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1) Skywatchers
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Told from multiple viewpoints, a group of high school students in 1952 Monterey, California, are watching the skies for Russian planes when something very mysterious draws them together.
2) Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. Government's secret plan to save itself-while the rest of us die
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV!
The shocking truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is "a frightening eye-opener" (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to know" (The Wall Street Journal).
Every day in...
The shocking truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is "a frightening eye-opener" (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to know" (The Wall Street Journal).
Every day in...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When Scorpion is on the case, saving the world is a no-brainer! Walter, the eccentric leader of a team of brilliant misfits -- a psychiatrist with a gambling addition, a mechanical prodigy with anger issues, and a "human calculator" with social anxiety, who save the world from problems only a genius could solve.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The new Director of Homeland Security reunites the team when a nuclear powered Russian satellite is knocked out of orbit and must be diverted before it detonates over Southern California. The team races against time to stop an unstable ex-member of Scorpion, Mark Collins who kidnaps and threatens to kill Toby if his demands are not met.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Eccentric genius Walter O'Brien and his team of brilliant misfits continue to be the last line of defense against the complex, high-tech threats of the modern age as they solve extreme, life-threatening cases, including a global extinction event, a nuclear missile launch on U.S. soil, and even the perils of geniuses trying to start a family.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian front line of the Allied air war as it was shaped by political strategies.
Series
Publisher
Project X Distribution
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Culloden: In 1746 Scots fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie lose to English forces in Scotland at the brutal battle of Culloden.
War game: A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on Great Britain. Explores the physical damage effects, the psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for the existence of nuclear arms, and the attempts to understand how the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check.
12) Red dawn
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
English
Description
The unsuspecting citizens of Spokane, Washington, wake up one morning to the shocking sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky in a surprise attack on the United States. Soon the entire city is under enemy control, but a group of courageous teenagers has decided to fight back, waging an all-out war against the invaders, to take back their town -- and their freedom!
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