The Secret History of How America's "Neo-Conservative" Trotskyites came to power and Orchestrated the war against Iraq as the First Step in their drive for Global Empire. Written by the author of the #1 Banned Book in America: "Final Judgement".

After reading Final Judgment, I jokingly commented to an acquaintance, “Michael Collins Piper has ruined any further JFK research on my part because, compared to his book, everything else seems like child’s play.” Well, the same rationale now applies to the mainstream media’s coverage of the men who are orchestrating our war in Iraq. In contrast to what Michael Collins Piper has accomplished in his latest work, The High Priests of War, our corporate newsmen resemble an emasculated band of poseurs who can’t (or won’t) tell the American people what’s actually taking place within the corridors of power in our nation’s capital.

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Peter Stearns - Consumerism in World History; The Global Transformation of Desire (2006).jpg

The desire to acquire luxury goods and leisure services is a basic force in modern life. Consumerism in World History explores both the historical origins and world-wide appeal of this relatively modern phenomenon. By relating consumerism to other issues in world history, this book forces reassessment of our understanding of both consumerism and global history. This second edition of Consumerism in World History draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while also examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as Africa. Ever chapter has been updated and new features include:
· A new chapter on Latin America
· Russian and Chinese developments since the 1990s
· the changes involved in trying to bolster consumerism as a response to recent international threats
· examples of consumerist syncretism, as in efforts to blend beauty contests with traditional culture in Kerala.
With updated suggested reading, the second edition of Consumerism in World History is essential reading for all students of world history.

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Peter Stearns - Consumerism in World History; The Global Transformation of Desire (2006).pdf

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Robert Conroy - Red Inferno; 1945, A Novel (2010).jpg

Conroy’s latest novel is substantially his best. It supposes that in 1945, President Truman decided to send American troops across the Elbe to claim the American share of Berlin. That catches Stalin in a paranoiac mood, and the Red Army attacks the force headed to Berlin. Despite a Soviet leak, the Americans are surprised and destroyed, except for a small force besieged in Potsdam on the outskirts of Berlin. Matters go from bad to worse as Stalin decides to take the opportunity to cross the Elbe and head west. The Western Allies are forced into a separate peace and later an alliance with a semi-rehabilitated Germany but eventually escalate the conflict by striking at Russia’s strained fuel resources. Add the prospective disintegration of the Western Alliance over the prolongation of the war (Britain has a strong and violent peace movement, De Gaulle plays hardball) and J. Edgar Hoover displaying a paranoia that rivals Stalin’s, and every aspect of the scenario becomes engrossing and grimly plausible. Even the book’s two well-realized romances add interest to the proceedings, and the suspense holds up literally to the last page. If Conroy’s enthusiasm for alternate history leads to a sequel to this one, it will continue a story comparable to the best by the subgenre’s masters.

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Robert Conroy - Red Inferno; 1945, A Novel (2010).epub

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Kavkaz music ^Dagestan, Dargin^ Marina Mustafaeva - Moj Izbranij (3m46s).avi

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Martin Van Creveld - The Age of Airpower (2011).jpg

Air power has been at the cutting edge of 20th-century war. Its story is most often told from a triumphalist perspective. Van Creveld, professor emeritus of history at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, acknowledges air power's past glory with his usual blend of perception and panache. He then tells the rest of the story-the part air power enthusiasts neglect. Even in its heyday, air power's achievements were limited: armies and navies did not disappear. For more than half a century, air power's operational effectiveness has been limited by thermonuclear weapons at one end of the spectrum and low-intensity conflict at the other. Air forces are whipsawed between the growing demand of publics and governments that war be waged with minimal casualties, and a limited number of targets. But as the cost and complexity of aircraft metastasize, they are no longer expendable assets. Yet the very cultures of air forces are eroding, as pilots become increasingly passive aboard their computer-directed, ground-controlled aircraft rather than flying them. Van Creveld's suggestion that helicopters and drones represent air power's future is extreme, but cannot be dismissed as a flight of fancy.

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Martin Van Creveld - The Age of Airpower (2011).pdf

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AFV G2 - The Magazine for Military Vehicle Enthusi asts - Jan-Feb 1978 (Vol. 6 No. 2).jpg

CONTENTS:
Organization of the Polish Armor Force in 1939
DD Tanks at Normandy
Marking British Vehicles Part 6: 1/4-ton Jeeps
German Panzerspahwagen II "Luchs"
Soviet T34/85 Medium Tanks in Hungary 1945
US Amy Vehicle Designations Part 2
US Army Tank Destroyer Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1944

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AFV G2 - The Magazine for Military Vehicle Enthusi asts - Jan-Feb 1978 (Vol. 6 No. 2).pdf

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Daniel Gross - Dumb Money; How Our Greatest Financ ial Minds Bankrupted the Nation (2009).jpg

For anyone struggling to understand how our current financial crisis came about, for anyone afraid to look at their 401k, for anyone concerned about the future of the global economy, Daniel Gross is the man to listen to. Known for his candid and informative columns in Newsweek and Slate, Gross has a sharp mind and a deep understanding of the ins and outs of the financial crisis.
In this up-to-the-minute account, Gross goes step by step through the timeline leading up to the October 2008 bail-out and explains what exactly happened. Using information and statistics only weeks old, he offers a thorough and enlightening analysis of where we all go from here.

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Gary Ralston - Rangers 1872; The Gallant Pioneers (2009).jpg

Rangers are one of the most famous teams in world football, but what became of the teenagers who formed the club? In the spring of 1872 four young men gathered in a park in the west end of Glasgow and decided to establish a side that would do justice to the new craze of association football. William McBeath and Peter Campbell were just 15 years old, Moses McNeil was 16 and his brother Peter was the oldest at 17. Soon they were joined by Tom Vallance, another 16-year-old, who quickly became skipper of the fledgling club. None of those gallant pioneers was a native of Glasgow and yet within five years they were Scottish Cup finalists, were set up in their spiritual home on the south side of the burgeoning industrial city and attracting a working-class audience they have never lost. Rangers may have scaled great heights since those early days but, sadly, the personal lives of almost all the founding fathers were touched by terrible tragedy. Journalist Gary Ralston has used fresh research and hitherto unseen documents, records and transcripts to sympathetically recount the heartbreaking stories behind the men who created a great club. He reveals the tales of death through insanity, a drowning that denied a birthright as a steamship entrepreneur and the sad passing of a pioneer who lies buried in a pauper's grave on the fringes of an English cemetery, cast as a certified imbecile, tried as a fraudster and left to live out his life in the poorhouse. This fascinating insight into the earliest years of Rangers - the first in-depth analysis for almost a century - outlines the weight of evidence that suggests the club was formed in 1872, not 1873 as many fans believe. It also tells of happier times, the links with royalty and football aristocracy and the club's relationship with the city in which it was born in the tumultuous Victorian era. It recalls the memorable matches and political intrigues and examines the personalities who have helped to shape one of the most successful clubs in the game. It also traces the only two known surviving grandchildren of the founders in the 21st century and reveals how they knew nothing about their grandfather's most famous achievement. "Rangers 1872: The Gallant Pioneers" tells one of football's most romantic tales - and also one of its saddest.

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Mushroom Green Series 4101 - Csaba Becze - Magyar Steel (2007).jpg

This book tells the story, for the first time in English, of Hungarian armour operations during World War II. Using both Hungarian-designed and -built armoured vehicles and German ones, the Hungarian forces fought bravely on the Eastern Front against overwhelming odds. Their German "allies" were not always supportive or friendly! This is the story of Magyar Steel - a rarely documented aspect of World War Two tank warfare. It is illustrated with rare wartime photographs, plus colour photographs of the few surviving Hungarian AFVs of the period, and computer generated artwork showing camouflage and markings. It is essential reading for military historians, tank and AFV enthusiasts and scale modellers.

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Mushroom Green Series 4101 - Csaba Becze - Magyar Steel (2007).pdf

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Anatomy of the Ship - Basil Greenhill, Sam Manning - The Schooner ''Bertha L Downs'' (1999).jpg

The North American schooner "Bertha L. Downs" was one of many large four-, five- and six-masted schooners which were built on the banks of the Kennebeck River at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. These huge wooden vessels were almost universally employed in the coastal trade and the principal part of this was coal from Virginia to New England. She was launched in 1908 and, after some ten years in the lumber and coal trade, was sold to Danish owners and renamed "Atlas". Like a number of her contemporaries she was able to make a profitable living through the 1920s and 30s. She was finally broken up in Germany after 42 years of work under five flags. This is the first volume in the "Anatomy of the Ship" series to describe a large coastal trading vessel - a ship type which holds a particular romance for ship modellers and those interested in the last days of sail.

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Anatomy of the Ship - Basil Greenhill, Sam Manning - The Schooner ''Bertha L Downs'' (1999).pdf

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Siva Vaidhyanathan - The Googlization of Everythin g; (And Why We Should Worry) (2011).jpg

What is the nature of the transaction between Google's computer algorithms and its millions of human users? Are we heading down a path toward a more enlightened age, or are we approaching a dystopia of social control and surveillance? With these and other questions, University of Virginia media studies and law professor Vaidhyanathan thoughtfully examines the insidious influence of Google on our society. In just over a decade, Google has moved so rapidly in its mission to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" that cries of "Google it!" resound through high school classrooms, business offices, academic halls, and public libraries. As Vaidhyanathan points out, we must be cautious about embracing Google's mission and not accept uncritically that Google has our best interests in mind. He reminds us that Google is a publicly traded, revenue-driven firm that is dangerous in many subtle ways. By valuing popularity over accuracy and established sites over new ones, Google sets its own agenda regarding what information is most relevant to users, altering their perceptions about value and significance. Vaidhyanathan admirably concludes with a design for an information ecosystem called the Human Knowledge Project, which would be a more democratic means of parsing and organizing knowledge.

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Greg Campbell - Blood Diamonds; Tracing The Deadly Path Of The World's Most Precious Stones (2004).jpg

Freelance journalist Campbell here writes about the cost of diamonds not in dollars to the consumer but in blood, torture, and death for the unfortunate residents of contested mining areas in Sierra Leone. He explains that "conflict diamonds," or "blood diamonds," which account for only three to four percent of all diamonds sold, are mined in war zones, smuggled out of the country, and sold to legitimate companies, financing ruinous civil wars and the plots of international terrorists, including the al Qaeda network. The gems' value and portability have made controlling the diamond mines important to guerrilla fighters, who maim and kill innocent villagers to secure their territory. Campbell has spoken with individuals all along the pipeline, from miners to soldiers to smugglers, and the grim portrait he paints will make many people think twice about buying another diamond. While Matthew Hart's Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession covered the international diamond trade more widely, this focused study of the catastrophic effect of blood diamonds on Sierra Leone belongs in all libraries. Deirdre Bray Root, Middletown P.L., OH

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Greg Campbell - Blood Diamonds; Tracing The Deadly Path Of The World's Most Precious Stones (2004).pdf

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Charles Philippe David, David Grondin - Hegemony o r empire; The redefinition of US power under Georg e W. Bush (2006).jpg

Różne - Charles Philippe David, David Grondin - Hegemony or empi...e The redefinition of US power under George W. Bush 2006.jpg

American power has been subjected to extensive analysis since September 11, 2001. While there is no consensus on the state of US hegemony or even on the precise meaning of the term, it is clear that under George W. Bush, the US has not only remained the 'lone superpower' but has increased its global military supremacy.At the same time, the US has become more dependent on its economic, financial and geopolitical relationships with the rest of the world than at any other time in its history. The events of 9/11 resuscitated the rhetoric of imperial hubris in American political culture.The distinguished scholars in this volume critically interpret US hegemony from a range of theoretical and topical perspectives. They discuss the idea of Empire in the age of globalization, critique the Bush doctrine, analyzes the ideologies underpinning a new American imperialism and examines the influence of neoconservatism on US foreign and domestic policy.

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Gustaw Gerard Gracki - Wspomnienia z Powstania War szawskiego (2008).jpg

Ta publikacja została nominowana na Książkę Audio Roku 2008 w kategorii "Literatura faktu i reportaże".

Nagranie obejmuje 60 opowiadań autorstwa Gustawa Gerarda Grackiego, uczestnika Powstania Warszawskiego. Autor „Wspomnień..” walczył podczas powstania w 6 kompanii batalionu Kiliński pod pseudonimem „Junek” i brał między innymi udział w akcji zdobycia budynku PASTy. Ważniejsze jednak od faktów historycznych są w książce autentyczne przeżycia siedemnastoletniego młodzieńca i żołnierza AK. Dzięki nagraniu można poznać losy młodych powstańców, ich codzienne zmagania, nadzieje i myśli jakie towarzyszył im podczas tych 62 dni walk. Książkę czyta Sebastian Banaszczyk, aktor teatru im. Adama Mickiewicza w Częstochowie. Interpretacja oraz młodzieńczy głos aktora tworzą wrażenie bezpośredniej relacji składanej przez Powstańca z walczącej Warszawy. Na płycie znajduje się także wypowiedź Gustawa Grackiego, w której zostały wyjaśnione niektóre pojęcia pojawiające się w książce.

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Matthew Parker - Monte Cassino; Opowieść o najbard ziej zaciętej bitwie II Wojny Światowej (2009).jpg

Klasztor na Monte Cassino jest symboliczną budowlą. Od wieków stoi na samotnej górze niczym warownia chrześcijańskiej wiary. Jednak dla wielu oznacza niewyobrażalne ludzkie poświęcenie.
Monte Cassino było chyba najdoskonalszym stanowiskiem obronnym Europy, a bitwa o nie najkrwawszym starciem aliantów z armią niemiecką w II wojnie światowej. Podczas gdy Brytyjczycy i Amerykanie kłócili się o strategię, żołnierze z prawie dwudziestu krajów walczyli w straszliwych warunkach. Czerpiąc z relacji weteranów z całego świata, Parker odtworzył tę epicką bitwę i przeżycia jej uczestników.

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