Tag: Lives

Free Download The Ottoman Empire’s Greatest Sultans: The Lives and Legacies of Osman I, Mehmed II, and Suleiman the Magnificent (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798868750816 | 2023 | 3 hours and 50 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 212 MB
Author: Charles River Editors
Narrator: Jim Walsh
In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed in the late 5th century. Naturally, the Ottoman Empire would also use Constantinople as the capital of its empire after their conquest effectively ended the Byzantine Empire, and thanks to its strategic location, it has been a trading center for years and remains one today under the Turkish name of Istanbul.

Free Download Tattered Kimonos in Japan: Remaking Lives from Memories of World War II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CRZZMMBS | 2024 | 6 hours and 15 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 334 MB
Author: Robert Rand
Narrator: Curt Bonnem
Since John Hersey’s Hiroshima, very few books have examined the meaning and impact of World War II through the eyes of Japanese men and women who survived that conflict. Tattered Kimonos in Japan does just that: It is an intimate journey into contemporary Japan from the perspective of the generation of Japanese soldiers and civilians who survived World War II, by a writer whose American father and Japanese father-in-law fought on opposite sides of the conflict. Mindful of the power of victimhood, memory, and shared suffering, he travels across Japan, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, meeting a compelling group of men and women whose lives, even now, are defined by the trauma of war, and by lingering questions of responsibility and repentance for Japan’s wartime aggression. The image of a tattered kimono from Hiroshima is the thread that drives the narrative arc of this emotional story about a writer’s encounter with history, inside the Japan of his father’s generation, on the other side of his father’s war. This is a book about history with elements of family memoir. It offers a fresh and truly unique perspective for listeners interested in World War II, Japan, or Judaica; listeners seeking cross-cultural journeys; and listeners intrigued by Japanese culture, particularly the kimono.

Free Download The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
by Adam Shatz
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1035900041 | 648 Pages | True ePUB | 14.4 MB

Free Download Denise Linn, "Past Lives, Present Miracles"
English | ISBN: 1401916821 | 2008 | 300 pages | EPUB | 441 KB
*Originally published in 1997 under the title Past Lives, Present Dreams Miracles can occur in your life, easily and effortlessly. It’s simply a matter of remembering who you are-and to do this it’s necessary to clear the blockages that stand between you and your soul. Almost all of these obstacles have their roots in your distant past, so it’s valuable to travel back in time to release them. However, most of us are so caught up in limiting beliefs about who we are that it’s almost impossible to take that journey. In this book, you’ll learn how to travel back to your previous incarnations to release buried obstructions so you can create the miracles in your life that you deserve! It’s safe, easy, and fun . . . and anyone can do it! You’ll learn how to discover your past lives without ever doing a regression, remove limitations regarding your relationships, abundance, and health that came from your past lives, uncover the symptoms of past-life traumas and how to clear them, even if you don’t believe in reincarnation, understand the roles that loved ones played in your previous incarnations, find your personal guides, spirit guardians, and angels and receive their help . . .and much, much more!

Free Download Maria Goff, "Love Lives Here: Finding What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1433648911 | EPUB | pages: 256 | 3.1 mb
This is a book about discovering what we really need.There are a lot of second-best options, but we weren’t made to live a second-best life. Finding what we actually need is different than what we are often offered. There are many books full of opinions, steps and programs. This isn’t one of them. This is about craving the things that matter. Things that don’t just work, but last.In a life that may seem to be all fun and games with an endless supply of balloons, author Maria Goff shows how this life is also lived with intentionality, passionate purpose, and a little planning-all of which make a life rich in legacy. But she had to figure out the help she needed first in order to live the beautiful life God wanted for her and wants for us.Love Lives Here is a collection of stories that include the ways Maria and her husband, Bob, navigated family their way, without clear instructions or a road map. It’s about what they learned to make their lives meaningful and whimsical and how they created a space for their family to grow together while they reached outward.

Free Download Out of their Minds The Lives and Discoveries of 16 Great Computer Scientists By Dennis Sasha Cathy Lazere
1998 | 152 Pages | ISBN: 0387982698 | PDF | 85 MB
Out of their Minds by Shasha Lazere in pdf format.

Free Download The Queen’s Sisters: The Lives of the Sisters of Elizabeth Woodville
by Sarah J. Hodder
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1789043638 | 113 Pages | True ePUB | 0.15 MB

Free Download Allen C. Guelzo, "A House Divided: The Lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (Jules Archer History for Young Readers)"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1632206048 | EPUB | pages: 176 | 4.3 mb
A House Divided is an exciting introduction to two of the most fascinating players in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was gruff and sloppy, the son of a hardworking but uneducated man opposed to slavery. Robert E. Lee, a slave owner himself, was a polite, aristocratic Virginia gentleman who descended from the Revolutionary War hero "Light-Horse Harry." Both men studied at West Point but developed very different tactics-Lee proved to be a careful strategist who made brilliant use of standard military tactics, while Grant was instinctive, spontaneous, and unconventional. Pitted against one another, the two became the most influential players in the bloodiest and most wrenching episode of American history. In alternating chapters, historian Jules Archer begins by exploring their formative years and early careers all the way through their postwar lives. Archer focuses on the men’s roles during the Civil War, detailing down to specific battles and decisions made by each man. Perfect for reluctant young historians as well as history-buffs-to-be.

Free Download Inside the White House: The Hidden Lives of the Modern Presidents and the Secrets of the World’s Most Powerful Institution By Ronald Kessler
1995 | 302 Pages | ISBN: 0671879200 | PDF | 31 MB
Award-winning journalist Ronald Kessler gets behind the scenes at the White House to reveal the often-scandalous secrets of this all-powerful institution. Kessler documents the hidden lives of the modern presidents: Bill and Hilary Clinton’s sham marriage and his pattern of alleged sexual indiscretions; Johnson’s legendary infidelities; Nixon’s disorientation and mysterious disappearances during his last days in office; the extent of Reagan’s manipulation at the hands of his wife; and Bush’s out-of-control staff.

Free Download Jack Gedney, Jonathan Todd Ross (Narrator), "The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live"
English | ASIN: B0CRJW8G5J | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~06:15:00 | 177 MB
A book to help the ordinary birdwatcher appreciate the fascinating songs, stories, and science of common birds.
Jack Gedney’s studies of birds provide resonant, affirming answers to the questions: Who is this bird? In what way is it beautiful? Why does it matter? Masterfully linking an abundance of poetic references with up-to-date biological science, Gedney shares his devotion to everyday Western birds in fifteen essays.
Each essay illuminates the life of a single species and its relationship to humans, and how these species can help us understand birds in general. A dedicated birdwatcher and teacher, Gedney finds wonder not only in the speed and glistening beauty of the Anna’s hummingbird, but also in her nest building. He acclaims the turkey vulture’s and red-tailed hawk’s roles in our ecosystem, and he venerates the inimitable California scrub jay’s work planting acorns.