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Free Download World’s Greatest Idea: The Fifty Greatest Ideas That Have Changed Humanity by John Farndon
English | January 1, 2010 | ISBN: 1848311966 | 256 pages | EPUB | 0.91 Mb
Where would humanity be now without fire, vaccinations, farming – or wine? A great idea is one that has changed the path of human civilisation. But which is the greatest of them all? John Farndon, author of the bestselling Do You Think You’re Clever?, has set out to find the answer. A distinguished panel of experts agreed on a list of 50 ideas, and each chapter of The World’s Greatest Idea sees Farndon explore the argument for a different one. The candidates are intriguingly Electricity grids enable us to power our cities, but then sewers allowed those cities to grow. Without the wheel, modern civilisation would be pretty much impossible, but take away Logic and we’d lose the essential structures for rational thought …But then what would be the point of all of this without the idea of romance? The World’s Greatest Idea is an enthralling voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social, scientific and creative brainwaves humans have ever had. They are ranked in the book determined by a public vote onwww.theworldsgreatestidea.comBut will you agree with the verdict?

Free Download When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice By Terry Tempest Williams
2012 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 0374288976 | EPUB | 1 MB
The beloved author of Refuge returns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebratesTerry Tempest Williams’s mother told her:"I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won’t look at them until after I’m gone."Readers of Williams’s iconic and unconventional memoir, Refuge, well remember that mother.She was one of a large Mormon clan in northern Utah who developed cancer as a result of the nuclear testing in nearby Nevada. It was a shock to Williams to discover thather mother had kept journals.But not as much of a shock as what she found when the time came to read them."They were exactly where she said they would be: three shelves of beautiful cloth-bound books . . . I opened the first journal.It was empty. I opened the second journal.It was empty.I opened the third.It too was empty . . . Shelf after shelf after shelf, all of my mother’s journals were blank." What did Williams’s mother mean by that? Infifty-four chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother’s journals. When Women Were Birds is a kaleidoscope that keeps turning around the question "What does it mean to have avoice?" Note: blank pages are intentional.

Free Download Floating Exchange Rates at Fifty by Douglas A. Irwin, Maurice Obstfeld
English | April 19th, 2024 | ISBN: 0881327492 | 432 pages | True EPUB | 4.63 MB
Fifty years ago, in March 1973, the major industrial economies abandoned fixed exchange rates, conclusively ending the post-World War II Bretton Woods arrangements. Proponents believed their action would strengthen countries’ ability to reconcile domestic macroeconomic policies with the balance of payments. But opponents feared it would initiate a new era of instability and financial shocks. Since 1973, much of the world has moved away from fixed exchange rates to a variety of regimes based on considerable exchange rate flexibility. But international trade conflicts and unstable capital flows, along with a rise in financial crises around the world, have nonetheless accompanied the global shift away from exchange rate pegs.

Free Download Chris Santella, "Fifty places to fly fish before you die: fly-fishing experts share the world’s greatest destinations"
English | 2004 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1584793562 | EPUB | 8,9 mb
Amateur or expert, every angler dreams of landing "the big one," but that’s only part of the appeal of fly fishing. Because even when hours pass without a bite, nothing beats the rugged beauty of the surroundings. For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen who may have already started a checklist of their own, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die maps out the meccas of the fly-fishing world. Through in-depth interviews with the sport’s acknowledged gurus, author Chris Santella goes beyond standard guides to convey the very essence of the recommended locations. Readers can vicariously cast mouse pattners to fifty-pound taimen in the wilds of Mongolia, wrangle with wily permit off the Florida Keys, and match the hatch on Montana’s Armstrong’s Spring Creek. Jardines de la Reina, Cuba (tarpon), the Zhupanova River, Kamchatka (rainbow trout), and the Rio Negro, Brazil (peacock bass) are also included. The essays include a cultural and natural history of each site, along with colorful anecdotes based on the author’s and authorities’ experiences. With breath-takingly-beautiful photos of the spots, many by celebrated fly-fishing photographer R. Valentine Atkinson, the book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel-and-tackle information so that they, too, can start planning excursions to go fish around the globe.

Free Download Chris Santella, "Fifty places to fly fish before you die: fly-fishing experts share the world’s greatest destinations"
English | 2004 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1584793562 | EPUB | 8,9 mb
Amateur or expert, every angler dreams of landing "the big one," but that’s only part of the appeal of fly fishing. Because even when hours pass without a bite, nothing beats the rugged beauty of the surroundings. For both armchair travelers and avid outdoorsmen who may have already started a checklist of their own, Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die maps out the meccas of the fly-fishing world. Through in-depth interviews with the sport’s acknowledged gurus, author Chris Santella goes beyond standard guides to convey the very essence of the recommended locations. Readers can vicariously cast mouse pattners to fifty-pound taimen in the wilds of Mongolia, wrangle with wily permit off the Florida Keys, and match the hatch on Montana’s Armstrong’s Spring Creek. Jardines de la Reina, Cuba (tarpon), the Zhupanova River, Kamchatka (rainbow trout), and the Rio Negro, Brazil (peacock bass) are also included. The essays include a cultural and natural history of each site, along with colorful anecdotes based on the author’s and authorities’ experiences. With breath-takingly-beautiful photos of the spots, many by celebrated fly-fishing photographer R. Valentine Atkinson, the book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel-and-tackle information so that they, too, can start planning excursions to go fish around the globe.

Free Download Hugh Williams, "Fifty Things You Need To Know About British History"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 000731390X, 0007278411 | EPUB | pages: 416 | 0.9 mb
What are the 50 key events you need to understand to grasp British history?

Free Download Fifty Places to Travel with Your Dog Before You Die: Dog Experts Share the World’s Greatest Destinations by Chris Santella, DC Helmuth
English | May 16, 2023 | ISBN: 1419761005 | 224 pages | MOBI | 24 Mb
Chris Santella’s bestselling Fifty Places series returns with a collection of creative, adventurous trips for dogs and the humans who love them.

Free Download John Lechte, "Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Post-Humanism (Routledge Key Guides)"
English | 2007 | pages: 460 | ISBN: 0415326931, 041532694X | PDF | 2,6 mb
This revised second edition from our bestselling Key Guides includes brand new entries on some of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth- and twenty-first century: Zizek, Bergson, Husserl, Heidegger, Butler and Haraway.

Free Download James Burke, "Circles: Fifty Round Trips Through History Technology Science Culture"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0743249763, 074320008X | EPUB | pages: 288 | 3.2 mb
From the bestselling author of The Knowledge Web come fifty mesmerizing journeys into the history of technology, each following a chain of consequential events that ends precisely where it began. Whether exploring electromagnetic fields, the origin of hot chocolate, or DNA fingerprinting, these essays all illustrate the surprisingly circular nature of change.

Free Download Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C6YMS5FN | 2024 | 6 hours and 45 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 378 MB
Author: GennaRose Nethercott
Narrator: GennaRose Nethercott, January LaVoy, Gabra Zackman, Max Meyers, Elena Rey