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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 11:14pm CEST
TALES OF WAR PILOT
Publisher: Smithsonian | ISBN: 1560988886 | edition 1999 | CHM | 160 pages | 1,06 mb
Richard Kirkland would never have imagined that anything could compare to tangling with Zeros in life-and-death dogfights over the South Pacific—but that was before he traded his fighter-pilot wings for rotors. It was a move he never regretted, and the riveting experiences he chronicles in War Pilot provide ample reason why. From the first primitive Sikorsky and the sophisticated choppers of Vietnam to flying medevac choppers and saving countless soldiers from certain death in Korea, Kirkland’s firsthand accounts of pilots under fire provide a gripping portrait of not just one American hero, but the many courageous others with whom he flew. . . .
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 11:00pm CEST
Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) By Elizabeth J. Reitz, C. Margaret Scarry, Sylvia J. Scudder
Publisher: Springer 2007-12-10 | 463 Pages | ISBN: 0387713026 | PDF | 3.8 MB
The purpose of Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology, Second Edition is to highlight studies addressing significant anthropological issues in the Americas from the perspective of environmental archaeology. Environmental archaeology encompasses the application of biological and geological techniques to the study of human/environmental interactions...
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 10:55pm CEST
Bert Kinzey - F-4 Phantom II. Part 3: USN & USMC Versions
Aero Publishers | 1983 | ISBN: 0853685886 | 76 pages | PDF | 26.09 MB
In detail & scale vol.12
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 9:08pm CEST
24 Declassified: Trojan Horse
Publisher: HarperEntertainment | 2006-02-01 | ISBN: 0060842261 | PDF | 352 pages | 0.92 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 8:59pm CEST
David Farber, "The 60's: From Memory to History"
University of North Carolina Press | 1994 | ISBN: 0807844624 | 342 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 8:51pm CEST
Iran. Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. Vols. 1-42 (1963-2004)
Brill | ISSN 05786967 | 1963-2004 | PDF bookmarked, searchable | each vol. 20-50 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 6:43pm CEST
Silver, Trade, and War: Spain and America in the Making of Early Modern Europe By Professor Stanley J. Stein, Dr. Barbara H. Stein
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2000 | 368 Pages | ISBN: 0801861357 | PDF | 1.5 MB
The 250 years covered by Silver, Trade, and War marked the era of commercial capitalism, that bridge between late medieval and modern times. Spain, peripheral to western Europe in 1500, produced American treasure in silver, which Spanish convoys bore from Portobelo and Veracruz on the Carribbean coast across the Atlantic to Spain in exchange for European goods shipped from Sevilla (later, Cadiz)...
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 6:35pm CEST
Тюремные записки Рихарда Зорге. Военные тайны XX века
Publisher: Вече | ISBN: 5783807761 | edition 2001 | PDF | 332 pages | 2,10 mb
В полутемной камере, то налитой зноем, то превращавшейся в ледяной склеп, Рихард Зорге долгие часы проводил над листами бумаги.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 6:35pm CEST
Friedel Weinert, "Copernicus, Darwin and Freud: Revolutions in the History and Philosophy of Science"
Wiley-Blackwell | 2008 | ISBN: 1405181842 | 296 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 4:57pm CEST
Etienne Balibar, Spinoza and Politics
Verso | 2008 | ISBN 1844672050 | 128 Pages | PDF | 13.8 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 4:48pm CEST
Richard Albright, "Cleanup of Chemical and Explosive Munitions: How to Make Military Ranges Environmentally Safe"
William Andrew Publishing | 2008 | ISBN: 0815515405 | 250 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 4:36pm CEST
Annette Broschinski, "Dinosaurier (Taschenbuch)"
C.H.Beck | 1997 | ISBN: 3406418805 | 336 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 3:49pm CEST
Bert Kinzey - F-4 Phantom II. Part 2: USAF F-4E & F-4G
Tab Books | 1988 | ISBN: 0830680179 | 72 pages | PDF | 33.76 MB
In detail & scale vol.7
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 11:14am CEST
The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values
Publisher: Frank Cass; annotated edition edition | ISBN: 0714682977 | edition 2003 | PDF | 290 pages | 4,79 mb
This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative investigation of up-to-the minute thinking on what the Tour means, now and in the past, to competitors, to France, to the French public, to the cultural history of sport, and the sport of cycling itself.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 11:13am CEST
German Night Fighter Aces of World War 2 (Aircraft of the Aces 020)
Osprey Publishing | ISBN: 1855326965 | June 5, 1998 | PDF | 96 pages | 60.41 MB
When the Luftwaffe entered the war, its nightfighter force was virtually non-existent thanks to its leader, Reichmarschall Hermann Göring, boasting that bombs would never fall on Germany. By mide-1940 his folly was evident; the first nightfighter wing was hastily formed with Bf 110s. As arguably the most consistently effective arm of the wartime Luftwaffe, the Nachtjagd took a steady toll of Allied aircraft - the vast majority of them RAF bombers - throughout most of World War 2. Fighting a tough enemy, as well as a lower priority in aircraft and personnel procurement than it merited, the force never shrank from its task.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 11:06am CEST
Оружие: Руководство к истории, описанию и изображению ручного оружия с древнейших времен до начала XIX века.
Publisher: Софт-Мастер | ISBN: 5844400100 | edition 1992 | DJV | 330 pages | 4.05 mb
Работа П.П. фон Винклера "Оружие" посвящена истории оружия со времени его появления до начала XIX века. Основной материал посвящен индивидуальному оборонительному...
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 9:42am CEST
Aztec Deities - e-Artbook
Publisher: The Count of Fate & Convergence | ISBN: 188284777 | edition 2002 | PDF | 41 pages | 2,07 mb
Why did I do the Aztec Deities Series when obviously I could never present a true appreciation of the majesty of this time in history? I didn’t research the mythology on the God Tonatiuh, which translates as “He Who Makes the Day” and use this as a basis for the painting. I let my imagination take hold and this guided me to represent the gods.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 9:01am CEST
Clifford Edmund Bosworth, "Historic Cities of the Islamic World"
Brill Academic Publishers | 2008 | ISBN: 9004153888 | 583 pages | PDF | 6,8 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 2:14am CEST
Robert Stern, «SB2C Helldiver in action - Aircraft No. 54»
Squadron/Signal Publications | ISBN: 0897471288 | 1982 | PDF | 50 pages | 12.4 MB
The Helldiver was developed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless; it was a much larger aircraft able to operate from the latest aircraft carriers of the time and carry a considerable array of armament and featured an internal bomb bay that reduced drag when carrying heavy ordnance. Saddled with demanding requirements set forth by both the U.S. Marines and United States Army Air Forces, the manufacturer incorporated features of a "multi-role" aircraft into the design.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 1:50am CEST
R. S. G. Mackay, «Lancaster in Action - Aircraft No. 52»
Squadron/Signal Publications | ISBN: 089747130X | 1982 | PDF | 50 pages | 10.4 MB
In 1936 the Air Ministry published specifications calling for a twin-engine bomber to be powered by Rolls Royce engines. A. V. Roe & Company took up the challenge.
In 1940 the Avro Lancaster came from the development of the Avro Manchester, powered by two Rolls Royce Vulture Engines. The Manchester's engines were not sufficient enough and were underpowered and were replaced the two Vulture engines with four with Merlin engines. Roy Chadwick, the designer, then tested this magnificent plane which was renamed the Lancaster. It was great to handle and could reach high speeds depending on how much bomb load it carried. It could carry heavy bomb loads over high distances.Its maximum speed was 287 mph (462 km) and had a range of 1,660 miles (2,670 km).
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 1:45am CEST
Yafeng Xia - Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972
Indiana University Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0253347580 | Pages: 326 | PDF | 5.13 MB
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Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 1:44am CEST
Indrani Chatterjee, Richard M. Eaton - Slavery And South Asian History
Indiana University Press | 2006 | ISBN: 025321873X | Pages: 344 | PDF | 5.18 MB
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