FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF READY PLAYER ONE SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG'A masterful tale of Earth's desperate struggle against a powerful alien foe'
- Andy Weir bestselling author of The Martian It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman He's daydreaming through another boring math class with just one more month to go until graduation & freedom-if he can make it that long without getting suspended again Then he glances out his classroom window & spots the flying saucer At first Zack thinks he's going crazy A minute later he's sure of it Because the UFO he's staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada-in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders But what Zack's seeing is all too real & his skills-as well as those of millions of gamers across the world-are going to be needed to save the earth from what's about to befall it Yet even as he & his new comrades scramble to prepare for the alien onslaught Zack can't help thinking of all the science-fiction books TV shows & movies he grew up reading & watching & wonder Doesn't something about this scenario seem a little too familiar? Armada is at once a rollicking surprising thriller a classic coming of age adventure & an alien-invasion tale like nothing you've ever read before-one whose every page is infused with author Ernest Cline's trademark pop-culture savvy
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Armada 2526 is a new hugely absorbing entry in the '4x' space strategy game genre
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Please note this game requires the original Armada 2526 to run In this brilliant Expansion Pack for ARMADA 2526 you will meet & engage with two new alien races both with their own ships & special characteristics There are new star systems to explore where you may encounter tachyon storms psychic plants primitives or find abandoned alien technology that advances your research A new trade system lets you trade valuable commodities between both your own & alien worlds Alien relics rare minerals tourists or even natural anti-matter your freighters will carry them all Fifty new technologies open up new strategies & tactics Confound your enemies with stealth ships jam missiles with electronic warfare defend your planets with fighter stations & blitz enemy defences with storm-troopers Choke an enemy with trade embargoes or blockade their planets Spy to gather info or steal tech or drop special forces that can sabotage defences Grind your enemies under your heel with a variety of more powerful warships & upgraded weapons! Official Expansion Pack for ARMADA 2526 Two new races to engage with Various new types of stars & planets Wide selection of special characteristics that star systems may possess New trade system that means that you can build up a trading network New espionage & special operations systems Many new technologies to research Challenge your friends over LAN or by e-mail System Requirements Minimum OSWindows XP with SP2 Processor 24 Ghz Memory 2 GB RAMGraphics 256 MB Direct X 90c compatible video card with Pixel Vertex Shader 20 support Direct X90c Hard Drive 3 GB HD space Sound Direct X 90c compatible sound card Recommended OSWindows 7 Processor 30 Ghz Dual Core Memory 3 GB RAMGraphics 512 MB Direct X 90c compatible video card with Pixel Vertex Shader 30 support Direct X90c Hard Drive 3 GB HD space Sound Direct X 90c compatible sound card ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In February 2009 filmmaker Janus Metz accompanied a group of soldiers on their first tour of duty at Armadillo an army base in the Southern Afghan province of Helmand Spending six months there Metz followed the lives of the young recruits in this excellent award winning film On completion it provoked furious debate concerning the controversial behaviour of certain soldiers during the real life shoot out with the Taliban Gripping thought provoking & visceral this is as close as you get to battle action from the edge of your seat ...

Tracklist A-I Helvetestoner A-II Dpt I Oheligt Vatten A-III Afsked A-IV ndalykt B-V Dden Styr Lifvet B-VI Gravgaardspsalm B-VII Afgrundsvisioner B-VIII Utfrd ...

In 1945 the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima & warfare was never the same again Armageddon & Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation & considers what this has done to the world There are few villains in this story on both sides of the Iron Curtain dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres & politicians wrestled with potentially intolerable decisions Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard None of them wanted to start a nuclear war but all of them were paranoid about what the other side might do The danger of annihilation by accident or misjudgement has not been entirely absent since Rodric Braithwaite author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 & Afgantsy paints a vivid & detailed portrait of this intense period in history Its implications are terrifyingly relevant today as ignorant & thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A low earth orbit space station is in the middle of a repair mission with the space shuttle when an unforeseen meteor shower obliterates them both This sudden event sends fireballs hurtling to Earth & scientists scurrying to telescopes An amateur astronomer is the first to spy a gigantic fireball headed towards the planet & notifies NASA Turner (Thornton) informs the president of the asteroid & describes it as being the size of Texas a planet-killer With eighteen days to impact NASA frantically tries to find a solution but ends up turning to an outside contractor Harry Stamper (Willis) & his team of ragamuffin roughneck oilmen are called upon to save the planet as only they can ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When NASA&s executive director Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) makes the terrifying realisation that the Earth has just 18 days before it&s obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas he has only one option
- land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers led by their boss Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) on the asteroid & drop a nuclear warhead into its core Entirely re-mastered with bonus special features spectacular special effects laugh-out-loud humour great characters riveting storytelling & heartfelt emotion make Armageddon an exhilarating thrill ride you&ll want to experience like there&s no tomorrow!
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An ancient prophecy is awakened! New York & Los Angeles are destroyed! Devastating earthquakes are felt as far as Jerusalem & Tokyo America is devastated as armies across the globe prepare for final battle One military officer Lt Col John Corbin is dispatched to find the source of the attacks on the US The trail will take him as far as Isreal in search of the mysterious artifact known as the " Corinthian" What secrets does the constellation of Orion hold & what role does Corbin play in the End of Days? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Sam & Jenny Mills leave their daughter at Grandma&s house hoping for a quiet evening alone Instead Sam&s brother Nick shows up shattering their quiet evening Their time alone goes from bad to worse the next day as an apocalypse of the undead erupts to tear the city apart Now they must risk their lives fighting through a city overrun by the flesh eating walking dead to find their daughter ...