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Atomic bomb

The Bomb

Theodore Taylor

In 1944, when the Americans liberate Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that in two years he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a mu

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Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Shpwrecked English schoolboys set up their own civilization but savagery finally emerges.

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Hiroshima No Pika

Toshi Maruki

A retelling of a mother's account of what happened to her family during the Flash that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.

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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Robert Jungk

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Day One

Peter Wyden

Examines the events leading to the creation and use of the atomic bomb.

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Robert Oppenheimer

Michel Rouze

Discusses his role in the Manhattan project, his difficulties in the McCarthy era, and his conception of the scientist's duty to society.

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Mushroom

John Aristotle Phillips

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Hiroshima

John Hersey

Describes the effect of the bombing of Hiroshima on six survivors of the atomic blast.

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