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The Lost City of the Monkey God

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The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery.Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location.Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization.Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease.Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.

The Art of Warfare – Anthology

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E-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the greatest military strategy books in history: On War (Carl von Clausewitz) Maxims of War (Napoleon Bonaparte) Battle Studies (Ardant du Picq) Guerrilla Warfare (Ernesto Che Guevara) The Book of War (Wu Qi) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Analects: The Book of Leadership (Confucius) Arthashastra: The Ancient Indian Book on Wisdom and Strategy (Kautilya) Strategemata: The Manual of Military Tactics (Sextus Julius Frontinus) De re military: Organization of the Roman Army and Battle Tactics (Publius Vegetius Renatus) The Art of War (Niccolò Machiavelli) Small Wars Manual: The Strategy of Military Operations (US Marine Corps)

Great Speeches Collection 2

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Timeless collection of the most significant speeches of the 20th century by rank, featuring Barbara Pierce Bush, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mary Fisher, and more. The speeches are rated on two criteria: rhetorical artistry and historical impact. There are no restrictions on the genres or topics of speeches, or on the number of speeches from a single speaker. VOLUMNE 2: Rank 26 - 50 THIS BOOK INCLUDES FULL TEXT & AUDIO.

World War II Map by Map

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Trace the epic history of World War 2 across the globe with more than 100 detailed maps.In this stunning visual history book, custom maps tell the story of the Second World War from the rise of the Axis powers to the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Each map is rich with detail and graphics, helping you to chart the progress of key events of World War II on land, sea, and air, such as the Dunkirk evacuation, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the D-Day landings, and the siege of Stalingrad.Historical maps from both Allied and Axis countries also offer unique insights into the events. There are timelines to help you follow the story as it unfolds, while narrative overviews explain the social, economic, political, and technical developments at the time. Fascinating, large-scale pictures introduce topics such as the Holocaust, blitzkrieg, kamikaze warfare, and code-breaking.Written by a team of historians in consultation with Richard Overy, World War II Map by Map examines how the deadliest conflict in history changed the face of our world. It is perfect for students, general readers, and military history enthusiasts.

Great Speeches Collection 1

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Timeless collection of the most significant speeches of the 20th century by rank, featuring John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barbara Charline Jordan, and more. The speeches are rated on two criteria: rhetorical artistry and historical impact. There are no restrictions on the genres or topics of speeches, or on the number of speeches from a single speaker. VOLUMNE 1: Rank 1 - 25 THIS BOOK INCLUDES FULL TEXT & AUDIO.

21 lecciones para el siglo XXI

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Vuelve Harari Autor de Sapiens, best seller del momento con más de diez millones de copias vendidas en todo el mundo.Sapiens es un recorrido por nuestro pasado.Homo Deus, una mirada a nuestro futuro. 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI es una exploración de nuestro presente.¿Cómo podemos protegernos de las guerras nucleares, los cataclismos ecológicos o las tecnologías disruptivas? ¿Qué podemos hacer contra la propagación de la posverdad o la amenaza del terrorismo? ¿Qué debemos enseñar a nuestros hijos?Con la misma prosa inteligente, fresca y provocadora, Harari vuelve a librerías con un nuevo título, 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI, en el que examina algunas de las cuestiones más urgentes de nuestro presente. El hilo dorado que recorre este estimulante nuevo libro es el desafío de mantener nuestro enfoque colectivo e individual frente al constante y desorientador cambio que estamos viviendo.¿Somos aún capaces de entender el mundo que hemos creado?Reseñas:«Me maravilló la manera en la que Yuval Noah Harari indagó en el pasado de nuestra especie en Sapiens, al igual que lo hicieron sus predicciones para el futuro con Homo Deus. Pero su cautivadora narrativa y sus fascinantes análisis de la actualidad en 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI dan absolutamente en el clavo.»Sir Richard Branson«El formato del libro contribuye al gancho comercial de Harari, que es ni más ni menos que la ambición y la gran amplitud de su obra, en la que reúne ideas que uno no se espera pero que se traducen en observaciones brillantes.»Helen Lewis, The Guardian«Este libro es un testimonio a su genialidad, con un gran potencial para atrapar a las mentes curiosas.»Moises Naim, The Washington Post«Harari entabla en esta obra, tan cautivadora como irrebatible, la conversación definitiva sobre cómo abordar a escala global los problemas del siglo XXI.»Bill Gates, The New York Times«Harari brinda una combinación magistral de perspectiva histórica, científica, política y filosófica, explorando los veintiún mayores desafíos que la actualidad presenta a su entender. [...] aborda una gran diversidad de cuestiones urgentes, entre ellas la democracia liberal, el nacionalismo, la inmigración y la religión. 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI es una obra minuciosa y rigurosamente documentada, escrita para ser disfrutada y comentada por mucho tiempo.»Publishers Weekly«Una exploración verdaderamente instructiva de los grandes temas de nuestro presente, así como del futuro inmediato de la sociedad. [...] A lo largo de veintiún ensayos que dan justo en el clavo, el autor opina hacia dónde evoluciona nuestro mundo en plena era de la posverdad. [...] La mayor partede los lectores encontrará en su narrativa una sensatez deliciosa [...]. Otra obra maestra de Harari.»Kirkus Reviews«Yuval Noah Harari marca también el arranque de temporada con sus 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI (Debate), donde examina algunas de las cuestiones más urgentes del presente como el trabajo, nacionalismo, la inmigración, el terrorismo, la posverdad o la guerra.»Jacinto Antón, El País, Babelia«Harari va más lejos que el propio Spinoza. Su apasionado universalismo requiere que nadie ocupe el centro del mundo, ni tan si quiera el pueblo elegido por excelencia.»Teresa Giménez, El Cultural

A Short History of the World

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A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by H. G. Wells first published by Cassell & Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922. It was first published in Penguin Books in 1936. It was republished under Penguin Classics in 2006. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.

El clan de los bombarderos

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La Segunda Guerra Mundial contada desde el aire. ¿Qué ocurre cuando la tecnología y las mejores intenciones chocan en el fragor de las batallas? «Excepcional, una obra maestra».The Wall Street JournalDurante los años previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en una base aérea de Alabama, un grupo de pilotos renegados forjó una idea radical.¿Qué pasaría si los bombardeos fueran tan precisos como para que las guerras pudieran librarse solamente desde el aire? ¿Podrían los brutales enfrentamientos entre ejércitos de tierra convertirse en cosa del pasado? Este libro cuenta lo que ocurrió cuando intentó llevarse a la práctica ese sueño.Malcolm Gladwell sigue los pasos de un genio holandés y su ordenador analógico casero, del grupo de científicos pirómanos de Harvard que inventaron el napalm, de un brillante piloto que cantaba tonadas a su equipo y del comandante LeMay, quien ordenaría uno de losataques más sangrientos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A su más puro estilo, Gladwell les saca jugo a todos estos personajes fascinantes y nos lleva ágilmente a través de una serie de dilemas que cambiaron el rumbo de la historia para para preguntarnos cuál puede llegar a ser, a menudo, el precio del progreso.La crítica ha dicho:«Excepcional, una obra maestra. Uno acaba este libro sacudiendo la cabeza ante la locura y el coste humano que acarreó todo lo que narra».The Wall Street Journal«Cautivador. En las hábiles manos de Gladwell, los generales de la Fuerza Aérea de la SegundaGuerra Mundial vuelven a la vida. Me hubiera encantado que fuera el doble de largo».New York Times Book Review«Una fábula brillantemente contada e ideal para la era de los cambios tecnológicos».The Sunday Times«Otro libro de Gladwell que confirma que todo lo que creía saber era falso».Kirkus«Gladwell es posiblemente el narrador más solvente de la no ficción. Siempre sabe hacia dónde va y te lleva con él en un viaje que siempre resulta placentero y cómodo».The New Statesman«Fascinante. Uno de los mayores desafíos morales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial».Michael Lewis«La narración enérgica y los personajes reales e increíblemente carismáticos son propios del cine».Radio Times«Un relato accesible y estimulante. El estilo ameno y desenfadado de Gladwell es eficaz, y sus retratos de individuos son cautivadores».The Washington Post«De una empatía sorprendente y una energía fabulosa».Esquire«Vívido y cautivador. Una historia fascinante».The Times«Un relato repleto de anécdotas sobre lo que condujo al ataque aéreo más mortífero de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Gladwell ofrece detalles coloridos y plantea interesantes cuestiones sobre la moralidad de la guerra».Publishers Weekly«Apasionante. Una escritura absorbente».The Telegraph

In the Garden of Beasts

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Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today’s most pressing issues.“Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—Bill Gates, The New York Times Book ReviewNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES AND PAMELA PAUL, KQED How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today’s most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive. In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis? Harari’s unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.“If there were such a thing as a required instruction manual for politicians and thought leaders, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century would deserve serious consideration. In this collection of provocative essays, Harari . . . tackles a daunting array of issues, endeavoring to answer a persistent question: ‘What is happening in the world today, and what is the deep meaning of these events?’”—BookPage (top pick)

A Winter in the West Indies and Florida ... with a particular description of St. Croix, Trinidad de Cuba, Havana, Key West and St. Augustine, as places of resort for northern invalids. By an Invalid.

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The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The Nazi Conspiracy

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An absolute home run! You will never look at WWII the same way again." —Brad Thor, #1 bestselling author"Meltzer and Mensch are masters." —Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America"A true story that reads like a thriller." —Alexander S. Vindman, LT. Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)"An outstanding and memorable reading experience....a true page-turner from beginning to end." —Bookreporter.comFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.A true story filled with daring rescues, body doubles, and political intrigue, The Nazi Conspiracy details FDR’s pivotal meeting in Tehran and the deadly Nazi plot against the heads of state of the three major Allied powers who attended it.With all the hallmarks of a Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch page-turner, The Nazi Conspiracy explores the great political minds of the twentieth century, investigating the pivotal years of the war in gripping detail. This meeting of the Big Three changed the course of World War II. Here’s the inside story of how it almost led to a world-shattering disaster.

A Day In the Life of the Maya: History, Culture and Daily Life In the Mayan Empire

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*Includes pictures of Mayan buildings, art, hieroglyphics, numbers, and more. *Explains integral parts of the Mayan empire, including their food, calendar, ball game, sacrifice rituals, and religion. *Examines the architecture of Mayan settlements and the structure of their empire. *Discusses the disappearance of the Maya and the way their culture has survived and evolved. *Includes a Table of Contents Many ancient civilizations have influenced and inspired people in the 21st century. The Greeks and Romans continue to fascinate the West today. But of all the world’s civilizations, none have intrigued people more than the Mayans, whose culture, astronomy, language, and mysterious disappearance all continue to captivate people. In 2012 especially, there has been a renewed focus on the Mayans, whose advanced calendar has led many to speculate the world will end on the same date the Mayan calendar ends. The focus on the “doomsday” scenario, however, has overshadowed the Mayans’ true contribution to astronomy, language, sports, and art. The preoccupation with 2012 and the Mayan calendar has also overshadowed the discussion over who exactly the Mayans were. The Maya are one of the most famous civilizations in history, but what was it like to be Mayan at the height of their civilization in the 15th century? What did they eat? What did they play? What was their religion? How did they build their cities and organize their empire? How did they fight? A Day in the Life of the Maya answers these questions by comprehensively examining and analyzing everything about their culture, including their history, religion, architecture, farming, calendar, ball game, cosmology and origins. Along with a description of Mayan life and pictures of Mayan ruins and art, the mystique of the Maya is traced from the height of their empire to the present day, in an attempt to understand a civilization often been best described as an enigma.

The World’s Greatest Civilizations: The History and Culture of the Aztec

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*Includes over 20 pictures of Aztec art, ruins, and more. *Describes daily life for the Aztecs, including their infamous human sacrifice rituals. *Includes a Table of Contents for 7 chapters on different aspects of the Aztec Empire and culture. From the moment Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes first found and confronted them, the Aztecs have fascinated the world, and they continue to hold a unique place both culturally and in pop culture. Nearly 500 years after the Spanish conquered their mighty empire, the Aztecs are often remembered today for their major capital, Tenochtitlan, as well as being fierce conquerors of the Valley of Mexico who often engaged in human sacrifice rituals. Ironically, and unlike the Mayans, the Aztecs are not widely viewed or remembered with nuance, in part because their own leader burned extant Aztec writings and rewrote a mythologized history explaining his empire’s dominance less than a century before the Spanish arrived. Naturally, Cortes and other Spaniards depicted the Aztecs as savages greatly in need of conversion to Catholicism. While the Mayans are remembered for their astronomy, numeral system, and calendar, the Aztecs have primarily been remembered in a far narrower way, despite continuing to be a source of pride to Mexicans through the centuries. As a result, even though the Aztecs continue to interest people across the world centuries after their demise, it has fallen on archaeologists and historians to try to determine the actual history, culture, and lives of the Aztecs from the beginning to the end, relying on excavations, primary accounts, and more. The World’s Greatest Civilizations: The History and Culture of the Aztecs looks at this whole story, in an attempt to portray the Aztecs as they actually were. Along with pictures of Aztec art and ruins, this book describes the Aztecs’ lives, religion, art, cities, and empire, in an attempt to better understand the once dominant civilization.

Battles That Changed History

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Discover the stories behind more than 90 of the world's most significant battles in this lavishly illustrated history book.The most important battles ever to take place are brought to life in the most spectacular way. From the brutal battle of Gettysburg to the epic air-sea battle of Midway, find out how fateful decisions led to glorious victories and crushing defeats.Journey through the battlefields of history and follow the key developments of World War I, World War II, the Cold War and more in unprecedented visual detail. Using maps, paintings, artifacts and photographs, Battles That Changed History is a guided tour of every major conflict in history.Explore the stories behind more than 90 important battles and discover how pivotal moments and tactical decisions have altered the course of history. From medieval clashes and great naval conflicts to the era of high-tech air battles, key campaigns are illustrated and analyzed in detail. Learn incredible facts about the weapons, armor, soldiers and military strategies behind some of the greatest battles ever. This reference book includes profiles of famous military leaders like Alexander the Great, Napoleon and Rommel. See how kingdoms and empires have been won and lost on the battlefield. Go into the thick of combat at the Great Siege of Malta, the Battle of Stalingrad and the icy waters of Dunkirk. It is the ultimate guide to the history of military conflict.Relive 3,000 Years of World-Changing CombatThis stunning coffee table book from DK Books is a visual treat for history buffs, old and young. It includes a foreword from award-winning writer, TV presenter and historian Sir Tony Robinson whose TV credits include Time Team, Blackadder and The Worst Jobs in History. From the ancient world to the nuclear war, each chapter of this military history book brings the key battles of the era to life:Before 1000CE: Includes Thermopylae and the Battle of Red Cliffs.1000 - 1500: Includes the Battle of Agincourt and Fall of Constantinople.1500 - 1700: Includes the Battle of Breitenfeld and Siege of Vienna.1700 - 1900: Includes the Battle Waterloo and Gettysburg.1900 - Present: Includes Dunkirk and Operation Desert Storm.

Twelve Years a Slave

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Solomon Northup, age 33, a well-educated black man who was born into freedom, resided with his wife and three children in his native state of New York. Solomon was kidnapped and sold into slavery in our nation's capital...Washington, D.C. Solomon was sold and transported to Louisiana where he spent twelve long years of suffering, degradation, whippings and hard labor as a slave. Slavery was an everyday fact of life from the earliest settlement of this country up to the end of the Civil War. In the 1840's there were many white people who opposed this concept of forced labor and the maltreatment of fellow human beings. The voices of these abolitionists were becoming louder...even in the heart of the south. One of these, Samuel Bass, a Canadian by birth, put his own life in jeopardy to free Solomon. This book gives, in chilling detail, an account of a way of life that hopefully will never, ever, occur again in this great country... the "Land of the Free!"

Band of Brothers

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Stephen E. Ambrose’s classic New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the acclaimed HBO series about Easy Company, the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers at the frontlines of the war's most critical moments. Featuring a foreword from Tom Hanks.They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak—in Holland and the Ardennes—Easy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world.From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat, the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment, and as they advanced through Europe, the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments.They parachuted into France early D-Day morning and knocked out a battery of four 105 mm cannon looking down Utah Beach; they parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign; they were the Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne, brought in to hold the line, although surrounded, in the Battle of the Bulge; and then they spearheaded the counteroffensive. Finally, they captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost, his Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden.They were rough-and-ready guys, battered by the Depression, mistrustful and suspicious. They drank too much French wine, looted too many German cameras and watches, and fought too often with other GIs. But in training and combat they learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew. They discovered that in war, men who loved life would give their lives for them. This is the story of the men who fought, of the martinet they hated who trained them well, and of the captain they loved who led them. E Company was a company of men who went hungry, froze, and died for each other, a company that took 150 percent casualties, a company where the Purple Heart was not a medal—it was a badge of office.

Collection de chroniques, mémoires et autres documents - Pour servir à l'histoire de France, depuis le commencement du XIIIe siècle jusqu'à la mort de Louis XIV

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1325 — 1327.Froissart débute, dans ses Chroniques, par un récit très-dramatique. Avant de registrer et de mettre en perpétuelle mémoire les honorables entreprises et nobles aventures et faits d’armes lesquels sont avenus par les guerres de France et d’Angleterre, il prépare, pour ainsi dire, et il explique, dans une sorte de préambule, les scènes historiques qui vont se succéder sous les yeux des lecteurs, avec une merveilleuse variété.Fruit d’une sélection réalisée au sein des fonds de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection XIX a pour ambition de faire découvrir des textes classiques et moins classiques dans les meilleures éditions du XIXe siècle.

NEXUS

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Das neue Buch des Bestsellerautors: Wie Informationsnetzwerke unsere Welt geschaffen haben und sie jetzt zu zerstören drohenIn den letzten 100 000 Jahren hat die Menschheit enorme Macht erlangt. Doch trotz all unserer Entdeckungen, Erfindungen und Eroberungen befinden wir uns heute in einer existenziellen Krise. Die Welt steht am Rande des ökologischen Zusammenbruchs. Zuhauf werden Falschinformationen verbreitet. Und wir stürzen uns kopfüber in das Zeitalter der künstlichen Intelligenz – ein neues Informationsnetzwerk, das uns auszulöschen droht. Wenn wir so klug sind, warum sind wir dann so selbstzerstörerisch?»Nexus« zeigt, wie der Informationsfluss uns und unsere Welt geformt hat. Yuval Noah Harari nimmt uns mit von der Steinzeit und biblischen Zeiten über die frühneuzeitlichen Hexenverfolgungen, den Stalinismus und den Nationalsozialismus bis zum Wiederaufleben des Populismus in der heutigen Zeit. Dabei lenkt er unseren Blick auf die komplexe Beziehung zwischen Information und Wahrheit, Bürokratie und Mythologie, Weisheit und Macht. Er erkundet, wie verschiedene Gesellschaften und politische Systeme Informationen genutzt haben, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen – zum Guten wie zum Schlechten. Und er befasst sich mit den drängenden Entscheidungen, vor denen wir heute stehen, da nicht-menschliche Intelligenz unsere Existenz bedroht.Informationen sind nicht der Rohstoff, aus dem die Wahrheit ist, aber auch nicht einfach nur eine Waffe. »Nexus« erkundet den hoffnungsvollen Mittelweg zwischen diesen Extremen und zeigt, wie sich unser gemeinsames Menschsein wiederentdecken lässt.»Der große Denker unserer Zeit« – The Times über 21 Lektionen für das 21. Jahrhundert»Interessant und provokativ« – Barack Obama über Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit»Einer meiner Lieblingsschriftsteller und -denker« – Natalie Portman über Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit»Fegt die Spinnweben aus dem Gehirn... Strahlt Kraft und Klarheit aus« – Sunday Times über Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit»Es hat meine Sicht auf unsere Spezies und unsere Welt verändert« – Guardian über Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit

A Máfia dos Bombardeiros

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Nos anos que antecederam a Segunda Guerra Mundial, numa monótona base aérea no Alabama, um pequeno grupo de pilotos rebeldes teve uma ideia radical: E se conseguíssemos fazer com que os bombardeamentos aéreos fossem tão precisos que as guerras passassem a ser totalmente travadas pelo ar? E se pudéssemos fazer com que os confrontos brutais entre exércitos terrestres fossem uma coisa do passado? Este livro conta a história do que se passou quando este sonho foi posto à prova. A Máfia dos Bombardeiros segue as histórias de um génio holandês.

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