What could be more intriguing than the young writer Roald Dahl—destined to create such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory —assigned by His Majesty’s Government to Washington, D.C., as a ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Scott Anderson THE GREAT SECRET The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on ...

James Conant, the American scientist who played a key role in the creation of the first atomic bomb, never regretted dropping it on Hiroshima, Japan, at the end of World War II. But he was afraid of a ...

“I grew up in Cambridge during the Vietnam War,” said Jennet Conant. “My baby sitters all had boyfriends who were worried about the draft, or brothers who were in the war.” She remembers watching the ...

Atomic pioneer -- A Dorchester boy -- A Harvard man -- No-man's-land -- The chemists' war -- Air castles -- The specialist -- The dark horse -- Unexpected troubles -- The acid test -- A private ...

60 Minutes personality Steve Kroft said he is filled with “nothing but regret” after cheating on his wife Jennet Conant, in an apology late Tuesday after The National ENQUIRER broke the story of the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Jennet Conant is an Author with eight videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1997 Call-In as a Contributing Editor for the Vanity Fair. The year with ...

Around 9 p.m. on many nights in the early 1960s, an exclusive by the journalist Maggie Higgins would roll off the New York Herald Tribune’s presses, and editors at the New York Times would call to ask ...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner, $13). Set on the Italian front during World War I, this is simply one of the best novels ever written about innocence, love, and loss. The first five ...