Tag: Deadliest

More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived


Free Download Paul Kirchner, "More of the Deadliest Men Who Ever Lived"
English | ISBN: 1581606907 | 2009 | 466 pages | PDF | 23 MB
This book is a collection of profiles of superlative warriors of such strength, skill, courage and ferocity that they could – and often did – turn the tide of battle. It follows Kirchner’s earlier collection, The Deadliest Men, published in 2001, but the individuals included in this second edition are in no way second to those in the original volume. Each of the warriors herein dominated a violent environment and triumphed against overwhelming odds. They fought for blood, not sport, with the weapons of individual combat: fist, knife, sword, bow, pistol, rifle and machine gun. They range from Western lawmen to big-city cops, from crusaders to fighter pilots, from a boy shepherd in Judea to two women ranchers in Kenya. Most of them fought for something beyond survival – a cause, a code, a creed or a country – while others fought solely in defense of their lives, a worthy enough purpose in itself. Some of them are well known; others are not so well known, though they deserve to be. It seems that the least we owe the hero is that we remember him. Without remembrance, without honor, we cannot expect to have such men when we need them. Without an awareness of what has been done, we do not realize what can be done, nor are we inspired to do that which should be done.

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America’s Deadliest Election The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History [Audiobook]

Free Download Dana Bash (Author, Narrator), David Fisher, "America’s Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History"
English | ASIN: B0CW26VG9M | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~10:56:00 | 301 MB
"Let chaos come."
From CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash, the fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of murders, warfare in the streets of New Orleans, two governors of Louisiana-and changed the course of politics in our country.

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Let the Bums Burn Australia’s Deadliest Building Fire and the Salvation Army Tragedies


Free Download Let the Bums Burn : Australia’s Deadliest Building Fire and the Salvation Army Tragedies By Geoff Plunkett
2014 | 116 Pages | ISBN: 0987427938 | PDF | 1 MB
In 1966 a fire ripped through Melbourne’s William Booth Memorial Home for destitute and alcoholic men. Although it remains Australia’s deadliest building fire, it is, like the 30 men who died in that fire – forgotten. This shocking narrative describes the inferno’s origin and progression, the slowly festering blaze that developed into an explosive backdraft. It recalls the efforts of the firemen who tried, against impossible odds, to rescue the dying men. They alone do not forget the caged men, the makeshift mortuaries and the anonymous burial of the ‘nobodies’. As if cursed, the Salvation Army were struck with another deadly building fire in Adelaide in 1975. Seven men, trapped in a suspended alley hellfire, were lost when it crashed to the ground. Since the William Booth tragedy 163 people have died in building fires in Australia, the latest in the Quakers Hill Nursing Home in 2011 where 14 died. Thousands have died worldwide and all of these deaths could have been prevented. To this day the main lesson has not been learnt. A lifesaving device, available before the invention of the light bulb, is still absent in many buildings.

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Failures of Imagination The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland–and How to Thwart Them


Free Download Michael McCaul, "Failures of Imagination: The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland-and How to Thwart Them"
English | 2016 | pages: 304 | ISBN: 1101905417 | EPUB | 6,0 mb
From the Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, a gripping look at the most dangerous and unexpected threats to our national security-and the actions needed to protect us.

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