The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon

The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon
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Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 0395459966
ISBN-13 : 9780395459966
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon by :

Primarily the play "The diary of Anne Frank" by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

The Day the Sun Rose in the West

The Day the Sun Rose in the West
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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9780824860202
ISBN-13 : 0824860209
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Day the Sun Rose in the West by : Oishi Matashichi

On March 1, 1954, the U.S. exploded a hydrogen bomb at Bikini in the South Pacific. The fifteen-megaton bomb was a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, and its fallout spread far beyond the official “no-sail” zone the U.S. had designated. Fishing just outside the zone at the time of the blast, the Lucky Dragon #5 was showered with radioactive ash. Making the difficult voyage back to their home port of Yaizu, twenty-year-old Oishi Matashichi and his shipmates became ill from maladies they could not comprehend. They were all hospitalized with radiation sickness, and one man died within a few months. The Lucky Dragon #5 became the focus of a major international incident, but many years passed before the truth behind U.S. nuclear testing in the Pacific emerged. Late in his life, overcoming social and political pressures to remain silent, Oishi began to speak about his experience and what he had since learned about Bikini. His primary audience was schoolchildren; his primary forum, the museum in Tokyo built around the salvaged hull of the Lucky Dragon #5. Oishi’s advocacy has helped keep the Lucky Dragon #5 incident in Japan’s national consciousness. Oishi relates the horrors he and the others underwent following Bikini: the months in hospital; the death of their crew mate; the accusations by the U.S. and even some Japanese that the Lucky Dragon #5 had been spying for the Soviets; the long campaign to win government funding for medical treatment; the enduring stigma of exposure to radiation. The Day the Sun Rose in the West stands as a powerful statement about the Cold War and the U.S.–Japan relationship as it impacted the lives of a handful of fishermen and ultimately all of us who live in the post-nuclear age.

The Voyage of Turtle Rex

The Voyage of Turtle Rex
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 43
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ISBN-10 : 9780547429243
ISBN-13 : 054742924X
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Voyage of Turtle Rex by : Kurt Cyrus

Follows the life of a giant prehistoric sea turtle.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Total Pages : 56
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by :

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan

Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 267
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ISBN-10 : 9783030471989
ISBN-13 : 3030471985
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Visualizing Nuclear Power in Japan by : Morris Low

This book explores how Japanese views of nuclear power were influenced not only by Hiroshima and Nagasaki but by government, business and media efforts to actively promote how it was a safe and integral part of Japan’s future. The idea of “atoms for peace” and the importance of US-Japan relations were emphasized in exhibitions and in films. Despite the emergence of an anti-nuclear movement, the dream of civilian nuclear power and the “good atom” nevertheless prevailed and became more accepted. By the late 1950s, a school trip to see a reactor was becoming a reality for young Japanese, and major events such as the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and 1970 Osaka Expo seemed to reinforce the narrative that the Japanese people were destined for a future led by science and technology that was powered by the atom, a dream that was left in disarray after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

Oceanology

Oceanology
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 30
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ISBN-10 : 9780763642907
ISBN-13 : 0763642908
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Oceanology by : Emily Hawkins

Purports to be the journal of Zoticus de Lesseps, written on an ill-fated 1863 voyage accompanying Captain Nemo to explore the mysteries of the deep sea.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Total Pages : 40
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by :

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

Floating Dragon

Floating Dragon
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Total Pages : 544
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ISBN-10 : LCCN:82015057
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Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Floating Dragon by : Peter Straub

The seemingly typical commuter town of Hampstead suffers from a mysterious horror.

Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn
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Publisher : Pomegranate
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9781566403139
ISBN-13 : 1566403138
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Ben Shahn by : Frances Kathryn Pohl

BEN SHAHN offers a comprehensive look at the art work of one of the leading social realists of our time. The book includes pieces done in the 1930s depicting the effects of the Depression, urban decay, labor strikes & poverty. Brilliant posters created for the Office of War Information during World War II describe Shahn's work in the 1940s. The book explores the artist's post-war transition from a social realism to a "personal realism," employing allegory & symbolism. Through discussions of his political views, his struggles to maintain artistic integrity, as well as through selections of Shahn's own writings, the author weaves a compelling portrait of the man & his work. BEN SHAHN includes an extensive bibliography. Other Pomegranate books dedicated to twentieth-century American artists: CHILDE HASSAM'S NEW YORK, by Ilene Susan Fort, ISBN 1-55640-317-0, $21.95; EDWARD HOPPER'S NEW ENGLAND, by Carl Little, ISBN 1-55640-315-4, $21.95; & STEWARD DAVIS'S ABSTRACT ARGOT, by William Wilson, ISBN 1-55640-316-2.