Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - World War II historical novel by this writer best known for his science fiction, based on the story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the ship that carried the atom bomb from San Francisco to the Pacific island from which it was launched - and which was sunk by Japanese torpedoes on its return journey, with only 400 of its over 1200 crew members surviving. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-385152841.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very personal story drawn from letters, documents, and extensive interviews about the man whose irrepressible spirit would inspire so many. Frank was a physicist who worked on the atomic bomb like his more famous brother Robert, and they both had their careers destroyed by the Red Scare. Unlike Robert, who died a ruined man, he went on to create the Exploritorium in San Francisco - a place where something wonderful does indeed happen. SIGNED by the author, K. C. Cole on the title page. Foreword by Murray Gell-Mann. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. xiv, 396 pp. ISBN: 9780151008223.

New York: Large Print Press / Gale Cengage, (2008). First edition - A definite biography, drawing on new research and documents only recently made available, which " reveals the man behind the science, from his early years and thought experiments in Germany, to his marriages and children, his role in the development of the Atomic Bomb and his work for Civil Rights groups in the United States." Illustrated with photographs, Notes and sources. 942 pp. ISBN: 978-1594132599.

New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp plus an author's note. ISBN: 9780670062355.

New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico.INSCRIBED on the title page "To -- rockets away!" and dated in the year of publication. 337 pp plus an author's note. ISBN: 9780670062355.

New York: The Viking Press, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A sequel to her award-winning historical novel 'The Green Glass Sea.' In this book, it is 1946 and World War II is over - and the Gordons have moved from Los Alamos south to Alamogordo, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page dated in the year of publication. 337 pp plus an author's note. Postcard laid in. ISBN: 9780670062355.

New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Book written to mark the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Index, notes and an appendix that discusses the images of Hiroshima in film and books.425 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140727.

New York: Delacorte, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of Ethel Roseberg the woman convicted and put to death in 1953 on charges of being a spy for Russia. ISBN: 0-385-301685.