Kai Bird

12 books

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

729 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Chairman: John J. McCloy & the Making of the American Establishment by Kai Bird

Chairman: John J. McCloy & the Making of the American Establishment

Kai Bird

800 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms by Kai Bird

The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms

Kai Bird

496 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Hiroshima's Shadow by Kai Bird

Hiroshima's Shadow

Kai Bird

584 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter by Kai Bird

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Kai Bird

832 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative reflective slow-paced
American Prometheus: Library Edition by Kai Bird, Jeff Cummings, Martin J. Sherwin
American Prometheus: Library Edition
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Kai Bird, Jeff Cummings, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: Library Edition

Kai Bird, Jeff Cummings, Martin J. Sherwin

missing page info • first pub 2005 (editions)

challenging medium-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph & Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Part 2 by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph & Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Part 2

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

26 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging emotional
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978 by Kai Bird

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978

Kai Bird

424 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir reflective slow-paced
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird by Kai Bird, Kai Bird

The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird

Kai Bird, Kai Bird

missing page info • first pub 2014 (editions)

adventurous informative slow-paced
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird

The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames

Kai Bird

448 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced