Six Years that Shook the World
Title | Six Years that Shook the World PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Walker |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Perestroĭka |
ISBN | 9780719032875 |
Focuses on the six years of perestroika in the Soviet Union and suggests that many of the problems confronting the new states were first created during this time. The book tries to explore and explain some of these developments, covering events up to August 1992.
Thirty Years that Shook Physics
Title | Thirty Years that Shook Physics PDF eBook |
Author | George Gamow |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2012-05-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0486135160 |
Lucid, accessible introduction to the influential theory of energy and matter features careful explanations of Dirac's anti-particles, Bohr's model of the atom, and much more. Numerous drawings. 1966 edition.
Ten Days that Shook the World
Title | Ten Days that Shook the World PDF eBook |
Author | John Reed |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2012-08-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486149765 |
DIVReed's passionately involved narrative captures the opening days of the Russian Revolution, the fall of the provisional government, the assault on the Winter Palace, Lenin's seizure of power, and other tumultuous events. /div
Breaking Through
Title | Breaking Through PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Logsdon |
Publisher | Addison Wesley Publishing Company |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780201633214 |
Over 100 inspirational stories that show how to solve problems by thinking differently. Logsdon identifies and explores thought processes and intersperses thought-provoking exercises (like captionless cartoons) to motivate readers to emulate these six successful strategies. He also tells how to present great ideas within cumbersome bureaucracies.
1968
Title | 1968 PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kurlansky |
Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2005-01-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0345455827 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world.”—Dan Rather To some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy assassinations; the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Prague Spring; the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive; Black Power; the generation gap; avant-garde theater; the upsurge of the women’s movement; and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. In this monumental book, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that pivotal year, when television’s influence on global events first became apparent, and spontaneous uprisings occurred simultaneously around the world. Encompassing the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media, 1968 shows how twelve volatile months transformed who we were as a people—and led us to where we are today.
Ten Years That Shook the City
Title | Ten Years That Shook the City PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Carlsson |
Publisher | City Lights Books |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2011-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1931404127 |
The alliances, programs, and goals of a historic decade that continues to shape SF and the world.
Life: 100 Events That Shook Our World
Title | Life: 100 Events That Shook Our World PDF eBook |
Author | Editors of Life |
Publisher | Life |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2005-09-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781932994100 |
A compilation of photographs that capture the most important events of the past century in a study of the key milestones and personalities of the modern world, ranging from two World Wars to the horrific events of September 11th.