The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie #1) by Marie RutkoskiRequirements: .ePUB Reader, 513 kBOverview: Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either […]
The Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology by David Sepkoski, Michael RuseRequirements: .PDF reader, 3.1 MbOverview: Paleontology has long had a troubled relationship with evolutionary biology. Suffering from a reputation as a second-tier science and conjuring images of fossil collectors and amateurs who dig up bones, paleontology was marginalized even by Darwin […]
Rereading the Fossil Record: The Growth of Paleobiology as an Evolutionary Discipline by David SepkoskiRequirements: .PDF reader, 2.5 MbOverview: Rereading the Fossil Record presents the first-ever historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology, from the mid-nineteenth century to the late 1980s. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, David Sepkoski shows how […]
Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy by Joseph BalkoskiRequirements: .ePUB reader, 24.3 MBOverview: Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in northwest Europe that began with the amphibious […]
D-Day with the Screaming Eagles by George KoskimakiRequirements: .MP3 reader, 378 MBOverview: In the predawn darkness of D-Day, an elite fighting force struck the first blows against Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Braving a hail of enemy gunfire and mortars, bold invaders from the sky descended into the hedgerow country and swarmed the meadows of Normandy. Some […]