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The arrest [large print] : a novel / by Lethem, Jonathan,author.(CARDINAL)342243;
Before the Arrest, Sandy Duplessis had a reasonably good life as a screenwriter in L.A. An old college friend and writing partner, the charismatic and malicious Peter Todbaum, had become one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. That didn't hurt. Now, post-Arrest, nothing is what it was. Sandy, who calls himself Journeyman, has landed in rural Maine. There he assists the butcher and delivers the food grown by his sister, Maddy, at her organic farm. But then Todbaum shows up in an extraordinary vehicle: a retrofitted tunnel-digger powered by a nuclear reactor. Todbaum has spent the Arrest smashing his way across a fragmented and phantasmagorical United States, trailing enmities all the way. Plopping back into the siblings' life with his usual odious panache, his motives are entirely unclear.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Motion picture authorship; Siblings; Screenwriters; Screenwriters; Motion picture industry; Nuclear propulsion; Speculative fiction, American.; Siblings.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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The arrest [sound recording] : a novel / by Lethem, Jonathan,author.(CARDINAL)342243; Fass, Robert,narrator.;
Performed by Robert Fass.The Arrest is when everything quit working. Before Arrest, Sandy Duplessis had a fairly good life as a Los Angeles screenwriter. Now, Sandy, who calls himself Journeyman, is in rural Maine when an old college friend shows up, smashing his way across a fragmented, phantasmagorical United States in an extraordinary vehicle: a retrofitted tunnel-digger powered by a nuclear reactor.
Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction.; Audiobooks.; Dystopian fiction.; Science fiction.; Motion picture authorship; Motion picture industry; Nuclear propulsion; Organic farmers; Screenwriters; Screenwriters; Siblings;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The arrest : a novel / by Lethem, Jonathan,author.(CARDINAL)342243;
Working as an organic farmer in a near-future world devoid of technology, a former Los Angeles screenwriter unexpectedly reconnects with his once-famous partner, who has retrofitted a nuclear-powered digger to launch an unknown agenda.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Organic farmers; Motion picture authorship; Siblings; Screenwriters; Screenwriters; Motion picture industry; Nuclear propulsion; Siblings.;
Available copies: 25 / Total copies: 26
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Nuking the moon : and other intelligence schemes and military plots left on the drawing board / by Houghton, Vince,author.(CARDINAL)785032;
"In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap bombs to bats or dig a spy tunnel underneath the Soviet embassy. Along the way, he reveals what each one tells us about twentieth-century history, the art of spycraft, military strategy, and famous figures like JFK, Castro, and Churchill. By turns terrifying and hilarious--but always riveting--this is the unique story of history left on the drawing board"--Includes bibliographical references.Introduction : left on the drawing board -- Acoustic Kitty -- Operation Capricious -- Project X-Ray -- Project Fantasia -- Blue Peacock -- Project Washtub -- Operation Northwoods -- Felix and his rifle -- Project Seal -- Operation Monopoly -- Project Habakkuk -- Tagboard -- The Ducc -- The X-20 and the MOL -- Brilliant Pebbles -- The Sun Gun -- The Plowshare Program's strangest idea -- Protecting the Peacekeeper -- Project Iceworm -- Aircraft nuclear propulsion and Project Orion -- Project A119 -- Conclusion : and then what?
Subjects: Military research; Military intelligence; Espionage, American; Strategy.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Aircraft carriers at war : a personal retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet confrontation / by Holloway, James L.,1922-(CARDINAL)512960;
The end of an era -- The Cold War : reflections of a campaigner -- Korea : the forgotten war -- Korea : naval operations -- Korea : air combat tactics -- Korea : grande finale -- Tactical nukes -- The Pentagon, a seaplane tender, and typhoons -- Nuclear propulsion : Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover -- The Enterprise : full speed ahead -- The Enterprise : Vietnam -- The Enterprise : fast turnaround -- The Enterprise : Vietnam redux -- The Pentagon : aircraft carrier program manager -- The Syrian invasion of Jordan -- Vietnam : commander, Seventh Fleet -- Vietnam : Battle of Haiphong Harbor -- Vietnam : the cease-fire and Paris Accords -- Chief of Naval Operations -- Chief of Naval Operations : program management -- The Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Elder statesman -- The future : past is prologue -- Envoi.
Subjects: Biographies.; Holloway, James L., 1922-; United States. Navy; United States. Navy; United States. Navy; Admirals; Aircraft carriers; Cold War.; Korean War, 1950-1953; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The future of nuclear power / by Mahaffey, James A.(CARDINAL)524078;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.Discusses the future of nuclear reactors particularly whether smaller inexpensive reactors will become more prevalent or if reactors will become part of an alternative fuel economy.
Subjects: Nuclear energy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Alternative energy demystified / by Gibilisco, Stan.(CARDINAL)167943;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.
Subjects: Renewable energy sources.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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The boy who played with fusion : extreme science, extreme parenting, and how to make a star / by Clynes, Tom,author.(CARDINAL)527853;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index.The digger -- The pre-nuclear family -- Propulsion! -- Space camp -- The "responsible" radioactive boy scout -- The cookie jar -- In the (glowing) footsteps of giants -- Alpha, beta, gamma -- Trust but verify -- Extreme parenting -- Accelerating toward big science -- Heavy water -- Bright as the sun -- Bringing the sun down to earth -- Roots of prodigiousness -- Lucky donkey theory -- Twice as nice, half as good -- Atomic travel -- Champions for the gifted -- A hogwarts for geniuses -- A fourth state of grape -- Heavy metal apron -- Birth of a star -- The neutron club -- A field of dreams, an epiphany in a box -- The father of all bombs -- We're just breathing your air -- The superbowl of science -- Scotch tape.How an American teenager became the youngest person ever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor. By the age of nine, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Wilson had built a 500-million-degree reactor and become the youngest person in history to achieve nuclear fusion. How could someone so young achieve so much, and what can Wilson's story teach parents and teachers about how to support high-achieving kids? Here, science journalist Tom Clynes narrates Taylor Wilson's extraordinary journey--from his Arkansas home where his parents fully supported his intellectual passions, to a unique Reno, Nevada, public high school just for academic superstars, to the present, when Wilson is winning international science competitions with devices designed to prevent terrorists from shipping radioactive material into the country. Along the way, Clynes reveals how our education system shortchanges gifted students, and what we can do to fix it.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Biographies.; Wilson, Taylor, 1994-; Gifted boys; Fusion reactors.; Nuclear fusion.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Submarine / by Mallard, Neil.(CARDINAL)674567; United States.Navy.Submarine Force Library and Museum.; United States.Navy.Submarine Force Museum.(CARDINAL)463786;
What is a submarine? -- How a submarine works -- Submarine propulsion -- Early dreams and designs -- Blockade busters -- The true submarine is born -- Subs go to war -- Doomed designs -- World War II -- Mini-submarines -- The nuclear age -- Balance of power -- Anatomy of a nuclear submarine -- Flying the flag -- Life on board -- How things have changed -- Up periscope! -- Submarine weapons -- Antisubmarine warfare -- Communication and navigation -- Submarine disasters -- Sub safety -- Pioneering the depths -- Into the abyss -- Shipwreck -- Creatures of the deep -- Workers beneath the waves -- Subs for fun -- Subs of the future -- Index.Shows how submersible vessels work and what it's like to live underwater.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Submarines (Ships); Submarines (Ships); Submarines (Ships); Submersibles; Submersibles.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 15
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The illustrated world guide to submarines : featuring over 140 submarines with 700 historical and modern photographs / by Parker, John.(CARDINAL)380206;
A complete encyclopedia of underwater vessels throughout history, from the Nautilus and Hunley to the nuclear-powered submarines of today. A countr- by-country directory provides an in-depth survey with at-a-glance specifications giving country of origin, length, displacement, speed, armament, propulsion and complement.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Submarines (Ships); Submarines (Ships); Submarines (Ships);
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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