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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】NATO and the Strategic Defence Initiative A Transatlantic History of the Star Wars Programme【電子書籍】

＜p＞This book explores the largely neglected issue of responses to the US Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI, or the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme) across NATO.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The chapters here explore the reactions of different Western allies to the announcement of the SDI in 1983 and especially the 1985 invitation to participate. While existing studies have explored the origins of the American programme and the role it may have played in ending the Cold War, this volume breaks new ground by considering the impact of the SDI on transatlantic relations in the 1980s. Based on newly available archival sources, this volume re-evaluates the responses of eight NATO member-state governments, as well as the Soviet leadership, to the SDI. In addition to looking at ‘top-down’ governmental reactions, the volume also explores the ‘bottom-up’ response to the SDI of civil society and peace activists on both sides of the Atlantic. The volume examines how the American initiative ? derisively named ‘Star Wars’ by its detractors ? provoked a crisis in relations with its allies during the final decade of the Cold War and how those tensions within NATO were ultimately resolved.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War history, strategic studies, foreign policy and international history.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Star Wars Enigma【電子書籍】[ Nigel Hey ]

The year 1982 was a desperate time for the U.S. defense community. The United States had no effective system to protect itself completely from a Soviet attack with nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, which the Soviet Union possessed in large quantity, and the doomsday philosophy of mutually assured destruction seemed inescapable. But people in the Reagan administration, including Reagan himself, were not content with what they viewed as a morally unacceptable status quo. Then Adm. James Watkins, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asked, Wouldnt it be better if we could develop a system that would protect, rather than avenge, our people? With that, the presidents commitment to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) became certain. Ultimately, SDI reflected Western political idealism, a powerful ingredient in the struggle to finally conquer the terrors of the Cold War and to allay the threat of nuclear holocaust. ＜i＞The Star Wars Enigma＜/i＞ tells this dramatic story.画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Droit et Star Wars【電子書籍】[ Quentin Le Pluard ]

＜p＞Que vaut l’?p?e de la Justice face ? un sabre laser ou ? un tir de pistolet blaster ? Le juriste n’appara?trait-il pas incongru au milieu des Wookies ou des Gungans ? D?cid?ment, les mondes d?peints dans Star Wars semblent de prime abord ?trangers au Droit. Et pourtant… ? la r?flexion, les Jedi, comme les Sith, n’ont-ils pas un Code ? La destruction de plan?te par l’utilisation d’?toile de la Mort ne pourrait-elle constituer un crime contre l’humanit? ? Le Droit n’a-t-il pas quelque chose ? dire du baiser incestueux des jumeaux Skywalker ? Ce sont l? autant de questions ? parmi bien d’autres ? qui en ces pages trouvent une r?ponse argument?e. Compos? d’une vingtaine de contributions, cet ouvrage s’attache ainsi ? d?crypter les ressorts juridiques de l’univers de Star Wars, contribuant ? prouver que m?me dans une galaxie lointaine, tr?s lointaine, le Droit est pr?sent.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Empire Triumphant Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films【電子書籍】[ Kevin J. Wetmore, , Jr. ]

＜p＞George Lucas's first Star Wars trilogy shows the influences of its era; Cold War tension is evident in its theme of rebellion against totalitarianism. Recent entries in the Star Wars saga--＜em＞The Phantom Menace＜/em＞ (1999) and ＜em＞Attack of the Clones＜/em＞ (2002)--are much more concerned with evil corporations, terrorists, and the corruption of the political process. Each film is influenced by the times in which it was released, but also by cultural subtexts and by other films that had direct and indirect effects on Lucas as writer, producer, and director.＜/p＞ ＜p＞This work focuses on all six ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ films. The first topic of this multifaceted examination is how the films use the language of colonialism ("The" Rebellion, "The" Empire) to emphasize the idea of imperialism. Next the author looks at how Asian influences--including religious undertones from Taoism and Buddhism and the works of Kurosawa and other Asian filmmakers--provide a subtext for much of the action. Next the discussion turns to the representation of people of color in the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ universe, and how other ethnicities are represented overall, particularly through the literalization of the word "aliens." These topics of discussion provide for penetrating conclusions about Lucas's films and how they represent race, religion, and rebellion.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Viel zu lernen du noch hast Star Wars und die Philosophie【電子書籍】

＜p＞?ber ≪Star Wars≫ l?sst sich wunderbar philosophieren: Hat Luke Skywalker einen ?dipuskomplex? Ist der Jedi-Orden eine postmoderne Religion? War Heidegger ein Sith-Lord? Und wie um alles in der Welt kann man Wookies verstehen? Dieses Buch versammelt philosophische, kulturhistorische und politische Analysen: von der durchkomponierten Mythologie der ersten drei Filme bis zu den archetypischen Familienkonstellationen der Skywalkers; von der r?tselhaften ≪Force≫ bis zum ambivalenten Umgang mit der ≪hellen≫ und ≪dunklen≫ Seite; vom Einsatz politischer Metaphorik und Bildsprache bis hin zur Frage nach der Ordnung der Gesellschaft in Klassen und Geschlechter.＜br /＞ Das Buch zeigt, wie viel Philosophie in der Popul?rkultur steckt und wie viel Spa? es machen kann, mit ≪Star Wars≫ ?ber Heidegger, Augustinus, Lacan, den Taoismus, Wittgenstein, den Kapitalismus oder die Gender Studies nachzudenken. Denn es ist ja ohne Zweifel so, dass kaum etwas so sehr zum Denken anregt wie ein ordentliches Weltraumm?rchen.＜br /＞ Mit Beitr?gen von: J?rn Ahrens, Julian Baggini, Yves Bossart, Pierre Cassou-Nogu?s, Wolfram Eilenberger, Tristan Garcia, Thomas Groh, Linus Hauser, Alexandre Lacroix, Alexis Lavis, Clotilde Leguil, Harald Lesch, Nils Markwardt, Baptiste Morizot, Tobie Nathan, Catherine Newmark, Tom?? Sedl??ek, Harald Zaun, Slavoj ?i?ek＜br /＞ Das Buch entstand in Kooperation mit dem Philosophie Magazin.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Finding God in a Galaxy Far, Far Away A Spiritual Exploration of the Star Wars Saga【電子書籍】[ Timothy Paul Jones ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Nothing in Your Life Is Ordinary＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Your present world isn’t supposed to be this small. You were made for something much bigger. And no, you don’t have to be an astronaut, or even a ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ fan, to live it. ＜em＞Finding God in a Galaxy Far, Far Away＜/em＞ is not about space travel, or even a movie. It’s about rediscovering your sense of wonderーsomething we adults have successfully squelched from our everyday lives. But God never meant it to be that way. Timothy Jones, by way of an astounding, eye-opening study of the spiritual parallels found in the Star Wars saga, will make you a kid again. You’ll be marveling at the mysterious, laughing anew at life’s “coincidences,” and remembering above all the Creator for which you were made.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞May the True Force Be with You＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Remember when ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ first captured your imagination? How your longing for adventure propelled you to distant worlds and transformed you into a Jedi knight faster than you could say, “Luke, I am your father”?＜/p＞ ＜p＞This same longing, once sparked by John Williams’s triumphant score and fanned by Darth Vader’s sweeping black cape, is your ticket to life’s greatest adventure.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Join Timothy Paul Jones on an astounding, eye-opening exploration of the spiritual themes in the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ saga and the truth will become clear: Like young Luke Skywalker, you were also made for moreー＜em＞much＜/em＞ more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Rediscover ＜em＞awe.＜/em＞ Revel in the wonder of every moment. And pursue all you were meant to be. It is your destiny.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"The Force is strong with this one. I could not recommend it more."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Joshua Griffin, Editor/Owner, TheForce.Net＜/p＞ ＜p＞Manager, Purpose Driven Youth Ministry＜/p＞ ＜p＞“If you own a lightsaberーor a Bibleーyou’re sure to benefit from reading his book.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kevin Miller, author and reviewer＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞HollywoodJesus.com＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“‘Awe-some’ reading that both delights and challenges us. A fun and thoughtful book for Christians who consider and enjoy popular culture and media.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Robert W. Pazmino＜/p＞ ＜p＞Valeria Stone Professor of Christian Education, Andover Newton Theological School＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Story Behind the Book＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“The night I first saw ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ from the backseat of my parents’ Ford Pinto was the first night I experienced ＜em＞awe.＜/em＞ It sent me on a quest that continues today. There is, in every one of us, a longing to touch ‘the forever,’ to sense the magnitude of the vastness in which we live. This universal longing explains why we ride roller coasters and tell scary stories. This universal longing for awe also explains why, after nearly thirty years, the popularity of the Star Wars saga shows no sign of subsiding. I wrote this book to inspire readers to relish awe and wonder because God did not only create us to ＜em＞long for＜/em＞ awe, but also to ＜em＞live＜/em＞ in it!”＜/p＞ ＜p＞ーTimothy Jones＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

古本, ノンフィクション, 英語で予約する, 洋書【古本】 Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War - Frances Fitzgerald (Simon & Schuster) 【紙書籍】 9780684844169

タイトル: Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War著者: Frances Fitzgerald出版社: Simon & Schuster出版日: 2000年04月07日古本非常に良い。端が少し摩耗しているが、汚れのないきれいな本。製本状態は良好。ダスト ジャケットが付属している場合は、それも含まれます。リサイクル可能なアメリカ製の封筒で発送します。すべての注文に 100% 返金保証付き。 "Way Out There in the Blue" is a major work of history by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Fire in the Lake." Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Frances FitzGerald gives us a wholly original portrait of Ronald Reagan, the most puzzling president of the last half of the twentieth century. Reagan's presidency and the man himself have always been difficult to fathom. His influence was enormous, and the few powerful ideas he espoused remain with us still -- yet he seemed nothing more than a charming, simple-minded, inattentive actor. FitzGerald shows us a Reagan far more complex than the man we thought we knew. A master of the American language and of self-presentation, the greatest storyteller ever to occupy the Oval Office, Reagan created a compelling public persona that bore little relationship to himself. The real Ronald Reagan -- the Reagan who emerges from FitzGerald's book -- was a gifted politician with a deep understanding of the American national psyche and at the same time an executive almost totally disengaged from the policies of his administration and from the people who surrounded him. The idea that America should have an impregnable shield against nuclear weapons was Reagan's invention. His famous Star Wars speech, in which he promised us such a shield and called upon scientists to produce it, gave rise to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Reagan used his sure understanding of American mythology, history and politics to persuade the country that a perfect defense against Soviet nuclear weapons would be possible, even though the technology did not exist and was not remotely feasible. His idea turned into amultibillion-dollar research program. SDI played a central role in U.S.-Soviet relations at a crucial juncture in the Cold War, and in a different form it survives to this day. Drawing on prodigious research, including interviews with the participants, FitzGerald offers new insights into American foreign policy in the Reagan era. She gives us revealing portraits of major players in Reagan's administration, including George Shultz, Caspar Weinberger, Donald Regan and Paul Nitze, and she provides a radically new view of what happened at the Reagan-Gorbachev summits in Geneva, Reykjavik, Washington and Moscow. FitzGerald describes the fierce battles among Reagan's advisers and the frightening increase of Cold War tensions during Reagan's first term. She shows how the president who presided over the greatest peacetime military buildup came to espouse the elimination of nuclear weapons, and how the man who insisted that the Soviet Union was an "evil empire" came to embrace the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, and to proclaim an end to the Cold War long before most in Washington understood that it had ended. "Way Out There in the Blue" is a ground-breaking history of the American side of the end of the Cold War. Both appalling and funny, it is a black comedy in which Reagan, playing the role he wrote for himself, is the hero.

古本, ノンフィクション, 英語で予約する, 洋書【古本】 Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War - Frances Fitzgerald (Simon & Schuster) 【紙書籍】 9780743200233

タイトル: Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War著者: Frances Fitzgerald出版社: Simon & Schuster出版日: 2001年03月12日古本非常に良い。端が少し摩耗しているが、汚れのないきれいな本。製本状態は良好。ダスト ジャケットが付属している場合は、それも含まれます。リサイクル可能なアメリカ製の封筒で発送します。すべての注文に 100% 返金保証付き。Using the Star Wars missile defense program as a magnifying glass on his presidency, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frances FitzGerald gives us a wholly original portrait of Ronald Reagan. Drawing on extensive research, FitzGerald shows how Reagan managed to get billions in funding for a program that was technologically impossible by exploiting the fears of the American public. The Reagan who emerges from FitzGerald's book was a gifted politician with a deep understanding of the national psyche, and an executive almost totally disengaged from the policies of his administration. Both appalling and funny, Way Out There in the Blue is the most penetrating study of Reagan's presidency to date.

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Im Namen des Vaters, des Sohnes und der Macht Star Wars und die Bibel【電子書籍】[ Simone Paganini ]

＜p＞Der Menschensohn ? ein Skywalker? Der Kindermord im Jedi-Tempel von Coruscant ? ein Verweis auf die Weihnachtsgeschichte? "M?ge die Macht mit Dir sein" ? ein Segensgru?? Shmi ? eine galaktische Jungfrau Maria? Die Star-Wars-Filme sind voll von biblischen Bez?gen. Claudia und Simone Paganini decken nicht nur die verborgenen Bibelverweise auf. Wer sich die Filme und den darin dargestellten Kampf zwischen der hellen und der dunklen Seite der Macht ansieht, kann auch den Missionsauftrag des Paulus, die V?lker "von der Finsternis zum Licht zu bekehren" (Apg 26,18) und vieles mehr entdecken. Eine kurzweilige Lekt?re, bei der man einiges ?ber die Bibel, ein wenig ?ber Star Wars und extrem viel ?ber Star Wars und die Bibel lernt.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Star Wars Phenomenon in Britain The Blockbuster Impact and the Galaxy of Merchandise, 1977-1983【電子書籍】[ Craig Stevens ]

＜p＞Among the top-grossing Hollywood blockbusters of all time, ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ launched one of the most successful movie and licensing franchises in history. Yet much of the film's backstory was set in Britain, where the original trilogy was made and where early efforts at tie-in merchandising were spearheaded.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The author provides a detailed account of the saga's British connection, including personal recollections of fans in the UK, exclusive interviews with staff members of Palitoy who took on the challenge of producing millions of toys, and the story of how a group of writers from the underground press in London combined with Marvel comics to produce the first Star Wars expanded universe.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Christian Lessons with a Star Wars Episode III The Revenge of the Sith Novelization Part 1【電子書籍】[ Alexis Skyrie ]

＜p＞Popular Media Series-This document is a doorway into Christian literature based on a particular interest of Alexis Skyrie, and hopefully his readers. It may include Scripture, Sermons and other information including but not limited to what may be found in the Essential Series.＜br /＞ This text takes the first batch of reflections from the Novelization of Star Wars Episode III, written by Matthew Stover, based on a screenplay by George Lucas, with corresponding Scriptures and other oddities of interest to the Christian community.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Devil wants you to stay in the Dark. God wants you in the Light and be Witnesses for Christ, who is being represented by this Grunge Worker.＜br /＞ Matthew 6:11-Give us this day our daily bread.＜br /＞ John 6:26- Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.＜br /＞ John 6:56- he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.＜br /＞ 1 Timothy 4:3-Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.＜br /＞ 1 Corinthians 11:27-Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.＜br /＞ Ecclesiastes 3:10- I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.＜br /＞ Hebrews 12:11-And all discipline indeed for those being present, does not seem to be of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those having been trained by it.＜br /＞ 1 Thessalonians 1:5-For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.＜br /＞ A labor of love.＜br /＞ A Bible Goof Text＜br /＞ A Scrapbook of Wonder＜br /＞ Click Bait＜br /＞ Warning: Text contains content for a Mature Audience＜br /＞ The Matrix was written by The Wachowskis＜/p＞ ＜p＞: This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.＜br /＞ : I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What you are about to download isn’t just literature: it’s an attempt from the author to be your Pastor through the mediums of kobo and Facebook. It is a truly Christian experience and only the truly committed should apply, consequences outstanding.＜br /＞ Taken from The Journey: How to Live in an Uncertain World by Billy Graham-Becoming a Christian takes only a single step; being a Christian means walking with Christ the rest of your life. Accepting Christ isn't the end but the beginning of a whole new life on God's path. Don't let anything keep you from that commitment.＜/p＞ ＜p＞My ebooks are designed to be Church Services in an ebook. While there is a door price, being a Christian, and being led by a Church entity, you must continually suffer for Christ's sake and take up your cross with tithes towards the Church in question. In light of this, there are reminders of Coffee Breaks throughout this document regarding Romans 13:7 with some more light Christian reading pertaining to the faith in question.For books for which there are a door price, consider purchasing on kobo to be an act of charity towards my church institution, personal well-being and kobo as a business entity towards your Good Works needed for salvation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Despite the odds of prosecution not being very high, their self esteem and self worth should also come to grips with qualifying to be a criminal should they decide not to issue a payment of some sort.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Taken from The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel, Norman Geisler PhD-“He’s not capricious, he’s not arbitrary, he’s not cruel. But, Lee, I have to tell you something: he is undeniably just. His nature demands that he deal with corrupt people who stubbornly and willfully persist in their evil. And isn’t that what he should do? Isn’t that what we want-for justice to be done? One of the key things to remember is that throughout history, for those who repent and turn to him, he’s compassionate, merciful, gracious, and kind. In the end, we’ll all see his fairness.”＜/p＞ ＜p＞Taken from The Leadership Challenge 4th Edition by James M Kouzes and Barry Z Posner-Every single personal-best leadership case we collected involved some kind of challenge...Whatever the challenge, all the cases involved a change from the status quo.＜br /＞ The Simpsons: Stark Raving Dad was written by Matt Groening, James L Brooks, and Sam Simon＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Michael Jackson": Bart, either Michael Jackson is in a recording studio in Los Angeles or he is right here in your house offering to help you. It is up to you as to what you believe.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Superman Returns was written by Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Bryan Singer＜/p＞ ＜p＞Superman: Listen; what do you hear?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Lois Lane: Nothing.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Superman: I hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn't need a savior, but every day I hear people crying for one.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Pump Up the Volume was written by Allan Moyle＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mark Hunter: Okay, down to business. I got my Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi, and uh, I got my Black Jack gum here! And I got that feeling. Mmm, yeah that familiar feeling? That something rank is going on out there.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Pump Up the Volume was written by Allan Moyle＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mark Hunter: I don't know. Drugs are out. Sex is out. Politics are out. Everything is on hold. We definately need something new. I just keep waiting for some new voice to come out of somewhere and just say, "Hey! Wait a second. What is wrong with this picture? Just take a look around."＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Faculty was written by Kevin Williamson, Bruce Kimmel and David Wechter＜/p＞ ＜p＞Casey: If you were going to take over the world, would you blow up the White House 'Independence Day' style, or sneak in through the back door?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Pump Up the Volume was written by Allan Moyle＜/p＞ ＜p＞Loretta Creswood: Can't you understand that nothing is more important then a good education.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Brian Hunter: Except the basic right to it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Pump Up the Volume was written by Allan Moyle＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mark Hunter: You see I didn't plan it like this. My dumb dad got me this shortwave radio set so I could just talk to my buddies back east. But I couldn't reach anybody. So I just imagined I was talking to nobody, I imagined nobody listening. Maybe I imagined there would be one person out there... And then one day I woke up, and I realized I was never going to be normal, so I said, "Fuck it." I said, "So be it." And Happy Harry Hard-On was born. But I never meant to hurt anyone. I never meant to hurt anyone. I'm sorry Malcolm. I never said, "Don't do it."＜/p＞ ＜p＞Taken from The Word on the Street by Rob Lacey＜/p＞ ＜p＞Genesis 1:1-2-Fist off nothing...but God. No light, no time, no substance, no matter. Second off, God says the word and WHAP! Stuff everywhere! The cosmos in chaos: no shape, no form, no function-just darkness...total. And floating above it all, God’s Holy Spirit, ready to play.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Taken from The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters In The Modern World by Wade Davis-Nainoa Thompson: That’s why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls by reconnecting to our ancestors. As we voyage we are creating new stories within the tradition of the old stories, we are literally creating a new culture out of the old.＜br /＞ Taken from The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel (Walter L Bradley PhD)-Astronomer Harlow Shapley said Miller had proven that “the appearance of life is essentially an automatic biochemical development that comes along naturally when physical conditions are right.”＜br /＞ Taken from The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel (Walter L Bradley PhD)-“A living system must do at least three things: process energy, store information, and replicate,” he said.＜br /＞ The Avengers was written by Joss Whedon and Zak Penn＜/p＞ ＜p＞Nick Fury: There was an idea. Stark knows this. Called The Avengers Initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people. See if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to. To fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea. In heroes. Well, it's an old fashioned notion.＜/p＞ ＜p＞2 Timothy 2:20-But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.＜br /＞ Ezekiel 3:20-Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.＜br /＞ The NeverEnding Story was written by Wolfgang Peterson, Herman Weigel, and Michael Ende＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mr. Koreander: Your books are safe. While you're reading them, you get to become Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bastian: But that's what I like about 'em.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mr. Koreander: Ahh, but afterwards you get to be a little boy again.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bastian: Wh-what do you mean?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mr. Koreander: Listen. Have you ever been Captain Nemo, trapped inside your submarine while the giant squid is attacking you?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bastian: Yes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mr. Koreander: Weren't you afraid you couldn't escape?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Bastian: But it's only a story.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mr. Koreander: That's what I'm talking about. The ones you read are safe.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Hidden Dangers of the Force of Star Wars【電子書籍】[ Roy R. Reeves ]

＜p＞Are ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ and the idea of the force harmless ideas for simple entertainment? Or is there a darker underlying philosophy that is being subtly presented?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Many people see significant analogies between ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ and Christianity, but ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞, at its core, is a subtle presentation of concepts incompatible with Judeo-Christian values. The Force of ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ is deceptively portrayed as analogous to God, and the interactions of characters in ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ with the Force are similar to those of individuals with a deity. This is closely aligned with the New Age philosophy of God being a universal force. Those viewing ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ must be wary to avoid deception. The Force of ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞/the New Age is radically different from the God of the Bible.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Myth Awakens Canon, Conservatism, and Fan Reception of Star Wars【電子書籍】

＜p＞The trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens made a strong impression on fans. Many were excited by what they saw as a return to the spirit of George Lucas's 1977 creation. Others--including several white supremacy groups--were upset and offended by key differences, most notably the shift away from a blond, blue-eyed, male protagonist. When the film was finally released, reactions similarly seemed to hinge on whether or not The Force Awakens renewed the "mythic" aspects of the original trilogy in ways that fans approved of. The Myth Awakens examines the religious implications of this phenomenon, considering the ways in which myth can function to reinforce "traditional" social and political values. In their analyses the authors of this book reflect on fan responses in relation to various elements of (and changes to) the Star Wars canon--including toys, video games, and novels, as well as several of the films. They do so using a variety of critical tools, drawing from studies of gender, race, psychology, politics, authority, music, ritual, and memory.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Reagan's Star Wars Military and Government Stories, #1【電子書籍】[ Walter Parks ]

＜p＞President Eisenhower led us to victory in World War II. He then led our country as President for 8 years. He understood war and he understood how Washington worked.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The major message he gave us as he left the presidency was:＜/p＞ ＜p＞Beware of the Military Industrial Complex.＜/p＞ ＜p＞His warning was very appropriate but it was not heeded by our nation. I know because I not only witnessed it being ignored, but I participated in using the power of the Military Industrial Complex during my aerospace career.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Reagan's Star Wars describes why and how the power of the Military Industrial Complex gave birth to the Strategic Defense Initiative known as Star Wars.＜br /＞ *****＜br /＞ By the early 1980's it was becoming clear that the USSR would fail. The major US Aerospace companies who were dependent on military spending were growing concerned that peace would be declared and the military budgets would be significantly decreased.＜/p＞ ＜p＞They had to do something!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Most of the major US Aerospace Companies maintained a study staff to assess military needs and likely budget actions; and, of course to try to influence such actions and budgets.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I know the details of the Martin Marietta Aerospace Company's studies and the resulting pitches to the military, congress, NATO, and all affected agencies including the President because I was a corporate Vice President and well aware of our studies.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I also had some awareness of such studies at Lockheed Aerospace Company because we had a close relationship with them. The two Companies eventually merged and is now Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Their studies viewed the sharp drops in military budgets at the end of military threats like World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam.＜/p＞ ＜p＞They feared that peace would break out and the budgets would be significantly decreased, maybe even as severe as happened after World War II.＜/p＞ ＜p＞President Carter had already dropped the budget to the lowest it had been in over 25 years.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The US military budgets would certainly be decreased. What could the Aerospace Giants do to continue our enriched lifestyles?＜/p＞ ＜p＞They reasoned that seeking funds for new weapons in a peace time or seeking funds to "patch" existing weapons would not result in the magnitude of budgets that they needed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞They put a study together that showed the merits of pursuing a leap frog to the current weapons technology and jumping into technology of the future.＜/p＞ ＜p＞They started preaching such a strategy to the US military, to Congress, to the President, NATO and any agency that would listen.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The pitch got honed until it began to make sense.＜br /＞ The Strategic Defense Initiative, later known as Star Wars, was about to be born.＜/p＞ ＜p＞We honed our pitches first with the military staffs in the Pentagon, then the staffers of the key military committees in Congress. Then we were ready for the President.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I remember a key pitch to the President that I believe really convinced him in the merits of pursuing a leap frog to current technology.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The pitch was about how we could use the workings of the brain of a tiny insect to control the battle field.＜/p＞ ＜p＞President Reagan was sold.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The military budgets ceased the Carter decline and began to rise.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The military industrial complex was working; the military budgets were saved.＜/p＞ ＜p＞President Reagan absorbed and understood our "pitches" and proposed a new program: The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) on March 23, 1983.＜/p＞ ＜p＞It was to replace the insane old strategic plan of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) that had been in place for many years.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The President's proposal was accepted by the military and Congress and SDI was set up in the Pentagon in 1984.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The day after President Reagan's announcement the Washington Post published a quote from Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy describing the proposal...＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】D'Asimov ? Star Wars Repr?sentations politiques dans la science-fiction【電子書籍】[ Isabelle Lacroix ]

＜p＞La science-fiction prend de plus en plus d’espace dans la culture populaire. Le ph?nom?ne plan?taire que repr?sente Star Wars, ou encore les s?ries t?l?vis?es iconiques telles Star Trek, constituent des preuves convaincantes de la popularit? du genre. Comme toutes les formes d’art populaire, la science-fiction a le formidable talent de parler franchement de la soci?t? qui la con-?oit et la consomme. Qui plus est, parce qu’elle permet de voir ce qui pourrait ?tre, elle se fait le miroir de nos craintes collectives les plus criantes?; elle est ?minemment politique. Les auteurs de cet ouvrage, des amateurs de science-fiction sp?cialistes de la politique, de l’?thique ou des technologies, se penchent sur les repr?sentations politiques port?es par des ?uvres de science-fiction afin de faire ressortir les rapports de force et les relations de pouvoir ー existants ou anticip?s ー qui s’exercent dans le monde occidental contemporain. D’Isaac Asimov ? Andrew Scott Card, en passant par les superh?ros de Marvel ainsi que les mondes de Star Wars et de Star Trek, et inspir?s par ce qu’ont fait certains ?thiciens et philosophes, les auteurs offrent un ?clairage nouveau sur les enjeux sociaux, politiques et ?thiques soulev?s par la science-fiction. Que nous disent ces interpr?tations de notre monde?? Quels avenirs projettent-elles?? Refl?tent-elles les luttes r?elles de pouvoir au sein de nos soci?t?s occidentales?? Que nous disent-elles sur nos craintes, nos inqui?tudes politiques, nos dilemmes ?thiques?? Comment interpr?ter les diff?rentes visions du monde pr?sent?es dans ces ?uvres?? L’ouvrage offre un portrait d?taill? des liens entre les ?uvres de science-fiction et la science politique.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【楽天ブックスならいつでも送料無料】My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars MY LIFE W/THE JEDI [ Eric A. Clayton ]

MY LIFE W/THE JEDI Eric A. Clayton LOYOLA PR2024 Paperback English ISBN：9780829457018 洋書 Social Science（社会科学） Religion

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Star Wars y la filosof?a【電子書籍】[ William Irwin ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Un acercamiento singular y ?nico a＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Star Wars,＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞que analiza la filosof?a secreta que se esconde detr?s del m?tico universo creado por George Lucas.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Debes desaprender aquello que has aprendido. Que la sabidur?a te acompa?e.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Star Wars y la filosof?a＜/em＞ presenta una recopilaci?n de originales art?culos firmados por las mentes m?s brillantes de la galaxia, explorando el lado m?s oscuro y profundo de Star Wars y de todos sus universos expandidos, ofreciendo nuevas aproximaciones a temas tan familiares como el origen de la Fuerza, el papel de la mujer en la serie y un largo etc?tera.＜/p＞ ＜p＞El libro examina a nivel filos?fico el impacto de ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ en el mundo real y la importancia de la serie como artefacto de la cultura popular, el legado de Joseph Campbell en la m?tica fundaci?n de la serie, creando una armaz?n para comprender qu? hay de ≪can?nico≫ en Star Wars, y dando a los fans una serie de razones que ayudan a comprender de una vez por todas que Han dispar? primero.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Rese?as:＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ≪La filosof?a oculta del universo de ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞.≫＜br /＞ ＜em＞Fantasticplasticmag＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞≪Una gu?a original e id?nea tanto para los ne?fitos de este universo como para los fans.≫＜br /＞ ＜em＞The perks of being more than a reader＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Strategic Defense Initiative and the End of the Cold War: SDI, Star Wars, President Reagan, Fall of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev, KAL 007, MAD Nuclear Policy, Teller, ABM Treaty, Reykjavik Summit【電子書籍】[ Progressive Management ]

＜p＞This is a fascinating historic analysis of the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. The Cold War's end was sudden, unpredicted and the seminal event of the latter half of the twentieth century. Since the disintegration of the USSR, debate has centered on whom or what was responsible for the end of the conflict. Perhaps no issue is as controversial as the role the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) played in ending the Cold War. Today, there are three main schools of thought concerning SDI's impact on the end of the Cold War. The first sees the Strategic Defense Initiative as a primary factor in ending the conflict. Another argues the initiative extended the Cold War by creating one more hurdle to the negotiations between the two superpowers. A third school holds that while SDI had a positive impact on ending the Cold War, it was a secondary factor. The third school's position is best supported by the available evidence.＜/p＞ ＜p＞All of the arguments stem from several key questions. The central issue concerns the question, What drove Gorbachev's decision to exit the Cold War? This thesis rephrases that question more narrowly: What were the primary influences that motivated Gorbachev to sign the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, (INF Treaty) ー which arguably ended the conflict ー and to what degree were they instrumental in its signing? Additional questions that will be addressed include the following: Did either the Soviet Union's investment in developing countermeasures to the U.S. defense initiative or its own ballistic missile defense (BMD) system severely strain the Soviet economy? Did Soviet fear of losing a new arms race in light of their economic and technological backwardness, as compared to the West, push them to negotiate? Were there other factors that would have driven Gorbachev to exit the Cold War regardless of the Strategic Defense Initiative?＜/p＞ ＜p＞CHAPTER I - THE ROLE OF THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE IN ENDING THE COLD WAR * CHAPTER II - THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON SDI * A. INTRODUCTION * B. THE END OF THE COLD WAR * C. THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON SDI'S ROLE IN ENDING THE COLD WAR * D. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER III - PRESIDENT REAGAN AND THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE * A. INTRODUCTION * B. THE STATUS QUO * C. REAGAN'S FOREIGN POLICY PLAN * D. THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AND REJECTION OF MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION * E. A PUSH FOR DIALOGUE * F. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER IV - INITIAL REACTIONS: MARCH 1983-MARCH 1985 * A. INTRODUCTION * B. GENERAL SECRETARY * C. THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY * D. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER V - ENTER GORBACHEV: MARCH 1985-OCTOBER 1986 * A. INTRODUCTION * B. GENERAL SECRETARY * C. NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY * D. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER VI * EXITING THE COLD WAR: NOVEMBER 1986-DECEMBER 1987 * A. INTRODUCTION * B. GENERAL SECRETARY * C. THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY * D. CONCLUSION * CHAPTER VII - ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF SDI IN THE END OF THE COLD WAR * A. INTRODUCTION * B. THE PRO-SDI SCHOOL * C. THE ANTI-SDI SCHOOL * D. SDI WAS A SECONDARY FACTOR＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The History and Politics of Star Wars Death Stars and Democracy【電子書籍】[ Chris Kempshall ]

＜p＞This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ franchise relating to the portrayal and representation of real-world history and politics.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing on a variety of sources, including films, published interviews with directors and actors, novels, comics, and computer games, this volume explores the ways in which historical and contemporary events have been repurposed within ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞. It focuses on key themes such as fascism and the Galactic Empire, the failures of democracy, the portrayal of warfare, the morality of the Jedi, and the representations of sex, gender, and race. Through these themes, this study highlights the impacts of the fall of the Soviet Union, the War on Terror, and the failures of the United Nations upon the ‘galaxy far, far away’. By analysing and understanding these events and their portrayal within ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞, it shows how the most popular media franchise in existence aims to speak about wider contemporary events and issues.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The History and Politics of Star Wars＜/em＞ is useful for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and scholars of a variety of disciplines such as transmedia studies, science fiction, cultural studies, and world history and politics in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture From Socrates to Star Wars and Beyond【電子書籍】[ William Irwin ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Can Wonder Woman help us understand feminist philosophy? How Does Wakandan technology transcend anti-Blackness? What can Star Trek teach us about the true nature of reality?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture＜/em＞ makes important philosophical concepts and the work of major philosophers relevant, fun, and exciting. Using engaging examples from film and television, this easy-to-read book covers everything from basic metaphysics and epistemology to abstract and complex philosophical ideas about ethics and the meaning of life. You don’t have to be a pop culture expert to benefit from this bookーeven a general awareness of cultural icons like Superman or Harry Potter will be more than enough for you to learn about a wide range of philosophical notions, thinkers, and movements.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The expanded second edition offers timely coverage of important topics such as race, gender, personal identity, social justice, and environmental ethics. New essays explore the philosophical underpinnings of ＜em＞The Good Place, Game of Thrones, Black Panther, Star Wars, The Avengers, South Park, The Lego Movie, The Big Bang Theory＜/em＞, and more. This edition is supported by a new website with links to primary philosophical texts, information about all the popular culture discussed, and additional resources for teachers, students, and general readers alike.＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞Features a selection of key essays from the bestselling ＜em＞Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series＜/em＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞Draws on examples from popular media including The Matrix, Lost, Doctor Strange, The Hobbit, Westworld, and Star Trek＜/li＞ ＜li＞Explains philosophical concepts such as relativism, skepticism, existentialist ethics, logic, social contract theory, utilitarianism, and mind-body dualism＜/li＞ ＜li＞Discusses the ideas of Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Descartes, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Marx, Mill, Kierkegaard, and other important thinkers＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture＜/em＞ is an excellent supplementary textbook for introductory philos for introductory philosophy courses and a valuable resource for general readers wanting to learn about philosophy and its connections with pop culture.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Role of Congress in the Strategic Posture of the United States, 1980: 1990 - Force Modernization and SDI, Missile Defense, Star Wars, Nuclear Weapons and War, Reagan and Bush, START, INF Treaties【電子書籍】[ Progressive Management ]

＜p＞This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This is the third in a series of three papers to examine the role of Congress in the development of the doctrinal and material strategic posture of the United States over the three decades of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This paper examines the role of the 97th through 102nd Congresses, covering the period 1980-1990, the last decade of the Cold War, and corresponding to the administration of President Ronald Reagan and the first part of the administration of President George H.W. Bush.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As explained at length in the first paper, the role of Congress in building the U.S. strategic posture is underappreciated by both historians and policymakers. Congress is especially underestimated as regards its ability to influence the intellectual direction of the strategic posture by adopting and implementing theories and doctrines that guide development of strategic forces and plans for their employment. Yet the congressional record is a rich resource, not least for being unclassified and providing meticulous detail on debates and the thinking of the Congress, presidential administrations, and the armed services on the ideas and concerns that shaped the U.S. strategic posture. This resource is underutilized by historians of U.S. strategic policy. This paper is a modest attempt to illuminate and correct the record on the role of Congress in the making of the strategic posture. It is primarily an intellectual history on how the ideas and thinking prevalent in Congress affected plans and programs that became the material capabilities, and limitations, of the U.S. strategic posture. For this purpose, the paper shall draw heavily from the congressional record, letting the actors speak for themselves as much as possible, to demonstrate the richness of this resource, and because it is the best way to tell the story.＜/p＞ ＜p＞First, contrary to views popularized by critics in Congress, the press, and academia, the strategic posture favored by the Reagan administration and its allies in Congressーthat included not only Republicans but also a number of Democratsーwas not a radical departure from that of the Carter administration with regard to offensive nuclear forces and their strategic rationale. Reagan administration strategic offensive programs and their purposes were largely continued from the Carter administration, but with more success because of a more supportive Congress.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Star Wars: Engaging the Heavens in End-Time Warfare【電子書籍】[ Adebanjo Oluwadare ]

＜p＞Our world is hurtling towards a momentous climax. The opposing hordes of darkness are fighting for their very lives with all the bitterness and defiance they can muster because they realize that the close of the age is upon them. As they draw upon their last reserves of strength, the methods and measures of warfare that the Church has known are being stretched, thus the Church must be equipped with the knowledge of the kind of warfare this season calls us to and what weapons we have been provided with by heaven to rout the enemy and his minions.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Star Wars: Engaging the Heavens in End-time Warfare is a word in season that unpacks the counsel of God for believers to arise in the glory and power of Christ's ordination and release the judgement written upon all the enemies of God.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The author, through this book, unveils deep mysteries that are set to cause a major shift, redefine spiritual warfare and recalibrate the church into alignment with her destiny as was determined before the fall of creation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The book goes into the heart of the Father to download from the original blueprint of creation that mankind deviated from when Adam fell from glory heights. It stirs and redirects the heart of the reader away from the activities of the old wineskin which are not rooted in the pursuit of kingdom purpose and destiny fulfilment to focused alignment with kingdom activities that fulfil destiny as originally intended by God.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Star Wars e la filosofia I grandi concetti del pensiero spiegati con Darth Vader, Yoda, la Principessa Leia e gli altri【電子書籍】[ Matteo Saudino ]

＜p＞＜strong＞UN VIAGGIO RIGOROSO E DIVERTENTE ALLA SCOPERTA DEI GRANDI TEMI DEL PENSIERO＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Che cosa unisce Darth Vader e l'oltreuomo nietzschiano? E la principessa Leia e il femminismo rivoluzionario? Com’? possibile accostare l’abominevole imperatore Palpatine al pensiero di Platone?＜br /＞ Strutturato in nove capitoli, ognuno dei quali affronta un grande tema del pensiero filosofico ispirato da un personaggio della saga, questo libro ci mostra come i pianeti dell’Orlo Esterno non siano poi cos? distanti dall’antica Grecia o dall’Europa del XIX secolo: troveremo Freud nei panni dell’analista di Luke, droidi alle prese con la roboetica, Yoda e Darth Vader intenti a discutere con Socrate e Nietzsche. Un viaggio intergalattico che tocca i pi? importanti temi filosofici ? dal conflitto bene-male alla dicotomia verit?-apparenza, al rapporto coscienza-intelligenza artificiale ?, tutti osservati da una prospettiva inedita e audace. Perci? spade laser in posizione, e che la Forza sia con voi!＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Un’avventura filosofica e spaziale con i personaggi e le atmosfere di Star Wars diventa＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞il caleidoscopio attraverso il quale conoscere i concetti fondamentali del pensiero.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Yoda e Socrate＜/strong＞ ? ＜strong＞Obi-Wan Kenobi e Kant＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞?＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞Darth Vader e Nietzsche＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞? Luke Skywalker e Freud＜/strong＞ ? ＜strong＞Han Solo e Kierkegaard ? Leia e il femminismo rivoluzionario ? Palpatine e Platone＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞? Rey e Heidegger＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞?＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞C-3PO, R2-D2 e l’intelligenza artificiale.＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】STAR WARS: Kult.Ph?nomen:Religion? Der Niedergang der Republik und der Fall des verhei?enen Erl?sers Anakin Skywalker.【電子書籍】[ Markus L?hnert ]

＜p＞Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1, Karl-Franzens-Universit?t Graz (Institut f?r Religionswissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Das Ende der Welt. Vorstellungen vom Weltuntergang in den Religionen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: ?ber die Jahre haben sich die 'Star Wars'-Filme nicht nur als kommerziell h?chst erfolgreiche Filme heraus gestellt, sondern durch bestimmte Besonderheiten in ihrer Handlungsstruktur und deren filmischer Umsetzung, einen ganz bestimmten Kult begr?ndet, den hart gesottene Fans durchaus als eine Art Religion bezeichnen, mit deren Idealen sie sich hundertprozentig identifizieren. Grund genug also, im Rahmen des Theologiestudiums einen Blick auf die Hintergr?nde zu werfen und einen Versuch zu unternehmen, die enthaltenen Symbole zu deuten und teilweise als Symbol biblischen Ursprungs zu entlarven.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Star Wars after Lucas A Critical Guide to the Future of the Galaxy【電子書籍】[ Dan Golding ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Politics, craft, and cultural nostalgia in the remaking of ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ for a new age＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far awayーway back in the twenty-first century’s first decadeー＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ seemed finished. Then in 2012 George Lucas shocked the entertainment world by selling the franchise, along with Lucasfilm, to Disney. This is the story of how, over the next five years, ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ went from near-certain extinction to what Wired magazine would call “the forever franchise,” with more films in the works than its first four decades had produced.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Focusing on ＜em＞The Force Awakens＜/em＞ (2015), ＜em＞Rogue One＜/em＞ (2016), ＜em＞The Last Jedi＜/em＞ (2017), and the television series ＜em＞Rebels＜/em＞ (2014?18), Dan Golding explores the significance of pop culture nostalgia in overcoming the skepticism, if not downright hostility, that greeted the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ relaunch. At the same time he shows how Disney, even as it tapped a backward-looking obsession, was nonetheless creating genuinely new and contemporary entries in the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ universe.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A host of cultural factors and forces propelled the Disney-engineered ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ renaissance, and all figure in Golding’s deeply informed analysis: from John Williams’s music in ＜em＞The Force Awakens＜/em＞ to Peter Cushing’s CGI face in ＜em＞Rogue One＜/em＞, to Carrie Fisher’s passing, to the rapidly changing audience demographic. ＜em＞Star Wars after Lucas＜/em＞ delves into the various responses and political uses of the new ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ in a wider context, as in reaction videos on YouTube and hate-filled, misogynistic online rants. In its granular textual readings, broad cultural scope, and insights into the complexities of the multimedia galaxy, this book is as entertaining as it is enlightening, an apt reflection of the enduring power of the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ franchise.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Hitting a Bullet with a Bullet: A History of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) - Nike, Sprint and Spartan, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Star Wars, Patriot versus Scud Gulf War, THAAD, Lasers【電子書籍】[ Progressive Management ]

＜p＞Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book provides a concise yet authoritative history of anti-missile systems, Ballistic Missile Defense, from the early years after World War II though the start of the 21st century. Contents:＜/p＞ ＜p＞BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: THE EARLY YEARS TO 1972 * NIKE Missiles: AJAX, HERCULES, and ZEUS * New Directions * BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: 1976 TO 1991 * The Strategic Defense Initiative, a.k.a. Star Wars * The Gulf War: Patriot versus Scud * BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE 1990s * Laser Weapons * TMD Core Programs: PAC-3 and THAAD * Navy programs * Other BMD Systems: HAWK, MEADS, and Arrow * A New Threat * CONCLUSION＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Revolt in the Stars: Dinosaur Extinction 66 Million Years Ago, Star Wars, Galactic Coup D'?tat, Revolt in the Stars and L. Ron Hubbard's OT III, All the Same History!【電子書籍】[ Andreas Gross ]

＜p＞Half of the book is the science fiction thriller "Revolt in the Stars," ascribed to L. Ron Hubbard and hereby published for the first time. The other half explores the truth of the story.＜br /＞ The Swiss engineer and researcher Andreas M. B. Gross connects the points. As an auditor and reincarnation therapist, he recognized the opportunities for historiography and archaeology to use not only physical remains and historical records but also witness accounts from those who can remember being there at the time. There are ways to separate the wheat from the chaff: fantasy from reality.＜br /＞ Using the example of the great mass extinction of not only dinosaurs, which science dated 66 million years ago, Gross points out the possibilities that auditing offers historical research.＜br /＞ There were already human beings and advanced civilization at that time. At the same time as the T-Rex and other dinosaurs. And there were then - just like today - corrupt politicians who wanted to establish a dictatorship and who would kill in the process. They wanted to reduce "overpopulation" and committed genocide.＜br /＞ The iridium layer found worldwide in 1978 is evidence of the catastrophe that Hubbard described in detail as early as 1967. Memories of it can also be found in the Vedas.＜br /＞ The film series "Star Wars" describes the same event from a different perspective. Had George Lukas been commissioned by Hubbard to make it? The similarity is too striking.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Star Wars Jedi Mind Secrets From the Force for Balance and Peace【電子書籍】[ Amy Ratcliffe ]

＜p＞**＜em＞Star Wars?: The Jedi Mind＜/em＞ takes quotations and lessons from ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ and pairs them with practices such a breathing, posture, and meditation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Jedi Code is focused on peace, knowledge, serenity, and balanceーprinciples that readers can engage in their own lives.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The philosophical tenets are applicable** not just in the galaxy far, far away, but also in our own galaxy, here and now.＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Quoted wisdom offers day-to-day life lessons＜br /＞ ? An accessible pop culture spin on the ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ universe＜br /＞ ? Features 20 color illustrations to illuminate the book's thoughtful advice＜/p＞ ＜p＞**＜em＞"Trust your feelings."ーObi-Wan Kenobi＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Star Wars: The Jedi Mind＜/em＞ is the perfect gift for Star Wars fans looking for balance, and seekers of inner calm open to learning from the Jedi Masters.**＜/p＞ ＜p＞? Perfect gift for ＜em＞Star Wars＜/em＞ fans who love self-care, reflection, and mindfulness＜br /＞ ? An enjoyable and useful primer for Star Wars lovers who are seeking inner calm＜br /＞ ? Add it to the shelf with books like ＜em＞Star Wars: Be More Yoda: Mindful Thinking from a Galaxy Far Far Away＜/em＞ by Christian Blauvelt and ＜em＞Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back So You Want to Be a Jedi?＜/em＞ by Adam Gidwitz.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Copyright ? 2020 by Lucasfilm LTD. and ?. All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Sacred Force of Star Wars Jedi【電子書籍】[ William Sims Bainbridge ]

＜p＞As secularization threatens the stability of traditional religions, Star Wars provides a case study of how key functions of religion may transfer to innovative organizations and subcultures that challenge conventional definitions of faith, sacredness, and revival. This Element therefore examines the vast community of fans, especially gamers, who have turned Star Wars into a parareligion, providing them with a sense of the meaning of life and offering psychological compensators for human problems. The research methods include ethnography, participant observation, census of roles played by gaming participants, and recommender system statistics. The Element also shows the genetic connections between Star Wars and its predecessors in science fiction. Investigating the Star Wars fandom phenomenon ? which involves hundreds of thousands of people ? illustrates how audience cults and client cults evolve. Ultimately, Star Wars remains culturally and economically significant as we approach completion of its first half-century.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Il mondo secondo Star Wars【電子書籍】[ Cass R. Sunstein ]

＜p＞L’umanit? si divide in tre tipi di persone: quelli che vanno pazzi per Star Wars, quelli cui piace, e infine tutti gli altri. Questo libro si rivolge a tutt'e tre i gruppi. Se andate pazzi per Star Wars, se siete certi che sia stato Ian Solo a sparare per primo, se sapete tutto ci? che c’? da sapere su parsec, Biggs Darklighter, Boba Fett e il generale Hux, ? possibile che abbiate voglia di saperne di pi? sulle improbabili origini della serie, sul suo successo totalmente imprevisto e su ci? che essa pu? realmente insegnare in fatto di padri, libert? e redenzione. Se quei film vi sono soltanto piaciuti, pu? darsi che vi interessi capire cosa dicono a proposito del destino, dei viaggi eroici e di come fare, nel momento decisivo, la scelta giusta. Se invece Star Wars proprio non vi piace, e non sapete nulla dell’ammiraglio Ackbar o di Mace Windu, magari sarete curiosi di capire come abbia fatto a diventare un fenomeno culturale di tali proporzioni, quali sono le ragioni della sua incredibile risonanza, come mai la saga abbia ancora una forza d’attrazione tanto duratura, e in che modo essa getti un fascio di luce sull'infanzia, sul complicato rapporto tra bene e male, sulle ribellioni, sul cambiamento politico e sulle costituzioni.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。