China´s Space Threat

Popular Mechanics July 2007 PDF | English | 32 MB

Popular Mechanics is an American magazine devoted to science and technology. It was first published January 11, 1902 by H.H. Windsor, and has been owned since the 1950s by the Hearst Corporation[[1]]. There is also a Latin American edition that has been published for decades and a newly formed South African version available.

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Climate Change

New Scientist May 19 2007 PDF | English | 4 MB

New Scientist is a weekly international science magazine and website covering recent developments in science and technology for a general English-speaking audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. New Scientist has maintained a website since 1996, publishing daily news. As well as covering current events and news from the scientific community, the magazine often features speculative articles, ranging from the technical to the philosophical.

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Hazy Hints of Alien Life

Scientific American May 2007 PDF | English | 5 MB

Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. It brings articles about new and innovative research to the amateur and lay audience.

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History of the Byzantine Empire

History of the Byzantine Empire
by Alexander A. Vasiliev
University of Wisconsin Press - PDF - English - 640 pages - ISBN 0299809250 - Size: 1.1MB

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This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning.

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Companion to the Roman Empire

Companion to the Roman Empire
by David Potter
Blackwell Publishing - PDF - English - 724 pages - ISBN 0631226443 - Size: 6.8MB

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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World.
New discoveries constantly make us rethink what we know about Roman history. A Companion to the Roman Empire keeps students and professional historians up to date with these developments, but also demonstrates to a wider audience why the Roman Empire remains a compelling and vibrant subject. It provides readers with a guide both to Roman imperial history and to the field of Roman studies.The individual contributors to this volume all make significant new contributions to the areas about which they are writing. Topics range from intellectual and social issues, to administrative, economic, and cultural history, and each chapter provides readers with a survey of the subject. The volume also includes a discussion of sources and methods for studying Roman imperial history.

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The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It

The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It
by Suraiya Faroqhi
I. B. Tauris - PDF - English - 304 pages - ISBN-10: 1850437157 - Size: 8.6MB

Description:
In Islamic law the world was made up of the House of Islam and the House of War with the Ottoman Sultan--the perceived successor to the Caliphs--supreme ruler of the Islamic world. However, Suraiya Faroqhi demonstrates that there was no iron curtain between the Ottoman and other worlds but rather a long-established network of diplomatic, financial, cultural and religious connections. These extended to the empires of Asia and the modern states of Europe. Faroqhi's book is based on a huge study of original and early modern sources, including diplomatic records, travel and geographical writing, as well as personal accounts.

About the Author:
Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor of Ottoman Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, and the author of Pilgrims and Sultans (I.B.Tauris).

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Rough Guides: DIRECTIONS travel guide collection

Rough Guides: DIRECTIONS travel guide collection

DIRECTIONS Guides are the new compact series from Rough Guides, offering an original travel guide alternative for visitors on a short break or travellers who want quick information with attitude. Focusing on cities, islands and resort regions, the DIRECTIONS Guides are richly illustrated, with a third of each guide in full colour. Slim, stylish and pocketable, they retain Rough Guides’ distinctive tone throughout – irreverent, up-to-date, accurate, informative and reliable. And each guides comes with the complete book on a disc as a searchable, annotable eBook, with live weblinks to hotels and other sites.

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