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Free Download The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CMJQVX28 | 2024 | 19 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 556 MB
Author: Timothy C. Winegard
Narrator: Sean Patrick Hopkins
From New York Times bestselling author, the incredible story of how the horse shaped human history. Timothy C. Winegard’s The Horse is an epic history unlike any other. Its story begins more than 5,500 years ago on the windswept grasslands of the Eurasian Steppe; when one human tamed one horse, an unbreakable bond was forged and the future of humanity was instantly rewritten, placing the reins of destiny firmly in human hands. Since that pivotal day, the horse has carried the history of civilizations on its powerful back. For millennia it was the primary mode of transportation, an essential farming machine, a steadfast companion, and a formidable weapon of war. Possessing a unique combination of size, speed, strength, and stamina, the horse dominated every facet of human life and shaped the very scope of human ambition. And we still live among its galloping shadows.

Free Download Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D9WSFVMV | 2024 | 13 hours and 56 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 402 MB
Author: David Chaffetz
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with a slight, shy animal, hunted for food. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe; later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and religious significance. Over time, horses came to power mighty empires in Iran, Afghanistan, China, India, and, later, Russia. Genghis Khan and the thirteenth-century Mongols offer the most famous example, but from ancient Assyria and Persia, to the seventeenth-century Mughals, to the high noon of colonialism in the early twentieth century, horse breeding was indispensable to conquest and statecraft. Scholar of Asian history David Chaffetz tells the story of how the horse made rulers, raiders, and traders interchangeable, providing a novel explanation for the turbulent history of the "Silk Road," which might be better called the Horse Road. Drawing on recent research in fields including genetics and forensic archeology, Chaffetz presents a lively history of the great horse empires that shaped civilization.

Free Download Joey: How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See (Audiobook)
English | December 04, 2018 | ASIN: B07KJWS5GZ | M4B@64 kbps | 7h 22m | 217 MB
Author: Jennifer Marshall Bleakley | Narrator: Emily Durante
The heartwarming true story of a blind horse named Joey
At the height of his show career, this beautiful Appaloosa’s majestic stature, strength, and willingness to work made him the perfect partner. But when an injury cost Joey his show career, he moved from one owner to the next, ultimately experiencing severe abuse and neglect. A rescue group found Joey nearly dead from starvation – and blind.

Free Download The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building by David J. Peterson
English | September 29, 2015 | ISBN: 0143126466, ASIN: B00TY3ZMVG | True AZW3 | 336 pages | 14.96 MB
An insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary’s Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance

Free Download Horse (DK Eyewitness), New US Edition by DK
English | August 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 0593842405 | 74 pages | True EPUB | 37.55 MB
Gallop into the world of horses with this picture-packed, fact-filled book.

Free Download The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy C. Winegard
English | July 30th, 2024 | ISBN: 0593186087 | 544 pages | True EPUB | 53.63 MB
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book

Free Download Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires by David Chaffetz
English | July 30th, 2024 | ISBN: 1324051469 | 448 pages | True EPUB | 18.19 MB
A captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest.

Free Download Horse (DK Eyewitness), New Edition by DK
English | August 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 0241681693 | 74 pages | True EPUB | 25.19 MB
With more than 33 million copies sold globally, introduce kids to the world of horses with the groundbreaking Eyewitness series.

Free Download Kenneth D. Mertel – Year of the Horse: Vietnam 1st Air Cavalry in the Highlands 1965-1967
Schiffer Publishing | 1997 | ISBN: 0764301381 | English | 392 pages | PDF | 108.33 MB
This book is the day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs – 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the man who knows them best. 1st Air Cav Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Mertel. On 1 July 1965, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 1st Air Cavalry Division was activated to employ newly developed techniques and tactics, providing the utmost in combat effectiveness and flexibility. After telling of the excitement at Benning over the formation of this revolutionary airmobile division, Colonel Mertel gives a vivid picture of the building of his own Jumping Mustang Battalion, the rigorous training of officers and men and, finally, the long voyage across the Pacific to Vietnam. Now the test. Would the new concept of airmobility, so painstakingly worked out stateside, produce the hoped-for results? The answer came quickly and dramatically in a rapid succession of search and destroy operations. Ia Drang . . . An Khe South . . . Plei Mei . . . the Cambodian border . . . Bong Son . . . Tarzan . . . In precipitous mountains, dense jungles, mud and water-filled rice paddles and expanses of view-obstructing elephant grass, the Jumping Mustangs sought out the enemy, engaging him in combat and stopping him in his tracks. Airmobility more than passed the test. Colonel Mertel pays tribute to the many acts of heroism of his men, who lived, worked and fought together in some of the world’s most inhospitable conditions. He also writes movingly of those who never came back. In 1967 the President, at a White House ceremony, recognized the Division’s success and valor by awarding it the Presidential Unit Citation for the action at Plei Mei. According to the Chines calendar, 1966 was the "Year of the Horse." It was the "Year of the Horse" for the Jumping Mustangs in Vietnam.

Free Download David W. Anthony, "The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World"
English | ISBN: 0691058873 | 2007 | 576 pages | AZW3 | 7 MB
Roughly half the world’s population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization.