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The first shots of war have been fired, now it's a race against time to stop a headlong rush before someone fires the last shots. The alien probe that created dozens of superhuman weapons and unleashed them on Houston has a new testing site, the city of Hong Kong, and Alexander Hale has been asked to intervene. With no idea who, or how, the experiments on people are being done he slips into the city to try and find out what ever he can, but beyond...
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On August 24, 1939, the world held its collective breath as Hitler and Stalin signed the now infamous nonaggression pact, signaling an imminent invasion of Poland and daring Western Europe to respond. In this dramatic account of the final days before the outbreak of World War II, award-winning historian Richard Overy vividly chronicles the unraveling of peace, hour by grim hour, as politicians and ordinary citizens brace themselves for a war that...
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In this second installment of the Epic Fails series, explore the many failures that made up the Race to Space, paving the way for humanity's eventual success at reaching the stars.
Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: "one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched...
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"In 1932, Japan was in crisis. Naval officers had assassinated the prime minister. The military had a stranglehold on the government. War with Russia loomed, and propaganda campaigns swept the country, urging schoolchildren to give money to procure planes and tanks. Into this maelstrom stepped Joseph C. Grew, America's most experienced and talented diplomat. When Grew was appointed to serve as ambassador to Japan, not only was the country in turmoil,...
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Could WWIII be around the corner? Dr. John Hagee predicts a world-changing nuclear showdown is imminent in the Middle East - one that will jump-start Armageddon. Jerusalem Countdown unveils the reasons radical Islam and Israel cannot dwell peaceably together. Dr. Hagee identifies the key players in the upcoming conflict, explains the roles Russia, China, Europe and America will play, and unveils God's apparent plan for His people in the coming crisis....
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John Hagee says, "The world as we know it will end, neither with a bang nor a whimper, but in stages clearly set forth in God's Word." His latest and most provocative book takes a cue from a cultural icon, the ticking clock. Hagee presents a prophetic "Doomsday Clock" and counts down the minutes-through prophetic events-which must occur before that fateful moment when every unredeemed individual must face God on Judgment Day. Citing examples from...
48) Countdown: Arena
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DC Comics
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©2008
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The Monarch kidnaps a number of famous superheroes from alternate dimensions, including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, to fight against themselves for a position in his army.
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"This suspenseful and propulsive account of the days leading up to the end of World War II, is told through the stories of three men: Henry Stimson, the Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atomic bomb; Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in Europe and the Pacific, who was in charge of actually dropping the bombs; and Shigenori Tōgō, the Japanese Foreign Minister, who was the only one in Emperor...
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If you knew sudden destruction would fall upon the earth in the next twenty-four hours, how would you spend your last moments? In The End of the Age, New York Times bestselling author John Hagee uses Scripture as a guide as he counts down the prophetic minutes through events which must occur before that fateful moment when every individual must face God on Judgment Day.
Citing examples from national and international media and using Scripture to confirm...
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True-Crime-Podcasterin Elle Castillo will Gerechtigkeit. Gerechtigkeit für die Opfer nie aufgeklärter Verbrechen. Jetzt wagt sie sich an einen spektakulären Fall: den des "Countdown-Killers". Er entführte immer drei junge Frauen, im Abstand von drei Tagen. Jede ein Jahr jünger als die andere, jede ist innerhalb von sieben Tagen tot. Bis sein elftes Opfer entkam. Die Serie brach ab, der Killer konnte nie gefasst werden.
Als Elle anfängt, die...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Chris Wallace's Countdown bin Laden
In Countdown bin Laden (2021), Chris Wallace, alongside Mitch Weiss, sets out a detailed account of the CIA's 247-day preparations for the raid that ultimately led to Osama bin Laden's death. Wallace and Weiss write a thrilling new description of the last eight months of CIA gatherings and careful military preparations that resulted in the revenge that the US had been looking...
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Get in the Christmas spirit with this unique collection of the most beloved Christmas carols, from the warmly nostalgic to the majestically solemn and uplifting. The book features one carol for each day from December first to Christmas Eve, and presents both the lyrics and the fascinating stories and interesting facts behind the creation of the songs. Each entry deepens our understanding of the music and enhances our appreciation of why these songs...
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All the apprehension about school "firsts" is playfully presented in these reassuring stories. In Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth, advice from a "knowledgeable" second grader has the first grade worry-wart convinced that her new teacher is really a 300-year old alien who steals baby teeth from her students. This is especially worrisome since she has a secret: her first tooth is loose! A witty, and spot-on depiction of first-day-of-school jitters, this...
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More than a quarter of a century later, listen to what evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould had to say about the approaching millennium.
What is our concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted? When did the new millennium begin? And why must our calendars be so complex, anyway? Best-selling author Stephen Jay Gould applies his wit and erudition to explore these questions, which cover one of today's most pressing subjects. In 1950,...
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"A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is worth a shot at happily-ever-after, in this starry debut. Risk-averse event planner Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to lose her apartment. With no choice but to gamble on her shaky start-up, the last thing she needed was to run into her smug ex and his new, less complicated girlfriend at Amerie's favorite coffee shop. Panicked, she pretends...
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Catholics worldwide are clamoring for a clear, accessible course on the fundamentals of our faith. If you’re one of them, join. Fr. Bill Byron, one of America's leading Catholic educators, for this lively 12-lecture course. The former president of three Catholic colleges and author of thirteen books on Catholic reflections on issues of everyday life, Fr. Byron is the perfect guide for such a journey.
This series is not a dictionary of theology...
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From the authors of the international bestseller The Babylon Code comes an explosive exposé of the chilling truth about the fierce opposition to the Trump presidency, and why the globalist elite and Deep State will stop at nothing-assassination, military coup, staged economic collapse, or worse-to overthrow him."Trumpocalypse!" It's the media-coined meme inciting panic and fear that America has elected an unstable man who will barge into delicate...
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On a routine survey mission to a remote planet, Captain James Kirk and the crew of8 the Starship Enterprise become embroiled in a decades-old conflict between two factions of the indigenous population. The flames of their conflict have been fanned by the unexpected presence of a former captain of the Enterprise, long presumed to be dead.
The countdown to the motion picture event of 2013 begins here, in this blockbuster 4-issue prequel mini-series...