Besides being an egomaniac and a mass murderer, [Hitler] had at least one other character flaw: he was stupid.
Barnum: The Serial Entrepreneur
“You beat me sky-high, for wherever I went…the constant inquiry was, Do you know Barnum?’”
“A Field of Ruins;” Review of The Liberation of Paris
If he defied Hitler and did not destroy Paris before the Allies arrived, his family of a wife and three children living in Baden Baden would fall under the rule of Sippenhaft–they would be punished for his failure to obey orders and could possibly be executed.
Underland: A Review
To experience the Underland, he survives blizzards, freezing water, ice crevasses, blocked cave passages, and oxygen deprivation.
The Book That Lives Up to Its Title
In brief spurts, the tuna can reach 144 miles an hour in a medium that’s roughly 800 times denser than air.