavolo e la città bianca sprizza cosí tanta vitalità che si ha paura che possa prendere vita tra le nostre mani». Yorkshire Evening Post

No final do século XIX os Estados Unidos eram uma nação jovem e orgulhosa, ávida por afirmar seu lugar entre as maiores potências mundiais. Nesse contexto, a Feira de Chicago de 1893 teve papel fundamental: com o objetivo de apresentar a maior e mais impressionante exposição de inovações científicas e tecnológicas já idealizada, coube ao arquiteto Daniel Burnham, famoso por projetar alguns dos edifícios mais conhecidos do mundo, a difícil tarefa de transformar uma área desolada em um lugar de magnífica beleza: a Cidade Branca. Reunindo as mais importantes mentes da época, Burnham enfrentou o mau clima, tragédias e o tempo escasso para construir a enorme estrutura da feira. A poucas quadras dali, outro homem igualmente determinado, H. H. Holmes, estava às voltas com mais uma obra grandiosa, um prédio estranho e complexo. Nomeado Hotel da Feira Mundial, o lugar era na verdade um palácio de tortura, para o qual Holmes atraiu dezenas, talvez centenas de pessoas. Autor de crimes inimagináveis, ele ficou conhecido como possivelmente o primeiro serial killer da história americana. Separados, os feitos de Burnham e Holmes são fascinantes por si só. Examinadas juntas, porém, suas histórias se tornam ainda mais impressionantes e oferecem uma poderosa metáfora das forças opostas que fizeram do século XX ao mesmo tempo um período de avanços monumentais e de crueldades imensuráveis. Combinando uma pesquisa meticulosa com a narrativa envolvente que lhe é característica, Erik Larson escreveu um suspense arrebatador, que se torna ainda mais assustador por retratar acontecimentos reais. “Uma história real mais bizarra do que qualquer obra de ficção.” The New York Times

"A cornucopia of knowledge and insight on the biggest questions in the sociolegal tradition . . . an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers." —Michael McCann, Gordon Hirabayashi Professor for the Advancement of Citizenship, University of Washington Law and society scholars challenge the common belief that law is simply a neutral tool by which society sets standards and resolves disputes. Decades of research shows how much the nature of communities, organizations, and the people inhabiting them affect how law works. Just as much, law shapes beliefs, behaviors, and wider social structures, but the connections are much more nuanced—and surprising—than many expect. Law and Society Reader II provides an accessible overview to the breadth of recent developments in this research tradition, bringing to life this dynamic field. In this second volume, editors Erik W. Larson and Patrick D. Schmidt have compiled excerpts of 43 illuminating articles published since 1993 in The Law & Society Review, the flagship journal of the Law and Society Association. By its organization and approach, this volume enables readers to join in discussing the key ideas of law and society research. The selections highlight the core insights and developments in this research tradition, making these works indispensable for those exploring the field and ideal for classroom use. Across six concisely introduced sections, it analyzes inequality, lawyering, the relation between law and organizations, and the place of law in relation to other social institutions.

Em 1o de maio de 1915, com a I Guerra Mundial chegando a seu décimo mês, um luxuoso transatlântico, decorado como um palacete inglês, saiu de Nova York com destino a Liverpool, levando um número recorde de bebês e crianças. Era surpreendente que os passageiros estivessem tão tranquilos, já que os mares ao redor da Inglaterra tinham sido declarados zona de guerra pela Alemanha e havia meses os U-boats alemães levavam terror ao Atlântico Norte. Mas o Lusitania era um dos maiores navios “galgos”, e seu capitão, William Thomas Turner, acreditava piamente no cavalheirismo de guerra que por um século evitara que navios civis fossem atacados. No caminho para Liverpool, porém, uma série de forças, algumas imensas e outras dolorosamente pequenas — arrogância, segredos, um nevoeiro —, convergiu na rota do Lusitania e de um submarino alemão, culminando em uma das maiores tragédias da história. Esse episódio é contado de forma impressionante por Erik Larson numa narrativa cheia de glamour e suspense, que revive momentos de figuras célebres da época, como a arquiteta pioneira Theodate Pope e o presidente dos Estados Unidos Woodrow Wilson. O leitor é convidado a visitar os quartos compartilhados da segunda classe e a Sala 40, um misterioso departamento do Almirantado inglês, percorrendo fragmentos que capturam o drama e a carga emocional de um acidente cujo significado mais profundo foi obscurecido pelo tempo. “O relato de Larson do naufrágio do Lusitania é o mais lúcido e cheio de suspense já escrito.” The Washington Post

The first book in a fantasy series in the realm of Xandaria. Meghan Nosral, nicknamed Mouse, survived 16 surgeries before the age of 3. Now 8-yr old Mouse must deal with a new struggle in a world completely alien to her own. How much luck can one stone bring her?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania “Both terrifying and enthralling.”—Entertainment Weekly “Thrilling, dramatic and powerful.”—NPR “Thoroughly engrossing.”—George R.R. Martin 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 for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”—the fastest liner then in service—and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger’s U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don’t, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. Finalist for the Washington State Book Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Miami Herald, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, LibraryReads, Indigo

Inmenso y lujoso, el Lusitania, que zarpó de Nueva York el 1 de mayo de 1915, era un monumento al orgullo y el ingenio de la época, el barco civil más rápido. Con el pasaje completo, partió con tranquilidad pese a la atmósfera bélica existente. La idea de que un submarino alemán pudiera hundirlo parecía absurda, un sentimiento del que se hacía eco la naviera: «El Lusitania es el barco más seguro del mar. Es demasiado rápido para cualquier submarino. Ningún navío de guerra alemán puede llegar a él ni acercársele». Hacia las dos de la tarde del 7 de mayo, el buque recibía el impacto de un torpedo disparado por un submarino alemán. En apenas veinte minutos se hundió y hubo 1.200 muertos, la mayoría ciudadanos norteamericanos. Esta tragedia fue utilizada por la prensa para crear un clima de opinión propicio a la participación en la guerra. Pero ¿cuál es la verdad sobre este hundimiento? ¿Fue un hecho orquestado para justificar la entrada de Estados Unidos en la Gran Guerra? ¿Iba cargado con material explosivo para Gran Bretaña? ¿Pudo haberse evitado un desastre como este? Con un rico elenco de personajes y un planteamiento original, Lusitania permite a los lectores experimentar el viaje y la tragedia en tiempo real, así como descubrir detalles íntimos que habían quedado ocultos por las neblinas de la historia.

Nuova edizione di uno dei libri di maggior successo di Erik Larson (il libro apparve col Titolo La fabbrica dei lampi), Guglielmo Marconi e l’omicidio di Cora Crippen è una «grande sto- ria di delitti e invenzioni» (Los Angeles Times) che conduce il lettore nel cuore della turbo- lenta, effervescente Londra edoardiana.

N°1 des ventes dès sa sortie aux États-Unis, le nouveau chef-d''œuvre de l''auteur du Diable dans la Ville Blanche. " Un écrivain exceptionnel. " The New York Times " Un livre remarquable et captivant. Il mérite vraiment d''être lu par le plus grand nombre. " The Washington Post Après Le Diable dans la Ville blanche, Erik Larson nous offre un superbe thriller politique et d''espionnage, fondé sur des événements réels et peu connus qui se sont déroulés en Allemagne pendant l''accession au pouvoir d''Adolf Hitler. 1933. Berlin. William E. Dodd devient le premier ambassadeur américain en Allemagne nazie. Sa fille, la flamboyante Martha, est vite séduite par les leaders du parti nazi et leur volonté de redonner au pays un rôle de tout premier plan sur la scène mondiale. Elle devient ainsi la maîtresse de plusieurs d''entre eux, en particulier de Rudolf Diels, premier chef de la Gestapo, alors que son père, très vite alerté des premiers projets de persécutions envers les Juifs, essaie de prévenir le département d''État américain, qui fait la sourde oreille. Lorsque Martha tombe éperdument amoureuse de Boris Winogradov, un espion russe établi à Berlin, celui-ci ne tarde pas à la convaincre d''employer ses charmes et ses talents au profit de l''Union soviétique. Tous les protagonistes de l''histoire vont alors se livrer un jeu mortel, qui culminera lors de la fameuse " Nuit des longs couteaux ". " Un document sidérant qui se lit vraiment comme un thriller. J''ai été tellement captivé et surpris par sa lecture que je me suis arrêté plusieurs fois pour vérifier que les événements qu''il dépeint ont réellement eu lieu. C''est le cas – et c''est incroyable. Cette histoire est en effet tellement fabuleuse qu''on ne pourrait même pas en faire un roman : on aurait du mal à vous croire tant la réalité dépasse la fiction. " Philippe Kerr

Erik Larson, New York Times 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 history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.

En junio 1933, William E. Dodd, profesor de la Universidad de Chicago, recibe la llamada del presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt, que le nombra embajador de Estados Unidos en Alemania. Deberá viajar con su familia a la capital alemana, un nido de conspiraciones en el que la hija acabará coqueteando con la cúpula del poder nazi... Como si de una trepidante novela se tratara, Erik Larson realiza una documentada reconstrucción del Berlín de 1933, una ciudad que vivía una de esas encrucijadas en que la realidad supera a la ficción.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The Devil in the White City “A gripping account ... fascinating to its core, and all the more compelling for being true.” —The New York Times Book Review 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 itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people—and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy. Using Cline''s own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man''s heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude.