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The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

Jason Fagone

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Based on a True Story: A Memoir

Norm Macdonald, Tim O'Halloran, et al.

4.5 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Apropos of Nothing

Woody Allen and Arcade Publishing

4.5 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Black Hand: The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer

Chris Blatchford

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

Tucker Max

4.3 on Amazon

1 HN comments

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Pete Blaber

4.8 on Amazon

1 HN comments

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

Caitlin Doughty and Recorded Books

4.9 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

Elyn R. Saks

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Inside Out: A Memoir

Demi Moore and HarperAudio

4.5 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste

Bianca Bosker

4.6 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey

Jane Goodall and Phillip Berman

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

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mellingonMar 10, 2020

A couple of highly rated books mentioned in the article:

Code Girls: https://www.amazon.com/Code-Girls-Untold-American-Breakers/d...

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Who-Smashed-Codes-Outwitted/dp/...

intpxonJuly 21, 2020

On that note, I just finished a very interesting biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman who is a total unsung hero and the founding mother of the science of cryptography. Her team with the Coast Guard cracked enigmas in parallel to Turing. The Woman Who Smashed Codes, by Jason Fagone.
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