How Reason Almost Lost its Mind: The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality
Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston and Rebecca Lemov
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In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the...
The Mossad: Six Landmark Missions of the Israeli Intelligence Agency, 1960-1990
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The Mossad, Israel's version of the CIA, is among the world's top intelligence agencies. Renowned...
A Vision of Fire: Book 1 of the Earthend Saga
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The first in a series, A Vision of Fire is the thrilling science fiction debut of actress Gillian...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Threads (1984) in Movies
Sep 7, 2019 (Updated Sep 7, 2019)
Not really something you watch to be entertained, Threads has lost very little of its power to appal and terrify. The first half, before the nuclear attack, has an almost kitchen-sink realism; the sense of foreboding is almost unbearable. Even the resources of the BBC can't quite bring the nightmarish aftermath to the screen in the same kind of the detail - or perhaps even the writer's imagination recoils from the sheer grimness of it all. Instead, Threads takes an almost impressionistic approach, providing snapshots of horror from the years following the collapse of civilisation. Distressingly convincing and powerful, and it still feels relevant; one would wish it were otherwise.
Bishop Takes Knight (Redclaw Origins #1)
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New York, 1955. Former socialite Henrietta ("Rhett") Bishop, destitute after her father gambles away...
Historical Paranormal Romance
RA-5C Vigilante Units in Combat
Jim Laurier and Robert 'Boom' Powell
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Developed from the A-5 nuclear bomber and used in a reconnaissance role, the RA-5C Vigilante was the...
Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie really shine in this. As two detectives working a case that gets more alarming the deeper they delve. With Suranne's character on board the Submarine and Rose investigating on land. There are many twists, cold War tactics and government cover ups to be unravelled in the 6 episodes. It will have you on the edge of your seat!
David McK (3562 KP) rated Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) in Movies
Oct 11, 2020 (Updated Sep 18, 2022)
This is the one where the standout sequence is Tom Cruise scaling the outside of the Burg Khalifa (the tallest building in the world) just before a sandstorm hits, and that introduces Jeremy Renner's CIA analyst, who also has a connection to Hunt's past.
World Conqueror 3
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World Conqueror 3 is a newly-developed strategy game released in 2015 by EASYTECH! Commander! War is...
The Dead Hand: Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race
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This book is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction 2010. The first full account...