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Two Skis and a Rifle An Introduction to Biathlon


Free Download Michael Nordvall, "Two Skis and a Rifle: An Introduction to Biathlon"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1393231349 | EPUB | pages: 180 | 3.6 mb
This revised and updated first edition of Two Skis and a Rifle introduces the reader to biathlon, the Winter Olympic endeavor that simultaneously combines precision rifle marksmanship under the duress of cross-country (Nordic) skiing. With roots in Norwegian and global military history, the sport has blossomed from high latitude training exercises into a modern annual World Cup season. Novice and dedicated fans alike will discover technical details on and athlete accounts of travelling to and navigating around typical venues, physical requirements of training and competing, team and athlete race preparation, rifle construction and marksmanship, ski fabrication and technique, and the diversity of competitions and rules governing the sport, not least of which are efforts to control doping. There is a decidedly American slant to the writing which the author humbly hopes will generate wider interest and understanding of biathlon in the United States. In fact, the United States recently has had great success on the World Cup circuit, placing athletes in the medals at the yearly World Championships, the single most important event in the sport other than the Winter Olympic Games. There is no better time than now to become acquainted with this most popular European spectacle.

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Dead Center A Marine Sniper’s Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War


Free Download Ed Kugler, "Dead Center: A Marine Sniper’s Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War"
English | 1999 | ISBN: 0739404598, 0804118752 | EPUB | pages: 241 | 3.9 mb
It takes a certain kind of soldier to become a sniper. Hands as skilled and steady as a surgeon, eyes as sharp as a hawk’s. A sniper must be able to kill another man with cold-blooded calculation. Ed Kugler was just such a soldier. Stone cold deadly with an M-14, he was tapped to become a sniper in the 4th Marine Regiment in Vietnam. From a stint with Force Recon, he would soon lead a team of five snipers who worked the rugged Co Bi-Than Tan Valley. Called the Rogues, his team would leave a trail of fear and death throughout VC and NVA territory. Dead Center tells the story of Kugler and his team, dramatically from Midwest schoolboy to Marine sniper to one of the NVA’s "Most Wanted." Loaded with first hand accounts of sniper action and evasion, this account vividly relates the grueling training and curshing tension of missions, offering the most complete picture yet of this solitary service.

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Two Lipsticks and a Lover


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English | 2006 | ISBN: 1903933676 | EPUB | pages: 280 | 0.5 mb
Why is it that French women look as glamorous in a T-shirt and pair of jeans as in a designer dress? What is the secret that keeps them sexy and attractive from eighteen or eighty? Why are they happiest when flirting? How do they stay pencil thin? And why do they seduce their best-friends’ lovers? Helena Frith Powell goes deep undercover to expose the secrets of French beauty in this witty investigation in suspenders. Exploring French women’s passion for looking and feeling good, she talks to experts on French womanhood – from the intellectuals of St Germain, to the proprietress of a designer sex shop for women, to the bra fitter in the lingerie rooms of an exclusive department store in Paris, where she says goodbye to her M &S’s knickers forever. Packed with insights, she uncovers how French women achieve maximum effect with the least amount of effort through their passion for face-creams, suspenders and la petite aventure. Bin the books that tell you what to wear and what to eat. Find your inner French woman instead. Tempting, chic, persuasive, witty, "Two Lipsticks" is the ultimate style book that could radically change the way you look and, more importantly, think about yourself.

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World War Two Will Not Take Place


Free Download Bill James, "World War Two Will Not Take Place"
English | 2012 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 0727898280, 0727880039, 1847513301 | EPUB | 0,3 mb
Set during an alternative version of 1938 with Bill James’ trademark satirical take on events – England,1938. War looms, but the Prime minister’s talks with Hitler in Munich seem to result in a pact of peace. Now Mount, a secret service officer, is sent on an undercover mission to Berlin. But with all this talk of peace he starts to wonder whether his mission has any point. All until a meeting with Toumlin and two good-time girls from the local bar results in a broken chair. Could this chair have been not only the key to his mission but also the key to peace?

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The Two Houses of Israel State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity


Free Download The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity (Archaeology and Biblical Studies) by Omer Sergi
English | August 4, 2023 | ISBN: 162837344X, 1628373431 | True PDF | 484 pages | 17.2 MB
The Two Houses of Israel: State Formation and the Origins of Pan-Israelite Identity bridges the gap between the biblical narrative of the great united monarchy ruled by David and Solomon and archaeological and historical reconstructions of a gradual, independent formation of Israel and Judah.

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Downing Street Diary, Volume Two With James Callaghan in No. 10


Free Download Downing Street Diary, Volume Two: With James Callaghan in No. 10 by Bernard Donoughue
English | February 1, 2010 | ISBN: 1845950941 | True EPUB | 562 pages | 0.8 MB
The first volume of Bernard Donoughue’s Downing Street Diary was described by Charles Moore in the Daily Telegraph as ‘the best account of Harold Wlson’s last days’; ‘the sheer scale and detail are fascinating’ wrote Peter Riddell in the Times Literary Supplement. This second volume covers the three years, 1976-79, when Donoughue was Senior Policy Advisor to James Callaghan.

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Two Old Broads Stuff You Need to Know That You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know


Free Download Two Old Broads: Stuff You Need to Know That You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know by Dr. M. E. Hecht, Whoopi Goldberg, Tamela Rich
English | November 8, 2022 | ISBN: 0785241647 | 196 pages | PDF | 3.16 Mb
Written by renowned surgeon and expert on the art of aging, Dr. M.E. Hecht, with her friend Whoopi Goldberg lending her unique point of view, Two Old Broads is laugh out loud funny and?tells it like it is for all of us who left middle age in the dust and want to be present, positive, and as extraordinary as ever in our golden years.

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Razoxane and Dexrazoxane – Two Multifunctional Agents Experimental and Clinical Results


Free Download Razoxane and Dexrazoxane – Two Multifunctional Agents: Experimental and Clinical Results By Kurt Hellmann (auth.), Kurt Hellmann, Walter Rhomberg (eds.)
2011 | 243 Pages | ISBN: 904819167X | PDF | 4 MB
Razoxane and dexrazoxane are two novel drugs with some uniquely useful features. They block cell division at the G2/M border, but nowhere else, so that they have a low toxicity profile. They suppress tumor metastasis and haemorrhages through normalization of pathological blood vessels. Razoxane potentiates radiotherapy especially in the treatment of soft tissue sarcomas and gastrointestinal neoplasms. They protect normal tissues against toxic chemicals, e.g. the myocardium against anthracyclines or subcutaneous tissue against injuries caused by incidental extravasations of anthracyclines. Dexrazoxane is the only drug approved by the FDA/EMEA for the specific purpose of preventing cardiac damage when giving the widely used and effective antitumor anthracyclines. The reduction of cardiotoxicity is achieved without response reduction or reducing of time to progression of tumors. While the full analysis of their actions at the molecular level is not yet completely understood, it seems most likely that it is via an inhibition on the topoisomerase II a. Moreover, the drugs have the ability to chelate several metals including iron, copper or zinc. The protection of normal tissues is nowhere more important than that of brain, and there are indications that the proteins thought to be responsible for the ravages of Alzheimer´s disease could be stabilized by one or both these drugs.

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