Genre: Historical Non-Fiction

{The Nazi Hunters: Neal Bascomb}

{The Nazi Hunters: Neal Bascomb}

{Synopsis} – The story of Eichmann’s capture is now a major motion picture starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, Operation Finale! In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis’ Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an […]

Posted February 10, 2019 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: James L. Swanson}

{Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: James L. Swanson}

{Synopsis} – In his meteoric, thirteen-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for Civil Rights — with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King’s life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist, […]

Posted June 26, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: James L. Swanson}

{Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin: James L. Swanson}

{Synopsis} – In his meteoric, thirteen-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for Civil Rights — with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King’s life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist, […]

Posted June 26, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{The Big Book of Serial Killers: 150 Serial Killer Files of the World’s Worst Murderers: Jack Rosewood & Rebecca Lo}

{The Big Book of Serial Killers: 150 Serial Killer Files of the World’s Worst Murderers: Jack Rosewood & Rebecca Lo}

{Synopsis} – There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires and monsters, and they walk among us. These serial killers are not mythical beasts […]

Posted January 3, 2018 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review} / 0 Comments
{Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport: Emma Carlson Berne}

{Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport: Emma Carlson Berne}

{Synopsis} – Tells the stories–in their own words–of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring their stories to life. {My thoughts} – I have always had an interest in […]

Posted February 1, 2017 by zapkode.marie in {Book Review}, {New Release} / 0 Comments