Search Results: Returned 20 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 20
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[1959], Lippincott Call No: [Fic] Edition: [1st ed.] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A story of a group of people who rely on their own courage and ingenuity to survive in a town which escaped nuclear bombing.
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By Lens, Sidneyc1982., Lodestar Books Call No: 355 .0217 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Details the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for superiority in atomic weaponry since the inception of the Manhattan Project in 1939, and analyzes the danger of unleashing phenomenally destructive weapons upon the world.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Pub. Call No: 940.54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Atomic bomb perspectives.Summary Note: Near the end of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to try and bring and end to the war. This book looks at how the development of nuclear weapons changed countries around the world since World War II, discussing the Cold War, nuclear development, the effects of radiation and more. .
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1991., M.E. Sharpe Call No: 952.04 NAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the life of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who, after the bombing of Hiroshima, turned the paper crane into a symbol of peace, before dying of A-bomb disease at age twelve.
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2002., Lucent Books Call No: 973.92 BJO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World history seriesSummary Note: Discusses the origins of the Cold War and its effects on Europe, Asia, and the United States, nuclear threats, detente, and the future of the relationship between Russia and the United States.
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-- Count downc2010., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: HISTORICAL F WIL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The sixties trilogy Volume: 1Summary Note: Franny Chapman and her family are living in fear and worrying about the Cuban Missile Crisis and the possibility of nuclear war.
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[1962], McGraw-Hill Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The question of accidental war is examined in this novel about American planes which fly past the point of recall to drop nuclear bombs on Moscow.
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2010, c2009., G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: British twins Rich and Jade are once again thrown into danger as they try to help their spy father, John Chance, save the President of the United States from a radical group holding the White House hostage and attempting to steal the nation's nuclear launch codes.
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[2022]., Pre-adolescent, Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Pub. Call No: 616.9 LONDON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Atomic bomb perspectives.Summary Note: Near the end of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to try and bring and end to the war. This book looks at the effects of the bombings on the survivors in those cities and those that came to their aid. .
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1989., Garland Pub. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: America's plans for war against the Soviet Union, 1945-1950 Volume: vol. 11.
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c1954., Perigee Call No: 823 .912 Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Stranded on an island while an atomic war destroys the rest of the world, a group of young boys revert to savagery as they struggle to survive.
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c1954., Perigee Call No: Dystopian FIC Golding Genre: Classic Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Stranded on an island while an atomic war destroys the rest of the world, a group of young boys revert to savagery as they struggle to survive.
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2006, c1954., Juvenile, A Perigee Book Call No: 823 .914 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Shpwrecked English schoolboys set up their own civilization but savagery finally emerges.
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2006, c1954., Penguin Call No: Adventure FIC GOLDING Edition: 1st Perigee premium Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy.
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By Morey, Allanc2020., Pre-adolescent, Bellwether Media Call No: 355.02 17 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: It’s the end of the world!Summary Note: This title explores how the world would end from a nuclear war.
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2017., Forge Call No: Dystopian FIC Forstchen Edition: First trade paperback edition. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Two years after an EMP attack on America, the country tries to regain its footing. John Matherson and his community in Black Mountain, North Carolina, finally have electricity, radio communications, and medicines. However, most of the youth in town, including John's daughter Elizabeth, are now being drafted into a new army that is tyrannizing communities. John and his friends and neighbors try to stand up to this new deadly regime.
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2015., Forge Call No: Dystopian FIC Forstchen Book 2 Edition: First edition. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Two years after an EMP attack on America, the country tries to regain its footing. John Matherson and his community in Black Mountain, North Carolina, finally have electricity, radio communications, and medicines. However, most of the youth in town, including John's daughter Elizabeth, are now being drafted into a new army that is tyrannizing communities. John and his friends and neighbors try to stand up to this new deadly regime.
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2003., Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale Call No: 973.92 BLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American war library. Volume: The Cold WarSummary Note: Discusses the Cold War, its origins and the resulting conflicts, including the arms race, the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Vietnam War.
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2007, c1974., Juvenile, Simon Pulse Call No: SCIENCE FIC OBR Edition: Simon Pulse ed. Availability:1 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: Seemingly the only person left alive after the holocaust of a war, a young girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.