LIBROS DEL AUTOR: gordon arnold

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  • 21st Century Kaiju
    Gordon Arnold
    Once dismissed as a fading genre with little to say to contemporary audiences, the giant monster movie roared back to life in the new millennium. In one of modern cinema’s most surprising turnarounds, a wave of 21st-century kaiju films has delivered exciting and thought-provoking viewing to global audiences. In a variety of works that range from action-packed CGI spectacles ...
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  • In Praise of Mothers Everywhere
    Arnold Awoonor-Gordon
    Mothers give birth to us, nurture us, look after us from the day we were born until the day we die. Arnold’s mother looked after four children with the help of her mother in challenging circumstances in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and he wondered how she managed to do it. As a result, he developed a lasting admiration and respect for her. He had to compile this book in praise of al...
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  • Flying Saucers Over America
    Gordon Arnold
    On June 24th, 1947, a private pilot reported numerous dazzling objects rushing through the sky above Mount Rainier in Washington state. It was the start of the current UFO phenomena, one of the country’s most perplexing and persistent mysteries. Within a few weeks, hundreds of sightings of flying saucers were reported to news media. Surprising reports of a UFO crash in Roswe...
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  • The Rise and Fall of the Future
    Gordon Arnold
    Mid-20th century America envisioned a wondrous future of comfort, convenience and technological advancement. Popular culture--including World’s Fairs, science fiction and advertising--fed high hopes even when war and hardship threatened. American ingenuity and consumer culture promised to deliver flying cars, undersea cities, household robots and space travel. By the 1960s p...
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  • The Afterlife of America’s War in Vietnam
    Gordon Arnold
    The fall of Saigon in 1975 signaled the end of America’s longest war. Yet in many ways the conflict was far from over. Although the actual fighting ended, the struggle to find political justification and historical vindication for the Vietnam War still lingered in American consciousness. A plethora of images from America’s first 'televised war' has kept the conflict all too ...
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    42,81 €