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Publisher
Salem Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
140 Chronologically arranged overviews of the history of weaponry and military tactics from ancient times to the present global age. Weapons and Warfare is designed to meet the needs of students seeking information about weaponry, tactics, and models of warfare from ancient times to the present, worldwide.
Author
Language
English
Description
A pilot races through the sky to stop a nuclear catastrophe in this “compelling” thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of Pandora’s Clock (People).
Vivian Henry hasn’t heard her ex-husband’s voice in three years, but it still fills her with fear. Dangerous and brilliant, Dr. Rogers Henry is calling because he’s dying. He offers Vivian a fortune in insurance money...
Vivian Henry hasn’t heard her ex-husband’s voice in three years, but it still fills her with fear. Dangerous and brilliant, Dr. Rogers Henry is calling because he’s dying. He offers Vivian a fortune in insurance money...
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With a spectacular illustrated journey through 4,000 years of weaponry, Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armour is the most comprehensive visual reference charting the history of arms and armour worldwide. Follow the evolution of weaponry from stone maces to machine-guns, and discover the brutal history of the warriors who wielded them. Drawing extensively on the treasures of the Royal Armouries Museum, this fully updated guide uniquely details...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The spy thriller finds extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage coming out of self-imposed exile and on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora's Box.
Author
Series
Jake Grafton novels volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the USSR collapses, thousands of nuclear warheads may end up in the wrong hands in this thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of War.
Jake Grafton has been promoted to deputy director of a new US intelligence agency—and the stakes of his commission are higher than ever before. With the Soviet Union on the brink of dissolution, a vast nuclear arsenal is suddenly ripe
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Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The saga of human civilization has been formed and scarred by conflict. Crucial episodes of violence in our history have often been defined by new forms of weaponry, from the very first hand-ax of prehistory to the hand grenade, and from medieval siege engines to the military robotics of the future. Some of these weapons of war have been decisive, such as the "Little Boy" atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Others have become iconic, like the AK-47 --...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Ever since Lord Garmadon retreated to the underworld, peace has spread throughout the land of Ninjago. But now there is a new threat -- Lloyd Garmadon, Lord Garmadon's son! At first, Cole, Jay, Kai, and Zane don't take Lloyd seriously. After all his main goal is stealing candy from villagers. But all that changes when Lloyd accidentally awakens the Serpentine, a race of powerful snake-headed beasts who've been banished for centuries. Can the four...
12) Black wind
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 18
Language
English
Description
In the final days of World War II, the Japanese launch two submarines carrying a new strain of a deadly virus to the west coast of the United States, but years after the subs are lost at sea, someone plots to use their deadly cargo.
Author
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The Poisoned Village. That's the grim nickname the locals have for Priors Bramley, emptied of its residents when a Cold War experiment with chemical weapons went badly wrong. But the nightmares in Priors Bramley have been festering a lot longer, going back to the long-abandoned Cadence Manor. What happened there in the years before the first world war? And what is the source of the eerie music drifting down the crumbling village streets?
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In science fiction, energy blades are weapons or tools that look like glowing swords. How could one of these powerful devices work? Scientists have some ideas, which include using plasma. Discover the science and technology behind what it would take to make a real-life energy blade!"--
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