![]() ![]() The result of Lande’s exploration is “an illuminating, readable, and still very relevant account of the ways in which theatrical staging, dramatic storytelling, and message manipulation were key to the efforts of both sides during those turbulent years” (Richard Zoglin, senior editor, Time). Each side used uniforms and meticulously staged events, and broadcast their messages via all media available-motion pictures, radio broadcasts, songs, posters, leaflets, and beyond. SPINNING HISTORY Politics and Propaganda in World War II NATHANIEL LANDE Skyhorse Publishing. Impression management-the art of political spin-was employed to drive the message home. Politics and Propaganda in World War II Nathaniel Lande. Brilliantly conceived oratory was applied to underscore each vision. Each man had his own script for elaborately produced campaigns of deception, winning hearts and minds on the frontlines and the home front.Įach leader used all the resources at his disposal to promote his own narrative of the Second World War. In this fascinating book, more relevant than ever in today’s political climate of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” bestselling author and historian Nathaniel Lande presents WWII as a drama staged and overseen by four contrasting masters: Roosevelt, Churchill, Hitler, and Stalin. ![]() An “original and insightful” look at World War II through the lens of theater, propaganda, and the most important performances in human history (Richard Cole, PhD). ![]()
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As Mikako travels light years away, it takes longer and longer for Noboru to receive her messages, until finally one arrives eight years and seven months after she sent it…Ī theme that has been prevalent in most of Shinkai’s since the beginning is distance and connections. ![]() Mikako’s only connection to Noboru Terao, who continues living the life of an ordinary student, is through cell phone text messages. Mikako Nagamine is recruited as a pilot to fight in the interstellar war against a force of alien invaders, leaving behind her one true love. 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With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra-who are barely even talking to each other-are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.īut their problems are just getting started. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He said in a recent speech that he has done “some reflection” and makes “it a point to be much more mindful in my interactions with everybody.” “I feel terrible that anyone came away from an interaction with me feeling bad.” Franken said then that he “must have been doing something” to make the women uncomfortable. Last month, a ninth woman made a similar accusation. Seven other women soon said that Franken had touched them inappropriately. “I knew what I had not done, but I also knew how people who wanted to take it a certain way would. ![]() “I just knew what the intention was in that,” said Franken, who had not yet been elected at the time of the incident in 2006. She had released a photo showing his hands outstretched near her chest as she slept on a military plane during a USO tour. Franken's enmity is directed at the circumstances that led to his departure and at fellow Democrats who nudged him to step down, he said recently.Ī New Yorker article in July asserted that his first accuser, conservative talk-show host Leeann Tweeden, was motivated by politics. ![]() ![]() Money is tight and every month, her husband sends less and less of his salary with no explanation. With her husband serving as an army chaplain, the comfort and security of Margaret’s four daughters– Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy–now rest on her shoulders alone. In 1861, war is raging in the South, but in Concord, Massachusetts, Margaret March has her own battles to fight. I borrowed the audiobook from the library.įrom the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy domestic concerns cherished by generations of readers. 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Her Alpha and Omega novels are fantastic' Fresh Fiction 'Patricia Briggs is an incredible writer' Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling series Perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, Christine Feehan and J. 1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs comes the next thrilling Alpha and Omega novel - an extraordinary fantasy adventure set in the world of Mercy Thompson but with rules of its own. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jonas reluctantly agrees, and David is off to Dubai for the summer of his life, not realizing that he is being set up to lead an expedition that will hunt down and capture the most dangerous creatures ever to inhabit the Earth!Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Fortunately, a Dubai royal prince who is building the largest aquarium in the world seeks to purchase two of the "runts"-if Jonas Taylor's twenty-one year-old son, David, will be their handler. Tanaka Institute, Monterey, CA: Four years have passed since Angel, the 76-foot, 100,000 pound Megalodon, birthed a litter of pups far too numerous and aggressive to keep in one pen. Vast and isolated, the Panthalassa is inhabited by nightmarish sea creatures long believed extinct. Hidden beneath its primordial crust lies the remains of the Panthalassa, an ocean that dates back 220 million years. The Philippine Sea Plate: The most unexplored realm on the planet. The most fearsome predators in history…are no longer history. New York Times bestselling author Steve Alten's Meg: Hell's Aquarium continues his thrilling action adventure series-the basis for the feature film The Meg, starring Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor. ![]() |