5 History / Military eBooks

Making Thatcher's Britain
Artillery (Modern Military Techniques)
Martyn J. Whittock, "Brief History of the Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of the Nazis"
The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire By Kent Flannery, Joyce Marcus
Alan Turing: The Enigma By Andrew Hodges, Douglas Hofstadter

Making Thatcher's Britain
English | ISBN: 1107683378, 1107012384 | 2012 | PDF | 368 pages | 3 MB
Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of modern times. Her governments inspired hatred and veneration in equal measure, and her legacy remains fiercely contested. Yet assessments of the Thatcher era are often divorced from any larger historical perspective.

Artillery (Modern Military Techniques)
1986 | ISBN: 0583310087 | English | 48 Pages | PDF | 20 MB

Martyn J. Whittock, "Brief History of the Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of the Nazis"
ISBN: 0762441216 | 2011 | EPUB, MOBI | 420 pages | 2 MB
Told through first-hand accounts, detailed scenes, and a convincing and personality-driven overview, A Brief History of the Third Reich is a complete history of the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. It is an essential book that will explore the personalities and ideas that informed the rise of Hitler and his party, from the earliest origins in the Munich beer halls to the final fall of Berlin in 1945.

The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire By Kent Flannery, Joyce Marcus
2012 | 648 Pages | ISBN: 0674064690 | EPUB | 2 MB
Flannery and Marcus demonstrate that the rise of inequality was not simply the result of population increase, food surplus, or the accumulation of valuables but resulted from conscious manipulation of the unique social logic that lies at the core of every human group. Reversing the social logic can reverse inequality, they argue, without violence.

Alan Turing: The Enigma By Andrew Hodges, Douglas Hofstadter
2012 | 632 Pages | ISBN: 069115564X | EPUB + MOBI | 2 MB + 2 MB
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented the computer and artificial intelligence, and anticipated gay liberation by decades--all before his suicide at age forty-one. This classic biography of the founder of computer science, reissued on the centenary of his birth with a substantial new preface by the author, is the definitive account of an extraordinary mind and life. A gripping story of mathematics, computers, cryptography, and homosexual persecution, Andrew Hodges's acclaimed book captures both the inner and outer drama of Turing's life. Hodges tells how Turing's revolutionary idea of 1936--the concept of a universal machine--laid the foundation for the modern computer and how Turing brought the idea to practical realization in 1945 with his electronic design. The book also tells how this work was directly related to Turing's leading role in breaking the German Enigma ciphers during World War II, a scientific triumph that was critical to Allied victory in the Atlantic. At the same time, this is the tragic story of a man who, despite his wartime service, was eventually arrested, stripped of his security clearance, and forced to undergo a humiliating treatment program--all for trying to live honestly in a society that defined homosexuality as a crime.