Dragon America

Dragon America
Author: Michael D. Resnick
Publisher: Phobos Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Dragons
ISBN: 9780972002691

The British are coming, and the dragons are waiting for them! Set in an alternative colonial America where dragons rule the landscape, the revolution is taking its bloody toll and General Washington will need all the help he can get to free the American colonies from their overseas rulers. Dragon America is an alternative history in the Orson Scott Card and Harry Turtledove modes, from a master of the genre.

The Dragon and the Cross

The Dragon and the Cross
Author: Richard K. Tucker
Publisher: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN:

In the early 1920s there were about 250,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. Their principal organizer, and the man who profited most from their membership fees, was D.C. Stephenson, a mysterious drifter with a shady background who arrived in Indiana in 1920 with political experience and an acute sense of the showmanship required for political success, but no beliefs. He used his skills to move to the forefront of the Klan boom. But Stephenson's 1925 murder conviction, stemming from a bizarre and inebriated episode of abduction and rape, ended support for the Klan in Indiana, and discredited many of the state's political leaders. These two books, written for a general audience, tell the story of the rise and fall of the Indiana Klan and Stephenson. Tucker's book ventures more theoretical speculation about the Klan in the North, though he doesn't advance any sustained argument other than to stress, correctly, the Klan's anti-Catholicism. But Tucker exaggerates the Klan's hegemony and gives neither a real sense of the climate and the struggles of the time nor a convincing portrait of Stephenson, who remains a shadowy figure. Lutholtz's thorough book, though it has a sharper focus on Stephenson and Indiana, portrays the political struggles more completely. What is most pertinent is the picture that emerges of the quiet force of bigotry rather than overt Klan power. But Lutholtz resists all theory, so any conclusions about the broader relevance of the strange and fascinating story of Stephenson and the Indiana Klan in the 1920s will have to be drawn by the reader. Lutholtz's book is for larger public library collections.

SpaceX's Dragon: America's Next Generation Spacecraft

SpaceX's Dragon: America's Next Generation Spacecraft
Author: Erik Seedhouse
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2015-11-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319215159

Dragon V2 is a futuristic vehicle that not only provides a means for NASA to transport its astronauts to the orbiting outpost but also advances SpaceX’s core objective of reusability. A direct descendant of Dragon, Dragon V2 can be retrieved, refurbished and re-launched. It is a spacecraft with the potential to completely revolutionize the economics of an industry where equipment costing hundreds of millions of dollars is routinely discarded after a single use. It was presented by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in May 2014 as the spaceship that will carry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as soon as 2016. SpaceX’s Dragon – America’s Next Generation Spacecraft describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed this revolutionary spacecraft at the forefront of the launch industry and positioned it as the precursor for ultimately transporting humans to Mars. It describes the design and development of Dragon, provides mission highlights of the first six Commercial Resupply Missions, and explains how Musk hopes to eventually colonize Mars.

The Dragon Slayer

The Dragon Slayer
Author: Jaime Hernandez
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2017
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781536453393

"A collection of three Latin American folktales retold in graphic novel form"--

Drogons 4: Dragon America from the Abyss

Drogons 4: Dragon America from the Abyss
Author: Hells Lefse
Publisher: America Star Books
Total Pages: 184
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1683947657

Americans are a people onto themselves: they believe in the freedom, liberty, free speech and the right to bear arms. They make the choice to work for what they earn. They believe a child deserves to have both a father and a mother. They are there to help when tragedy strikes. They are the first responders in a catastrophe. They know every person in this country has the right to make a choice. You can work and be a productive member or you can take advantage of the system and freeload off the true Americans. They do not believe foreigners should not pay taxes or get free food and medical treatment at the expense of the true American. They speak and write in English. They are proud of their past and they have learned from it. They know if you take away the past you destroy the future. America was founded to do what is best for the majority of the people, not what is best for the minority. Whether they believe in God or not they know the Ten Commandments are still written in stone.

In the Jaws of the Dragon

In the Jaws of the Dragon
Author: Eamonn Fingleton
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2008-03-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780312362324

Long-time Asia scholar and economist Fingleton sounds an alarming wake-up call to those who dream that through free-market capitalism, China will embrace American values and welcome U.S. firms.

Reading the Literatures of Asian America

Reading the Literatures of Asian America
Author: Shirley Lim
Publisher: Temple University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781439901212

A unique collection of essays explores the diversity of Asian American literature from the 19th century to the present.

Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America

Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America
Author: Carlos Solar
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1438491425

Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America discusses how the massification of the Internet has exposed emerging democracies' high-tech vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks and questions why states have decided to introduce policies and legislation facilitating the militarization of cyberspace. Carlos Solar offers a comparative analysis using the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela to help navigate the changing security landscape and the growing risks found in the digital domain. His analysis includes a review of civilian and military preparedness emphasizing the ongoing alliances with the world's superpowers to finally debate what are the side effects for peace and development in the Americas from the current cybersecurity rivalry between the United States and China. Providing a much-needed account of state-technology affairs in the global south Cybersecurity Governance in Latin America challenges scholars and policymakers to rethink the protection of cyberspace to avoid unnecessarily sacrificing rights and freedoms in the name of national security.