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Kai Bird

Kai Bird

Kai Bird is the co-author with Martin J. Sherwin of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005), which also won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. His other... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. "To the Confusion of our Enemies!" (Robert Oppenheimer's favorite toast.)
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My life in 8 words: "An American expatriate writer from Jerusalem to Kathmandu"
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate will be released on March 15, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Mar 15, 2011
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 15, 2011
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Chapter 1 from Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
Feb 02, 2011
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May 02, 2010
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate will be released on April 20, 2010 in eBook
Apr 20, 2010
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is now available in eBook
Apr 20, 2010
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 20, 2010
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate will be released on April 20, 2010 in Hardcover, eBook
Apr 20, 2010
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Feb 18, 2010
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Feb 17, 2010
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Dec 09, 2009
Dec 09, 2009
The Color of Truth will be released on June 21, 2000 in Trade Paperback
Jun 21, 2000
The Color of Truth is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 21, 2000
The Color of Truth will be released on June 21, 2000 in
Jun 21, 2000
The Color of Truth is now available in
Jun 21, 2000

Kai Bird Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "To the Confusion of our Enemies!" (Robert Oppenheimer's favorite toast.) Learn more about Kai Bird

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Los Alamos Monitor, February 8, 2012
...Sherwin, who delivered the Oppenheimer memorial lecture in Los Alamos last year, and Richard Rhodes. Sherwin, along with Kai Bird, wrote the Pulitzer-prize winning biography, “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer....
Daily Bhaskar, May 16, 2011
...well as countries like China, Singapore, and Philippines etc,” said Kapur. Other celebrities expected include Pulitzer-winning American author Kai Bird. The festival that enjoys the patronage of Bhutan’s queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has...
24 World News, May 11, 2011
...well as countries like China, Singapore, and Philippines etc, said Kapur. Other celebrities expected include Pulitzer-winning American author Kai Bird. The festival that enjoys the patronage of Bhutan's queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has been...
Yahoo! India, May 11, 2011
...as countries like China, Singapore, and Philippines etc,� said Kapur. Other celebrities expected include Pulitzer-winning American author Kai Bird. The festival that enjoys the patronage of Bhutan�s queen mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has been...
Yahoo! India, April 15, 2011
...India as well as countries like China, Singapore, Phillipines etc. A notable mention is Pulitzer winning American author Kai Bird," says Kapur. Organisers are positioning the festival as a tourism cum litereray festival inviting travellers to the...
NPR, April 13, 2011
...Gruber probes the life of a Taliban American. In nonfiction: the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's memoir, and Kai Bird examines both sides of the Palestinian/Israeli divide. » E-Mail This      » Add to Del.icio.us...
Chicago Tribune, February 18, 2011
...Scribner, 424 pages, $30 As the child of a U.S. Foreign Service officer, Kai Bird grew up in Jerusalem amid the Arabs and Jews in the tribal mosaic of the Middle East. Every day, he was driven to school through Mandelbaum Gate, which marked...
Kanlaon, March 15, 2011
...Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (Scribner) Autobiography : Darin Strauss’ Half a Life (McSweeney’s) Finalists : Kai Bird’s Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age Between the Arabs and the Israelis, 1956- 1978 (Scribner); ...
GalleyCat, March 10, 2011
...at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell Crossing Mandelbaum Gate : Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis by Kai Bird The Possessed by Elif Batuman Nox by Anne Carson The Professor and Other Writings by Terry Castle Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia,...