The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot by Giles Whittell
English | March 17, 2022 | ISBN: 0241508576 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 8.8 MB
A dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two
Todd Denault, "The Greatest Game: The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey"
English | ISBN: 0771026358 | 2011 | 368 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 5 MB + 4 MB
This game wasn't about money, points, or trophies. Instead it was played for pride, both personal and national. It was a confrontation twenty years in the making and it marked a turning point in the history of hockey.
The Great Trials of Clarence Darrow: The Landmark Cases of Leopold and Loeb, John T. Scopes, and Ossian Sweet by Donald McRae
English | May 18, 2010 | ISBN: 0061161500 | True EPUB | 448 pages | 0.5 MB
The story of the three dramatic trials that resurrected the life and career of America's most colorful-and controversial-defense attorney: Clarence Darrow.
Michael Syrimis, "The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod: Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 144264401X | PDF | pages: 374 | 2.6 mb
The emergence of cinema as a predominant form of mass entertainment in the 1910s inspired intellectuals to rethink their definitions of art. The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod traces the encounter of Italy's writers with cinema, and in doing so offers vibrant new perspectives on the country's early twentieth-century culture.
Andrew Peterson, "The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom"
English | ISBN: 1087736951 | 2021 | 224 pages | EPUB | 19 MB
There's a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They're both told to bear fruit. In fact, arboreal language is so often applied to humans that it's easy to miss, whether we're talking about family trees, passing along our seed, cutting someone off like a branch, being rooted to a place, or bearing the fruit of the Spirit. It's hard to deny that trees mean something, theologically speaking.
Howell Woltz, Joanna Marie, "The Global Warming Description: its roots and ramifications for a cooling world"
English | ASIN : B0977K654N | 2021 | 203 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Global temperatures dropped more in just two years (2016-18) than in a century-yet you didn't hear about it, even though NASA was the source.
Christine Kandic Torres, "The Girls in Queens: A Novel"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0063216779 | 304 pages | EPUB | 2.2 MB
A MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ FROM HARPER'S BAZAAR, BUSTLE, NYLON, THE MILLIONS, MS. MAGAZINE, and THE SKIMM
Chetan Bhagat, "The Girl in Room 105"
English | 2018 | pages: 312 | ISBN: 1542040469 | EPUB | 2,0 mb
Hi, I'm Keshav, and my life is screwed. I hate my job and my girlfriend left me. Ah, the beautiful Zara. Zara is from Kashmir. She is a Muslim. And did I tell you my family is a bit, well, traditional? Anyway, leave that.
Gabe Oppenheim, "The Ghost Perfumer: Creed, Lies, & the Scent of the Century"
English | 2022 | ASIN: B09RH55TX3 | 262 pages | EPUB | 3.2 MB
For more than half a century, Olivier Creed, heir to a French fashion empire but out to conquer an adjacent field by himself, created the most compelling and costly perfumes in the world - scents so successful - artistically and commercially - that the world's largest asset manager bought his small olfactory enterprise for nearly $1 billion in 2020.
Helen Humphreys, "The Frozen Thames"
English | ISBN: 0771041454 | 2008 | 192 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
A groundbreaking, genre-bending new work from one of Canada's most respected writers.