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Free Download Joseph Bristow, "Oscar Wilde on Trial: The Criminal Proceedings, from Arrest to Imprisonment "
English | ISBN: 0300222726 | 2022 | 672 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The most authoritative account of a pivotal event in legal and cultural history: the trials of Oscar Wilde on charges of "gross indecency"

Free Download Vanity Fair: Oscar Night Sessions: A Decade of Portraits from the After-Party by Mark Seliger, Alan Cumming, Radhika Jones
English | November 14, 2023 | ISBN: 1419754785 | 256 pages | MOBI | 41 Mb
Vanity Fair: Oscar Night Sessions presents 10 years of luminous photographic portraits of Hollywood celebrities who attended the most exclusive and glamorous after-party of the year in a gorgeous volume.

Free Download Making Oscar Wilde (Audiobook)
English | August 04, 2020 | ASIN: B08DJBPVVS | M4B@128 kbps | 11 hours | 647 MB
Author: Michèle Mendelssohn | Narrator: Leslie Howard
Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given him the legitimacy that life denied him. Making Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of young Oscar’s career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, it tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim.

Free Download Robyn Bavati, "A Weekend with Oscar"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0369367928 | EPUB | pages: 250 | 2.1 mb
A moving #LoveOzYA novel about loss, first love and being there for your family, no matter what. Sixteen-year-old Jamie lives with his mum and his younger brother Oscar, who has Down syndrome. Though Jamie is still grieving the loss of his dad, life starts to look up when he meets Zara, the new girl at school. When their mum goes away for the weekend, Jamie volunteers to look after Oscar. But when the weekend is over and their mother doesn’t return, Jamie faces the toughest challenge of his life.

Free Download Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CNQ83QZ1 | 2023 | 13 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 403 MB
Author: Laurie Winer
Narrator: Tanya Eby
You know his work-Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I. But you don’t really know Oscar Hammerstein II, the man who, more than anyone else, invented the American musical. Among the most commercially successful artists of his time, he was a fighter for social justice who constantly prodded his audiences to be better than they were. Diving deep into Hammerstein’s life, examining his papers and his lyrics, critic Laurie Winer shows how he orchestrated a collective reimagining of America, urging it forward with a subtly progressive vision of the relationship between country and city, rich and poor, America and the rest of the world. His rejection of bitterness, his openness to strangers, and his optimistic humor shaped not only the musical but the American dream itself. His vision can continue to be a touchstone to this day.

Free Download Brent Willock, "The Wrongful Conviction of Oscar Pistorius: Science Transforms Our Comprehension of Reeva Steenkamp’s Shocking Death"
English | 2018 | pages: 228 | ISBN: 1611532671 | EPUB | 5,9 mb
Just when the world thought Oscar Pistorius’ meteoric rise to Olympic glory and international celebrity had terminated abysmally in prison, Brent Willock’s scientific perspective reopens this gripping narrative for an astonishing re-view.

Free Download Jim Laurier, "Ki-43 ‘Oscar’ Aces of World War 2"
English | 2009 | pages: 97 | ISBN: 1846034086 | PDF | 3,5 mb
Dubbed the ‘Oscar’ by the Allies, the Ki-43 Hayabusa was the most prolific Japanese fighter of World War II. Produced in great numbers, it initially proved superior to most US and British fighter types, due to its excellent maneuverability. The light weight and large wing area gave it a small turning radius and a high rate-of-climb which was ideal for pilots in close combat fighting. However, the Ki-43’s swiftness and agility came at a price, with the low-wing design meaning that firepower and safety had to be sacrificed. With only two machine guns, a Ki-43 pilot would have to perform a dangerous balancing act between achieving a high rate of kills and their own survival. Surprisingly, more Japanese pilots achieved Ace status flying the Hayabusa than any other plane and despite being steadily outclassed by new fighters, the Ki-43 remained in frontline JAAF service until the war’s end. This book expertly charts the experiences of the pilots and discusses the early stages of the war in South-East Asia, China, Burma and New Guinea. Accompanied by detailed appendices and specially commissioned artwork, this is the first volume in English to focus exclusively on the exploits of the Ki-43.