A fascinating look inside a world I didn't know existed - Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which in fact did not exist until the US military built it in the early 1940s to house employees of the equally new Clinton Engineer Works constructed on the same grounds. Even after Oak Ridge was built it did not app...
This was a completely fascinating book about Oak Ridge Tennessee, which was created from scratch in 1942 as a "secret city" where the uranium was "enriched" for use in the atomic bombs used at the end of WWII - the Manhattan Project. At its peak, Oak Ridge was a town of 75,000, where a number of ...
This book was a powerful read for me. I wonder if I had some of the same reactions as some of the employees of the Manhattan Project. A powerful sense of pride and accomplishment and the absolute horror of what was created. The stories of young women enduring struggles and triumphs of being out ...
Every year around independence day, someone will post the same little essay that asserts that the signers of the Declaration of Independence suffered terribly for their actions and never broke faith with the cause. It's been going around for decades (among many other persons, Rush Limbaugh"s Dad...
A great resource for people with irregular income, whether that means you're part-time, freelancing or self-employed. Authors teach a simple, scalable finance system that shows you how to make your money work for you so you can avoid the "feast or famine" lifestyle. Of course, the book can only p...