Download or read book Minutes to Midnight written by Paul Dukes and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by a group of atomic scientists to symbolise the perils facing humanity from nuclear weapons. In 2007 it was set at five minutes before the final bell, including for the first time the threat of climate change as well as new developments in the life sciences and nanotechnology. This book aims at an analysis of the evolution of our present predicament throughout the Anthropocene Era beginning in 1763, making special reference to the history of the period, the study of the subject and major advances in the natural sciences. Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson set out the basis for a scientific approach to the pre-industrial stages of historical development in the Enlightenment of the late eighteenth century, when the American and French Revolutions created a vocabulary of modernity. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the industrial revolution unfolded in several stages, nationalism, imperialism and totalitarianism were among the phenomena impeding the update of the Enlightenment programme as well as the fulfilment of the aspirations of 1776 and 1789. Our present predicament demands a rigorous examination of its origins and an assertion of a scientific pandisciplinary approach involving history and other academic specialisations.

Download or read book The Doomsday Clock At 75 written by Robert K. Elder and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Doomsday Clock is many things all at once: It's a metaphor, it's a logo, it's a brand, and it's one of the most recognizable symbols of the past 100 years. Chicago landscape artist Martyl Langsdorf, who went by her first name professionally, created the Doomsday Clock design for the June 1947 cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by the news organization and nonprofit behind the iconic Doomsday Clock. It sits at the crossroads of science and art, and therefore communicates an immediacy that few other forms can. As designer Michael Bierut says, the Clock is "the most powerful piece of information design of the 20th century." The Doomsday Clock has permeated not only the media landscape but also culture itself. As you'll see in the pages of this book, more than a dozen musicians, including The Who, The Clash, and Smashing Pumpkins, have written songs about it. It's referenced in countless novels (Stephen King, Piers Anthony), comic books (Watchmen, Stormwatch), movies (Dr. Strangelove, The Simpsons Movie, Justice League), and TV shows (Doctor Who, Madame Secretary). Even the shorthand, the way we announce time on the Doomsday Clock--"It is Two Minutes to Midnight" (or whatever the current time might be)--has been adopted into the global vernacular. Throughout the Doomsday Clock's 75 years, the Bulletin has worked to preserve its integrity and its scientific mission to educate and inform the public. This is why, in part, we wanted to explore this powerful symbol and how it has impacted culture, politics, and global policy--and how it's helped shape discussions and strategies around nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. It's a symbol of danger, of hope, of caution, and of our responsibility to one another.

Download or read book The Clock Struck Midnight written by Sandra Wells and published by St. Clair Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bailee Ballew is a sharp-looking, happy-go-lucky young bartender in Asheville, North Carolina. On a whim, she sells her home and acreage and is suddenly in the possession of a small fortune. Feeling she needs a break near the end of the summer, she decides to take a much-needed vacation to the Outer Banks, a place she loved visiting while growing up. Before settling in, she takes a ferry out to Ocracoke Island, meets a nice lady bar owner, who wanted to move, and before she knew it she found herself buying the bar and moving into the upstairs apartment. After changing the bar's name to the Salty Dawg, hiring a crew and a band she was raring to start her life anew. But what happened after that was more life altering than she could have ever imagined. The notorious pirate, Blackbeard, had used called the island as a base. At a gift shop which sold souvenirs, she purchased a replica '"pieces of eight" gold coin which she placed on a chain around her neck. What she wasn't expecting was that by rubbing the coin she had summoned the ghost of Blackbeard himself!

Download or read book Two Minutes to Midnight written by Roger Hermiston and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR – 'a dark remembrance of 1953, when nuclear annihilation was only the press of a button away'. January 1953. Eight years on from the most destructive conflict in human history, the Cold War enters its deadliest phase. An Iron Curtain has descended across Europe, and hostilities have turned hot on the Korean peninsula as the United States and Soviet Union clash in an intractable and bloody proxy war. Former wartime allies have grown far apart. An ageing Winston Churchill, back in Downing Street, yearns for peace with the Kremlin – but new American President Dwight Eisenhower cautions the West not to drop its guard. Joseph Stalin, implacable as ever, conducts vicious campaigns against imaginary internal enemies. Meanwhile, the pace of the nuclear arms race has become frenetic. The Soviet Union has finally tested its own atom bomb, as has Britain. But in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the United States has detonated its first thermonuclear device, dwarfing the destruction unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For the first time, the Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes to midnight, with the risk of a man-made global apocalypse increasingly likely. As the Cold War powers square up, every city has become a potential battleground and every citizen a target. 1953 is set to be a year of living dangerously.

Download or read book Tom s Midnight Garden written by Philippa Pearce and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tom is not prepared for what is about to happen when he hears the grandfather clock strike thirteen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him does not exist."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Download or read book The House With a Clock In Its Walls written by John Bellairs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting gothic tale by master mysery writer John Bellairs--soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black! "The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."--The New York Times Book Review When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watchng magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. It seems that Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls--a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!

Download or read book The Case of the Cursed Clock written by James Lee and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil written by John Berendt and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994-01-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.

Download or read book The Midnight Lock written by Jeffery Deaver and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People) Jeffery Deaver delivers the latest thriller featuring his beloved protagonists Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs as they search for a criminal whose fascination with breaking locks terrorizes New York City. A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment’s supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself "the Locksmith,” can break through any lock or security system ever devised. With more victims on the horizon, Rhyme, Sachs and their stable of associates must follow the evidence to the man’s lair… and discover his true mission. Their hunt is interrupted when an internal investigation in the police force uncovers what seems to be a crucial mistake in one of Rhyme's previous cases. He’s fired as a consultant for the NYPD and must risk jail if he investigates the Locksmith case in secret. The Midnight Lock is a roller-coaster read that takes place over just a few days’ time, features surprise after surprise and offers a fascinating look at the esoteric world of lockpicking.

Download or read book Doomsday Clock 2017 2019 11 written by Geoff Johns and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically acclaimed series by the renowned team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank marches toward its conclusion. In this penultimate issue, the truth behind “Rebirth” is revealed as Batman searches for the one person he believes can help him save the world…Rorschach!

Download or read book The Midnight Library written by Matt Haig and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good morning America book club"--Jacket.

Download or read book The Clock Strikes Midnight written by Joan Curtis and published by Museitup Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janie Knox wants nothing more than to live her life quietly in Savannah, Georgia and never return to her hometown of Atlanta. At age 17, a week after a jury convicted her stepfather of killing her mother, she packed all her worldly possessions in a single duffle bag, hopped on a bus, and vowed never to return. But, when she learns that she's got a few months to live, she journeys back home to finish what she couldn't do when she left--kill her stepfather. As the clock ticks away, Janie uses the last days of her life to right the wrongs that have haunted her for 20 years. She faces more than she bargained for when she discovers her sister's life in shambles. Meanwhile, her stepfather, recently released from prison, blackmails the sisters and plots to extract millions from the state in retribution. The Clock Strikes Midnight is a race against time in a quest for revenge and atonement. This is a story about unleashing the hidden truths that haunt a quiet Southern family.

Download or read book Midnight Fright written by and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of ghost stories by various authors.

Download or read book Doomsday written by James G. Zumwalt and published by Fortis Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And so the clock ticks closer . This book seeks to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the Iranian leadership s mindset as it has played out and continues to play out on a wide range of issues how it worked to implement Islamist doctrine into Iran s constitution; how it worked to use the US Iranian hostage crisis as means of unifying domestic opposition behind the theocracy; how it could have ended in two years an Iran-Iraq war that took eight; how it was willing to sacrifice its greatest treasure in an effort to defeat Saddam s army; how it thrives on hypocrisy and its people s willingness to accept it; how it seeks to stamp out the country's true Persian identity; how it utilizes the extra-territoriality mandate of its constitution to justify terrorist attacks anywhere in the world; and, most importantly, what its plans for Iran's future means for America's. It is an outstanding read for anyone trying to understand what makes Iranian leaders like Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tick. The book is peppered with fascinating details and accounts that help simplify the driving motivations behind a complex mindset committed to achieving a goal it so believes it has been ordained to achieve. Armed with such an understanding, the reader cannot help but realize Iran's leadership has set into motion its own Doomsday Clock--one fast approaching midnight!

Download or read book While the Clock Ticked written by Franklin W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank and Joe solve the mystery of the secret locked room in the spooky Dalrymple Mansion.

Download or read book Before the Clock Strikes Midnight written by Michaela S. Cox and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever found yourself wondering what I am teaching my child/children? Have you considered what legacy are you passing on to your child/children and family. In Before the Clock Strikes Midnight ... A Collection of Truthful and Wise Words fo the Journey Aheadd Michaela S.Cox creates and complies a collection of lessons for life that are infused with truth and wisdom she wishes to pass on to her children's journey. Michaela S. Cox hopes to give her children these truth filled pearls of wisdom to lay a strong and solid foundation for their journey ahead as they travel through their own life. Michaela S. Cox wishes much to provide preparation fo her babies and their own journey in life that they will travel. In Before the Clock Strikes Midnight... A Collection of Truthful and Wise Words for the Journey ahead you will discover Michaela S. Cox presents a collection of lesson for life she wishes to pass on to her children A collection of lessons that are infused with pearls of wisdom A collection of pearls of wisdom and truth to form the basis of a strong and firm foundation for her children as they journey ahead in life A collection of the peals of wisdom that her children's father would want to impart to them and give them a legacy for their life's journey. As parents let's always consider the lessons, the truths and the pearls of wisdom we are providing fo our babies. Let's always be mindful and intentional in our preparation for our children as they travel their life's journey. Let's build them a strong and solid foundation to stand on to launch from to be able to travel their journey ahead in life well.

Download or read book About Time written by David Rooney and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best History Books of 2021 A captivating, surprising history of timekeeping and how it has shaped our world. For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome to the medieval water clocks of imperial China, hourglasses fomenting revolution in the Middle Ages, the Stock Exchange clock of Amsterdam in 1611, Enlightenment observatories in India, and the high-precision clocks circling the Earth on a fleet of GPS satellites that have been launched since 1978. Clocks have helped us navigate the world and build empires, and have even taken us to the brink of destruction. Elites have used them to wield power, make money, govern citizens, and control lives—and sometimes the people have used them to fight back. Through the stories of twelve clocks, About Time brings pivotal moments from the past vividly to life. Historian and lifelong clock enthusiast David Rooney takes us from the unveiling of al-Jazari’s castle clock in 1206, in present-day Turkey; to the Cape of Good Hope observatory at the southern tip of Africa, where nineteenth-century British government astronomers moved the gears of empire with a time ball and a gun; to the burial of a plutonium clock now sealed beneath a public park in Osaka, where it will keep time for 5,000 years. Rooney shows, through these artifacts, how time has been imagined, politicized, and weaponized over the centuries—and how it might bring peace. Ultimately, he writes, the technical history of horology is only the start of the story. A history of clocks is a history of civilization.