Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944 by Joseph BalkoskiRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 6.6 MbOverview: Joseph Balkoski tells the story of June 6, 1944 on Omaha Beach, where a largely untested American army launched an all-out assault on the German defences. Part oral history and part reconstruction, the text covers all aspects of the battle, […]
Hell’s Highway: A Chronicle of the 101st Airborne in the Holland Campaign, September-November 1944 by George KoskimakiRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 5.7 MbOverview: September 17, 1944. Thousands of Screaming Eagles–101st Airborne Division paratroopers–descend from the sky over Holland, dropping deep behind German lines in a daring daylight mission to seize and secure the road leading north […]
Aggressive and Violent Peasant Elites in the Nordic Countries, c. 1500-1700 by Ulla Koskinen (World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence) Requirements: .ePUB, .PDF reader, 4 mbOverview: This book investigates the forms that the aggression and violence of peasant elites could take in early modern Fennoscandia, and their role within society. The contributors highlight the […]
Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler! by Olivia Koski, Jana GrcevichRequirements: .ePUB reader, 30,3 MBOverview: Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated travel guide to traveling in our solar system. Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs […]
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Ethics by Kaisa Koskinen Requirements: .PDF reader, 4 MBOverview: The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Ethics offers a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding ethics in translating and interpreting. The chapters chart the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of ethical thinking in Translation Studies and analyze the ethical dilemmas of various […]