From the Publisher: Here, for the first time, in a brilliant, panoramic portrait by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb, is the definitive, often shocking story of the politics and the science behind the development of the hydrogen bomb and the birth of the Cold War. Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided...

Describes different types of pirate ships and introduces the weapons pirates used and the rules of engagement they employed during conflicts.

During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon--but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning and attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo and his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move.

"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...

The United States government is given a warning by the preeminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to "collect organisms and dust for study." One of them falls to earth, landing in a desolate area of Arizona. Twelve miles from the landing...

When special agent Orson Fortune learns of a deadly new weapons technology that could take over the world, he and his team recruit a movie star to help them bring down the criminals.