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December 29, 2023

Water to the Angels William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles

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Free Download Les Standiford, "Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles"
English | 2015 | pages: 336 | ISBN: 0062251422 | EPUB | 6,1 mb
The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created-William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct-a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one determined man who’s vision shaped the future and continues to impact us today.

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December 25, 2023

Fast and Bonnie History of William Fife and Son, Yachtbuilders

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Free Download Fast and Bonnie: History of William Fife and Son, Yachtbuilders by May Fife McCallum
English | August 2, 2022 | ISBN: 1912476746 | 307 pages | PDF | 41 Mb
From humble beginnings at Fairlie, Ayrshire, in the early years of the nineteenth century, William Fife and Son grew to become one of Britain’s premier yacht-building yards, attracting commissions from as far afield as America, Canada and America.

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September 28, 2023

William Blake and the Age of Revolution

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Free Download Jacob Bronowski, "William Blake and the Age of Revolution"
English | 2012 | pages: 232 | ISBN: 0571241883 | EPUB | 2,6 mb
Bronowski was fascinated by William Blake for much of his life. His first book about him, A Man Without a Mask, was published in 1944. In 1958 his famous Penguin selection of Blake’s poems and letters was published. As further testimony to Bronowski’s enthusiasm it should be noted that the final plate in the book of his great TV series The Ascent of Man is Blake’s frontispiece to Songs of Experience. William Blake and the Age of Revolution, first published in 1965, is, in some ways, a revised edition of A Man Without a Mask, in others, a new book. In it Bronowski gives a stimulating interpretation of Blake’s art and poetry in the context of the revolutionary period in which he was working. Like all of Bronowski’s writings it dazzles with wide-ranging erudition, making this work far removed from conventional literary criticism.

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September 28, 2023

On the Farm Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women

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Free Download Stevie Cameron, "On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women"
English | 2010 | pages: 768 | ISBN: 0676975852 | EPUB | 3,5 mb
Verteran investigative journalist Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. It was not until February 2002 that pig farmer Robert William Pickton would be arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime could be told.

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September 20, 2023

On the Farm Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women

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Free Download On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women by Stevie Cameron, Erin Moon, Vintage Canada
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09WGVG8L9 | Format: M4B | 25 hours and 58 minutes | 1.38 Gb
Verteran investigative journalist Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. It was not until February 2002 that pig farmer Robert William Pickton would be arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime could be told.
Covering the case of one of North America’s most prolific serial killers gave Stevie Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded over many years in two British Columbia courthouses, but also to information unknown to the police-and not in the transcripts of their interviews with Pickton-such as from Pickton’s long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. Cameron uncovers what was behind law enforcement’s refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work.

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September 19, 2023

Gallop Toward the Sun Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation [Audiobook]

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Free Download Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BMWGJDCS | 2023 | 11 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 345 MB
Author: Peter Stark
Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
A vivid account of the rivalry between future president William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee chief Tecumseh-and of the Native American alliance that fought westward expansion-from the New York Times bestselling author. The conquest of Indigenous land in the eastern United States through corrupt treaties and genocidal violence laid the groundwork for the conquest of the American West. In Gallop Toward the Sun, acclaimed author Peter Stark exposes the fundamental conflicts at play through the little-known but consequential struggle between two extraordinary leaders. William Henry Harrison was born to a prominent Virginia family, the son of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He journeyed west, became governor of the vast Indiana Territory, and sought statehood by attracting settlers and imposing one-sided treaties.

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July 15, 2023

Collected Works of William P. Thurston with Commentary

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Free Download Benson Farb, "Collected Works of William P. Thurston with Commentary "
English | ISBN: 1470463903 | 2022 | 604 pages | PDF | 52 MB
William Thurston’s work has had a profound influence on mathematics. He connected whole mathematical subjects in entirely new ways and changed the way mathematicians think about geometry, topology, foliations, group theory, dynamical systems, and the way these areas interact. His emphasis on understanding and imagination in mathematical learning and thinking are integral elements of his distinctive legacy. This four-part collection brings together in one place Thurston’s major writings, many of which are appearing in publication for the first time. Volumes I-III contain commentaries by the Editors. Volume IV includes a preface by Steven P. Kerckhoff. Volume III contains William Thurston’s papers on dynamics and computer science, and papers written for general audiences. Additional miscellaneous papers are also included, such as his 1967 New College undergraduate thesis, which foreshadows his later work.

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