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Free Download C.E.T. Warren, James Benson – Above Us the Waves: The Story of Midget Submarines & Human Torpedoes
Pen & Sword | 2006 | ISBN: 1844154408 | English | 282 pages | PDF | 75.37 MB
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or ‘chariots’, and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks. The result was the development of British ‘chariots’ which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-craft or midget submarines could be deployed.

Free Download Mariana Luzzi, Ariel Wilkis, Kate Udall (Narrator), "The Dollar: How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina"
English | ASIN: B0CQ3RKMG1 | 2023 | M4B@64 kbps | ~11:28:00 | 339 MB
Originally published in Argentina in 2019 and now finally available in English, Luzzi and Wilkis’s acclaimed book traces the history of the economic, social, and political relevance of the dollar in Argentina and its popularization over the years.
How did the dollar come to play such a leading role in Argentina’s national existence? How and why did this global currency become a local currency on the other end of the Western hemisphere? Through the reconstruction of the social and cultural history of the US dollar in Argentina, Luzzi and Wilkis provide original insight into this sidebar of the dollar’s history, showing how it became a "local" currency even outside its country of origin.

Free Download Let Go: It’s time for us to let go of shame, expectation and our addiction to social media, from The Resilience Project by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Penguin Random House Australia Audio
English | 2021 | ISBN: B09C6KJHPD | 4 hours and 53 minutes / Format: M4B | 266 Mb
If ever there was a time for us to be resilient, it was when a deadly virus engulfed the planet. As death rates soared and crippling lockdowns kicked in, the Resilience Project founder Hugh Van Cuylenburg was one of the people Australia turned to in order to find out how to cope. Under pressure to deliver good news in a historic crisis, it didn’t take long for the Melbourne-based educator to realise he wasn’t coping.
Like millions of people around the world, Hugh was forced to reassess life during the 2020-21 pandemic as COVID undermined our sense of safety, strangled our personal connections and saw levels of happiness plunge. After taking the time to address his own problems, Hugh recognised he was being hamstrung by the same powerful issues that undermine the lives of many: our feelings of shame, our quest for perfection and the toxicity of social media.
In this follow-up to the best-selling The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness, Hugh combines powerful insight with research and his own disarming and candid storytelling to show how it is possible to let go of the things that are stopping us from feeling connected, safe and happy.

Free Download If Science Is to Save Us by Martin Rees, Derek Perkins, Tantor Audio
English | 2022 | ISBN: B0BQZHJR1D | 5 hours and 35 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 153 Mb
There has never been a time when ‘following the science’ has been more important for humanity. At no other point in history have we had such advanced knowledge and technology at our fingertips, nor had such astonishing capacity to determine the future of our planet.
But the decisions we must make on how science is applied belong outside the lab and should be the outcome of wide public debate. For that to happen, science needs to become part of our common culture. Science is not just for scientists: if it were, it could never save us from the multiple crises we face. For science can save us, if its innovations mesh carefully into society and its applications are channeled for the common good.
As Martin Rees argues in this expert and personal analysis of the scientific endeavor on which we all depend, we need to think globally, we need to think rationally and we need to think long-term, empowered by twenty-first-century technology but guided by values that science alone cannot provide.

Free Download Meenakshi Ahamed, Deepa Samuel (Narrator), "A Matter of Trust: India-US Relations from Truman to Trump"
English | ASIN: B0CMJVB8VG | 2023 | MP3@64 kbps | ~20:37:00 | 585 MB
From Truman’s remark to now, it has been a long journey. India and the United States, which share common values and should have been friends, found themselves caught in a cycle of resentment and mistrust for the first few decades following Indian independence. In A Matter of Trust, Meenakshi Ahamed reveals the personal prejudices and insecurities of the leaders, and the political imperatives, that so often cast a shadow over their relationship.
The cycle began with India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who viewed Americans as naive and insular, but it was under Indira Gandhi that India entered the darkest phase of its relations with the United States. President Truman decided Nehru was a communist, and the White House tapes reveal Nixon’s hatred towards Mrs. Gandhi and Indians. It was only after India undertook major economic reforms in the 1990s that the relationship improved. The transformation occurred when President George W. Bush signed the historic nuclear deal in 2008 with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Free Download Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Start-Up on a Mission to End Privacy, UK Edition by Kashmir Hill
English | September 28th, 2023 | ISBN: 1398509175, 1398509205 | 352 pages | True EPUB | 3.02 MB
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Free Download Wavewalker: A Memoir of Breaking Free, US Edition by Suzanne Heywood
English | October 24th, 2023 | ISBN: 0008648387 | 416 pages | True EPUB | 31.16 MB
Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children.

Free Download UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here-and Out There by Garrett M. Graff
English | November 14th, 2023 | ISBN: 1982196777 | 544 pages | True EPUB | 70.75 MB
From Garrett M. Graff, New York Times bestselling author of Raven Rock, The Only Plane in the Sky, and Pulitzer Prize finalist for history Watergate, comes the first comprehensive and eye-opening exploration of our government’s decades-long quest to solve one of humanity’s greatest mysteries: Are we alone in the universe?

Free Download Christine Honders, "The Ties that Bind Us Together: Relationship Building (Spotlight On Social and Emotional Learning)"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1725306972, 1725306948 | EPUB | pages: 24 | 9.2 mb
From the time we’re born, we have relationships with others. We often trust the person or people who care for us because they make us feel good and safe. Readers will learn that trust and openness can help them establish emotional connections with people for the rest of their lives. They’ll learn that developing give-and-take relationships will build better friendships. They’ll be able to better relate to others, which will make others want to build relationships with them. Through concrete examples and self-analysis, students will discover how to positively connect with others, which will help them discover more about themselves.

Free Download Guy Laforest, Eugénie Brouillet, Alain-G. Gagnon, "The Constitutions that Shaped Us: A Historical Anthology of Pre-1867 Canadian Constitutions"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0773546073, 0773546065 | EPUB | pages: 376 | 0.5 mb
The Constitutions that Shaped Us re-examines from a comparative and critical standpoint the events, key players, and texts which, taken together, help to interpret all Canadian constitutions prior to Confederation. The key constitutional documents that are studied in this book are the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Quebec Act of 1774, the Constitutional Act of 1791, and the 1840 Act of Union. Great Canadian historians of the past take turns in providing unforgettable sketches and understandings of the actions of monumental figures such as Governors Murray, Carleton, and Elgin, British politicians from Pitt to Burke, Grey, and Durham, without forgetting the leading political and intellectual colonial figures such as Bédard, Papineau, La Fontaine, Mackenzie, and Baldwin. Gathering together the most renowned and representative works of constitutional scholarship, this anthology provides readers with an in-depth account of the events that would ultimately lead to the union of British colonies, the birth of the Dominion of Canada, and the rebirth of political autonomy in a colony known successively as Quebec, Lower Canada, Canada East, and once again Quebec in 1867. Following a general survey of the various constitutions enacted under British rule, this collection includes an equal number of commentaries by French- and English-speaking historians concerning each of the four constitutions to offer the most nuanced view of Canada?s origins to date.