No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time—and had such a devastating effect—as the AK-47 assault rifle. This book examines the legacy of this world-changing weapon, from its creation as means of fighting...
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Вишняцкий Л.Б. - История одной случайности, или Происхождение человека (Наука для всех) - 2005
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The Tank Killers is the story of the American Tank Destroyer Force in North Africa, Italy, and the European Theater during World War II. The tank destroyer (TD) was a bold—if some would say flawed—answer to the challenge posed by the seemingly...
В свое время преподаватели Калифорнийского технологического университета задумались о том, как можно было бы перестроить курс физики,...
One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a “flight risk,” and her medical records—chronicling a...
Stepping effortlessly from myth to cutting-edge science, Mutants gives a brilliant narrative account of our genetic code and the captivating people whose bodies have revealed it—a French convent girl who found herself changing sex at puberty;...
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord’s prayer and Hail Mary in Quenya: Syntactical and Etymological Analysis
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How did top Red Army commanders see the assault on Berlin in 1945 – what was their experience of the last, terrible battle of the Second World War in Europe? Personal accounts by the most famous generals involved – Zhukov, Koniev and...
There are some scary people around. People who hurt others casually, and
without remorse. These predators take what they want, using charm, wits, and a
lack of any empathy. We call them psychopaths, sociopaths, malignant
narcissists, or trolls. Are...
From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe...