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American Gunfight

The Plot to Kill Harry Truman--and the Shoot-out that Stopped It

de Stephen Hunter, John Bainbridge Jr. ...

A fast-paced and breathtakingly suspenseful account of an extraordinary historical event—the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman in 1950 by two Puerto Rican Nationalists and the bloody shoot-out in the streets of Washington, DC, that saved the president’s life.November 1, 1950, was an unseasonably hot afternoon in the sleepy capital. At 2:00 PM in his temporary residence at Blair ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

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A fast-paced and breathtakingly suspenseful account of an extraordinary historical event—the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman in 1950 by two Puerto Rican Nationalists and the bloody shoot-out in the streets of Washington, DC, that saved the president’s life.November 1, 1950, was an unseasonably hot afternoon in the sleepy capital. At 2:00 PM in his temporary residence at Blair
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
Gun Barons

The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

de John Bainbridge ...

John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons.Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and Remington are legendary. Yet few people are aware of the roles these men played at ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

John Bainbridge, Jr.'s Gun Barons is a narrative history of six charismatic and idiosyncratic men who changed the course of American history through the invention and refinement of repeating weapons.Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and Remington are legendary. Yet few people are aware of the roles these men played at
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Asynchronous System-on-Chip Interconnect

de John Bainbridge ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Asynchronous System-on-Chip Interconnect describes the use of an entirely asynchronous system-bus for the modular construction of integrated circuits. Industry is just awakening to the benefits of asynchronous design in avoiding the problems of clock-skew and multiple clock-domains, an din parallel with this is coming to grips with Intellectual Property (IP) based design flows which emphasise the ... Leer más

$49.99 USD

Asynchronous System-on-Chip Interconnect describes the use of an entirely asynchronous system-bus for the modular construction of integrated circuits. Industry is just awakening to the benefits of asynchronous design in avoiding the problems of clock-skew and multiple clock-domains, an din parallel with this is coming to grips with Intellectual Property (IP) based design flows which emphasise the
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American Gunfight

The Plot to Kill Harry Truman and the Shoot-Out That Stopped It

de Stephen Hunter, John Bainbridge ...

Narrado por John H. Mayer ...

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15 hora 38 minutos

AMERICAN GUNFIGHT is the fast-paced, definitive, and breathtakingly suspenseful account of an extraordinary historical event–the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman in November of 1950 by two Puerto Rican Nationalists and the bloody shoot-out in the streets of Washington, D.C., that saved the president's life.Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge, Jr., ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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AMERICAN GUNFIGHT is the fast-paced, definitive, and breathtakingly suspenseful account of an extraordinary historical event–the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman in November of 1950 by two Puerto Rican Nationalists and the bloody shoot-out in the streets of Washington, D.C., that saved the president's life.Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Hunter and John Bainbridge, Jr.,
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Gun Barons

The Weapons That Transformed America and the Men Who Invented Them

de John Bainbridge Jr. ...

Narrado por Lee Goettl ...

Completo

10 hora 14 minutos

Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and Remington are legendary. Yet few people are aware of the roles these men played at a crucial time in United States history, from westward expansion in the 1840s, through the Civil War, and into the dawn of the Gilded Age. Through personal drive and fueled by bloodshed, they helped ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Love them or hate them, guns are woven deeply into the American soul. Names like Colt, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and Remington are legendary. Yet few people are aware of the roles these men played at a crucial time in United States history, from westward expansion in the 1840s, through the Civil War, and into the dawn of the Gilded Age. Through personal drive and fueled by bloodshed, they helped
... Leer más

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The Gettysburg Gospel

The Lincoln Speech that Nobody Knows

de Gabor Boritt ...

Narrado por Michael Kramer ...

Completo

9 hora 48 minutos

The literature of the Gettysburg Address tends to fall into one of two extremes. At one end are those books that maintain that Lincoln wrote his speech hastily, even on a scrap of paper on the train en route from Washington to Gettysburg. In this version, Lincoln delivered his remarks to an uncomprehending public, which applauded politely, failing to appreciate his genius. Many of the books that ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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The literature of the Gettysburg Address tends to fall into one of two extremes. At one end are those books that maintain that Lincoln wrote his speech hastily, even on a scrap of paper on the train en route from Washington to Gettysburg. In this version, Lincoln delivered his remarks to an uncomprehending public, which applauded politely, failing to appreciate his genius. Many of the books that
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The Nazi Menace

Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War

de Benjamin Carter Hett ...

Narrado por Raphael Corkhill ...

Completo

14 hora 45 minutos

A panoramic narrative of the years leading up to the Second World War—a tale of democratic crisis, racial conflict, and a belated recognition of evil, with profound resonance for our own time.Berlin, November 1937. Adolf Hitler meets with his military commanders to impress upon them the urgent necessity for a war of aggression in eastern Europe. Some generals are unnerved by the Führer’s grandiose ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

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A panoramic narrative of the years leading up to the Second World War—a tale of democratic crisis, racial conflict, and a belated recognition of evil, with profound resonance for our own time.Berlin, November 1937. Adolf Hitler meets with his military commanders to impress upon them the urgent necessity for a war of aggression in eastern Europe. Some generals are unnerved by the Führer’s grandiose
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Lusitania

Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age

de Greg King, Penny Wilson ...

Narrado por Johnny Heller ...

Completo

8 hora 48 minutos

Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old. Yet an encounter with a primitive German U-Boat sent her and her gilded passengers to their tragic deaths.A hundred years after her sinking, Lusitania remains an ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the twentieth century. When she left New York on her final voyage, she sailed from the New World to the Old. Yet an encounter with a primitive German U-Boat sent her and her gilded passengers to their tragic deaths.A hundred years after her sinking, Lusitania remains an
... Leer más

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The First Thousand Years

A Global History of Christianity

de Robert Louis Wilken ...

Narrado por Bob Souer ...

Completo

17 hora 51 minutos

How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to remake the civilizations it inhabited, culturally, politically, and intellectually? Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert Louis Wilken narrates the dramatic spread and development of Christianity over the first thousand years of its history. Moving through the formation of early institutions, ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to remake the civilizations it inhabited, culturally, politically, and intellectually? Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert Louis Wilken narrates the dramatic spread and development of Christianity over the first thousand years of its history. Moving through the formation of early institutions,
... Leer más

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Hiding Mengele

How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death

de Betina Anton ...

Narrado por Taylor Harvey ...

Completo

9 hora 12 minutos

Read the international sensation already translated into 9 languages!A Brazilian journalist’s investigation unearths the story of a network of people responsible for hiding The Angel of Death, the infamous Nazi doctor who fled to South America and escaped justice for over thirty years.Josef Mengele, known worldwide for unimaginably cruel human experiments and for sending thousands of people to the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Read the international sensation already translated into 9 languages!A Brazilian journalist’s investigation unearths the story of a network of people responsible for hiding The Angel of Death, the infamous Nazi doctor who fled to South America and escaped justice for over thirty years.Josef Mengele, known worldwide for unimaginably cruel human experiments and for sending thousands of people to the
... Leer más

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Dark Data

Why What You Don't Know Matters

de David J. Hand ...

Narrado por David J. Hand ...

Completo

9 hora 45 minutos

This audiobook narrated by David Hand offers a practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing dataIn the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make good decisions. But in fact the data we have are never complete, and may be only the tip of the iceberg. Just as much of the universe is composed of dark matter, invisible to us but ... Leer más

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This audiobook narrated by David Hand offers a practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing dataIn the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make good decisions. But in fact the data we have are never complete, and may be only the tip of the iceberg. Just as much of the universe is composed of dark matter, invisible to us but
... Leer más

Disponible también en: eBook
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Waking Giant

America in the Age of Jackson

de David S. Reynolds ...

Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

Completo

15 hora 20 minutos

The years from 1815 to 1848 were arguably the richest period in American life. In Waking Giant, award-winning historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the era's exciting political story alongside the fascinating social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, as well as John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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The years from 1815 to 1848 were arguably the richest period in American life. In Waking Giant, award-winning historian David S. Reynolds illuminates the era's exciting political story alongside the fascinating social and cultural movements that influenced it. He casts fresh light on Andrew Jackson, who redefined the presidency, as well as John Quincy Adams and James K. Polk, who expanded the
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