Eric Johnson
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Description
Who were the Gestapo officers? Were they merely banal paper shufflers, or were they recognizably evil? Were they motivated by an eliminationist anti-Semitism? Did the average German know about the mass murder of Jews and other undesirables while they were happening? Exactly how was Nazi terror applied in the daily lives of ordinary Jews and Germans? Eric A. Johnson answers these questions as he explores the roles of the individual and of society
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"A guide to the inner workings of how decisions are made-and an essential toolkit for helping others make decisions better. Plenty of books dwell on the faults in our decision-making or offer advice on how to make better choices. The Elements of Choice goes one step further, and explains how we can design better end-to-end decision-making processes. Going well beyond the familiar concepts of nudges and defaults, Eric J. Johnson offers a comprehensive,...
Author
Series
NBS technical note volume 1084
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pub. Date
1985.
Author
Series
NBS technical note volume 1057
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pub. Date
1982.
Author
Series
NBSIR volume 80-1628
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pub. Date
1980.
11) Patriots Day
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Formats
Description
The story of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath.
12) The fighter
Pub. Date
[2011]
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, Dicky Eklund was known as the pride of Lowell, Massachusetts. There isn't a person in Lowell who doesn't know about the time that Dicky knocked down the great Sugar Ray Leonard. By the early 1990s, Dicky's crack addiction has soured everything, although he dreams of making a comeback. The real contender is his half-brother Micky Ward. 31-year-old Micky is an unassuming nice guy, long regarded as little more than a stepping-stone...
14) After Tiller
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In this **Emmy Award**-winning documentary, AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. Directors Martha Shane and Lana...