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It's not broadcast related, but a REALLY good book is:

Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident by  
William McKeown

I was waiting to board a redeye in Las Vegas, and broke it open after  
buying it at the Atomic Testing Museum.  I stopped in at about 10 AM  
and planned to leave about time for lunch.  I ended up closing that  
place!

I broke the book open and read some, then boarded.  I was in First  
Class, so I was looking forward to sleep.  My plan was that I would go  
to sleep once we reached 10,000 feet and I could lean back.  I read  
the book all the way across the country, and got no sleep.  It is a  
real page turner.

I also bought:

Atomic America: How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed  
the Course of Nuclear History by Todd Tucker

i have yet to read it, but a friend borrowed it and said he really  
enjoyed it.  From the a quick look, it appears to be good.  I just  
haven't had time for pleasure reading lately.

It is the story of the Army's SL-1 test reactor at the National Labs  
outside Idaho Falls.  The only people killed by a nuclear REACTOR  
accident in the US were killed at SL-1, the three operators.

--chip

On Nov 23, 2010, at 12:12 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> Message: 5
> From: Tom Bosscher <tom at bosscher.org>
>
> So I thought I would turn to the collective and ask, just what might  
> you suggest for a Christmas gift. I'm specifically looking along the  
> lines of really good books, mostly dealing with out business, and of  
> our business past, but even tangential books, something Bill  
> Sepmeier might read or write, fiction or non-fiction. Just about any  
> book that you have enjoyed.
>
>   Ideas?
>
>   tom bosscher