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Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima | Stephen Walker
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A riveting, minute-by-minute account of the momentous event that changed our world forever On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bombdubbed Little Boy by its creatorswas dropped from an American plane onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On that day, a firestorm of previously unimagined power was unleashed on a vibrant metropolis of 300,000 people, leaving one third of its population dead, its buildings and landmarks incinerated. It was the terrifying dawn of the Atomic Age, spawning decades of paranoia, mistrust, and a widespread and very real fear of the potential annihilation of the human race. Author Stephen Walker brilliantly re-creates the three terrible weeks leading up to the wartime detonation of the atomic bombfrom the first successful test in the New Mexico desert to the cataclysm and its aftermathpresenting the story through the eyes of pilots, scientists, civilian victims, and world leaders who stood at the center of earth-shattering drama. It is a startling, moving, frightening, and remarkable portrait of an extraordinary eventa shockwave whose repercussions can be felt to this very day.
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kaysworld1
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this book is amazing. straight talking and to the point, half way through it sounded like the author was getting excited when describing the bomb and its parts but he toned it down and carried on reading as normal.
This will be my last book for #AxeTheStacks #readathon thank you @howjessicareads for letting me join i have read loads.

#audiobook #audiobooks #readingthelibrary #librarybook #reading #history #Japanesehistory #japan #war #crime

howjessicareads Well done!! 4y
kaysworld1 @howjessicareads I've read about 5/ 6 books this month it feels great 👍 4y
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kaysworld1
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Only 3 hours left of this audio book and I am really enjoying it.
There's so much to learn about the world still do you think we will know everything one day?

#audiobook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #reading #readathon #AxeTheStacks @howjessicareads #history #Japanese #murder #death #killing #currentlyreading

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kaysworld1
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12 hours long and full of history. Started it about hour ago. Do you like history?
Shock wave: countdown to Hiroshima by Stephen walker

#AxeTheStacks #readathon #worldhistory #Japanesehistory #japan #reading #audiobooks #murder #truecrime #readingthelibrary #librarybook

Come-read-with-me Sounds really interesting! Thanks for sharing! 4y
kaysworld1 @Come-read-with-me No problem. I love learning about real life history of other countries no just UK or American. Xxx 4y
Come-read-with-me @kaysworld1 Agreed. It‘s good to have a broader world view. I love this kind of reading. 👍🏻 4y
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1. Shockwave by Liam Gallagher is on the radio right now. I presume it‘s a new solo single by the former Oasis frontman. He appears to have had some singing lessons.

2. Just for one day? Have a long soak in the bath with some spa products, read a good book, probably catch up on some sleep.

3. House. Cars are useful but transient, houses give security, comfort, grounding.

4. Shout-out to all and any Littens who want to play!

#WondrousWednesday

Eggs 🤗❤️👏🏻❤️ 5y
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