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"Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. [The author explains that] special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger ... These are the most experienced warriors on the battlefield, oftentimes the units' best assaulters...
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Brilliant, reminiscent of Lewis Hyde's The Gift in its reach and of Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time in its haunting evocation of human lives, offers a sweeping view of a surprisingly revealing aspect of human history-from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future.
Brox plumbs the class implications of light-who had it, who didn't-through the many centuries when crude lamps and tallow candles constricted waking...
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To a lawyer, injustice is the unfair conduct of a trial. This book looks into several notorious cases of supposed injustice, Socrates, Joan of Arc, Charles I, Admiral Byng, Lord Haw-Haw, and the Nuremberg Trials. It looks for answers to the legal question 'was the trial fair?', and the humane question 'was the accused guilty or innocent?'.
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Excerpt: "While you are reading this sentence, an electronic computer is performing 3 million mathematical operations! Before you read this page, another computer could translate it and several others into a foreign language. Electronic "brains" are taking over chores that include the calculation of everything from automobile parking fees to zero hour for space missile launchings. Despite bitter winter weather, a recent conference on computers drew...
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Early parks evolved from deer parks nobles used for hunting. United States cities constructed huge landscaped graveyards, which people used for recreational purposes. Cities next created public parks based on the cemetery concept. The desire to preserve natural areas led the establishment of the National Park System. The book includes an extensive list of US state park systems.
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Get the Summary of Philip Freeman's Alexander the Great in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Alexander the Great" by Philip Freeman is a comprehensive biography that chronicles the life and legacy of one of history's most iconic figures. Born in 356 B.C. during the 106th Olympic games, Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia and his wife Olympias. Despite Macedonia's cultural and geographical separation...
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Get the Summary of Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Heart of Everything That Is in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Heart of Everything That Is" recounts the historic assembly of over 10,000 Native Americans at Fort Laramie in 1851, aiming to broker peace among tribes and with white settlers. As westward migration increased, conflicts arose, leading to a council to negotiate safe passage through Sioux lands. Notable...
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Set in seventeenth-century Japan, this historical novel follows the fortunes of a young samurai named Osaki Taro as he seeks to avenge his father's death and secure his place in the court of the powerful daimyo, Hosokawa Tadaoki. As Taro navigates the treacherous world of feudal politics and warfare, he must also confront his growing feelings for the daimyo's daughter, Lady Aoi.
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By 1966 the steam locomotive was entering its death throes: withdrawals were being carried out at a frenetic pace, with the slightest defect sending engines straight to the cutter's torch.
In an attempt to capture the British steam scene before it was no more, teenage enthusiast Keith Widdowson made it his mission to travel the length and breadth of the country to obtain runs behind as many locomotives as possible. Armed with a Southern Region season...
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Get the Summary of Jennet Conant's 109 East Palace in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "109 East Palace" by Jennet Conant chronicles the life of Dorothy McKibbin, a key figure in the Manhattan Project, and the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. Dorothy, a widow with a young son, takes a secretarial job in Santa Fe, unknowingly becoming part of the project led by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. The...
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Get the Summary of Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard's Killing Jesus in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard presents a historical account of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. The book intertwines Jesus's life story with the political and social dynamics of the era, including the reign of Herod the Great and the rule of Julius Caesar. It details...
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Honour is a dying virtue. Here we look at what honour means. Not all warrior and conquerors were honourable but many unexpected people were. It traces the concept of honour, looks at some people who fought and died or lived for their beliefs and some who risked all but did not fight physically for them. It also looks at three very noble and honourable people a queen, a King and a warrior from three different countries in Europe over different time...
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Aunque Nancy Pelosi tiene derecho a viajar a donde quiera, su posición de funcionaria de los EEUU, hace que su presencia en Taiwán sea una absoluta imprudencia y, un deseo de protagonismo opacando a Biden en su capacidad de liderazgo.
Desafortunadamente esta mujer octogenaria es una persona irreverente e impulsiva que no parece importarle la gravedad de sus actos, al fin y al cabo, por su avanzada edad ya no le interesa dejar al mundo en caos e...
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Am 19. Juni 1938 wurde der Metzgergehilfe Bernhard Strauß in Bad Ems in Vorbeugehaft genommen und über Frankfurt mit der Begründung »Arbeitsscheu« im KZ Sachsenhausen bei Berlin verbracht. Erst sieben Jahre später und nachdem er noch Groß-Rosen, Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora und Bergen-Belsen überlebt hatte, kam er wieder frei.
»Strauße Bernhard« kehrte in seine Heimatstadt Bad Ems zurück. Aber auch nach 1945 holte ihn die Vergangenheit immer...
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Get the Summary of Jim Sciutto's The Return of Great Powers in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Return of Great Powers" delves into the geopolitical tensions and military strategies of the early 21st century, focusing on the resurgence of Russia and China as formidable global actors challenging the post-Cold War international order. The book provides an in-depth analysis of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,...
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From the murder of James I and the brutal torture of his betrayers to the beheading of Radical Weavers Baird and Hardie, the history of crime and punishment in Stirling's Royal Burgh has reflected the passions and prejudices of the Scottish nation. Here are shocking tales of the brutal and the bloody, the sad and the seditious, of the thieves, traitors, murderers and martyrs who shaped the destiny of those who dwell upon the Castle Rock. Richly illustrated,...
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In 1884 the Circle Line opened and was described in The Times as 'a form of mild torture which no person would undergo if he could conveniently help it.'
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According to one psychologist, Tube commuters can experience greater levels of stress than a police officer facing a rioting mob or even a fighter pilot going into a dogfight.
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Underground trains have only twice been used to transport deceased people in coffins: William...
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Porque era un espía de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Nacido el 6 de agosto del 18. Murió el 15 de octubre de 1918 a la edad de 41 años. Ese año, mientras trabajaba para Alemania y Francia, finalmente fue capturado por los franceses. Más tarde fue asesinado a tiros en Francia. Antes de que se preguntara la muerte, ¿hay algún último deseo? Él dijo: "Todos me besan. Quiero morir mientras me beso ".
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Get the Summary of Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman's The Bible Unearthed in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Bible Unearthed" by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman explores the historical and archaeological context of the biblical narratives, particularly those of the patriarchs, the Exodus, and the monarchies of David and Solomon. The book scrutinizes the traditional chronology and historicity...
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