David Wood, "Football and Literature in South America"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138351016, 1138885606 | PDF | pages: 237 | 1.3 mb
South America is a region that enjoys an unusually high profile as the origin of some of the world's greatest writers and most celebrated footballers. This is the first book to undertake a systematic study of the relationship between football and literature across South America. Beginning with the first football poem published in 1899, it surveys a range of texts that address key issues in the region's social and political history.

Lighting & Sound America - November 2022
English | 76 pages | True PDF | 12 MB

Lighting & Sound America - December 2022
English | 76 pages | True PDF | 11 MB

America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorists: The Life and Crimes of the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh by Charles River Editors
English | November 2, 2016 | ISBN: 153987527X | 106 pages | EPUB | 2.84 Mb
*Includes pictures *Includes the terrorists' quotes *Includes a bibliography for further reading Most Americans old enough to follow the news during the 1990s are instantly familiar with the Unabomber, a name given to the man behind a series of bombs that were periodically mailed or delivered to university professors and airlines, which led to the FBI giving the investigation the codename "UNABOM," an acronym for "University and Airline Bomber." Over nearly 20 years, the Unabomber, as he was dubbed by the media, would kill 3 and wound dozens with his homemade bombs, some of which were primitive but others of which were strong enough to destroy an airplane. While authorities struggled to find him from the first time he targeted someone with a bomb in 1978, the Unabomber 's choice of targets and the materials he used offered a glimpse into the kind of man he was. Profilers rightly assumed that it was a man who had received a higher education and had some sort of interest in the environment and big business. What they could not know at the time was that it was all the work of one man, Ted Kaczynski, who was the product of a Harvard education and had briefly taught at UCLA before retiring to a cabin in Montana without electricity or running water. Ultimately, it was Kaczynski who tripped himself up thanks to his insistence that a major media outlet publish his lengthy essay Industrial Society and Its Future. Now known almost universally as the Unabomber Manifesto, it was a long screed against the effects of industry and technology on nature, and the way technology has impacted the psychology and personalities of people in society. Often incorporating "FC" in his bombs and writings as shorthand for Freedom Club, Kaczynski also asserted that the dependence on technology limited people's freedom and sapped them of their desire for personal autonomy. After the controversial siege at Waco ended in April 1993, a disillusioned young veteran named Timothy McVeigh was determined to strike back at the federal government. In 1994, McVeigh and an old Army buddy, Michael Fortier, decided they would bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City because several federal agencies had offices inside, including the ATF. With the help of Terry Nichols, McVeigh constructed a bomb out of fertilizer that weighed over two tons and placed it in a rented Ryder truck, the same company the 1993 World Trade Center bomber, Ramzi Yousef, had rented a van from. At 9:00 a.m. on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end of the siege in Waco, McVeigh's bomb exploded with a force so powerful that it registered seismic readings across much of Oklahoma and could be heard 50 miles away. The explosion killed 168 people, including young children in the building's day-care center. McVeigh was captured shortly after the explosion, and he never displayed remorse for his actions. When he later learned about the day-care center, McVeigh called the children "collateral damage." At the time, the bombing was the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in history, and McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001, three months before the bombing became the second deadliest terrorist attack on American soil in history. America's Most Notorious Domestic Terrorists: The Life and Crimes of the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh chronicle the stories of two of the most famous domestic terrorists of the 20th century. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Unabomber and Timothy McVeigh like never before.

Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B09TTS25ZN | 2022 | 11 hours and 44 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 336 MB
Author: James A. Warren
Narrator: Fred Sanders
From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, "highly recommended" account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War-the cataclysm that "continues to haunt American politics and culture". The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its role in the world. Year of the Hawk is a military and political history of the war in Vietnam during 1965-the pivotal first year of the American conflict, when the United States decided to intervene directly with combat units in a struggle between communist and pro-Western forces in South Vietnam that had raged on and off for 20 years.

Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B57VR779 | 2022 | 6 hours and 34 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 188 MB
Author: Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan
Narrator: Rachel Botchan
Immigration is a fraught and misunderstood topic in America's social discourse, with much of what we believe based largely on myth. Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan have spent the last decade searching for the facts. Their pioneering research digs deep into the data on immigration, linking the experiences of immigrants from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to those of immigrants today. Using powerful storytelling alongside big data, they provide new evidence about the past and present of the American Dream that will change our thinking and policies.

Eamon Doyle, "Is America a Democracy or an Oligarchy? "
English | ISBN: 1534508147 | 2021 | 128 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
"Since the inception of the United States, certain democratic principles have been inherent to the nation's political identity. Theoretically, this means that all citizens should receive equal representation and opportunity. However, income inequality has grown in recent years and shows no signs of slowing. Some argue that the wealthy are given unequal power over the government and society as a whole, creating an oligarchy. The viewpoints in this volume examine the development of the country from political, social, and economic perspectives to determine whether the country can still be considered a democracy"-

Wizards: David Duke, America's Wildest Election, and the Rise of the Far Right (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BP8JJR94 | 2022 | 10 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Brian Fairbanks
Narrator: Chris Sorensen
The '91 Louisiana Governor's race was supposed to be forgettable. But when former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke shocked the nation by ousting incumbent Republican Governor Buddy Roemer in the primary, the world took notice. Democrat Edwin Edwards, a former three-term governor and two-time corruption defendant, was left alone to face Duke in the general election-and he was going to lose. Then a little-known state committeewoman stepped in with evidence of Duke's nefarious past. Could her evidence be enough to sway the minds of fired-up voters, or would Louisiana welcome a far-right radical into the highest office in the state? Journalist Brian Fairbanks explores how the final showdown between Duke and Edwards in November 1991 led to a major shift in our national politics, as well as the rise of the radical right and white supremacist groups, and how history repeated itself in the 2016 presidential election. The story of these political "wizards," almost forgotten by history, remains eerily prescient and disturbingly relevant.

The Third Reconstruction: America's Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B2F3PTW7 | 2022 | 7 hours and 38 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 204 MB
Author: Peniel E. Joseph
Narrator: Peniel E. Joseph
One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America's Third Reconstruction. In The Third Reconstruction, distinguished historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a powerful and personal new interpretation of recent history. The racial reckoning that unfolded in 2020, he argues, marked the climax of a Third Reconstruction: a new struggle for citizenship and dignity for Black Americans, just as momentous as the movements that arose after the Civil War and during the civil rights era. Joseph draws revealing connections and insights across centuries as he traces this Third Reconstruction from the election of Barack Obama to the rise of Black Lives Matter to the failed assault on the Capitol. America's first and second Reconstructions fell tragically short of their grand aims. Our Third Reconstruction offers a new chance to achieve Black dignity and citizenship at last-an opportunity to choose hope over fear.

Peter Huchthausen, "America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Military Engagements: 1975-2000"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0670032328 | PDF | pages: 288 | 44.0 mb
Traces more than a dozen short-term military operations from the past quarter century including the Iranian hostage rescue attempt and the Gulf War, exploring the modern development of American small wars from an insider's perspective. 25,000 first printing.