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Free Download Further News of Defeat: Stories By Michael X. Wang
2020 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1938769643 | EPUB | 1 MB
Steeped in a long history of violence and suffering, Michael X. Wang’s debut collection of short stories interrogates personal and political events set against the backdrop of China that are both real and perceived, imagined and speculative. Wang plunges us into the fictional Chinese village of Xinchun and beyond to explore themes of tradition, family, modernity, and immigration in a country grappling with its modern identity. Violence enters the pastoral when Chinese villagers are flung down a well by Japanese soldiers and forced to abandon their crops and families to work in the coal mines, a tugboat driver dredges up something more than garbage polluting the Suzhou River, and rural and urban landscapes are pitted against each other when young villagers are promised high-paying work in the city but face violent persecution instead. In this world where China has regressed back to its imperial days, we meet an emperor who demands total servitude and swift punishment for attempts at revolution, and we follow a father who immigrates to the United States for a better life and loses everything in a tragic accident-aside from his estranged son-with whom he stubbornly refuses to make amends. Further News of Defeat is rich with characters who have known struggle and defeat and who find themselves locked in pivotal moments of Chinese history-such as World War II and the Tiananmen Square massacre-as they face losses of the highest order and still find cause for revival. Further News of Defeat is the winner of the 2019 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize.

Free Download Further News of Defeat: Stories By Michael X. Wang
2020 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1938769643 | EPUB | 1 MB
Steeped in a long history of violence and suffering, Michael X. Wang’s debut collection of short stories interrogates personal and political events set against the backdrop of China that are both real and perceived, imagined and speculative. Wang plunges us into the fictional Chinese village of Xinchun and beyond to explore themes of tradition, family, modernity, and immigration in a country grappling with its modern identity. Violence enters the pastoral when Chinese villagers are flung down a well by Japanese soldiers and forced to abandon their crops and families to work in the coal mines, a tugboat driver dredges up something more than garbage polluting the Suzhou River, and rural and urban landscapes are pitted against each other when young villagers are promised high-paying work in the city but face violent persecution instead. In this world where China has regressed back to its imperial days, we meet an emperor who demands total servitude and swift punishment for attempts at revolution, and we follow a father who immigrates to the United States for a better life and loses everything in a tragic accident-aside from his estranged son-with whom he stubbornly refuses to make amends. Further News of Defeat is rich with characters who have known struggle and defeat and who find themselves locked in pivotal moments of Chinese history-such as World War II and the Tiananmen Square massacre-as they face losses of the highest order and still find cause for revival. Further News of Defeat is the winner of the 2019 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize.

Free Download Further News of Defeat: Stories By Michael X. Wang
2020 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 1938769643 | EPUB | 1 MB
Steeped in a long history of violence and suffering, Michael X. Wang’s debut collection of short stories interrogates personal and political events set against the backdrop of China that are both real and perceived, imagined and speculative. Wang plunges us into the fictional Chinese village of Xinchun and beyond to explore themes of tradition, family, modernity, and immigration in a country grappling with its modern identity. Violence enters the pastoral when Chinese villagers are flung down a well by Japanese soldiers and forced to abandon their crops and families to work in the coal mines, a tugboat driver dredges up something more than garbage polluting the Suzhou River, and rural and urban landscapes are pitted against each other when young villagers are promised high-paying work in the city but face violent persecution instead. In this world where China has regressed back to its imperial days, we meet an emperor who demands total servitude and swift punishment for attempts at revolution, and we follow a father who immigrates to the United States for a better life and loses everything in a tragic accident-aside from his estranged son-with whom he stubbornly refuses to make amends. Further News of Defeat is rich with characters who have known struggle and defeat and who find themselves locked in pivotal moments of Chinese history-such as World War II and the Tiananmen Square massacre-as they face losses of the highest order and still find cause for revival. Further News of Defeat is the winner of the 2019 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize.

Free Download Adrian Murdoch, "Rome’s Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest"
English | ISBN: 0750940166 | 2009 | 256 pages | AZW3, EPUB | 457 KB + 380 KB
Over four days at the beginning of September AD 9, half of Rome’s Western army was ambushed in a German forest and annihilated. Three legions, three cavalry units and six auxiliary regiments-some 25,000 men-were wiped out. It dealt a body blow to the empire’s imperial pretensions and was Rome’s greatest defeat. No other battle stopped the Roman empire dead in its tracks. From the moment of the Teutoburg Forest disaster, the Rhine, rather than the Elbe as the Romans had hoped, became the limit of the civilized world. Rome’s expansion in northern Europe was checked and Rome anxiously patrolled the Rhineland borders, awaiting further uprisings from Germania. Although one of the most significant and dramatic battles in European history, this is also one that has been largely overlooked. Drawing on primary sources and a vast wealth of new archeological evidence, Adrian Murdoch brings to life the battle itself, the historical background, and the effects of the Roman defeat as well as exploring the personalities of those who took part.

Free Download DEFEAT THE BEAST: How to Grow Through What You Go Through by Jacob Conine
English | May 21, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0D4WRXY5F | MOBI | 35 Mb
In his debut book, "Defeat the Beast," Conine seamlessly weaves his story with the metaphorical journey of Leo the lion, guiding readers through a narrative that mirrors his own path from hardship to financial empowerment. The book offers practical insights into overcoming adversity, achieving goals, and rewriting one’s story. Conine’s experiences have instilled in him a passion for mentoring and supporting others on their journeys to success. He advocates for seeking mentorship, embracing community, and developing a growth mindset, lessons he imparts through his writing and mentorship. Conine’s work serves as an inspiring reminder that with determination and support, anyone can overcome their beasts and carve out a path to success.

Free Download Dr. Arthur W. Gullachsen PhD FRHistS, "The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend": Volume I: The Normandy Bridgehead Battles 7-11 Ju"
English | ISBN: 1636243479 | 2024 | 288 pages | EPUB | 28 MB
"Following his two-volume work, Bloody Verrieres, Arthur W Gullachsen has again written a fantastic book, this time covering the opening days of the Normandy battles involving the Allied Forces and the Hitlerjugend Division. His attention to detail regarding the units fighting between the 6.6.44 to the 11.6.44 is immense." ― Russell A. Hart, Ph.D., Professor of History, Hawai’i Pacific University and author of Clash of Arms How the Allies Won in Normandy

Free Download Dr. Arthur W. Gullachsen PhD FRHistS, "The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend": Volume I: The Normandy Bridgehead Battles 7-11 Ju"
English | ISBN: 1636243479 | 2024 | 288 pages | EPUB | 28 MB
"Following his two-volume work, Bloody Verrieres, Arthur W Gullachsen has again written a fantastic book, this time covering the opening days of the Normandy battles involving the Allied Forces and the Hitlerjugend Division. His attention to detail regarding the units fighting between the 6.6.44 to the 11.6.44 is immense." ― Russell A. Hart, Ph.D., Professor of History, Hawai’i Pacific University and author of Clash of Arms How the Allies Won in Normandy

Free Download Curtis L Older, "Hood’s Defeat Near Fox’s Gap: Prelude to Emancipation"
English | ISBN: 1636242731 | 2023 | 240 pages | EPUB | 15 MB
A brand-new analysis of the Confederate defeat at Fox’s Gap, part of the battle of South Mountain.

Free Download The Defeat of the Damned: The Destruction of the Dirlewanger Brigade at the Battle of Ipolysag, December 1944 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D67Y8BJ9 | 2024 | 17 hours and 59 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 496 MB
Author: Douglas E. Nash Sr.
Narrator: David Stifel
One of the most notorious yet least understood body of troops that fought for the Third Reich during World War II was the infamous Sondereinheit Dirlewanger, or the "Dirlewanger Special Unit." Formed initially as a company-sized formation in June 1940 from convicted poachers, it served under the command of SS-Obersturmführer Oskar Dirlewanger, one of the most infamous criminals in military history. After assisting in putting down the Warsaw Uprising during 1944, by November of that year it had been enlarged and retitled as the 2. SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger. One month later, it fought one of its most controversial actions near the town of Ipolysag, Hungary. As a result of its overly hasty and haphazard deployment, lack of heavy armament, and a confusing chain of command, it was virtually destroyed by two Soviet mechanized corps. Consequently, the Wehrmacht leadership blamed Dirlewanger and the performance of his troops for the encirclement of the Hungarian capital of Budapest that led to the annihilation of its garrison two months later. The brigade’s defeat at Ipolysag also led to its compulsory removal from the front lines and its eventual shipment to a rest area where it would be completely rebuilt. Despite its lackluster performance, the brigade was rebuilt again but never recovered from the thrashing it received at the hands of the 6th Guards Army.

Free Download Hitler’s defeat: World War II: the best photos from D-Day to the liberation of Europe (Zoom Archives)
by Alessandro Perna
English | August 1, 2024 | ISBN: 1298518202 | 92 pages | EPUB | 29 Mb