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War Nerd

Author : Gary Brecher
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593763026
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book War Nerd written by Gary Brecher and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] raucous, offensive, and sometimes amusing CliffsNotes compilation of wars both well-known and ignored.” —Utne Reader Self-described war nerd Gary Brecher knows he’s not alone, that there’s a legion of fat, lonely Americans, stuck in stupid, paper-pushing desk jobs, who get off on reading about war because they hate their lives. But Brecher writes about war, too. War Nerd collects his most opinionated, enraging, enlightening, and entertaining pieces. Part war commentator, part angry humorist à la Bill Hicks, Brecher inveighs against pieties of all stripes—Liberian generals, Dick Cheney, U.N. peacekeepers, the neo-cons—and the massive incompetence of military powers. A provocative free thinker, he finds much to admire in the most unlikely places, and not always for the most pacifistic reasons: the Tamil Tigers, the Lebanese Hezbollah, the Danes of 1,000 years ago, and so on, across the globe and through the centuries. Crude, scatological, un-P.C., yet deeply informed, Brecher provides a radically different, completely unvarnished perspective on the nature of warfare. “Military columnist Gary Brecher’s look at contemporary war is both offensive and illuminating. His book, War Nerd . . . aims to explain why the best-equipped armies in the world continue to lose battles to peasants armed with rocks . . . Brecher’s unrefined voice adds something essential to the conversation.” —Mother Jones “It’s international news coverage with a soul and acne, not to mention a deeply contrarian point of view.” —The Millions

The War Nerd Iliad

Author :
Publisher : Feral House
ISBN 13 : 1627310649
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The War Nerd Iliad written by and published by Feral House. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We recognize the names: Achilles, Odysseus, Zeus, and Apollo. We're taught that The Iliad is a foundational text of civilization. But who has really read the text? Until now, The Iliad was hijacked by academics and used to bludgeon schoolchildren as a boring-yet- mandatory reading. Poet, novelist, essayist, and former teacher John Dolan revisits this ancient tale and restores it to its ancient glory. The Greeks and Trojans are still fighting. The gods are still interfering. But in Dolan's version, you'll be amazed at how funny, raw, and terrifying this doomed world of war really is. He strips away clunky, archaic language to reveal the true meaning and themes that animate this tale of war and futility. John Dolan's work under the nom de guerre "Gary Brecher The War Nerd" has been met with both acclaim and controversy. Dolan's version of The Iliad is sapped of the usual saccharine romance attributed to "heroes" and lets the action tell the story. Regardless of attributed name, Dolan/Brecher is an astute observer of modern warfare who now turns that keen analysis to the most classical of documented battles, The Iliad. John Dolan now works with Mark Ames (of eXile fame) to produce the Radio War Nerd weekly podcast on military matters. Born in Denver, Colorado, Dolan currently lives in Macedonia.

Gold Digger: Warnerd of Mars

Author : Fred Perry
Publisher : Antarctic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780930655327
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book Gold Digger: Warnerd of Mars written by Fred Perry and published by Antarctic Press. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inkpot Award-winner Fred Perry presents a boisterous, bouncing tribute to the work of Heavy Metal artist Richard Corben! In the midst of one of her adventures, Gina Diggers finds herself abruptly transported to the surface of an alternate version of Mars. The interdimensional shift leaves her extra-buff...but also in the buff! Left in her birthday suit, with only her newfound muscle and her mighty mentality at hand, Gina must make her way across an angry red planet...alone!

Civil War 150

Author : Civil War Trust
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762769025
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Civil War 150 written by Civil War Trust and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 2011 marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and so the time is right for this indispensable collection of 150 key places to see and things to do to remember and to honor the sacrifices made during America’s epic struggle. Covering dozens of states and the District of Columbia, this easy-to-use guide provides a concise text description and one or more images for each entry, as well as directions to all sites.

Revenge of the Nerd

Author : Curtis Armstrong
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250113946
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Revenge of the Nerd written by Curtis Armstrong and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public imagination as Booger from Revenge of the Nerds. A classically trained actor, Curtis began his incredible 40-year career on stage but progressed rapidly to film and television. He was typecast early and it proved to be the best thing that could have happened. But there’s more to Curtis’ story than that. Born and bred a nerd, he spent his early years between Detroit, a city so nerdy that the word was coined there in 1951, and, improbably, Geneva, Switzerland. His adolescence and early adulthood was spent primarily between the covers of a book and indulging his nerdy obsessions. It was only when he found his true calling, as an actor and unintentional nerd icon, that he found true happiness. With whip-smart, self-effacing humor, Armstrong takes us on a most unlikely journey—one nerd’s hilarious, often touching rise to the middle. He started his life as an outcast and matured into...well, an older, slightly paunchier, hopefully wiser outcast. In Hollywood, as in life, that counts as winning the game.

Those who Save Us

Author : Jenna Blum
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0151010196
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Those who Save Us written by Jenna Blum and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trudy Swenson, haunted by her German heritage, embarks upon a deeper investigation of her past and uncovers secrets her mother has kept hidden for five decades.

American Nerd

Author : Benjamin Nugent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416565515
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book American Nerd written by Benjamin Nugent and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. What makes Dr. Frankenstein the archetypal nerd? Where did the modern jock come from? When and how did being a self-described nerd become trendy? As the nerd emerged, vaguely formed, in the nineteenth century, and popped up again and again in college humor journals and sketch comedy, our culture obsessed over the designation. Mixing research and reportage with autobiography, critically acclaimed writer Benjamin Nugent embarks on a fact-finding mission of the most entertaining variety. He seeks the best definition of nerd and illuminates the common ground between nerd subcultures that might seem unrelated: high-school debate team kids and ham radio enthusiasts, medieval reenactors and pro-circuit Halo players. Why do the same people who like to work with computers also enjoy playing Dungeons & Dragons? How are those activities similar? This clever, enlightening book will appeal to the nerd (and antinerd) that lives inside all of us.

Dracula Vs. Hitler

Author : Patrick Sheane Duncan
Publisher : Inkshares
ISBN 13 : 1942645082
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Dracula Vs. Hitler written by Patrick Sheane Duncan and published by Inkshares. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Dracula was brought back to life to fight the Nazis?

The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody

Author : Matthew Landis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735227993
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Not So Boring Letters of Private Nobody written by Matthew Landis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trio of seventh graders become one another's first friends as they discover the secrets of a Civil War soldier in this middle grade novel for fans of Gordon Korman and Jack Gantos. Twelve-year-old Oliver Prichard is obsessed with the Civil War. He knows everything about it: the battles, the generals, every movement of the Union and Confederate Armies. So when the last assignment of seventh-grade history is a project on the Civil War, Oliver knows he'll crush it--until he's partnered with Ella Berry, the slacker girl who does nothing but stare out the window. And when he finds out they'll have to research a random soldier named Private Raymond Stone who didn't even fight in any battles before dying of some boring disease, Oliver is sure he's doomed. But Ella turns out to be much more interesting than Oliver expected, and Oliver's lunch buddy Kevin Kim comes to their project's rescue as head writing consultant. Things seem to be going pretty okay until Oliver discovers some big secrets buried in the past--and the present. Oliver knows he can unravel the mystery. But as he keeps digging, he has to decide if it's worth blowing up the project--and his newfound friendships--in order to discover the truth.

Nerd Camp

Author : Elissa Brent Weissman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442417048
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Nerd Camp written by Elissa Brent Weissman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten-year-old Gabe, the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment is all that he dreamed it would be, but he must work hard to write about the fun in letters to Zach, his cool future stepbrother, without revealing that it is a camp for "nerds."

Nerds 2.0.1

Author : Stephen Segaller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nerds 2.0.1 written by Stephen Segaller and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of computer networking and discusses how it was developed, how the Internet was created, how it changed through the last half of the twentieth century, and other related topics.

Rules for Rebels

Author : Max Abrahms
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192539442
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Rules for Rebels written by Max Abrahms and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder why militant groups behave as they do? For instance, why did Al Qaeda attack the World Trade Center whereas the African National Congress tried to avoid civilian bloodshed? Why does Islamic State brag over social media about its gory attacks, while Hezbollah denies responsibility or even apologizes for its carnage? This book shows that militant group behaviour depends on the tactical intelligence of the leaders. The author has extensively studied the political plights of hundreds of militant groups throughout world history and reveals that successful militant leaders have followed three rules. These rules are based on original insights from the fields of political science, psychology, criminology, economics, management, marketing, communication, and sociology. It turns out thereâs a science to victory in militant history. But even rebels must follow rules.

War and Peas

Author : Elizabeth Pich
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1524861855
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book War and Peas written by Elizabeth Pich and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hilarious, morbid, and sometimes oddly touching, War and Peas is among the best of the best in modern comics. You'll be laughing out loud." — Sarah Andersen, creator of Sarah's Scribbles "One of the most exciting and funniest webcomics in the world," — Bored Panda From the creators of the hugely popular Instagram comic War and Peas, this offbeat four-panel comic features a dark, fairy-tale aesthetic and a twist ending each time. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers combine twisted humor with a beloved cast of characters including the grim reaper (seen here as an unintentionally lethal man of leisure), a robot in hopelessly in love with his scientist creator, and a promiscuous yet self-assured witch. Unlike most webcomic collections, this one tells a story using dozens of never-before-seen comics to chronicle the lives of several different characters and their follies during life, death, and their glorious reunions in the afterlife (and the after-afterlife).

War Nerd Dispatches

Author : Gary Brecher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320925167
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book War Nerd Dispatches written by Gary Brecher and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Terrible Nerd

Author : Kevin Savetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939169006
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Terrible Nerd written by Kevin Savetz and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of the personal computing, gaming, and online adventures of a child who grew up as part of the first computer-native generation, this account brings to life late nights swapping software, hacking the school computer, causing trouble on college radio, a stint as AOL's Internet AnswerMan, and hosting a team of Microsoft suits in a small-town home office.

The Ember War

Author : Richard Fox
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515071754
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book The Ember War written by Richard Fox and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dire warning. An impending alien invasion. Only one chance for survival. In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission-determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada. The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor, who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth's population. Humanity's only chance lies with Ibarra's ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival. Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation. The Ember War is the first installment in an epic military sci-fi series. If you like A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo and The Last Starship by Vaughn Heppner, then you'll love this explosive adventure with constant thrills and high stakes from cover to cover.

Warnerd of Mars TPB

Author : Fred Perry
Publisher : Antarctic Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warnerd of Mars TPB written by Fred Perry and published by Antarctic Press. This book was released on with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inkpot Award-winner Fred Perry presents a boisterous, bouncing tribute to the work of Heavy Metal artist Richard Corben! In the midst of one of her adventures, Gina Diggers finds herself abruptly transported to the surface of an alternate version of Mars. The interdimensional shift leaves her extra-buff but also in the buff! Left in her birthday suit, with only her newfound muscle and her mighty mentality at hand, Gina must make her way across an angry red planet alone!