From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America’s violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country – and the worldIt is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the US and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that’s held power for over a decade. Efforts to tighten its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear he’ll stop at nothing to remain in the White House. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. After an initial flurry of misinformation, the administration reluctantly announces his death. A cover-up ensues, conspiracy theories abound, and the countr
一起加入海軍將領－鄭和下西洋的開拓性遠征吧！途中將會遇到海盜、颱風和奸詐的國王，但鄭和非常聰明，並有帝國艦隊的實力做為後盾。這位傳奇的海軍將領將會克服一路上的威脅，讓他的皇帝感到驕傲嗎？*本書互動功能需依書中說明下載APP(Snap Learn)後使用。Come along on Admiral Cheng Ho's trailblazing expeditions to xiyang, the "western seas"! We will encounter pirates, typhoons and treacherous kings but the Admiral is smart. He is also backed by the strength of the Imperial fleet. Will the Admiral overcome these threats and make the Emperor proud?
一起加入海軍將領－鄭和下西洋的開拓性遠征吧！途中將會遇到海盜、颱風和奸詐的國王，但鄭和非常聰明，並有帝國艦隊的實力做為後盾。這位傳奇的海軍將領將會克服一路上的威脅，讓他的皇帝感到驕傲嗎？*本書互動功能需依書中說明下載APP(Snap Learn)後使用。Come along on Admiral Cheng Ho's trailblazing expeditions to xiyang, the "western seas"! We will encounter pirates, typhoons and treacherous kings but the Admiral is smart. He is also backed by the strength of the Imperial fleet. Will the Admiral overcome these threats and make the Emperor proud?
When computer programming pioneer Admiral Grace Hopper discovered a moth causing problems in a mechanical computer, the term debugging was born. This book explores how fixing programming and hardware
Recounts the life and career of basketball star David Robinson, known as "the Admiral" because he was an Annapolis graduate who served in the Navy before joining the NBA, and discusses the role of his
"The Tiny Kingdom has no arsenal, no means of defense. What it does have is a canny princess who devises a plan that routs the army and gives the reader a glorious reading experience."?Publishers Week
Chester Nimitz was an admiral’s Admiral, considered by many to be the greatest naval leader of the last century. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Nimitz assembled the forces, selected the leaders, an
A leading historian of both the American Civil War and American naval history takes a fresh look at Franklin Buchanan, the U.S. Naval Academy's first superintendent who went on to become the Confedera
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This Pulitzer Prizewinning biography of Christopher Columbus is written with the insight and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus' path to the New World could muster.
This Pulitzer Prizewinning biography of Christopher Columbus is written with the insight and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus' path to the New World could muster.
Simon provides a brief introduction and some 600 footnotes to this edition of the 1957 memoirs of Hungary's head of state between the two world wars, a man who was respected by his own people and was
Written by two World War II veterans who later became well-known war correspondents, this biography records the inspiring life of one of America's great naval heroes. Popularly referred to as "31-Knot
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