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Summary: "Six-year-old Sachiko and her family suffered greatly after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, and in the years that followed, the miraculous survival of a ceramic bowl became a key part of Sachiko's journey toward peace"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YASHam, Paul
Summary: In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HAMSheftall, M. G. (Mordecai G.)
Summary: "The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SHEBlume, Lesley M. M.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century--the true effects of the atom bomb--potentially saving millions of lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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Summary: Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, a narrative of human resilience, told through first-hand experiences of five survivors, reveals the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 952 SOUSummary: Through interviews with survivors, provides an inside look at life and culture in the city of Hiroshima before the first atomic bomb was dropped.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cinema Libre Studio 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MESPellegrino, Charles R.
Summary: Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 PELKouno, Fumiyo.
Summary: Two stories about life for the survivors in Hiroshima after the detonation of a nuclear bomb over the city in 1945.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Last Gasp 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 KOUSummary: Set in the three weeks from the test explosion in New Mexico to the dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made, on board the Enola Gay, inside the bomb as it explodes, and in Hiroshima.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIRBird, Kai
Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIRSheinkin, Steve
Summary: Recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023