<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Higginbotham, Adam]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Higginbotham, Adam]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/yourlibrary/rss/search?query=Higginbotham%2C%20Adam&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:31:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Challenger]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER  •  "Stunning...A heart-pounding thriller... Challenger  is a remarkable book." — The Atlantic     "Superb...Compelling and exhaustively researched." — The Washington Post    "Devastating...A universal story that transcends time." — The New York Times    "Gripping history." — Publishers Weekly  (starred review)      From the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Midnight in Chernobyl  comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the  Challenger  disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller.   On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle  Challenger  broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of the crew, which included New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of JFK, the  Challenger  disaster is a defining moment in twentieth-century history—one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future. Yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told.   Based on extensive archival research and metic­ulous, original reporting,  Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space  follows a handful of central protagonists—including each of the seven members of the doomed crew—through the years leading up to the accident, and offers a detailed account of the tragedy itself and the inves­tigation afterward. It's a compelling tale of ambition and ingenuity undermined by political cynicism and cost-cutting in the interests of burnishing national prestige; of hubris and heroism; and of an investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers determined to bring the truth to light. Throughout, there are the ominous warning signs of a tragedy to come, recognized but then ignored, and later hidden from the public.   Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program and the lives of men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster, as well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against the odds to get the first shuttle into space. A masterful blend of riveting human drama and fascinating and absorbing science,  Challenger  identifies a turning point in history—and brings to life an even more complex and astonishing story than we remember.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1503418</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1503418</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1503418101</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797179483/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenger]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER  •  "Stunning...A heart-pounding thriller... Challenger  is a remarkable book." — The Atlantic     "Superb...Compelling and exhaustively researched." — The Washington Post    "Devastating...A universal story that transcends time." — The New York Times    "Gripping history." — Publishers Weekly  (starred review)      From the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Midnight in Chernobyl  comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the  Challenger  disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller.   On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle  Challenger  broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of the crew, which included New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of JFK, the  Challenger  disaster is a defining moment in twentieth-century history—one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future. Yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told.   Based on extensive archival research and metic­ulous, original reporting,  Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space  follows a handful of central protagonists—including each of the seven members of the doomed crew—through the years leading up to the accident, and offers a detailed account of the tragedy itself and the inves­tigation afterward. It's a compelling tale of ambition and ingenuity undermined by political cynicism and cost-cutting in the interests of burnishing national prestige; of hubris and heroism; and of an investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers determined to bring the truth to light. Throughout, there are the ominous warning signs of a tragedy to come, recognized but then ignored, and later hidden from the public.   Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program and the lives of men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster, as well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against the odds to get the first shuttle into space. A masterful blend of riveting human drama and fascinating and absorbing science,  Challenger  identifies a turning point in history—and brings to life an even more complex and astonishing story than we remember.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1503461</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1503461</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1503461101</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982176631/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qie'ernuobeili de wu ye]]></title><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1420374</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1420374</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[chi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1420374101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Midnight in Chernobyl</subtitle><language>chi</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9787559834027/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight in Chernobyl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history's worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a masterful nonfiction thriller, and the definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Midnight in Chernobyl is an indelible portrait of one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, of human resilience and ingenuity, and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will—lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats, remain not just vital but necessary.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1319169</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1319169</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1319169101</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Untold Story of the World&apos;s Greatest Nuclear Disaster</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781501134647/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight in Chernobyl]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of 2019!   A  New York Times  Best Book of the Year    A  Time  Best Book of the Year    A  Kirkus   Reviews  Best Nonfiction Book of the Year    2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Finalist     Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.  Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history's worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute.    Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a masterful nonfiction thriller, and the definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth.     Midnight in Chernobyl  is an indelible portrait of one of the great disasters of the twentieth century, of human resilience and ingenuity, and the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will—lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats, remain not just vital but necessary.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1344687</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1344687</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1344687101</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle>The Story of the World&apos;s Greatest Nuclear Disaster</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781508278511/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenger]]></title><description><![CDATA["A definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting-a riveting history that reads like a thriller"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1488980</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1488980</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1488980101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781982176617/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight in Chernobyl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Draws on twenty years of research, recently declassified files, and interviews with survivors in an account of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster that also reveals how propaganda and secrets have created additional dangers.]]></description><link>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1345242</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S101C1345242</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Higginbotham, Adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://yourlibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1345242101</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Untold Story of the World&apos;s Greatest Nuclear Disaster</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781501134616/MC.GIF&amp;client=richmondpl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>