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Love and Capital



Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, LOVE AND CAPITAL is a heartbreaking and dramatic saga of the family side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death.

Drawing upon years of research, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel brings to light the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. We follow them as they roam Europe, on the run from governments amidst an age of revolution and a secret network of would-be revolutionaries, and see Karl not only as an intellectual, but as a protective father and loving husband, a revolutionary, a jokester, a man of tremendous passions, both political and personal.

In LOVE AND CAPITAL, Mary Gabriel has given us a vivid, resplendent, and truly human portrait of the Marxes-their desires, heartbreak and devotion to each other's ideals.

Mary Gabriel, "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution"
ISBN: 0316066125 | 2011 | EPUB | 784 pages | 4 MB
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Jews and Magic in Medici Florence: The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis



In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare supernatural powers, and Benedetto Blanis—a businessman and aspiring scholar from a distinguished Ghetto dynasty—sought to parlay his alleged mastery of astrology, alchemy and Kabbalah into a grand position at the Medici Court. He won the patronage of Don Giovanni dei Medici, a scion of the ruling family, and for six tumultuous years their lives were inextricably linked.

Edward Goldberg reveals the dramas of daily life behind the scenes in the Pitti Palace and in the narrow byways of the Florentine Ghetto, using thousands of new documents from the Medici Granducal Archive. He shows that truth—especially historical truth—can be stranger than fiction, when viewed through the eyes of the people most immediately involved.

Edward L. Goldberg, "Jews and Magic in Medici Florence: The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis"
ISBN: 1442642254 | 2011 | PDF | 366 pages | 2 MB
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Sycamore Row - John Grisham



Lung cancer killing a healthy, but no one trusted man Seth Hubbard. But he understands, that he don’t want die an excruciating death of cancer patient and he hangs himself on a sycamore tree.  But before all this occurrences, he leaves handwriting.  It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County's most notorious citizens, just three years earlier.

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Thieves of Baghdad | Pdf

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Thieves of Baghdad is a riveting account of Colonel Matthew Bogdanos and his team's extraordinary efforts to recover over 5,000 priceless antiquities stolen from the Iraqi National Museum after the American invasion of Baghdad.

Thieves of Baghdad
Bloomsbury USA | 2006 | ISBN: 1596911468 | English | 346 pages | PDF | 16 MB
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Island of Terror: Battle of Iwo Jima



Larry Hama, Anthony Williams - Island of Terror: Battle of Iwo Jima
Osprey Publishing | 2006 | ISBN: 1846030552 | English | 51 pages | PDF | 44.66 MB
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A key strategic victory that paved the way for the Allied invasion of Japan, Iwo Jima was described by Lieutenant-General Holland Smith, Commander Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, as "the most savage and costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps." For 36 days in February and March 1945, Marines pounded an island fortified by miles of interlocking caves, concrete blockhouses and pillboxes - one of the most impenetrable defenses of the Pacific War. Unwilling to surrender, the Japanese fought until the bitter end: nearly all of their 20,000 troops were killed in the fighting, compared with 7,000 US dead. At Iwo Jima, the Marines secured an island base that would prove crucial in the final battles of the Pacific campaign. This book illustrates the Marines' decisive victory at Iwo Jima in graphic novel format and includes eight pages of background information detailing the key players, the experience of the forces, and the aftermath of the battle.


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The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho



The story is about young boy named Santiago from, Andalusia, that’s in Spain. He worked as a shepherd boy. His main favorite thinks were: travelling and reading. With a flock of sheep he traveled from home to Egypt with main idea – find ancient treasures! Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. OF course, no one knows are the treasures are exist and will Santiago be able find them. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasure found within.

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Killer Nurse - John Foxjohn



She was hired to nurse them back to health...instead, she took their lives.

For months, the DaVita Dialysis Center in Lufkin, Texas had been baffled by the rising number of deaths and injuries occurring in their clinic. In April alone, they’d rushed thirty-four patients to the hospital. But no one expected such a horrific cause to be behind it all.

Kimberly Clark Saenz was a well-liked licensed vocational nurse at the center. The East Texas nurse was a mother of two, and known for her smiles and the stories she told to help patients pass the time. But on April 28, 2008, witnesses came forward to say that instead of lifesaving medication, they’d seen Saenz adding toxic bleach to IV ports. Turns out, it wasn’t the first time. Once caught, the shocking story of Saenz’s murderous practices began to unravel…

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John Foxjohn, "Killer Nurse" 
English | ISBN: 0425263657 | 2013 | EPUB | 336 pages | 3,1 MB
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Postmodern Feminist Writers By W.S. Kottiswari



When Jean-Francois Lyotard defined the postmodern condition as a state of incredulity toward meta narratives, he set the stage for a series of debates about the role and function of meta narratives in our discourses of knowledge.
 
Ever since Lyotard's definition, the close consensus and differences between Feminist and Postmodernist ideologies came to light since the meta narrative that has been the primary concern of feminists is patriarchy. This book intends to explore the much - debated problematics of postmodernist and feminist ideologies by examining certain key texts written by writers across cultures like Margaret Atwood, a Canadian novelist, Toni Morrison, an African American novelist, and two Indian novelists, Shashi Desbpande and Gita Hariharan.

The first chapter would highlight the theoretical frameworks of Postmodernism and Feminism there by pointing out the various perspectives from which the works of the four novelists would be analysed. Chapter two and three would be devoted to Atwood and Morrison respectively while the fourth chapter would take up the two Indian novelists together. The fifth chapter would sum up the conclusion arrived at after a close examination of the works taken up for study.


Postmodern Feminist Writers By W.S. Kottiswari
2008 | 136 Pages | ISBN: 8176258210 | PDF | 26 MB
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The Complete Jack the Ripper by Donald Rumbelow


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Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow's "The Complete Jack the Ripper"...It is 1888 in London's Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally murdered. Opium smoking Inspector Fred Abberline is called upon to investigate these horrific murders and through his visions track down and trap Jack the Ripper. David Rumbelow's casebook sets the crimes firmly in their historical setting, examines the evidence comprehensively and scrupulously, disposes of a number of theories and legends and relates the murder to popular literature and to later similar sex crimes. In addition he has had the advantage of access to some of Scotland Yard's most confidential papers.

The Complete Jack the Ripper by Donald Rumbelow
Penguin | 2013 | ISBN: 0140173951 | 400 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
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How to Craft a Novel That Sells - Leigh Michaels


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Sweep Readers Off Their Feet With a Romance Theyll Never Forget
In On Writing Romance, award-winning romance novelist Leigh Michaels talks you through each stage of the writing and publishing process. From the origins and evolution of the romance novel to establishing a vital story framework to writing that last line to seeking out appropriate publishers, everything you ever wanted to know about writing a romance novel is here.

In addition to a comprehensive breakdown of more than thirty romance subgenres, including such categories as historical, inspirational, Regency, and sweet traditional, youll discover how to: Steer clear of cliches and stereotypes by studying the genre

Craft engaging and realistic heroes and heroines readers will adore
Convincingly develop the central couples blossoming relationship
Add conflict by utilizing essential secondary characters like the "other woman"
Use tension and timing to make your love scenes sizzle with sensuality
Get your characters to happily-ever-after with an ending readers will always remember
Plus, read a sample query letter, cover letter, and synopsis, and learn how to properly prepare you romance novel for submission to agents and editors. On Writing Romance has everything you need to leave readers swooning!

On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sells
Leigh Michaels, 
ISBN: 1582974365, 1582974373 | 2007 | EPUB/MOBI | 264 pages | 2 MB/2 MB
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The Everything Jewish History and Heritage Book

The Everything Jewish History and Heritage Book

Prepare yourself for an extraordinary adventure! In the following pages, you'll traverse a time continuum spanning more than 4,000 years as you learn about the history of the Jewish people. We'll begin in the area known as the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of civilization and the home of the early Hebrews.

Then, we'll move forward in time and place to follow the footsteps of Abraham and descend with Jacob's clan into Egypt, emerging years later as a nation searching for freedom and the Promised Land. We will witness the founding of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, their destruction, the re-establishment of the Second Temple, and how it, too, was destroyed. The Everything Jewish History and Heritage Book brings together all the rich history that has united the Jewish people for centuries'for everyone to enjoy.

The Everything Jewish History and Heritage Book
ISBN: 1580629660 | 2003 | EPUB | 304 pages | 6 MB

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Spectres of the Self: Thinking about Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England 1750-1920


Spectres of the Self: Thinking about Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England, 1750-1920 By Shane McCorristine 

Spectres of the Self is a fascinating study of the rich cultures surrounding the experience of seeing ghosts in England from the Reformation to the twentieth century. Shane McCorristine examines a vast range of primary and secondary sources, showing how ghosts, apparitions, and hallucinations were imagined, experienced, and debated from the pages of fiction to the case reports of the Society for Psychical Research. By analysing a broad range of themes from telepathy and ghost-hunting to the notion of dreaming while awake and the question of why ghosts wore clothes, Dr McCorristine reveals the sheer variety of ideas of ghost seeing in English society and culture. He shows how the issue of ghosts remained dynamic despite the advance of science and secularism and argues that the ghost ultimately represented a spectre of the self, a symbol of the psychological hauntedness of modern experience.

Spectres of the Self: Thinking about Ghosts and Ghost-Seeing in England, 1750-1920 By Shane McCorristine
2010 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0521767989 , 0521747961 | PDF | 5 MB

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The Last Viking - The Life of Roald Amundsen

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The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes.
Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Féted in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer.

The Last Viking - The Life of Roald Amundsen, Conqueror of the South Pole
ISBN: 0306820676 | 2012 | EPUB | 728 pages | 7 MB
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The Hidden Landscape - A Journey into the Geological Past

The Hidden Landscape - A Journey into the Geological Past

I travelled to Haverfordwest to get to the past. From Paddington Station a Great Western locomotive took me on a journey westwards from London further and further back into geological time, from the age of mammals to the age of trilobites... Under the River Severn and into Wales, I was back before the time of the dinosaurs, to a time when Wales steamed and sweated with the humid heat of moss-laden and boggy forests in coal-swamps, where dragonflies the size of hawks flitted in the mist; and then on back still further in time, so far back that life had not yet slithered or crawled upon the land from its aqueous nursery.

The Hidden Landscape - A Journey into the Geological Past
2010 | ISBN: 1847920713 | 320 pages | EPUB, PDF | 7,9 MB
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The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History

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Emerging out of the vast steppe grasslands of Central Asia in the early 1200s, the Mongols, under their ferocious leader, Genghis Khan, quickly carved out an empire that by the late thirteenth century covered almost one-sixth of the Earth’s landmass—from Eastern Europe to the eastern shore of Asia—and encompassed 110 million people. Far larger than the much more famous domains of Alexander the Great and ancient Rome, it has since been surpassed in overall size and reach only by the British Empire.

Thomas J. Craughwell - The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the World
Fair Winds Press | 2010 | ISBN: 1592333982 | English | 274 pages | PDF | 129.69 MB
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Nimrod: Rise and Fall - Tony Blackman

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The scrapping of the Nimrod program has been one of the most controversial events in the military aviation world for many a year. For most of its operational life, from 1969 to date, its contribution to the defense of the realm and its role in offensive duties was, of necessity, often shrouded in secrecy. It was the ‘eye in the sky’ which was absolutely vital to a host of activities – from anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, to support of land battles throughout the world, to the Falklands campaign, to combating drug-running, the Nimrod’s unsung role was paramount. Now the UK is bereft of such a multitasking reconnaissance aircraft. The full story of the Nimrod, and its significance, has now been told. Tony Blackman, who was there at the beginning, test-flew nearly every aircraft and was at Kinloss on the very day the project was canceled, has written this timely book, covering every facet of its history, its weapons system developments and its tragic accidents.

Nimrod: Rise and Fall
Grub Street | 2013 | ISBN: 1909166340 | English | 224 Pages | Epub | 7 MB
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100 Mistakes that Changed History

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Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world.

100 Mistakes that Changed History
2010 | ISBN: 042523665X | 400 pages | EPUB, MOBI, PDF | 3,8 MB
  
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The Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell



The Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell 

Berkley | 2011 | ISBN: 0425263428 | 384 pages | EPUB | 3 MB 

 From London’s slums to its bawdy playhouses, The Darling Strumpet transports the reader to the tumultuous world of seventeenth-century England charting the meteoric rise of the dazzling Nell Gwynn, who captivates the heart of King Charles II and becomes one of the century’s most famous courtesans... Witty and beautiful, Nell Gwynn is born into poverty, and trades her mother’s treacherous grasp for the grim life of a prostitute at a precious young age. But before long she finds herself drawn to the theater, where she earns a place in the King’s Company. As one of the first actresses in the newly opened playhouses, her talents and charms win the crowds’ affection—and the heart of her leading man. But when she catches the eye of the king himself, her life is transformed in ways she could never have imagined. Surrendering her body and heart to Charles, Nell will be forced to maneuver the ruthless and shifting allegiances of the royal court—and discover a world of decadence and passion she never imagined was possible...

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Bidadari Bidadari Surga - Tere Liye

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Negeri 5 Menara - A Fuadi

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