This is the showdown. The fate of the solar system hangs in the balance. Whoever gets the last battleship wins. The losers get blown to atoms. The Empress commands the solar system, but to win, she needs the keys. The Tomato pirates have the keys , but to win, they need Cherryh. Cherryh doesn’t have a body, but she’s still got plenty of snark. (There’s no keeping Cherryh down.) As for Windy, she’s stuck eighty years in the past, with no job prospects and no references. Can she blend into society, penetrate the Imperial government, and lay the groundwork for victory? With donuts, anything is possible.

Fashion crisis! The Tomato pirates have crippled the fashion industry by looting every shipment. The entire population is stuck in last season’s clothes. Public morale is tanking. If the Royalist want to keep in power, they must defeat those pirates. This is Sub-Prince Akuma’s big moment. He seizes his opportunity to exceed maximums by diversifying innovations and creating new synergies, releasing unknown potentials, leading to a new market dominance. Translation: he deploys bigger guns. Meanwhile, Windy is stuck in Croquet Online, as the one and only human player in a vast empty game world. Can she escape her strange trap, rejoin her friends, and defeat Sub-Prince Akuma?

A family feud of galactic proportions threatens everyone. Windy LeGuin gets a chance to stop a galactic war before it even begins. She volunteers to deliver a critical packet, ensuring that the Royalists cannot revive the galactic throne. She fails. It’s not even close. Cherryh Pariah, her own roommate, cheerfully betrays her, shoving her into an escape pod with nothing but coffee and donuts. At least the donuts were fresh. Drifting in deep space, her air running out, Windy must find a way to rescue herself, recover that packet, and strangle Cherryh at first opportunity. From these humble beginnings, a new power will arise: the Tomato Pirates, a ragtag crew of democratic desperadoes, following Cherryh Pariah, a captain so self-serving that nobody trusts her, not even with donuts. This title collects Never Trust a Pariah, Donuts or Bust, and Grand Theft Battleship.

The battle for the White House following the election of November 7, 2000, was one of the major media spectacles in American history. From the uncertainty of election night to Al Gore's concession to George W. Bush's acceptance of the mantle of president-elect, Douglas Kellner demonstrates why the media was culpable in the theft of the presidency, ultimately bringing to power one of the most right wing administrations in American history. By applying critical social theory, cultural studies, and media criticism to buttress his arguments, Kellner concludes that Election 2000 reveals a crisis in contemporary American democracy. A final chapter critically dissects the first 100 days of the Bush presidency, which is emerging as one of the most reactionary in history.

Before the First World War, the British Admiralty conceived a plan to win rapid victory in the event of war with Germany-economic warfare on an unprecedented scale.This secret strategy called for the state to exploit Britain's effective monopolies in banking, communications, and shipping-the essential infrastructure underpinning global trade-to create a controlled implosion of the world economic system. In this revisionist account, Nicholas Lambert shows in lively detail how naval planners persuaded the British political leadership that systematic disruption of the global economy could bring about German military paralysis. After the outbreak of hostilities, the government shied away from full implementation upon realizing the extent of likely collateral damage-political, social, economic, and diplomatic-to both Britain and neutral countries. Woodrow Wilson in particular bristled at British restrictions on trade. A new, less disruptive approach to economic coercion was hastily improvised. The result was the blockade, ostensibly intended to starve Germany. It proved largely ineffective because of the massive political influence of economic interests on national ambitions and the continued interdependencies of all countries upon the smooth functioning of the global trading system. Lambert's interpretation entirely overturns the conventional understanding of British strategy in the early part of the First World War and underscores the importance in any analysis of strategic policy of understanding Clausewitz's "political conditions of war."

Internationally renowned media and literature scholars, social scientists, game designers and artists explore the cultural potential of computer games in this rich anthology, which introduces the latest approaches in the central fields of game studies and provides an extensive survey of contemporary game culture.

The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life! Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of eleven delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights. In Stefanie Leder’s “Not a Dinner Party Person,” an unstable pharmaceutical rep tries not to kill anyone at her family dinner on the last night of Hanukkah; in Ivy Pochoda’s “Johnny Christmas,” a taciturn Gulf War vet commissions a tattoo from a man he knew from his prison days, a man not named Christmas but Goldfarb; in David L. Ulin’s “Shamash,” it’s the last night of Hanukkah, and a live-at-home adult son considers doing something drastic to get out of his elderly father’s Upper West Side apartment; in James D.F. Hannah’s “Twenty Centuries,” a pair of detectives solve a curiously unprompted murder during the holiday season. This captivating collection contains old-school slapstick comedy, hardboiled noir, gritty procedurals, and poignant reminders of the meaning of Hanukkah, offering something for almost every reader willing to take the journey through these twisted tales. With stories by: Ivy Pochoda, David L. Ulin, James D.F. Hannah, Lee Goldberg, Nikki Dolson, J.R. Angelella, Liska Jacobs, Gabino Iglesias, Stefanie Leder, and Jim Ruland, plus a foreword and story by Tod Goldberg.

Rockstar's third entry to the timeless Grand Theft Auto series was a marvel on so many levels. The first 3D game that allowed you to cause havoc in an open-world stirred up more than just controversy; it also stirred the hearts of many gamers when it was released on the PS2. With it now home on also the original Xbox, PC, iOS and Android-based systems, we felt it was time to relive those wonderful moments and take you through its sandbox once again. Inside our guide you'll find: - How to beat every story mission. - The best ways to conquer all the numerous side-missions with ease. - Where to locate every Hidden Package. - All 20 Stunt Jump locations. - Conquer every Rampage, Taxi, Ambulance, Vigilante and Firefighter mission. - A list of every cheat code! - And the game's coolest Easter Eggs.