{"product_id":"book-d0j6","title":"The Bastard Brigade","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cdiv\u003e Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely have the secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the middle of building an atomic bomb, the leaders of the Manhattan Project were alarmed to learn that Nazi Germany was far outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research. Hitler, with just a few pounds of uranium, would have the capability to reverse the entire D-Day operation and conquer Europe. So they assembled a rough and motley crew of geniuses - dubbed the Alsos Mission - and sent them careening into Axis territory to spy on, sabotage, and even assassinate members of Nazi Germany's feared Uranium Club. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e The details of the mission rival the finest spy thriller, but what makes this story sing is the incredible cast of characters - both heroes and rogues alike - including: \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMoe Berg\u003c\/b\u003e, the major league catcher who abandoned the game for a career as a multilingual international spy; the strangest fellow to ever play professional baseball. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWerner Heisenberg\u003c\/b\u003e, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist credited as the discoverer of quantum mechanics; a key contributor to the Nazi's atomic bomb project and the primary target of the Alsos mission. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColonel Boris Pash\u003c\/b\u003e, a high school science teacher and veteran of the Russian Revolution who fled the Soviet Union with a deep disdain for Communists and who later led the Alsos mission. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoe Kennedy Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, the charismatic, thrill-seeking older brother of JFK whose need for adventure led him to volunteer for the most dangerous missions the Navy had to offer. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSamuel Goudsmit,\u003c\/b\u003e a washed-up physics prodigy who spent his life hunting Nazi scientists - and his parents, who had been swept into a concentration camp - across the globe. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIrène\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFrederic Joliot-Curie\u003c\/b\u003e, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who used their unassuming status as scientists to become active members of the resistance. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Thrust into the dark world of international espionage, these scientists and soldiers played a vital and largely untold role in turning back one of the darkest tides in human history. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349184225584,"sku":"BDd0j6","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49349184258352,"sku":"ZEd0j6","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d0j6-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776617460","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d0j6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}