The 5th Wave is 2013 young adult science fiction novel by Rick Yancey. It is the first installment in the trilogy, critics have compared the book favorably to The Hunger Games and The Road.
The 5th Wave follows 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of alien invasion that have already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age. As one of Earth's last survivors, Cassie is left with just herself and learnt the hard way to trust no-one.
Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy - Germs
Humans are surrounded by germs of all kinds, and some get inside the body, causing the immune system to activate and help get rid of the intruders. Bill Nye explains about the different kinds of germs, using models made from foam. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa can cause some rather nasty illnesses, but the body has many defenses against their invasion.
War between Russia and China. Ryan recognizes the independence of Taiwan, a Chinese police officer kills a diplomat, and the American armed forces help Russia defeat a Chinese invasion of Siberia.
There are certain similarities between science fiction and medical thrillers (futuristic technology, nature subverted) so it's not really surprising that a master of the medical genre like Cook (Acceptable Risk) would try to combine the two. The story starts with a small college town and a flurry of unusual black rocks. Those who pick them up are stung and, after a short fever, come up with a curious list of aftereffects. They become extroverted, environmentally conscious, attached to dogs and telepathically connected.
Covers major figures and events in Europe, the United States, and the Pacific from 1939 to 1945. Includes Germany's aggression in Europe, the German invasion of Russia, Japan and Pearl Harbor, North Africa, the invasion of Italy, the Holocaust, diplomacy and the Allied Powers, the war in Southeast Asia, the D-Day invasion of France, and the fall of Germany and Japan.
