https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/cals/rss/search?query=Garrett%20Graff&searchType=smart&view=groupedRSS for NodeWed, 07 Oct 2026 22:26:58 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17387793https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C17387793Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/17387793981EBOOKAn Oral History Of The Making And Unleashing Of The Atomic Bombenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668092415/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16343764https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C16343764Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/16343764981EBOOKAn Oral History of D-Dayenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668027837/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15724698https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C15724698Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/15724698981EBOOKThe Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here-and Out Thereenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982196790/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13941693https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13941693Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/13941693981EBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982139186/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12525863https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12525863Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12525863981EBOOKAmerica's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threatenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541773813/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12653075https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12653075Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12653075981EBOOKThe Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Dieenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781476735450/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12519634https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12519634Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12519634981EBOOKInside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terrorenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316120883/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1997753https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1997753Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1997753100BKAn Oral History of 9/11enghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781501182204/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2157214https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2157214Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2157214100BKAn Oral History of the Making & Unleashing of the Atomic Bombenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668092392/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2068053https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2068053Invalid Datehttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2068053100BOOK_CLUB_KITengNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Magisterial...A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga's surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to read The Devil Reached Toward the Sky...This period in history has never been more relevant and frightening than it is today." —James Patterson

"Comprehensive and engrossing...Excellent oral history." —Kirkus Reviews

On the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the Pulitzer Prize finalist whose work is "oral history at its finest" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) delivers an epic narrative of the atomic bomb's creation and deployment, woven from the voices of hundreds of scientists, generals, soldiers, and civilians.
The building of the atomic bomb is the most audacious undertaking in human history: a rush by a small group of scientists and engineers in complete secrecy to unlock the most fundamental power of the universe. Even today, the Manhattan Project evokes boldness, daring, and the grandest of dreams: bringing an end to World War II in the Pacific. As Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen fight overseas, men and women strive to discover the atom's secrets in places like Chicago, Berkeley, Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Los Alamos. On August 6, 1945, the world discovers what the end of the war—and the new global age—will look like.

The road to the first atomic bomb ends in Hiroshima, Japan, but it begins in Hitler's Europe, where brilliant physicists are forced to flee fascism and antisemitism—bringing to America their determination to harness atomic power before it falls into the Führer's arsenal. The Devil Reached Toward the Sky traces the breakthroughs and the breakneck pace of atomic development in the years leading up to 1945, then takes us inside the B-29 bombers carrying Little Boy and Fat Man and finally to ground zero at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff comes a panoramic narrative of how ordinary people grapple with extraordinary wartime risks, sacrifices, and choices that will transform the course of history. Engineers experiment with forces of terrifying power, knowing each passing day costs soldiers' lives—but fearing too the consequences of their creation. Hundreds of thousands of workers toil around the clock to produce uranium and plutonium in an endeavor so classified that most people involved learn the reality of their effort only when it is announced on the radio by President Truman. The 509th Composite Group trains for a mission whose details are kept a mystery until shortly before takeoff, when the Enola Gay and Bockscar are loaded with bombs the crew has never seen. And the civilians of two Japanese cities that have been spared American attacks—preserved for the sake of judging the bomb's power—escape their pulverized homes into a greater hellscape.

Drawing from dozens of oral history archives and hundreds of books, reports, letters, and diaries, Graff masterfully blends the memories and perspectives from the known and unknown—key figures like J. Robert Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves, and President Truman; the crews of the B-29 bombers; and the haunting stories of the Hibakusha—the "bomb-affected people." Both a testament to human ingenuity and resilience and a compelling drama told by the participants who lived it, this book is a singular, profound, and searing work about the inception of our most powerful weapon and its haunting legacy.]]>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11216795https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11216795Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11216795980EBOOKAn Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bombenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668092415/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=A 2026 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Magisterial...A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga's surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to read The Devil Reached Toward the Sky...This period in history has never been more relevant and frightening than it is today." —James Patterson

"Comprehensive and engrossing...Excellent oral history." —Kirkus Reviews

On the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the Pulitzer Prize finalist whose work is "oral history at its finest" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) delivers an epic narrative of the atomic bomb's creation and deployment, woven from the voices of hundreds of scientists, generals, soldiers, and civilians.
The building of the atomic bomb is the most audacious undertaking in human history: a rush by a small group of scientists and engineers in complete secrecy to unlock the most fundamental power of the universe. Even today, the Manhattan Project evokes boldness, daring, and the grandest of dreams: bringing an end to World War II in the Pacific. As Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen fight overseas, men and women strive to discover the atom's secrets in places like Chicago, Berkeley, Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Los Alamos. On August 6, 1945, the world discovers what the end of the war—and the new global age—will look like.

The road to the first atomic bomb ends in Hiroshima, Japan, but it begins in Hitler's Europe, where brilliant physicists are forced to flee fascism and antisemitism—bringing to America their determination to harness atomic power before it falls into the Führer's arsenal. The Devil Reached Toward the Sky traces the breakthroughs and the breakneck pace of atomic development in the years leading up to 1945, then takes us inside the B-29 bombers carrying Little Boy and Fat Man and finally to ground zero at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff comes a panoramic narrative of how ordinary people grapple with extraordinary wartime risks, sacrifices, and choices that will transform the course of history. Engineers experiment with forces of terrifying power, knowing each passing day costs soldiers' lives—but fearing too the consequences of their creation. Hundreds of thousands of workers toil around the clock to produce uranium and plutonium in an endeavor so classified that most people involved learn the reality of their effort only when it is announced on the radio by President Truman. The 509th Composite Group trains for a mission whose details are kept a mystery until shortly before takeoff, when the Enola Gay and Bockscar are loaded with bombs the crew has never seen. And the civilians of two Japanese cities that have been spared American attacks—preserved for the sake of judging the bomb's power—escape their pulverized homes into a greater hellscape.

Drawing from dozens of oral history archives and hundreds of books, reports, letters, and diaries, Graff masterfully blends the memories and perspectives from the known and unknown—key figures like J. Robert Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves, and President Truman; the crews of the B-29 bombers; and the haunting stories of the Hibakusha—the "bomb-affected people." Both a testament to human ingenuity and resilience and a compelling drama told by the participants who lived it, this book is a singular, profound, and searing work about the...]]>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11255019https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C11255019Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/11255019980EAUDIOBOOKAn Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bombenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668130667/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=Winner of the 2025 Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Absolutely gripping." —The Washington Post

"A masterpiece of oral history...stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting." —Evan Thomas

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most complete and up-to-date account of D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II—featuring hundreds of eyewitness accounts.
June 6, 1944—known to us all as D-Day—is one of history's greatest and most unbelievable military triumphs. The surprise sunrise landing of more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of occupied northern France is one of the most consequential days of the 20th century. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist Garrett M. Graff, historian and author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Watergate, brings them all together in a one-of-a-kind, bestselling oral history that explores this seminal event in vivid, heart-pounding detail.

The story begins in the opening months of the 1940s, as the Germany army tightens its grip across Europe, seizing control of entire nations. The United States, who has resolved to remain neutral, is forced to enter the conflict after an unexpected attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. For the second time in fifty years, the world is at war, with the stakes higher than they've ever been before. Then in 1943, Allied leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Casablanca to discuss a new plan for victory: a coordinated invasion of occupied France, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Failure is not an option. Over the next eighteen months, the large-scale action is organized, mobilizing soldiers across Europe by land, sea, and sky. And when the day comes, it is unlike anything the world has ever seen.

These moments and more are seen in real time. A visceral, page-turning drama told through the eyes of those who experienced them—from soldiers, nurses, pilots, children, neighbors, sailors, politicians, volunteers, photographers, reporters and so many more, When the Sea Came Alive "is the sort of book that is smart, inspiring, and powerful—and adds so much to our knowledge of what that day was like and its historic importance forever" (Chris Bohjalian)—an unforgettable, fitting tribute to the men and women of the Greatest Generation.]]>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10216863https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C10216863Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/10216863980EAUDIOBOOKAn Oral History of D-Dayenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797176314/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2132780https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2132780Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2132780100BKAn Oral History of D-dayenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668027813/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2124734https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2124734Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2124734100BKThe Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here--and Out Thereenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982196776/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2082213https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2082213Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2082213100BKA New Historyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982139162/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1912123https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1912123Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1912123100BKThe Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself-- While the Rest of Us Dieenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781476735405/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=971248821https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1929813https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1929813Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1929813100BKThe FBI at Warenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316068604/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=707964999NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"This is history at its most immediate and moving...A marvelous and memorable book." —Jon Meacham

"Remarkable...A priceless civic gift...On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." —The Wall Street Journal

"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been a lot written about 9/11, but nothing like this. I urge you to read it." —Katie Couric

A modern classic of American history: The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001—a panoramic narrative woven from voices on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma.
Over the past twenty-five years, monumental literature has been published about 9/11, from Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower to The 9/11 Commission Report. But one perspective has been missing up to this point—a 360-degree account of the day told through the voices of the people who experienced it.

Now, in The Only Plane in the Sky, Garrett Graff tells the story of the day as it was lived—in the words of those who lived it. Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, declassified documents, original interviews, and oral histories from nearly five hundred government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, friends, and family members, he paints the most vivid and human portrait of the September 11 attacks yet.

Beginning in the predawn hours of airports in the Northeast, we meet the ticket agents who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights, and the flight attendants inside the hijacked planes. In New York, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable horror at the Twin Towers. From a secret bunker under the White House, officials watch for incoming planes on radar. Aboard unarmed fighter jets in the air, pilots make a pact to fly into a hijacked airliner if necessary to bring it down. In the skies above Pennsylvania, civilians aboard United 93 make the ultimate sacrifice in their place. Then, as the day moves forward and flights are grounded nationwide, Air Force One circles the country alone, its passengers isolated and afraid.

More than simply a collection of eyewitness testimonies, The Only Plane in the Sky is the historic narrative of how ordinary people grappled with extraordinary events in real time: the father and son caught on different ends of the impact zone; the firefighter searching for his wife who works at the World Trade Center; the operator of in-flight telephone calls who promises to share a passenger's last words with his family; the beloved FDNY chaplain who bravely performs last rites for the dying, losing his own life when the Towers collapse; and the generals at the Pentagon who break down and weep when they are barred from trying to rescue their colleagues.

At once a powerful tribute to the courage of everyday Americans and an essential addition to the literature of 9/11, The Only Plane in the Sky weaves together the unforgettable personal experiences of the men and women who found themselves caught at the center of an unprecedented human drama. The result is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives.]]>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4593122https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4593122Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4593122980EBOOKAn Oral History of 9/11enghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781501182228/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=2020 AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AUDIE AWARD WINNER!

2020 MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE AUDIE AWARD WINNER!

Audio bonus! The audio edition includes an exclusive interview with Garrett Graff and Holter Graham as well as archival audio from United States Presidential addresses, In-Flight Communications, and Air Traffic Control.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"This is history at its most immediate and moving...A marvelous and memorable book." —Jon Meacham

"Remarkable...A priceless civic gift...On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken." —The Wall Street Journal

"Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat...There's been a lot written about 9/11, but nothing like this. I urge you to read it." —Katie Couric

A modern classic of American history: The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001—a panoramic narrative woven from voices on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma.
Over the past twenty-five years, monumental literature has been published about 9/11, from Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower to The 9/11 Commission Report. But one perspective has been missing up to this point—a 360-degree account of the day told through the voices of the people who experienced it.

Now, in The Only Plane in the Sky, Garrett Graff tells the story of the day as it was lived—in the words of those who lived it. Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, declassified documents, original interviews, and oral histories from nearly five hundred government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, friends, and family members, he paints the most vivid and human portrait of the September 11 attacks yet.

Beginning in the predawn hours of airports in the Northeast, we meet the ticket agents who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights, and the flight attendants inside the hijacked planes. In New York, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable horror at the Twin Towers. From a secret bunker under the White House, officials watch for incoming planes on radar. Aboard unarmed fighter jets in the air, pilots make a pact to fly into a hijacked airliner if necessary to bring it down. In the skies above Pennsylvania, civilians aboard United 93 make the ultimate sacrifice in their place. Then, as the day moves forward and flights are grounded nationwide, Air Force One circles the country alone, its passengers isolated and afraid.

More than simply a collection of eyewitness testimonies, The Only Plane in the Sky is the historic narrative of how ordinary people grappled with extraordinary events in real time: the father and son caught on different ends of the impact zone; the firefighter searching for his wife who works at the World Trade Center; the operator of in-flight telephone calls who promises to share a passenger's last words with his family; the beloved FDNY chaplain who bravely performs last rites for the dying, losing his own life when the Towers collapse; and the generals at the Pentagon who break down and weep when they are barred from trying to rescue their colleagues.

At once a powerful tribute to the courage of everyday Americans and an essential addition to the literature of 9/11, The Only Plane in the Sky weaves together the unforgettable personal experiences of the men and women who found themselves caught at the center of an unprecedented human drama. The result is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed...]]>https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4559425https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4559425Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4559425980EAUDIOBOOKAn Oral History of September 11, 2001enghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781508295822/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2131184https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C2131184Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2131184100BKHow America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-first Centuryenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541704091/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1969504https://cals.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S100C1969504Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://cals.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1969504100BKAmerica's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threatenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541773837/MC.GIF&client=cenarkls&type=xw12&oclc=1041249829