Mass Production

The Merry Band of Pirates are in desperate trouble after the end of their last mission, and the real danger to humanity is just getting started. Hostile aliens have discovered there is something odd going on with wormholes in the galaxy, and their investigations could lead to finding a shortcut to Earth....

When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative—and unsanctioned—commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own next-gen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid's next swing by Earth.

Wealth, indulgence, and a Gatsby-like aesthetic: This is what comes to mind when one thinks of the Roaring Twenties. This revolutionary decade marked the end of the American Gilded Age, a period of sustained economic growth which led to a booming marketplace. After World War I, Americans had more money to spend, and mass production rose to meet the emerging wealth. This was the era of Broadway and bootleggers, new cars and Al Capone, mass culture and money, money, money. However, it was also the prelude to the Great Depression.

Step into the future...into a dark, strange world where the genetically created "Encapsulated Ones" have decided to alter the course of mankind forever! This audio movie is the sequel to Star Crusaders of the Earthian Foundation.

We live in a world of seemingly limitless consumer choice. Yet, as every shopper knows without thinking about it, many everyday goods—from beds to batteries to printer paper—are available in a finite number of "standard sizes." What makes these sizes "standard" is an agreement among competing firms to make or sell products with the same limited dimensions. But how did firms—often hotly competing firms—reach such collective agreements?

Ce livre audio est né d'une rencontre : celle du frère Jean-Pierre Schumacher et de Nicolas Ballet.

2008 körde den 25-årige Tomohiro Kato in i en folkmassa i ett av Tokyos shoppingområden. Efteråt hoppade han ur bilen med en kniv i handen och rusade mot alla människor medan han skrek och skrek. Totalt miste sju personer livet i den fruktansvärda massakern. MORD I ELECTRIC TOWN är första delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

Den 20 mars 1995 ägde den värsta terrorattacken sedan andra världskriget rum i Tokyos tunnelbana. Bakom attacken låg sekten Aum Shinrikyo, ledd av den blinda och självutnämnda frälsarfiguren Shoko Asahara. Tolv människor miste livet, flera tusen skadades. Attacken fick stora konsekvenser för det annars mycket liberala och religionsfria Japan. GASATTACKEN I TUNNELBANAN är sjunde delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.

1998 dog fyra personer, inklusive två barn och 63 andra blev sjuka efter att ha ätit en curryrätt på en sommarfestival i staden Wakayama. Fallet skakade Japan. Det visade sig senare att det var en 47-årig kvinna vid namn Msumi Hayashi, som bodde i grannskapet, som hade lagt arsenik i curryn medan hon var ensam i garaget där måltiden tilllagades. Vad fick henne att göra det? CURRYMORDEN är fjärde delen i true crime-serien MORD I JAPAN, där du får de sanna berättelserna om några av de mest sensationella morden i den uppgående solens land.