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A Republic of Scoundrels The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation


Free Download A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation by David Head, Timothy Hemmis
English | December 5, 2023 | ISBN: 1639364072 | 368 pages | PDF | 19 Mb
The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s.

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A Republic of Scoundrels The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation


Free Download A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation by David Head, Timothy C. Hemmis
English | December 5th, 2023 | ISBN: 1639364072 | 368 pages | True EPUB | 16.86 MB
The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s.

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The Last Winter The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World


Free Download Porter Fox, "The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save the World"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0316460907, 0316460923 | 320 pages | AZW3 | 5.3 MB
One man’s "curiously thrilling joyride" of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation (Donovan Hohn).

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Adventurers The Improbable Rise of the East India Company 1550-1650 [Audiobook]


Free Download Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company: 1550-1650 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BXVF1FJW | 2023 | 17 hours and 8 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 494 MB
Author: David Howarth
Narrator: Michael Page

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion. The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprises-and for these "adventurers" the most profitable bet of all would be on the Company.

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