pickThe writing was a little too stream of consciousness for me, but the breadth of history was fascinating.
79/80
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pickThe writing was a little too stream of consciousness for me, but the breadth of history was fascinating.
79/80
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pickI have listened to 3 Garrett Graff full-cast audiobooks and I love all 3. This one is about all about the atomic bomb: perspectives from scientific minds through history theorizing the making of this weapon, and the great minds who came together to crest it, to the military officers and world leaders who helped carry out the mission of using it, and those impacted by the explosion in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Another expertly researched deep dive.
pickThis excellent book is the story of the atomic bomb told by the people involved in making it and those it impacted. I particularly appreciate the extensive section of voices from Japan of those who were in Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped there. Hard to listen to, but vitally important.
pick“The girls in the Church, a lot of us, dealt with these physical symptoms that couldn't be explained. Girls who experienced paralysis, like me. Girls who stopped talking for months, or years. Like our bodies objected, but we were all still true believers. Like something in us refused, even as we were still loyal.”
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pickIncredibly tragic but interesting to hear about people‘s experiences in the aftermath of the disaster.
I listened to part of this on audiobook and it seems the “narrator” was AI generated (by the Voice Clan?) which came across with weird pauses and no inflection in its tone. I don‘t recommended this version as it detracted from reading/words.
I‘ve mentioned a couple of times that I read all of Bourdain‘s books last year. His still photographer is doing a sale of these fairly reasonably priced prints ($120 US shipping included), and I ended up buying 3 (at his writing desk) and 4 (the iconic middle finger). After all that time with him last year, it‘ll be nice to have him near my bookshelves! Sale ends tomorrow.
http://www.davidscottholloway.com/bourdain-print-sale
