The Count of Monte Cristo BBC Radio Drama by Alexandre DumasRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 218 MB Overview: Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 tale of epic vengeance, dramatised in four parts by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Marseilles, 1815. Nineteen-year-old seaman Edmond Dantès is engaged to the beautiful Mercédès and about to be promoted to Captain. But his luck runs out when […]
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.3 MBOverview: Imprisoned for a crime he didn t commit, Edmond Dantès spends 14 bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works he uses all he has learned during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge that will bring punishment […]
Human Rights as a Way of Life: On Bergson’s Political Philosophy by Alexandre LefebvreRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.2 MBOverview: The work of Henri Bergson, the foremost French philosopher of the early twentieth century, is not usually explored for its political dimensions. Indeed, Bergson is best known for his writings on time, evolution, and creativity. This book […]
The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry by Alexandre Binda, Chris CocksRequirements: .ePUB reader, 294 MBOverview: Dubbed “The Killing Machine” by Charles D. Melson, chief historian of the US Marine Corps, the RLI was a veritable ‘foreign legion’ with over 20 diverse nationalities serving in her ranks. The RLI fought the bitter Zimbabwean ‘bush war’ for […]
The Broken Years: Russia’s Disabled War Veterans, 1904–1921 by Alexandre SumpfRequirements: .ePUB reader, 10mbOverview: The Broken Years tells the forgotten story of Russia’s disabled ex-servicemen through three wars and three revolutions: the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian Civil War and the First World War. Using extensive archival material from national, regional and town archives, Alexandre Sumpf […]