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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The second war against the Cylons is over and The Twelve Colonies have been destroyed. Now Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galatica and President Laura Roslin lead a ragtag fleet of refugees in the search for the fabled lost thirteenth colony, Earth. However, the dangers they face are many which compound an already difficult situation. In addition, the Cylons are hunting and attacking the fleet in space. The fleet also faces internal political conflict...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In September 1963, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), the ruling party of the German Democratic Republic, published its "Youth Communiqué." This document mandated that young people should no longer be passive recipients of education, but should be cultivated as independently thinking and acting individuals. Thus the concept "Leaders of Tomorrow" emerged. At the same time, DEFA introduced a series of feature films that portrayed the everyday...
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In the year 2070, a captain--R. E. Lee--and crew hijack their starship, "Alabama," on the day of its official launch, replace its intended passengers with political dissidents and their families, and set up a colony light-years away on a world named Coyote.
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Nonconformism Revolution explores the evolution of dissenting thought and how Nonconformity shaped the transformation of England from a rural to an urban, industrialized society. The foundations for the Industrial Revolution were in place from the late Middle Ages when the early development of manufacturing processes and changes in the structure of rural communities began to provide opportunities for economic and social advancement. Successive...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Owen is widely hailed as one of the greatest theologians of all time. His many worksespecially those encouraging Christians in their struggle against sincontinue to speak powerfully to readers today, offering much-needed spiritual guidance for following Christ and resisting temptation day in and day out. Starting with an overview of Owens life, ministry, and historical context, Michael Haykin and Matthew Barrett introduce readers to the pillars...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
After the second war against the Cylons, Commander Adama and President Roslin lead their group of refugees in search of Earth, the fabled thirteenth colony, while the Cylons continue to harrass the humans and internal political and personal conflict threatens to tear the fleet apart.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katniss realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival; they are for the future. With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends; including Gale, Finnick and Peeta; Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Provides an account of the assassination of Alexander Litvienko, a Russian emigre and former intelligence officer who was poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink in London's Millennium Hotel in 2006, and who issued a deathbed accusation against Russian president Vladimir Putin, and discusses the international implications of the case.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In September 1984, Lisa Paul, an American college student and nanny living in Moscow, entered Inna Meiman's house for her first Russian language lesson. And so began a two-year friendship and a fight for Inna's life. In Swimming in the Daylight, Lisa chronicles her friend's struggle to shed her refusenik status, obtain a visa to America, and find medical treatment for her malignant cancer. Inna endured a perverse reality as a citizen of the Soviet...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on newly declassified files, this is the story of how a book forbidden in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West. In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout paid a visit to Russia's greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the manuscript of Pasternak's first and only novel, entrusted to him with these words: "This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world." Pasternak...
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