Why Toast Lands Jelly-Side Down: Zen and the Art of Physics Demonstrations by Robert EhrlichRequirements: .PDF reader, 15 mbOverview: Physics has the reputation of being difficult to understand and remote from everyday life. Robert Ehrlich, however, has spent much of his career disproving these stereotypes. In the long-awaited sequel to Turning the World Inside Out […]
War Without Garlands: Operation Barbarossa 1941-1942 by Robert KershawRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 3.49 MBOverview: In the spring of 1941, having abandoned his plans to invade Great Britain, Hitler turned the might of his military forces on to Stalin’s soviet Russia. The German army quickly advanced far into Russia as the Soviet forces suffered defeat after […]
Stormlands Series by John Maddox Roberts (2-3)Requirements: .ePUB reader, 653 KBOverview: John Maddox Roberts is the author of numerous works of science fiction and fantasy, in addition to his successful historical SPQR mystery series. The first two books in the series have recently been re-released in trade paperback. He lives in New Mexico with his […]
Moroland: The History of Uncle Sam and the Moros 1899-1920 by Robert A. FultonRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2.8 MBOverview: Moroland is the lost history of the once-famed struggle between the United States Army and the “wild” Moros, the Muslim peoples of the southern Philippine islands. Lasting over two decades, it was this country’s first sustained encounter […]
Carpe Diem: The Poetics of Presence in Greek and Latin Literature by Robert A. Rohland (Cambridge Classical Studies)Requirements: .PDF reader, 7 mbOverview: Reveals the critical importance of the ancient carpe diem motif for understanding ancient literature and its creation of vivid presents. Carpe diem – ‘eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die!’ – […]
