Shockwave
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Sixty years ago, the US dropped a five-ton atom bomb on Hiroshima—killing 100,000 people. In Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima, Stephen Walker looks back at the weeks leading up to that fateful day in August, 1945.
» Read an excerpt of Shockwave in the Reading Room
Events:
Stephen Walker will be speaking on:
Tuesday, August 2nd at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway at 82nd Street
Music: CD: “Cobb”, music from motion picture soundtrack
Tracks: #8 - “Cooperstown Aria (Part II)” and #9 -“Winter Walk”
Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
» Read an excerpt of Shockwave in the Reading Room
Events:
Stephen Walker will be speaking on:
Tuesday, August 2nd at 7:30pm
Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side
2289 Broadway at 82nd Street
Music: CD: “Cobb”, music from motion picture soundtrack
Tracks: #8 - “Cooperstown Aria (Part II)” and #9 -“Winter Walk”
Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
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