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Gambling with armageddon : nuclear roulette from Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962 / by Sherwin, Martin J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War--how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post WWII world. Mining new sources and materials, and going far beyond the scope of earlier works on this critical face-off between the United States and the Soviet Union--triggered when Khruschev began installing missiles in Cuba at Castro's behest--Sherwin shows how this volatile event was an integral part of the wider Cold War and was a consequence of nuclear arms. Gambling with Armageddon looks in particular at the original debate in the Truman Administration about using the Atomic Bomb; the way in which President Eisenhower relied on the threat of massive retaliation to project U.S. power in the early Cold War era; and how President Kennedy, though unprepared to deal with the Bay of Pigs debacle, came of age during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here too is a clarifying picture of what was going on in Khruschev's Soviet Union. Martin Sherwin has spent his career in the study of nuclear weapons and how they have shaped our world--Gambling with Armegeddon is an outstanding capstone to his work thus far"--
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Arms race; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.; Nuclear crisis control; Nuclear warfare; World politics; World politics;
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Detectorists. [videorecording] / by Crook, Mackenzie,1971-television director,actor.; Jones, Toby,1967-actor.; Quigley, Pearce,actor.; Stirling, Rachael,1977-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),publisher.;
Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling, Pearce Quigley.The eccentric members of the Danebury Metal Detecting Club return in this critically acclaimed dramedy about two misfits searching for Saxon treasure in the English countryside. Andy (Mackenzie Crook, Pirates of the Caribbean) has completed his archaeology degree at last, but he worries about providing for his wife, Becky (Rachael Stirling, The Bletchley Circle), and newborn son--while also trying to live up to the expectations of his imperious mother-in-law (Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones). Lance (Toby Jones, The Hunger Games), meanwhile, is still looking for love, and then someone unexpected walks into his life. The world of metal detecting proves just as tumultuous as their personal lives when a young German man enlists the DMDC to uncover a mysterious World War II plane wreck.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Families; Lost articles; Man-woman relationships; Metal detectors; Treasure troves; Unemployed;
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Captain America [videorecording] : the first Avenger / by Evans, Chris,1981-; Jones, Tommy Lee,1946-; Weaving, Hugo,1960-; Atwell, Hayley,1982-; Stan, Sebastian,1982-; Cooper, Dominic,1978-; McDonough, Neal.; Feige, Kevin.; Markus, Christopher.; McFeely, Stephen.; Johnston, Joe,1950-; Silvestri, Alan.; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Marvel Entertainment, LLC.; Marvel Studios.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Shelly Johnson ; editors, Jeffrey Ford, Robert Dalva ; music by Alan Silvestri.Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Stanley Tucci.After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into Captain America, a Super Soldier. Now, as Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes and Peggy Carter to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1; region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Captain America (Fictitious character); Superheroes; Good and evil;
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The Suicide Squad [videorecording] / by Capaldi, Peter,actor.; Cena, John,actor.; Courtney, Jai,actor.; Davis, Viola,1965-actor.; Elba, Idris,actor.; Gunn, James,1966-film director,screenwriter.; Kinnaman, Joel,1979-actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Roven, Charles,film producer.; Safran, Peter,1965-film producer.; Stallone, Sylvester,voice actor.; Atlas Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Safran Company,production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ),presenter.;
Director of photography, Henry Braham ; editors, Fred Raskin, Christian Wagner ; music, John Murphy.Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi.Task force X has been in constant service, but also must constantly recruit new members as the Suicide Squad lives up to its name. For a mission on the island of Corto Maltese, only Waller knows what Colonel Flag and his cons from Belle Reve will face, but team is in for a surprise - - and an enemy -- of epic proportions.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and gore, language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and brief graphic nudity.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Harley Quinn (Fictitious character); Good and evil; Imaginary wars and battles; Monsters; Suicide Squad (Fictitious characters); Superheroes; Supervillains;
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Shadow state [sound recording] : murder, mayhem and Russia's remaking of the West / by Harding, Luke,1968-author.; Smith, Nicholas Guy,narrator.; Blackstone Publishing,publisher.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Nicholas Guy Smith.A thrilling account of how Russia is waging a hidden war against America and the West, using espionage, corruption, fake news, and KGB-style murder. March 2018. Two Russian assassins arrive in a provincial English city to kill a former officer from Russia's GRU intelligence agency. His crime? Passing secrets to British spies. The poison? A lethal nerve agent, novichok. The attempted execution was a reminder - as if one were needed - of Russia's contempt for international norms. The Soviet Union and its doctrine are long gone, but the playbook used by the Kremlin's spies during that long confrontation with the West is back. And the underlying goal remains the same: to undermine democracy and exploit divisions within American and European society and politics. Moscow's support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election has grown into the biggest political scandal of modern times. Its American players are well-known. In Shadow State, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Luke Harding reveals the Russians behind the story: the spies, hackers and internet trolls. Harding charts how the Kremlin has updated Communist-era methods of influence and propaganda for the age of Facebook and Twitter, and considers the compelling question of our age: what exactly does Vladimir Putin have on President Trump? Similar to those of the Cold War, Putin's ambitions are truly global. His emissaries include oligarchs, bankers, lawyers, mercenaries, and agents of influence. They roam from Salisbury to Helsinki, Ukraine to Central Africa, London to Washington, D.C. Shadow State is the singular account of how the Kremlin seeks to reshape the world, to divide the US from its European friends, and to remake America in its own dark and kleptocratic image. This is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand how our politics came to be so chaotic and divided. Nothing less than the future of Western democracy is at stake.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Espionage, Russian; Political campaigns; Political corruption;
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The Americans. [videorecording] / by Emmerich, Noah.; Falvey, Justin.; Fields, Joel.; Flaherty, Danny.; Frank, Darryl.; Gorn, Lev,1971-; Mahendru, Annet.; Martindale, Margo,1951-; Misner, Susan,1971-; O'Connor, Gavin.; Rhys, Matthew,1974-; Russell, Keri,1976-; Sellati, Keidrich.; Taylor, Holly,1997-; Thomas, Richard,1951-; Weisberg, Joe,1965-; Wright, Alison,1976-; Yost, Graham.; FX Productions.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century-Fox Television, Inc.;
Disc 1. Comrades -- Cardinal -- The walk inches.Disc 2. A little night music -- The deal -- Behind the red door -- Arpanet.Disc 3. New car -- Martial eagle -- Yousaf -- Stealth.Disc 4. Operation Chronicle -- Echo.Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Holly Taylor, Keidrich Sellati, Margo Martindale, Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas, Annet Mahendru, Susan Misner, Alison Wright, Maximilano Hernandez, Lev Gorn, Danny Flaherty.Season 2 of the Cold War drama centres on the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) - who have two children who know nothing about their parents' true identity - grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate and dangerous relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control.PG.DVD, NTSC region 1, dual layer, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, surround Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti; Cold War; Espionage; Espionage, Soviet; Intelligence service; Spies; Spy television programs.; Subversive activities; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
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Life in pieces. [videorecording] / by Brandt, Betsy,actor.; Brolin, James,1940-actor.; Hanks, Colin,1977-actor.; Lowe, Chad,1968-television director.; Wiest, Dianne,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation,publisher.;
Colin Hanks, James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Betsy Brandt.Life In Pieces is a comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious, and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by the family's various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker Colleen; his coddled, youngest brother Greg and his wife Jen are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband Tim are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Joan is the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John is the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. In four short stories each week, the family tries to savor the little pieces of time that flash by, but add up to what life's all about.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Adult children; Families; Milestones; Parent and adult child;
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Captain Marvel [videorecording] / by Bening, Annette,actor.; Boden, Anna,film director,screenwriter.; Chan, Gemma,1982-actor.; Fleck, Ryan,1976-film director,screenwriter.; Grace, Mckenna,2006-actor.; Gregg, Clark,1962-actor.; Hounsou, Djimon,1964-actor.; Jackson, Samuel L.,actor.; Larson, Brie,1989-actor.; Law, Jude,1972-actor.; Mendelsohn, Ben,actor.; Pace, Lee,1979-actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Marvel Studios,production company.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Brie Larson, Gemma Chan, Ben Mendelsohn, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee Pace, Jude Law, Mckenna Grace, Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou, Clark Gregg.Across the galaxy, Kree soldier Vers (Brie Larson)--troubled by gaps in her memory, and abilities she didn't fully comprehend--began a pursuit of enemy Skrulls that left all crashed and stranded in 1995 Los Angeles. As their presence sparked pursuit from S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Vers found the backwater planet to hold the uncanny truth concerning her past, powers, and destiny.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Superhero films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Captain Marvel (Fictitious character from Marvel Comics Group); Danvers, Carol (Fictitious character); Fury, Nick (Fictitious character); Human-alien encounters; Imaginary wars and battles; Extraterrestrial beings; Superheroes; Women superheroes;
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It ain't over [videorecording] / by Metzger, Natalie,1986-film producer.; Miller, Matthew(Television producer),film producer.; Mullin, Sean,film director,screenwriter.; Sobiloff, Mike,film producer.; Sobiloff, Peter,film producer.; Off Media,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm),presenter.; Vanishing Angle,production company.;
Music, Jacques Brautbar ; editor, Julian Robinson ; director of photography, Daniel Vecchione.An intimate portrait of a misunderstood American icon, this emotional and uplifting documentary about Yogi Berra takes us beyond the caricatures and "Yogisms," and into the heart of a sports legend whose unparalleled accomplishments on the baseball diamond were often overshadowed by his off-the-field persona.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for smoking, some drug refernces, language and brief war images.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Berra, Yogi, 1925-2015.; New York Yankees (Baseball team); Baseball players; Baseball coaches; Baseball managers; Catchers (Baseball); Baseball;
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Sammy Davis, Jr. : a personal journey with my father / by Davis, Tracey.; Pierce, Nina Bunche.;
Includes discography (p. 192), filmography (p. 193-198) and index."In this intimate volume, the entertainment legend's story comes to life through rare family photos and a compelling narrative based on conversations between Sammy Davis Jr. and his daughter, Tracey Davis. The story of a future superstar unfolds beginning with his bittersweet childhood days, raised primarily by his grandmother in Harlem. On the stage by age three, he first became a star in vaudeville with the Will Mastin Trio. Davis was already an up-and-coming performer by the time he was recruited into the Army during World War II. As Tracey Davis candidly relates, it was there that her father first learned to use his talent -- singing and dancing -- as a weapon against racial bigotry. Davis's career took off in the 1940s through his sheer determination, talent, and the support of friends like Frank Sinatra. With tenderness and humor Tracey describes her father<U+2019>s friendship with Sinatra, and how he stood by him when Davis married Tracey's Swedish actress mother. In a time when interracial marriages were forbidden by law in thirty-one states, both bride and groom endured an onslaught of negative press and even death threats. Davis's adventures through the Rat Pack era, and the extraordinary obstacles he overcame to become a 5'6", 120-pound legend who across six decades packed in more than forty albums, seven Broadway shows, twenty-three films, and countless nightclub and concert performances. A uniquely personal perspective on one of the greatest pop culture icons of the twentieth century. Tracey Davis is the only daughter of Sammy Davis Jr. and Swedish actress May Britt. A television and commercial producer, she is the mother of four children: Sam, Montana, Greer, and Chase. She lives in Tennessee"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990.; Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990; Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990; Davis, Tracey.; Entertainers; Children of entertainers; Singers; Fathers and daughters;
© c2014., Running Press,
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