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This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the 19th century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1930s and by the richest man in the world, Texas oil baron Nelson Bunker Hunt, during the 1970s altered the course of American and world history. FDR pumped up the price of silver to help jump start the US economy during the Great Depression, but this move weakened China, which was then on the silver standard, and facilitated Japan's rise to power before World War II.

Even though she's not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha, training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta—the very same people who exiled her adopted community to a life at sea. Going to the market is a rite of passage eagerly anticipated by all young guards, but Brynn does not anticipate breaking a century-long peace treaty while there.

L.B. STEEL und seine Brigade Steelforce werden Opfer mysteriöser Anschläge. Schließlich haben es sogar die engsten Verbündeten auf die drei Metal Detektive abgesehen und es wird klar: Dahinter steckt etwas Größeres. Die Spur führt zu einem manipulativen Schlagersong, der die Menschheit in die mentale Apokalypse treibt. Nur eins kann diesen Wahnsinn jetzt noch stoppen: Heavy Metal.

Long ago, Thor saved the people of Miskander from a rebellious horde. As a thank you for his selfless heroism, he was gifted a crown which he safely stored on Asgard. Until Loki stole it. The Trickster God has been partying hard as a rock band guitarist and thought it would be fun to bequeath the crown to the lead singer, Nihilator, unaware of its true significance—and the corruptive, destructive influence of its true power.

This exciting encyclopedia introduces young listeners to the dynamic world of turning forces, stretch and pull, and different types of forces including tension, torsion, torque, and stress. Dive into how pressure, momentum, and centripetal forces work in action. Understand how elastic forces make things bounce and stretch and explore how gravity behaves not just on Earth—but also on the Moon! With engaging explanations and real-life applications, this audiobook transforms complex science into fun, accessible learning.

Based on decades of work as a professor of literature and as a musician, Jesse Kavadlo analyzes the ways in which 1980s heavy metal aligns with and develops many of the themes prevalent in the canon of literature. In doing so, the book examines some of the contexts of 1980s heavy metal, including Cold War, the rise of MTV, and the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) and subsequent congressional hearings.

Books are made with paper. But what if we tried to make a book with metal? Copper, tin, gold, silver—would any of those materials work to make a book? Find out more about metal, its properties, and how it is produced. Then decide if you really could make a book out of metal.

Bunch of friends playing Dungeon and Dragons 5e. (with some bad language) not for under 18 age.

A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control over the world's hi-tech sector for generations to come. Pitted against the Russians are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy Pentagon job, a French Special Forces captain and his intelligence operative father, a young Polish partisan fighter, an A-10 Warthog pilot, and the commander of an American tank platoon....

Eastwind's deputy has just ruled a wealthy werewolf's death a suicide, but something feels wrong to Fifth Wind witch Nora Ashcroft. Her psychic suspicions are confirmed when the victim's ghost shows up on Nora's doorstep asking for help in solving her own murder. The race to unbury the truth is on after one of the victim's family members begins exhibiting the same signs of illness as the deceased. Will Nora discover the killer in time, or will Eastwind have another death on its hands?

From water, to paint, to breakfast cereal, who could have guessed that all of these things have metal in them? There's metal all around! This story includes a fun experiment to pull iron out of cereal.

Es sollte der schönste Tag ihres Lebens werden, als die junge Wächterin Brynn zum ersten Mal mit ihrer Kohorte den jährlichen Markt auf dem Festland besuchen darf. Seit die verfeindeten Kenta die Alaha aufs offene Meer verbannten, herrscht ein brüchiger Frieden zwischen den beiden Völkern. Als Brynn sich mit dem geheimnisvollen Kenta-Soldaten Acker anlegt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie eben diesen Frieden aufs Spiel gesetzt hat. Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und Brynn und ihre Freunde müssen fliehen. Was Brynn ebenfalls nicht ahnt: Acker verfolgt sie über den Ozean bis nach Alaha.

Es sollte der schönste Tag ihres Lebens werden, als die junge Wächterin Brynn zum ersten Mal mit ihrer Kohorte den jährlichen Markt auf dem Festland besuchen darf. Seit die verfeindeten Kenta die Alaha aufs offene Meer verbannten, herrscht ein brüchiger Frieden zwischen den beiden Völkern. Als Brynn sich mit dem geheimnisvollen Kenta-Soldaten Acker anlegt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie eben diesen Frieden aufs Spiel gesetzt hat.

Zak Nine and Erro have come up with a brilliant plan to escape. They'll simply hide onboard a prison ship and ride it to freedom on another planet! Unfortunately, the boys don't get far when the ship docks at one of Planet Alcatraz's metallic moons.

At a few hundred dollars a ton, scrap metal is decently valuable – and it's most certainly a good source of extra revenue for those who run body shops, construction sites, junkyards and the like. And if you're a thief, it's also a pretty good thing to steal – not only is the demand for scrap metal rather robust (therefore making it pretty easy to find a willing buyer), but scrap metal also looks like any other metal, making tracing it back to its true owner very difficult.

Una hora de exploración de nuevos y viejos sonidos ligados a la música pesada y extrema.

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53歳のオヤジになった今、80年代・90年代のハードロックやメタルバンドについて、あまり知られていない事実や隠されたエピソードを深掘りします。さまざまなインタビューや記事から見つけた裏話や豆知識を紹介。往年のファンはもちろん、音楽の舞台裏に興味がある方も、有名バンドや知る人ぞ知る存在のバンドの新たな一面をぜひお楽しみください。 YouTubeには各エピソードを毎週日曜日にアップする予定です。 http://www.youtube.com/@50DeMetal ...

Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I. Chauncey owns the sole means of manufacturing this valuable metal, but his workers are on strike. They demand Chauncey research the hallucinatory illness befalling them. Marney Honeycutt, a luster-touched child worker, stands proud at the picket line with her best friend and family. That’s when Chauncey sends in the guns.

One of the longest running podcasts. We talk about hard rock and metal. Hosted and produced by Mark Strigl. Guests have included members of Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Exodus, System Of A Down, Motorhead, Kiss, Megadeth, Korn and many more. Established in 2005 by Mark Strigl and John "Ostronomy" Ostrosky. Please visit MarkStrigl.net for more info. Bonus content by Mark Strigl is available on Patreon.