...U.S. GENERAL RUNS AMUCK... ...H-BOMBERS ATTACK RUSSIA... PRESIDENT AND RED PREMIER IN HOT-LINE STRUGGLE TO SAVE WORLD Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1963 political satire black comedy that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the USSR and the USA. The novel, written by Peter George, is based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern, which was released as a film—directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott—in 1964.
The basis for Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove: A chilling Cold War thriller in which unchecked power unleashes total nuclear disaster. Air Force Brigadier General Quinten is a dying man suffering from the paranoid delusion that he can make the world a better place by ordering a full-scale nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. Receiving word of the attack already underway, the president of the United States and his advisors now must work frantically to stop it. The US bombers are to be shot down—but a lone bomber called the “Alabama Angel” escapes and flies on to complete its lunatic mission, ignoring the president’s orders. A ghastly and chilling vision of what might happen when profound and deadly power is put into the wrong hands, this classic thriller continues to serve as a warning in today’s tumultuous political climate.
This book contains a series of interpretive essays on the most dramatic aspects of American economic growth during the last century—the sweeping technological and organizational changes in manufacturing and agriculture and their profound economic and social consequences. The overall focus is the maturing of the American economy from a classic market economy, based primarily on small units of production and private enterprise, through the growth of industrialism and the structural transformation of the economy, to the modern mixed economy with its complex array of giant corporations and labor unions and greatly expanded government sector. The chapters are organized thematically. A distinctive feature of the book is the use of illustrative case studies in each chapter.
This fascinating book assembles human stories about physicists and mathematicians. Remarkably, these stories cluster around some general themes having to do with the interaction between scientists, and with the impact of historic events OCo such as the advent of fascism and communism in the twentieth century OCo on scientists'' behavior. Briefly, but lucidly, some of the beautiful science that brought these scientists together in the first place is explained.Author''s webpage: http: //freund9.googlepages.com/peterfreundwritings.
From 1575 to 1730, the citizens of the Alsatian Imperial city of Colmar were divided between Protestant and Catholic communities, plagued by chronic warfare, and ultimately subjugated by the kingdom of France. Drawing on a rich collection of serial archival sources, Wallace reconstructs the collective biography of 6,700 civic officials, merchants, artisans, and agricultural workers in order to examine the local impact of confessionalization in a religiously mixed town, the effect of warfare on the economic interdependence of town and country, and the tensions between French absolutism and traditional civic political culture. Economic historians, scholars of the Reformation, and students of French and German history will find many valuable insights in this multifaceted analysis.
A modern fable. A RYO Reading Group Classic. How does a mango hanging from a high limb of a lakeside branch fulfill its desire to be a Big Tree on a prized plot of land? It has no hands to do its bidding, no mouth to shout its calling, and no feet to find a way through this place with plans for far less trees. Here is storytelling in the beautiful traditions of Lord Of The Flies, Treasure Island, and The Alchemist. Explore Amora. Discover the essentials of a worthy dream. Accompany Little Mango to the soul of desire. Experiment with Palu's pellucola. In this swift, stimulating, occasionally sensual, quite often humorous journey along life's treacherous arc, find the secret to an immortal legacy. While you laugh, learn the art of being irresistible. A mango can. Shouldn't you? Listen to nature's rhythms. The kiskadee sings. Miss Aenna sings. Noel howls in his innocence. Trees dance. Wallupadoopap sings the truth. Even if you lose a tear here and there, you'll sing. You'll probably shake something too; just don't shoot the pig. If you've ever shelved a dream, or given up; if you have a dream; if you think it's too late to dream; if you have no reason to dream whatsoever; this is our gift to you. If you are building a legacy, or wished you did; if you built a legacy to last more than three days past your last breath; if you haven't a prayer in Choca-Mocha of having any legacy whatsoever; give this gift to yourself. You are worth something, we think. So, how does a little mango, against all odds, achieve its dream of being a Big Mango Tree? You'll find that in this easy read. If you're looking to be a superhero instead, well, that's in here too. Besides, these times are calling for a fresh view. Here's a window. Enjoy.
Dr. Hanson provides a no-nonsense look at how to stop stress from controlling your life by learning to control the stress. Includes stereocopy diagrams.
“Truly I say to you, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise.” Jesus gave to only one person such a promise. So who was he? Was he a follower of Jesus? No! Was he one of the Sanhedrin? No! Was he a rabbi? No. he was none of them. Instead, those words were addressed to a thief dying on a cross alongside Jesus. From his cross of death, Dismas spoke up in defence of Jesus, stating that they deserved their punishment, but that Jesus had done nothing wrong. Dismas then asked Jesus to remember him when he came into His kingdom. Jesus responded promising Paradise to Dismas that very day with those wonderful words, “Truly I say unto you, this day thou shalt be with me in Paradise.” Dismas, what do we know of him? ln truth, not much. We know his name, Dismas, that he was a thief being executed for his crimes, and that he spoke up in defence of Jesus and was greatly rewarded for it. With so little known about him, it has enabled me to explore his life as I have imagined him to be. This is a work of fiction, but based on historical fact. Read it, be as one with Dismas. You may shed a tear or two as you read it. I did as I wrote it. Enjoy.
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Doctor Strangelove is a timeless masterpiece of satire, both frightening and funny, that describes how two insane US officers start a nuclear war whilst presidents and others stand around helpless, unable to prevent them doing so.
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