Pickett's Charge A New Look at Gettysburg's Final Attack
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English | 2016 | ISBN: B01KOKRJ54 | Format: MP3 / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 19 hours and 52 minutes + PDF | 558 Mb
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The Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's turning point, produced over 57,000 casualties, the largest number from the entire war that was itself America's bloodiest conflict. On the third day of fierce fighting, Robert E. Lee's attempt to invade the North came to a head in Pickett's Charge. The infantry assault, consisting of nine brigades of soldiers in a line that stretched for over a mile, resulted in casualties of over 50 percent for the Confederates and a huge psychological blow to Southern morale.
Pickett's Charge is a detailed analysis of one of the most iconic and defining events in American history. This book presents a much-needed fresh look, including the unvarnished truths and ugly realities, about the unforgettable story. With the luxury of hindsight, historians have long denounced the folly of Lee's attack, but this work reveals the tactical brilliance of a master plan that went awry. Special emphasis is placed on the common soldiers on both sides, especially the non-Virginia attackers outside of Pickett's Virginia Division. These fighters' moments of cowardice, failure, and triumph are explored using their own words from primary and unpublished sources. Without romance and glorification, the complexities and contradictions of the dramatic story of Pickett's Charge have been revealed in full to reveal this most pivotal moment in the nation's life.

Philosophical Foundation A Critical Analysis of Basic Beliefs, Second Edition [Audiobook]
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English | June 22, 2023 | ASIN: B0C8W93TXQ | M4B@128 kbps | 11h 1m | 601 MB
Author: Surrendra Gangadean | Narrator: Anthony J. Santora
Philosophical Foundation argues for clarity over and against meaninglessness, which is implicit in various forms of skepticism and fideism. Throughout the book, critical analysis is applied to unexamined assumptions in the areas of metaphysics and ethics in order to address long-standing disputes.
The basic beliefs of Western naturalism, eastern idealism, Greek dualism, post-modern anti-realism, and classical theism are incisively analyzed by reason for their coherence of meaning. Those who have questions about knowledge and certainty, faith and reason, the existence of God, and the problem of evil, will find critical insight throughout this study in its use of presuppositional thinking.

Persians The Age of the Great Kings
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English | 2022 | ISBN: B09X7D4WCM | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 18 hours and 42 minutes | 1022 Mb
A stunning portrait ofthe magnificent splendor andenduringlegacy of ancient Persia
The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan.From thepalace-city of Persepolis,Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuriesuntilthe conquests of Alexander of Macedonbrought the empire to aswift and unexpectedend inthe late 330s BCE.
InPersians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story ofthis dynasty and the world it ruled.Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art,and archaeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world's first superpower-one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance.This is the definitive history of theAchaemenid dynasty anditslegacies in modern-day Iran, a book that completely reshapes our understanding of the ancient world.

Panzer General Heinz Guderian and the Blitzkrieg Victories of WWII [Audiobook]
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English | May 26, 2020 | ASIN: B0886MM9LD | M4B@128 kbps | 12h 30m | 696 MB
Author: Kenneth Macksey | Narrator: Jonathan Cowley
Kenneth Macksey's highly regarded biography of Generaloberst Heinz Guderian gives clear insight into the mind and motives of the father of modern tank warfare. Panzer General shows Guderian as a man of ideas equipped with the ability to turn inspiration into reality. A master of strategy and tactics, he was the officer most responsible for creating blitzkrieg in World War II.
Guderian built the Panzerwaffe in the face of opposition from the German General Staff and personally led the lightning campaigns by tanks and aircraft that put a large part of Europe under domination by the Third Reich. Kenneth Macksey, a tank man himself for more than 20 years, reveals the man as a brilliant rebel in search of ideals and a general whose personality, genius, and achievements far transcended those of Rommel.

Owning the Unknown A Science Fiction Writer Explores Atheism, Agnosticism, and the Idea of God [Audiobook]
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English | September 26, 2023 | ASIN: B0CCYVHS98 | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 25m | 179 MB
Author: Robert Charles Wilson | Narrator: Pete Cross
Although humankind today can peer far deeper into the universe than ever before, we still find ourselves surrounded by the unknown and perhaps the unknowable. All great science fiction has used the human imagination to explore that realm beyond the known, just as theistic religions have done since long before the genre existed.
As Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson argues in Owning the Unknown, the genre's freewheeling speculation and systematic world-building make it a unique lens for understanding, examining, and assessing the truth claims of religions in general and Christianity in particular.

Overcoming Overwhelm Dismantle Your Stress from the Inside Out [Audiobook]
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English | March 29, 2019 | ASIN: B07PWNG9LQ | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 38m | 179 MB
Author: Dr. Samantha Brody | Narrator: Piper Goodeve
A groundbreaking four-step solution to stress and overwhelm - tailored to your life
Do more. Be more. Try harder. It's the battle cry of our culture, and it's making millions of us sick, tired, and frustrated. Why? Because we simply can't solve stress and overwhelm by doing more and more of what we've been doing. With Overcoming Overwhelm, Dr. Samantha Brody offers an alternative.

Outrageous A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars [Audiobook]
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English | November 28, 2023 | ASIN: B0CNDX4XGJ | M4B@128 kbps | 10h 30m | 572 MB
Author and Narrator: Kliph Nesteroff
From the preeminent historian of modern comedy comes an expansive history of showbiz and the culture wars
There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past. Modern pundits would have us believe that Americans of a previous generation had tougher skin and seldom complained. But does this argument hold up to scrutiny?

Outback Midwife [Audiobook]
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July 12, 2015 | English | ASIN: B011DDD7VQ | 9 hrs 2 mins | M4B & MP3 @63 kbps | 246.6 to 249.7 MB | Unabridged | Retail
Author: Beth McRae | Narrator: Caroline Lee
Outback Midwife is the story of Beth McRae's 40 years as a midwife, from her terrifying first day witnessing a birth as a naïve student nurse to her training as a midwife - the days when the words 'birth plan' were unheard of and what women wanted was a long way from being part of any plan - to the outback.
Beth's career of catching babies takes her from the city to the bush, bonding with people from all walks of life at one of the most critical moments in their lives. But there was one more frontier she was determined to conquer.

Outback Cop [Audioboook]
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23-02-17 | English | ASIN: B06WW6BF9Y | 9 hrs 50 mins | M4B & MP3 @63 kbps | 268.3 to 271.5 MB | Unabridged | Retail
Authors: Evan McHugh, Neale McShane | Narrators: David Tredinnick, Neale McShane
Birdsville is one of the most remote police postings in Australia.
It can be lonely and uneventful for weeks, then the dramas come thick and fast: from desert rescues to rising floods, venomous vipers to visiting VIPs. Throw in heat, dust and flies and it's not a job for the faint-hearted, unless you're Senior Constable Neale McShane, who has single-handedly taken care of a beat the size of Victoria for the past 10 years. Recently retired from this 'hardship posting', Neale and his family thrived on the adventures and colourful times that come with the territory in the furthest corner of our country.

Out of My Skull The Psychology of Boredom
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English | 2020 | ISBN: B089CBSJZ5 | Format: MP3 / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 5 hours and 46 minutes | 158 Mb
We avoid boredom at all costs. It makes us feel restless and agitated. Desperate for something to do, we play games on our phones, retie our shoes, or even count ceiling tiles. And if we escape it this time, eventually it will strike again. But what if we listened to boredom instead of banishing it?Psychologists James Danckert and John Eastwood contend that boredom isn't bad for us. It's just that we do a bad job of heeding its guidance.
When we're bored, our minds are telling us that whatever we are doing isn't working - we're failing to satisfy our basic psychological need to be engaged and effective. Too many of us respond poorly.We become prone to accidents, risky activities, loneliness, and ennui, and we waste ever more time on technological distractions. But, Danckert and Eastwood argue, we can let boredom have the opposite effect, motivating the change we need. The latest research suggests that an adaptive approach to boredom will help us avoid its troubling effects and, through its reminder to become aware and involved, boredom might lead us to live fuller lives.
Out of My Skull combines scientific findings with everyday observations to explain an experience we'd like to ignore, but from which we have a lot to learn. Boredom evolved to help us. It's time we gave it a chance.