New York: Saga Press / Simon & Schuster, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - An alternate history about the creation of the atomic bomb which explores what could have happened if the bomb was ready to be used by the United States on D-Day - June 6, 1944. A book which combines espionage with science, with the core based on accounts of his father-in-law, the chemist and mathematician Karl P. Cohen, a junior partner in the Manhattan Project, who had discovered an alternate solution, but whose ideas were shot down by more senior members - although time has proven them right. Illustrated with photographs. Afterword with more information on the scientists and others who appear in the book - many of whom Benford knew personally. In addition to being an award-winning author, Benford is an astrophysicist who is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. 466 pp. ISBN: 978-1481487641.

New York: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The story of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima and its aftermath told from the viewpoint of a seven-year old girl who fled their burning home with her mother and injured father. INSCRIBED and dated in 1988 by the author/artist on the front endpaper with her signature drawing of a peace dove with a mother and child nestled in the belly. Since the end of World War II, the author and her husband have campaigned for nuclear disarmament and world peace. In her comments at the end of the book, Maruki commented how difficult it was to create this book - "to tell young people about something very bad that happened in the hope that their knowing will help keep it from happening again." Awarded the annual Ehon Nippon Prize as the best illustrated book of Japan, the Jane Adams Peace award, a Horn Book Honor award and more. Large square format,unpaginated, illustrated in full color throughout. ISBN: 0-688012973.

New York: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima and its aftermath told from the viewpoint of a seven-year old girl who fled their burning home with her mother and injured father. Since the end of World War II, the author and her husband have campaigned for nuclear disarmament and world peace. In her comments at the end of the book, Maruki commented how difficult it was to create this book - "to tell young people about something very bad that happened in the hope that their knowing will help keep it from happening again." Awarded the annual Ehon Nippon Prize as the best illustrated book of Japan, the Jane Adams Peace award, a Horn Book Honor award and more. Large square format,unpaginated, illustrated in full color throughout. ISBN: 0-688012973.