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Martin J. Sherwin, author portrait
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Martin J. Sherwin

MARTIN J. SHERWIN, was University Professor of History at George Mason University and the author of A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies, winner of the Stuart L. Bernath and the American History Book prizes, and the coauthor, with Kai Bird, of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 2006 as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Duff Cooper Prize. He died in 2021.
Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
Gambling with Armageddon
American Prometheus

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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
Gambling with Armageddon
American Prometheus

From Page to Screen and Back Again: Award Season Reads

Award show season is upon us! With the Emmys and Golden Globes behind us and the Oscars ahead, now is the perfect time to read the books that inspired your favorite award-winning movies and shows (and vice versa)! Read the true story behind Golden Globe-winning Oppenheimer, or return to the fantastical world of Emmy-winning House

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In Theaters July 21 – Oppenheimer

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, American Prometheus, Oppenheimer is the true story of the development of the atomic bomb in WWII and the man at the center of it all who found himself destroyed by his own horrific weapons of devastation. Shot in the towering IMAX format, Oppenheimer promises to transport audiences directly into

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Blockbuster Books for Blockbuster Season

The second half of 2023 is full of must-see movies! From the Barbenheimer double feature to the stunning animation style of the new TMNT flick to the much-anticipated Haunted Mansion remake, the next few months are set to be dominated by back-to-back blockbusters. With original books that inspired the films, official cookbooks and coloring pages,

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