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12) The arms trade
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Examines some fundamental questions about the arms trade today. It discusses the legal and illegal forms of the arms trade, describes positive and negative aspects, and explores the future of weapons trafficking.
13) 12 seconds of silence: how a team of inventors, tinkerers, and spies took down a Nazi superweapon
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II-and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war."--
14) Our Lizzie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit. At twelve, she loses her father and her happy family life ends as her mother grows to resent her. Then circumstances push Lizzie into an early marriage, where she finds her mother's petty cruelties replaced by her husband's frequent beatings.
But she is a survivor. When World War I breaks out, Lizzie's husband is forced to join up and she seizes the opportunity to run away. She finds independence and friendship...
15) Iron Man 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored super hero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet.