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Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most-beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy - and passion - behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon. Over the last 50 years, video games have grown from curiosities to fads to trends to one of the world's most popular forms of mass entertainment.

The pivotal true story of the first fifty-three days of the standoff between Imperial Japanese and a handful of Marine aviators defending the Americans dug in at Guadalcanal, from the New York Times bestselling author of Indestructible and Race of Aces. On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine...

A young woman moves across an ocean to uncover the truth about her grandparents' mysterious estrangement and pieces together the extraordinary story of their wartime experiences In 1948, after surviving World War II by escaping Nazi-occupied France for refugee camps in Switzerland, Miranda's...

Den 20. Juli 2019 er det 50 år siden, Apollo 11 landede på Månen, og det blev samtidig kulminationen på det rumkapløb, der havde varet et helt årti. I fem spændende artikler om den første månelanding, forberedelserne, rumkapløbet, de seks månerejser og fremtidens rumfart fejrer astronomerne Helle og Henrik Stub 50-året for månelandingen. Helle (f. 1946) og Henrik (f. 1944) Stub er begge uddannet cand. scient. i astronomi, fysik og matematik fra Københavns Universitet. De har gennem mange år formidlet rumfart og astronomi i blandt andet radio, TV, bøger, tidsskrifter og foredrag.

Covers 50 seminal events, from the Wright Brothers to the moon landing, and from conquering Everest to beating apartheid. Step back in time with Flashback: 50 Events That Shaped History, a fascinating look back at the 20th century's most memorable moments. Whether it's walking up Everest, walking on the Moon or walking to freedom with Nelson Mandela, this publication provides instant access to the most important events in the world's recent history.

The world stopped for America on September 11, 2001, the day of the worst terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil. It was also the day America showed its true colors. Firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and EMTs sped to the scene. Concerned more about others' safety than their own, they raced into the very buildings workers were fleeing from. Hundreds gave their lives so that others might live.

Le vicende dei profughi salvati dalla nave Diciotti nel racconto di sei articoli di Repubblica: Lontani dal diritto, lontani dall'Europa, di Claudio Tito; Il Colle non darà alibi per sbloccare l'impasse, di Alberto D'argenio e Goffredo De Marchis; Il racconto di Amid: venduto sei volte, di Alessandra Ziniti; Diciotti, la nave della resistenza, di Francesco Merlo; Caso Diciotti, migranti come ostaggi: ecco le norme violate per ordine di Salvini, di Carlo Bonini e Salvo Palazzolo; Diciotti, un Paese trascinato nel ridicolo, di Andrea Bonanni.