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Six Minutes in Berlin

Author : Michael J Socolow
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252099141
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Six Minutes in Berlin written by Michael J Socolow and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Berlin Olympics, August 14, 1936. German rowers, dominant at the Games, line up against America's top eight-oared crew. Hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide wait by their radios. Leni Riefenstahl prepares her cameramen. Grantland Rice looks past the 75,000 spectators crowding the riverbank. Above it all, the Nazi leadership, flush with the propaganda triumph the Olympics have given their New Germany, await a crowning victory they can broadcast to the world. The Berlin Games matched cutting-edge communication technology with compelling sports narrative to draw the blueprint for all future sports broadcasting. A global audience--the largest cohort of humanity ever assembled--enjoyed the spectacle via radio. This still-novel medium offered a "liveness," a thrilling immediacy no other technology had ever matched. Michael J. Socolow's account moves from the era's technological innovations to the human drama of how the race changed the lives of nine young men. As he shows, the origins of global sports broadcasting can be found in this single, forgotten contest. In those origins we see the ways the presentation, consumption, and uses of sport changed forever.

Six Minutes in May

Author : Nicholas Shakespeare
Publisher : Harvill Secker
ISBN 13 : 9781846559730
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Six Minutes in May written by Nicholas Shakespeare and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, early May 1940: Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in SIX MINUTES IN MAY Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction. The first land battle of the war was fought in the far north, in Norway. It went disastrously for the Allies and many blamed Churchill. Yet weeks later he would rise to the most powerful post in the country, overtaking Chamberlain and the favourite to succeed him, Lord Halifax. It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving deep into the backgrounds of the key players, he has given us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history.

The Boys in the Boat (Movie Tie-In)

Author : Daniel James Brown
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593512308
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book The Boys in the Boat (Movie Tie-In) written by Daniel James Brown and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney—exclusively in theaters December 25, 2023! The #1 New York Times bestselling true story about the American rowing triumph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin—from the author of Facing the Mountain For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.

In the Garden of Beasts

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030740885X
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book In the Garden of Beasts written by Erik Larson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Confidential Documents

Author : United States. Army Air Forces
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1252 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Confidential Documents written by United States. Army Air Forces and published by . This book was released on 1948-08 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shall the Government Own and Operate the Railroads, the Telegraph and Telephone Systems

Author : National Civic Federation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shall the Government Own and Operate the Railroads, the Telegraph and Telephone Systems written by National Civic Federation and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Dive

Author : Peter David Orr
Publisher : Beachfront Press
ISBN 13 : 0980061113
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Dive written by Peter David Orr and published by Beachfront Press. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man desperately seeking a do-over life meets a woman willing to risk it all to save him from himself in a work where questions of personal identity and tragedy are set against a complex backdrop of international terrorism.

The Telephone News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Telephone News written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hilarious Pig

Author : James E. Berlin
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 152469181X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book The Hilarious Pig written by James E. Berlin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After college and active marine corps duty, the author began his journalism career as a reporter and popular humor columnist for a Michigan newspaper. At age twenty-four, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in US history. Eleven years later, he followed his heart and became a street cop in one of Americas largest cities. The stories here, true, firsthand accounts drawn from his life behind the badge, offer an uncensored glimpse into the hearts and minds of the thin blue line. If you seek the politically correct, look elsewhere. This book was written under fire, between shifts and on weekends while the author was still a working street cop. His experiences range from outrageously funny to deeply moving, but all are as they occurred. And all are wonderfully entertaining.

Technical Data Digest

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Technical Data Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Berlin on the Brink

Author : Daniel F. Harrington
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081313613X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Berlin on the Brink written by Daniel F. Harrington and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the 'Berlin question' from its origin in wartime plans for the occupation of Germany to the Paris Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in 1949. Tracing the blockade's origins, it explains why British and American planners during the Second World War neglected Western access to post-war Berlin and why Western officials did little to reduce Berlin's vulnerability as Cold War tensions increased.

Air Force Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Air Force Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Other Olympians

Author : Michael Waters
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374609829
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book The Other Olympians written by Michael Waters and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories of these extraordinary athletes to explore in brilliant detail the struggle for understanding and equality." —Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life The story of the early trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who lit the flame for today’s culture wars. In December 1935, Zdeněk Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women’s sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio programs across the world carried the news; both became global celebrities. A few decades later, they were all but forgotten. And in the wake of their transitions, what could have been a push toward equality became instead, through a confluence of bureaucracy, war, and sheer happenstance, the exact opposite: the now all-too-familiar panic around trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming athletes. In The Other Olympians, Michael Waters uncovers, for the first time, the gripping true stories of Koubek, Weston, and other pioneering trans and intersex athletes from their era. With dogged research and cinematic flair, Waters also tracks how International Olympic Committee members ignored Nazi Germany’s atrocities in order to pull off the Berlin Games, a partnership that ultimately influenced the IOC’s nearly century-long obsession with surveilling and cataloging gender. Immersive and revelatory, The Other Olympians is a groundbreaking, hidden-in-the-archives marvel, an inspiring call for equality, and an essential contribution toward understanding the contemporary culture wars over gender in sports.

Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court

Author : Massachusetts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court written by Massachusetts and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

PMS 110, Professional Foundations

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book PMS 110, Professional Foundations written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy

Author : Leonhard Euler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy written by Leonhard Euler and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quantum Touch Collection

Author : Michael R. Stern
Publisher : Next Chapter
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2008 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Quantum Touch Collection written by Michael R. Stern and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 2008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All six books in Michael R. Stern's 'Quantum Touch', a series of time travel science fiction novels, now in one volume! Storm Portal: When history teacher Fritz Russell walks through his classroom door, he doesn't expect to meet General Robert E. Lee on the day after the surrender at Appomattox. A lover of history, Fritz finds his sudden time trip to the past both a gift and a chance for great adventure. But when a portal opens to the Oval Office, he realizes that this mysterious gate could also be put to serious purpose. Fritz does not believe there is any danger in traveling across time and space, but will his own government consider him expendable if he cannot solve the mystery of the portal? Sand Storm: After Fritz Russell discovered a portal through space and time, he helped the United States resolve a foreign crisis. Now, the president wants him to use the portal to avert a nuclear threat in the Middle East. For a history teacher, traveling to the past is entertaining and enlightening, but Fritz can't be sure if using the portal has other, long-reaching consequences. No matter what he chooses, one question remains: does he have enough time to learn the mysteries of the portal? Shadow Storm: An ominous shadow has been cast by a hidden enemy, who's planning to drive the world into turmoil. As Fritz himself becomes a target, the portal seems to be the only way he can end the growing danger and bring peace to the globe. But the voice in the shadows believes they cannot thwart his plan, and will do everything in his power to bring chaos to the world. Storm Unleashed: A plot destroy peace is moving into high gear. When Fritz returns from a trip through the portal, the world around him seems to have changed. His portal through space and time has proved a powerful tool, but entering it risks undeniable dangers. With the White House under attack and suspicious deaths continuing to occur, Fritz Russell once again finds his life upended. The portal might be their only means of stopping the enemy. But at what price? Storm Surge: An American coup d’etat is being planned. Moles inside the government are passing information about the portal, and confrontation is inevitable. Stop the conspiracy or stop the government. The pieces are on the board and the opening moves have been made. But can the portal prevent checkmate? The Portal At The End Of The Storm: Fritz Russell has left behind an impossible trail, and both the history and future have changed. Undaunted, Ashley Gilbert enters the portal to search for Fritz and discovers that Fritz has not only changed history, but has crossed the “bridges” that connect parallel universes. Loyalty and friendship will be tested, as they both discover that disrupting the flow of time comes with a heavy price.