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Chris Wallace, author of Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World

April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death. In an instant, Vice President Harry Truman, who has been kept out of war planning and knows nothing of the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first atomic bomb, must assume command of a nation at war on multiple continents --- and confront one of the most consequential decisions in history. COUNTDOWN 1945 tells the gripping true story of the turbulent days, weeks and months to follow, leading up to August 6, 1945, when Truman gives the order to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.

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Week of May 10, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of May 10th include THE MOTION OF THE BODY THROUGH SPACE, Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise --- which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority and eternal life --- in which an aging husband’s sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable; SQUEEZE ME, Carl Hiaasen's hilarious novel of social and political intrigues, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida’s gold coast; COUNTDOWN 1945, veteran journalist and "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace's electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima; and DJINN PATROL ON THE PURPLE LINE, Deepa Anappara's Edgar Award-winning debut novel about three friends who venture into the most dangerous corners of a sprawling Indian city to find their missing classmate.

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