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Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier captured by the Germans, witnesses firebombing and destruction in Dresden. Launched in November, Dell's Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to Read more... Billy Pilgrim, an American...

From the seventh season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike and his robot friends add their comments to the film Laserblast. In the film itself, a teenager stumbles across an abandoned alien weapon that provides him with the ultimate weapon of revenge against the bullies who have tormented him. But the weapon's power source begins to mutate his mind and body.

From the second season of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel and his robot friends add their comments to the film. In the film itself, a mysterious spool containing an unusual recorded message is found in the Gobi Desert. Thorough testing reveals its point of origin to be the planet Venus! An elite team of scientists launches a mission to uncover the truth behind the cryptic alien message and the beings responsible for its recording.

"Albert Einstein's face is still one of the most recognizable in the world and he's widely considered to be the first modern-day celebrity. While many of his discoveries continue to define our daily lives, it's not just his genius that continues to shapeour world. Today, more people know Einstein as an icon rather than a theorist-decades after his death, he's a celebrity with a massive online following. The Einstein Effect shows all the ways his influence...

The Sixteenth rail captures the true science behind the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and offers a fresh look at the greatest crime of the twentieth century.

Examines the history of eugenics, racial hygiene and the ideas of the "new man," as developed in the early 20th century in Germany and the Soviet Union. In Germany, race hygiene focused on the body, on corporal beauty and the ideal form, while in the Soviet Union, eugenic interest focused on the brain and intellect.

In the summer of 1984, twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace of Huntsville, Alabama, visits her father in Harlem, where her fascination with outer space and science fiction interfere with her finding acceptance.