Radek Vantuch Bücher

Strhující příběh z tichomořského bojiště. Marsh, Mick a Tommy. Tři nerozluční kamarádi z US námořní akademie. A samozřejmě Glory, krásná a nedosažitelná žena, o kterou usilují všichni tři. Jeden z nich ji nakonec získá, ovšem do jejich osudů krutě zasáhne válka. Píše se totiž rok 1941 a Japonci právě zaútočili na Pearl Harbor... Tato kniha bohatě odmění všechny čtenáře milující pulsující akci v takřka filmových kulisách, neohrožené hrdiny, ale i lásku a romantiku.

Eine kühne Rebellentruppe versucht, die Entstehung des Todessterns zu verhindern, indem sie dessen Pläne stiehlt – kann das gutgehen? Dieses Sachbuch zum Film stellt mit Originalfilmbildern die atemberaubende Handlung von Rogue One: A Star Wars Story™ vor und zeigt die neuen Figuren und spektakulären Schauplätze! Wusstet ihr, dass Rebellin Jyn Erso vor Ihrer Aktivität als Widerstandskämpferin bereits für mehrere Straftaten verurteilt wurde? Ob tapfere Rebellen oder böse Vertreter des Imperiums – in ausführlichen Porträts erfahrt ihr alles zu euren Lieblingsfiguren sowie zu ihrer persönlichen Geschichte, Kleidung und Ausrüstung. Erkundet anhand von Original-Filmbildern und großformatigen Szenenfotos das faszinierende Star Wars™ Universum und entdeckt viele neue Details! Dazu gibt es viele interessante und verblüffende Hintergrundinformationen zum Film.

"From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked open the secret Soviet military research establishment, using his access to hand over tens of thousands of pages of material about the latest advances in aviation technology, alerting the Americans to possible developments years in the future. He was one of the most productive and valuable spies ever to work for the United States in the four decades of global confrontation with the Soviet Union... Drawing on previously secret documents obtained from the CIA, as well as interviews with participants, Hoffman reveals how the depredations of the Soviet state motivated one man to master the craft of spying against his own nation until he was betrayed to the KGB by a disgruntled former CIA trainee."--Provided by publisher.

A riveting and revealing account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam Hussein, written by the agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, following an extensive manhunt, US military forces captured Iraqi president Saddam Hussein near Tikrit. Amid rumors and false alarms, the Bush administration required positive identification of the prisoner before announcing his capture. John Nixon, a senior CIA analyst with years of experience studying Hussein, was tasked with making the official ID. He examined telltale scars and tribal tattoos and asked questions only Hussein could answer. While confirming the identity, Nixon discovered that both he and America had fundamentally misunderstood who Saddam Hussein truly was. This account presents a candid portrait of one of the era's most notorious leaders. As the first to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein post-capture, Nixon offers expert insights into the history and psyche of a complex adversary. He recounts his debriefing sessions, stripping away the mythology surrounding a brutal figure. This narrative is not an apology but a sobering examination of how preconceived notions misled Washington policymakers and their allies. Unflinching and unprecedented, it highlights a fundamental misreading of a central figure in modern history, presenting a bold counter-narrative to the established account.

In Mind Change, Susan Greenfield discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In her view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. What could this mean, and how can we harness, rather than be harnessed by, our new technological milieu to create better alternatives and more meaningful lives? Using the very latest research, Mind Change is intended to incite debate as well as yield the way forward. There is no better person to explain the situation in a way we can understand, and to offer new insights on how to improve our mental capacities and well being.