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The Zinn Reader by Zinn Howard
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-07-01 | Author:Zinn, Howard [Zinn, Howard]

Ten military advisers are attached to the Sonsonate armed forces... The episode contains all the unchanging elements of the Salvadoran tragedy— uncontrolled military violence against civilians, the apparent ability of ...
( Category: History & Theory March 25,2014 )
Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:Noam Chomsky

Turning Point? The Obama-Netanyahu-Abbas meetings in May 2009, followed by Obama’s speech in Cairo, have been widely interpreted as a turning point in U.S. Middle East policy, leading to consternation ...
( Category: Comparative Politics March 25,2014 )
Glock by Paul M. Barrett
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-10 | Author:Paul M. Barrett

Some civilian shooting experts dissented, at least to an extent, from the majority’s unmitigated admiration for the Glock. “The gun factory ads cry, ‘Glock Perfection,’ ” Massad Ayoob wrote in ...
( Category: Shooting March 25,2014 )
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
mobi, epub | | 2009-12-21 | Author:Steve Coll

BY THE AUTUMN OF 1997 persistent lobbying against the Taliban by the Feminist Majority had influenced the two most important women in the Clinton administration, Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton. ...
( Category: Asian March 25,2014 )
The Chinese in America by Iris Chang
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-01-02 | Author:Iris Chang

CHAPTER FIFTEEN New Arrivals, New Lives: The Chaotic 196Os In the 1960s, the Chinese in America may have looked to outsiders like one people with a shared culture, shared traditions, ...
( Category: Asian American Studies March 25,2014 )
Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 by Stephen E. Ambrose
mobi, epub |eng | 1988-11-15 | Author:Stephen E. Ambrose

At that moment, glider no. 2 came down, exactly one minute behind no. 1. Pilot Oliver Boland could see Wallwork's Horsa ahead of him, 'and I didn't want to run ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
Scribbling the Cat by Alexandra Fuller
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Alexandra Fuller

IT WAS ONLY AFTER we had crossed the border from Zambia into Zimbabwe that K remembered that he still had his revolver with him. “Shit,” he laughed, rooting around in ...
( Category: Memoirs March 25,2014 )
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
mobi, epub | | 2002-01-03 | Author:Mark Bowden

THE MEN IN THE LOST convoy had braced themselves for another vicious fight at K-4. But as they limped through the flaming barricades on Via Lenin, they saw instead, to ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
Rising tide: the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America by John M. Barry
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-11-15 | Author:John M. Barry

THAT NIGHT more than twenty men from St. Bernard visited the city, broke into smaller groups, and made several stops. One was at the home of Pool. They rang the ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone by Rosie Garthwaite
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-02 | Author:Rosie Garthwaite

/EAT LOCAL This book is not about extreme survival. It is about survival in unfamiliar and difficult surroundings. Survival against the odds, but mainly against man rather than nature. And ...
( Category: Safety & First Aid March 25,2014 )
Holding Your Ground: Preparing for Defense if It All Falls Apart by Joe Nobody
mobi |eng | 2011-06-06 | Author:Joe Nobody

- They are repairable. It one gets ripped or torn, just apply duct tape. - Sand makes a great fire extinguisher. - Sand bags make a great rifle rest. And ...
( Category: Earth Sciences March 25,2014 )
The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life by Robert Trivers
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-01 | Author:Robert Trivers

THE US APPROACH TO SAFETY HELPS CAUSE 9/11 The tragedy of 9/11 had many fathers. But few have been as consistent in this role as the airlines themselves, at least ...
( Category: Developmental Biology March 25,2014 )
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1999-01-28 | Author:Steven Pinker

Most people choose either the D card or the D card and the 3 card. The correct answer is D and 7. “P implies Q” is false only if P ...
( Category: Cognitive Psychology March 25,2014 )
Transition by Iain M. Banks
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2009-09-23 | Author:Iain M. Banks

I must have closed my eyes. I swayed and staggered as I opened them again. There was a grey light all around us and the air was suddenly chill and ...
( Category: Hard Science Fiction March 25,2014 )
The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene; Don Leslie
mobi |eng | 2008-01-29 | Author:Robert Greene; Don Leslie

Authority: It is by turning the enemy, by attacking his flank, that battles are won. —Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) REVERSAL In politics, occupying the flank by taking a similar position to ...
( Category: Social Psychology & Interactions March 25,2014 )

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