American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Paperback - Kai Bird

Reducere. J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for ...

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"A moving and explosive biography of an ice skating genius." --Manchester Evening News

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Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile.

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Reducere. Against the backgrounds of World War II, the Cold War, the construction of Pax Americana, the Cuban missile crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and ...

Reducere. The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important oper...

Reducere. On the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, Hugo and Nebula-winning author Robert J. Sawyer takes us back in time to revisit histor...

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Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor(s): Robert JeffreyIllustration(s): 8ppNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 232 x 21Cover ...

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Reducere. An unforgettable story of discovery and unimaginable destruction and a major biography of one of America's most brilliant--and most divisive--scien...

Reducere. "The Gilded Leaf" is the riveting, dramatic saga of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco family, one of America's richest and most intensely private clans. R...

Blending his experiences as a veteran reporter with trenchant analysis of the erosion of trust between the press and the government over the past 4...

Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hrtgen Forest. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle b...

This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate ...

Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War.

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Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Kai BirdIllustration(s): 2 8P 4C INS.; black and white photos throughoutNumber of pages: 784Publication d...

DescriptionPeterson's weirdly fascinating environment will appeal to fans of epic world building, and the generous dose of ribaldry in the story is...

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Reducere. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRD'S fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an origin...

From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson & Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as bill...

"Important . . . [a] landmark presidential biography . . . Bird is able to build a persuasive case that the Carter presidency deserves this new loo...

Reducere. In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the ...

A vivid page-turning narrative of the most horrific battle in history by a soldier turned bestselling novelistPublisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(...

Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, NBA Champion, MVP, and All-Star could all be used to describe the illustrious career of Spencer Haywood on th...

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Reducere. This excellent collection is the most complete anthology of Latin American philosophers in English available today. Leading philosophers from sever...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Robert P. KolkerIllustration(s): 37 black & white images, 21 colour imagesNumber of pages: 232Publica...

Reducere. The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the hum...

Reducere. The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was a child prodigy and a musical genius whose 1955 recording of Bach's "Goldberg Variations" catapulted him to wo...

Florence 1441. Cosimo de' Medici is in his ascendancy and the city wrestles with the aftermath of one of the greatest crimes of the Renaissance, th...