Best Selling Books by James Donovan

On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused to surrender for nearly two weeks until almost 2,000 Mexican troops unleashed a final assault. The defenders fought valiantly-for their lives and for a free and independent Texas-but in the end, they were all slaughtered. Their ultimate sacrifice inspired the rallying cry "Remember the Alamo!" and eventual triumph. Exhaustively researched, and drawing upon fresh primary sources in U.S. and Mexican archives, The Blood of Heros is the definitive account of this epic battle. Populated by larger-than-life characters -- including Davy Crockett, James Bowie, William Barret Travis -- this is a stirring story of audacity, valor, and redemption.

The #1 New York Times bestseller and subject of the acclaimed major motion picture Bridge of Spies directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan. Originally published in 1964, this is the “enthralling…truly remarkable” (The New York Times Book Review) insider account of the Cold War spy exchange—with a new foreword by Jason Matthews, New York Times bestselling author of Red Sparrow and Palace of Treason. In the early morning of February 10, 1962, James B. Donovan began his walk toward the center of the Glienicke Bridge, the famous “Bridge of Spies” which then linked West Berlin to East. With him, walked Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, master spy and for years the chief of Soviet espionage in the United States. Approaching them from the other side, under equally heavy guard, was Francis Gary Powers, the American U-2 spy plane pilot famously shot down by the Soviets, whose exchange for Abel Donovan had negotiated. These were the strangers on a bridge, men of East and West, representatives of two opposed worlds meeting in a moment of high drama. Abel was the most gifted, the most mysterious, the most effective spy in his time. His trial, which began in a Brooklyn United States District Court and ended in the Supreme Court of the United States, chillingly revealed the methods and successes of Soviet espionage. No one was better equipped to tell the whole absorbing history than James B. Donovan, who was appointed to defend one of his country’s enemies and did so with scrupulous skill. In Strangers on a Bridge, the lead prosecutor in the Nuremburg Trials offers a clear-eyed and fast-paced memoir that is part procedural drama, part dark character study and reads like a noirish espionage thriller. From the first interview with Abel to the exchange on the bridge in Berlin—and featuring unseen photographs of Donovan and Abel as well as trial notes and sketches drawn from Abel’s prison cell—here is an important historical narrative that is “as fascinating as it is exciting” (The Houston Chronicle).

The Apollo 11 mission and lunar-landing is one of the most iconic moments in history, and a landmark of technological and social achievement throughout the world. Bestselling author James Donovan brings to life the epic story and the astronauts, flight controllers, and engineers who made it happen.

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In addition to identifying all the species of bees in New Zealand, this revision presents a key, drawings and colour photographs for each species that will allow specimens to be identified.

A rousing and meticulously researched account of the notorious Battle of Little Big Horn and its unforgettable cast of characters from Sitting Bull to Custer himself. In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called "the Little Bighorn," George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news of this devastating loss caused a public uproar, and those in positions of power promptly began to point fingers in order to avoid responsibility. Custer, who was conveniently dead, took the brunt of the blame. The truth, however, was far more complex. A Terrible Glory is the first book to relate the entire story of this endlessly fascinating battle, and the first to call upon all the significant research and findings of the past twenty-five years -- which have changed significantly how this controversial event is perceived. Furthermore, it is the first book to bring to light the details of the U.S. Army cover-up -- and unravel one of the greatest mysteries in U.S. military history. Scrupulously researched, A Teribble Glory will stand as a landmark work. Brimming with authentic detail and an unforgettable cast of characters -- from Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse to Ulysses Grant and Custer himself -- this is history with the sweep of a great novel.

From the bestselling author of Shoot for the Moon and A Terrible Glory comes the dramatic story of the courageous paratroopers and glidermen of the 82nd Airborne, who risked their lives to seize and secure a small, centuries-old bridge in France that played a pivotal role in the success of D-Day. In June 1944, German and American forces converged on an insignificant bridge a few miles inland from the invasion beaches. If taken by the Nazis, the bridge might have gone down in history as the reason the Allies failed on D-Day. The narrow road over it was each side’s conduit to victory. Continued Nazi control over the bridge near an old manoir known as La Fière—one of only two bridges in the region capable of supporting tanks and other heavy armor—would allow the Germans to reinforce their defenses at Utah Beach, one of the five landing areas chosen for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe. But because control of the bridge was also essential to moving U.S. troops inland and off the beach, it could not simply be destroyed: it had to be taken—and held—by the Allies. This was part of the formidable mission of the 82nd Airborne, whose lightly armed but superbly trained troopers had dropped behind—and into—German lines five hours before the seaborne assault on Utah. While blocking enemy reinforcements, they had to seize and secure avenues of approach from the beaches to the interior of Normandy, including two bridges over the modest Merderet River and the key crossroads village of Sainte Mère Église. Failure would give Hitler enough time, and the opportunity, to build up the resources necessary to defeat the invasion and turn the tide for the Nazis. The village was taken early on D-Day, and the 82nd endured repeated attacks by much larger German forces. But the bridge at La Fière became a bloody three-day standoff against tanks and artillery that culminated in a near-suicidal charge across it and the narrow 500-yard causeway beyond—straight into the teeth of a fierce German defense ordered to hold it to the last man.u200b

A wholesome war story to stir up the patriot in all of us.

A história verídica que deu origem ao filme Ponte dos Espiões Ao mesmo tempo um drama processual noir e um brilhante estudo psicológico, Uma ponte entre espiões é o envolvente e fascinante relato do maior caso de espionagem de uma geração. Na manhã de 10 de fevereiro de 1962, James B. Donovan começou a percorrer a ponte Glienicke, a famosa "ponte dos espiões", que na época ligava Berlim Oriental à Ocidental. Com ele, caminhava Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, durante anos chefe da espionagem soviética nos Estados Unidos. Do outro lado estava Francis Gary Powers, o piloto americano do U-2 abatido pelos soviéticos. Duas pessoas que não se conheciam, representantes de mundos opostos. Neste livro, Donovan conta como negociou a troca e defendeu Abel em todos os estágios de seu julgamento. Abel foi o mais talentoso, misterioso e eficiente espião de sua época. Seu julgamento, que começou em um tribunal distrital do Brooklyn e terminou na Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos, revelou os métodos e os êxitos da espionagem soviética.

Apollo 11 - die unmögliche Mission In der Nacht vor seinem Flug zum Mond rechnete Neil Armstrong die Chancen aus, die er, Buzz Aldrin und Michael Collins hatten, um lebend zur Erde zurückzukehren. Fifty-Fifty, dachte er. Andere Experten hingegen, darunter auch Wissenschaftler und Techniker der NASA, sahen die Sache weitaus weniger optimistisch: 5 zu 1, sagten sie, dass die Männer nicht zurückkommen. Oder sogar 10 zu 1. Apollo 11 war die unmögliche Mission, ihr Scheitern wahrscheinlicher als ihr Erfolg. Pünktlich zum Jahrestag erzählt der Journalist und Historiker James Donovan die Geschichte der Mondlandung in allen spannenden Details noch einmal neu und legt dabei auch viel Gewicht auf die menschliche Seite. Entstanden ist ein mitreißendes und reich bebildertes Sachbuch.

This work is a printed edition of the two-hour lecture on the pathophysiology of obesity that Dr. Donovan gives to his weight loss patients. This book covers topics such as why we gain weight, why we should lose excess fat and how to keep it off. The reader will understand that obesity is a chronic disease and can be treated by using food as a drug to cause better weight loss. Dr. Donovan discusses the laboratory tests he does for his obese patients and explains the science in a language easy to understand. A good resource for people who want to lose weight and for physicians who want to help them.