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A Baker's Dozen- Best Non-Fiction Read In 2009
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird & Martin Sherwin- 594 copies on LT. Overall LT rating- 4.37.
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, Andrew Chaikin- 510 copies, 4.51 ... American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird - I know I've used this recently, but have no books with Lawrence in the title and this is the only one with Oppenheimer. American Prometheus sounds fascinating, and would fit both my biography and 20th-century US history categories. I started American Prometheus several years ago and have never gotten back to it. Thanks for the reminder to pick it back up again. 6. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
I hit the jackpot in biographies this year. Earlier, I read Janet Browne's excellent two volume biography of Charles Darwin consisting of Voyaging and The Power of Place. American Pr ... American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird - in my TBR pile ... go together about as well as peanut butter and mustard sandwiches do. Of my first Ten I am working on three of them: American Prometheus, (great!), Complexity, (it's making me work), and The Revolutions Trilogy, (rich, so I'm nibbling at it in small portions). At the moment I don't ... ... three novels. None too long though.
9. Peak Oil- $20 Per Gallon, Christopher Steiner
10. History of Science- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird- Pulitzer winner. Just finished The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel (from LT Early Reviewers) and can get back to American Prometheus now. ... the following books last night at Third Place Books:
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird ... by Matthew Sanford (1/15/09)
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman
American Prometheus by Kai Bird (8/28/09>
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama Yesterday brought:
Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski...gives a whole new meaning to That Phrase!
American Prometheus by Kai Bird...been on my Wishlist for a while now
Secrets Beyond the Doorby Maria Tatar...and a little Bluebeard for Spice
these from Amazon!
:-) ... Thurman
4. Cringe by Sarah Brown
5. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
6. American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin
7. Listening is an Act of Love by Dave Isay
8. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Finis ... ... /strike>
Mixed Fancies - Brenda Blethyn
Catherine de Medici - Leonie Frieda
American Prometheus - Kai Bird
Marie Antoinette - Antonia Fraser
The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
Europe: A History - Norman Davies
... and Society," though objectively a good description of what (say) Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin were writing about in American Prometheus, has a distinctly presentist, public-policy-oriented air about it.
The only term that I've come up with in two days of thinking about the question is ... I finished American Prometheus and the audiobook of Oliver Twist last week. Now I am halfway through Lamb ... my first encounter with Christopher Moore's work. I'm also partway through the audiobook of Three Men in a Boat.
I recently read Running with Scissors for my book group and didn't care for it at all.
This week I finished American Prometheus about J. Robert Oppenheimer and really enjoyed it.
One of my all-time favorites is Uncle Tungsten:Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. I'm still reading American Prometheus about Robert Oppenheimer and am almost done listening to Oliver Twist.
This morning someone lent me The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen so I may take a break and read that tonight. Sorry to hear that Bookmarque (msg #23) didn't care for it. I ... ... k)
* All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Now reading:
* Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (audiobook)
* American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin Sherwin ... many voices. It is fascinating, deeply moving, and terrifying.
Fascinating that it would be chosen the same year that American Prometheus wins the Biography prize. Has anyone read this or any of the other winners?
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