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Free Download Christopher E. Taylor, "The Global Legend of Prester John "
English | ISBN: 100950200X | 2025 | 75 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The Global Legend of Prester John delves into the enduring fascination with Prester John, an unreachable, collectively-imagined Christian priest-king who figured prominently in Europe’s entrance into an interconnected global world. This Element draws on "The International Prester John Project," an archive of Prester John narratives, from papal epistles to missionary diaries to Marvel comics, all of which respond to the Christian heterotopia promised in the twelfth-century Letter of Prester John. During the medieval and early modern periods, the desire to legitimize the letter’s contents influenced military tactics and papal policy while serving as a cultural touchstone for medieval maps, travel narratives, and romance tales. By providing an overview of distinct narrative paths the legend took along with an analysis of the themes of malleability and elasticity within and across these paths, this Element addresses how belief in Prester John persisted for six centuries despite a lack of evidence.

Free Download Geordie Torr, "The Templars: The Legend and Legacy of the Warriors of God"
English | ISBN: 1838576274 | 2020 | 256 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Shrouded in myth and conspiracy, the history of the Knights Templar is little understood. Geordie Torr pulls fact from fiction, revealing the astonishing tale of this military-religious order that dominated the politics of the medieval Middle East.

Free Download Synapse Audio Software The Legend HZ v2.0.2 | 130.2 Mb
The Legend meets The Legend – join the best! Developed in collaboration with iconic and multiple-award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer, The Legend HZ builds on the legacy of its predecessor, The Legend. The result of this collaborative effort is an analog modeled software synth which is uniquely positioned for use in modern film scoring and music production applications. Most importantly, it retains this position while faithfully recreating the sonic characteristics of the original hardware.

Free Download Rhiannon Purdie, Nicola Royan, "The Scots and Medieval Arthurian Legend"
English | 2005 | pages: 170 | ISBN: 1843840367 | PDF | 0,7 mb
Scotland’s importance in Arthurian legend is undeniable: it was the traditional homeland of key figures such as Gawain; its landscape is still dotted with Arthurian associations, and many modern attempts to locate a historical Arthur end up in Scotland. Nevertheless, Scotland’s complex relationship with Arthurian legend has been surprisingly neglected, and this volume is the first to be dedicated to it. The essays cover the period between the appearance in ca. 1136 of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae and the accession of James VI to the English throne as James I in 1603 – five centuries of precarious Scottish independence during which the relationship of the Scots and the English, as refracted through Arthurian legend, is at its most turbulent and changeable.

Free Download George Washington: Man, Leader, Legend: A Biography of America’s Founding Father by VIVEK SINGH
English | October 26, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DL4PNHCH | 107 pages | EPUB | 1.30 Mb
George Washington: Man, Leader, Legend is a captivating and comprehensive George Washington biography book that brings to life the man behind the legend. This in-depth exploration offers readers an unparalleled view into the life of George Washington, charting his journey from his early days as a Virginia planter to his monumental role in the American Revolution and beyond. Known as the "Father of His Country," Washington’s legacy stands as a cornerstone in U.S. history, and this biography sheds light on his humanity, his struggles, and the leadership that ultimately shaped a nation.

Free Download Peter Caygill – Phantom from the Cockpit: Flying the Legend
Pen & Sword | 2005 | ISBN: 1844152251 | English | 323 pages | PDF | 84.22 MB
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was the outstanding aircraft in many of the Western World’s air forces during the 1960s and 70s. It played a key role in the ‘Cold War’ and saw action in Vietnam. It first flew in 1958 and went into operation with the US Navy in 1960. During its long front-line life it flew in the roles of an interceptor, fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Apart from giving a comprehensive overview of the Phantom’s history, this book looks particularly at the experiences of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm when they received a new model designed with a British Rolls-Royce turbofan instead of the original American power-plant. All was not sweetness and light when the first trials commenced and this book traces its development and progression from being a carrier-based attack aircraft flown by the Fleet Air Arm to the many successful roles it played as a land-based aircraft with the RAF.

Free Download Mehdi El Kanafi, "The Legend of Final Fantasy VII: Creation – Universe – Decryption"
English | 2019 | ASIN: B07NWPGR82 | EPUB | pages: 198 | 1.0 mb
What gamer hasn’t tried Final Fantasy VII?

Free Download Jason Lipshutz, "It Starts with One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park"
English | ISBN: 030683250X | 2024 | 368 pages | EPUB | 20 MB
From the executive director of music at Billboard, an extensive look inside the 20+ year career of mega-selling rock band Linkin Park, featuring new interviews, exclusive quotes, and insights from the band’s associates and collaborators

Free Download Norman E. Land, "The Artist as Murderer: An Enduring Legend from Ancient Greece to the Modern Day"
English | ISBN: 1476683956 | 2022 | 205 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The 4th century BC Greek painter Parrhasius murdered his model-an old man who was his slave-to achieve, so the story goes, a more lifelike depiction of nature. The tale has inspired similar, more elaborate stories about both well known and obscure artists-including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rubens. Elements of the tale have appeared in theater, literature and film, as well as in comments by painters, historians, critics and anatomists. Challenging the archetype of the artist as a sympathetic lover of nature, this book examines the artist as cruel and murderous in service of art and ambition, and indirectly addresses a different understanding of the relationship between art and life.

Free Download Max Boot, Graham Winton (Narrator), "Reagan: His Life and Legend"
English | ASIN: B0D6TPH1XX | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~32:07:00 | 882 MB
In this "monumental and impressive" biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president’s aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents, Boot provides "the best biography of Ronald Reagan to date" (Robert Mann).
The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, smalltown Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger.