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Free Download Tomasz Borewicz, "The Chernobyl Effect: Antinuclear Protests and the Molding of Polish Democracy, 1986-1990 "
English | ISBN: 1800736193 | 2022 | 228 pages | PDF | 38 MB
The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation’s opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era.

Free Download Chernobyl Roulette: A War Story War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D1CYT44L | 2024 | 7 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 396 MB
Author: Serhii Plokhy
Narrator: Leighton Pugh
On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. It was the most direct way for them to reach the capital – and an extraordinarily reckless plan after the disaster that had taken place there three decades earlier. Russian occupation of the plant had begun. It would last thirty-five days. Closely reported and narrated from multiple perspectives, this is the story of the Ukrainians who were held hostage and worked shifts for weeks instead of days to spare the world a new nuclear accident. We meet Valentyn Heiko, the foreman who had also been there for the clean-up of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 and turned sixty during the occupation; plant workers who found a way to celebrate International Women’s Day despite all odds; Russian officers who had no knowledge of nuclear reactors; and four stalkers who were caught in the middle and stood in for the overworked cook. Gripping and unforgettable, Chernobyl Roulette sounds the alarm about the dangers of nuclear sites in an unprecedented time, when plant workers are left to fight on their own while the world holds its breath. In a book that reads like a thriller, Serhii Plokhy tells a remarkable story about human nature, uncertainty and courage.

Free Download Chernobyl: O pior acidente radioativo da história (Portuguese Edition) by Ler+ Digital
Portuguese | August 16, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07WN6SZCW | 46 pages | EPUB | 4.55 Mb
De todos os acidentes causados pela mão do homem, o desastre de Chernobyl é considerado o maior e mais grave de todos. Pela primeira vez em sua história, a humanidade travava uma luta desesperada contra um inimigo invisível e mortal, a radiação.

Free Download Chernobyl: O pior acidente radioativo da história (Portuguese Edition) by Ler+ Digital
Portuguese | August 16, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07WN6SZCW | 46 pages | EPUB | 4.55 Mb
De todos os acidentes causados pela mão do homem, o desastre de Chernobyl é considerado o maior e mais grave de todos. Pela primeira vez em sua história, a humanidade travava uma luta desesperada contra um inimigo invisível e mortal, a radiação.

Free Download Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone by Serhii Plokhy
English | September 3rd, 2024 | ISBN: 132407941X | 240 pages | True EPUB | 3.66 MB
A harrowing account of Russia’s occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhia nuclear power plants, and the dangers of nuclear power colliding with warfare.

Free Download The Black Bird of Chernobyl by Ann McMan
English | July 9, 2024 | ISBN: 1612942873 | True EPUB | 300 pages | 0.7 MB
Two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Ann McMan takes readers inside the inner workings of the funeral home business as only she can in this remarkable and wholly unforgettable dark romantic comedy that proves life is for the living.

Free Download Journey To Chernobyl: ENCOUNTERS IN A RADIOACTIVE ZONE by Glenn Cheney CHENEY
English | August 30, 2005 | ISBN: 0897334183 | 165 pages | PDF | 2.30 Mb
Glenn Cheney arrived in Kiev during those first days when the Soviet Union ceased to exist and Ukraine was reborn. Almost immediately he found himself talking with scientist, journalist, refugees, engineers, top-level government officials, doctors, environmentalists, parents of sick children and people living just a few kilometers from the Chernobyl complex. He heard stories about the disaster that went far beyond what had appeared in the Western press. The reports of atrocities, epidemics, tyrannyand dispair blend with a most unsual travelogue, considerable humor and KGB intrigue.

Free Download David Nelson, "Chernobyl (Perspectives on Modern World History)"
English | 2009 | pages: 231 | ISBN: 073774555X | PDF | 12,9 mb
Describes the events of what scientists accept as the worst nuclear disaster in history, with emphasis on the environmental effects on the immediate area and the world.