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Free Download The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight by Valter Longo
English | January 2nd, 2018 | ISBN: 0525534091 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 8.09 MB
The internationally renowned, clinically tested, revolutionary diet program to lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life.

Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than you'd think. The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, this unique program lays out a simple solution to livingto a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining the healthy everyday eating plan the book outlines, with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD; the FMD, done just 3-4 times a year, does away with the misery and starvation most of us experience while fasting, allowing you to reap all the beneficial health effects of a restrictive diet, while avoiding negative stressors, like low energy and sleeplessness.
Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at USC and the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM in Milan, designed the FMD after making a series of remarkable discoveries in mice, then in humans, indicating that specific diets can activate stem cells and promote regeneration and rejuvenation in multiple organs to significantly reduce risk for diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Longo's simple pescatarian daily eating plan and the periodic fasting-mimicking techniques can both yield impressive results.
Low in proteins and sugars and rich in healthy fats and plant-based foods, The Longevity Diet is proven to help you:
*Lose weight and reduce abdominal fat
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*Prevent age-related muscle and bone loss
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Longo's healthy, life span-extending program is based on an easy-to-adopt pescatarian plan along with the fasting-mimicking diet no more than 4 times a year, just 5 days at a time. Including 30 easy recipes for an everyday diet based on Longo's five pillars of longevity, The Longevity Diet is the key to living a longer, healthier, more fulfilled life.

Free Download Glenn Robins, "The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0813166217, 0813143233 | EPUB | pages: 290 | 2.9 mb
While serving as a crew chief aboard a U.S. Air Force Rescue helicopter, Airman First Class William A. Robinson was shot down and captured in Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam, on September 20, 1965. After a brief stint at the "Hanoi Hilton," Robinson endured 2,703 days in multiple North Vietnamese prison camps, including the notorious Briarpatch and various compounds at Cu Loc, known by the inmates as the Zoo. No enlisted man in American military history has been held as a prisoner of war longer than Robinson. For seven and a half years, he faced daily privations and endured the full range of North Vietnam's torture program.

In The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson, Glenn Robins tells Robinson's story using an array of sources, including declassified U.S. military documents, translated Vietnamese documents, and interviews from the National Prisoner of War Museum. Unlike many other POW accounts, this comprehensive biography explores Robinson's life before and after his capture, particularly his estranged relationship with his father, enabling a better understanding of the difficult transition POWs face upon returning home and the toll exacted on their families. Robins's powerful narrative not only demonstrates how Robinson and his fellow prisoners embodied the dedication and sacrifice of America's enlisted men but also explores their place in history and memory.

Free Download Jan Timman, "The Longest Game: The Five KasparovKarpov Matches for the World Chess Championship"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 9056918117 | DJVU | pages: 304 | 30.1 mb
On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship. The clash between the reigning champion and his brazen young challenger was highly anti[beeep]ted, but no one could have foreseen what was in store. In the next six years they would play five matches for the highest title and create one of the fiercest rivalries in sports history. The matches lasted a staggering total of 14 months, and the 'two K's' played 5540 moves in 144 games.

The first match became front page news worldwide when after five months FIDE President Florencio Campomanes stepped in to stop the match citing exhaustion of both parti[beeep]nts. A new match was staged and having learned valuable lessons, 22yearold Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion in history.
His win was not only hailed as a triumph of imaginative attacking chess, but also as a political victory. The representative of 'perestroika' had beaten the old champion, a symbol of Soviet stagnation. Kasparov defended his title in three more matches, all of them full of drama. Karpov remained a formidable opponent and the overall score was only 7371 in Kasparov's favour.
In The Longest Game Jan Timman returns to the KasparovKarpov matches. He chronicles the many twists and turns of this fascinating saga, including his behindthe scenes impressions, and takes a fresh look at the games.

Free Download The Long and Winding Road: My Autobiography by Lesley Pearse
English | 29 Feb. 2024 | ISBN: 0241453208 | True EPUB | 384 pages | 13.6 MB
One of the world's bestselling storytellers, Lesley Pearse writes brilliantly about survivors. Why? Because she is one herself . . .

Born during the Second World War, Lesley's innocence came to an abrupt end when a neighbour found her, aged 3, coatless in the snow. The mother she'd been unable to wake had been dead for days. Sent to an orphanage, Lesley soon learned adults couldn't always be trusted.
As a teenager in the swinging sixties, she took herself to London. Here, the second great tragedy of her life occurred. Falling pregnant, she was sent to a mother and baby home, and watched helplessly as her newborn was taken from her.
But like so many of her generation, Lesley had to carry on. She was, after all, a true survivor. Marriage and children followed - and all the while she nurtured a dream: to be a writer. Yet it wasn't until at the age of 48 that her stories - of women struggling in a difficult world - found a ✅Publisher, and the bestseller lists beckoned.
As heartbreaking as it is heartwarming, Lesley's story really is A Long and Winding Road with surprises and uplifting hope around every corner . . .

Free Download Fuad al-Takarli, Catherine Cobham, "The Long Way Back: A Modern Arabic Novel"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 9774160924, 9774246462 | PDF | pages: 301 | 4.4 mb
The Long Way Back tells the story of four generations of the same family living in an old house in the Bab al-Shaykh area of Baghdad. Through exquisite layering of the overlapping worlds of the characters, their private conflicts and passions are set against the wider drama of events leading up to the overthrow of prime minister Abd al-Karim Qasim and the initial steps to power of the Baath party in Iraq in 1962-63. The skilful building-up of the characters and their worlds within a brief and clearly determined period of recent history allows for a bold and intelligent portrayal of the ambiguous strengths and weaknesses of Iraqi and wider Arab culture. In addition, the dramatization of the relationships between generations, social groups, and genders is achieved with a mixture of humor, bitter irony, and compassion that identifies it as a great work of Arabic literature.

Free Download The Long Unwinding Road: A Journey Through the Heart of Wales by Marc P. Jones
English | 11 April 2024 | ISBN: 1915279585 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 0.8 MB
If you want to see the whole of Wales, from cosmopolitan Cardiff in the south to the historic Victorian resorts of the north, there's one road that will take you all the way: the A470. This route, which traverses the country from end to end, winds its way through post-industrial valleys, agricultural landscapes and stunning mountains - and it offers a chance to see Wales for what it is in the twenty-first century, in all its diversity.

In the company of Gwendoline, his trusty but ancient scooter, travel writer Marc P. Jones follows the long unwinding road of the A470 on a quest to discover what makes his homeland tick. Taking in the splendour, beauty and history of the communities he travels through, Marc explores what unites and divides the different regions of this varied nation, and how can they learn to understand each other better. And one question, above all others, remains to be answered: will Gwendoline make it to the end of the road in one piece?

Free Download Allegra Iafrate, "The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition "
English | ISBN: 0271083662 | 2019 | 248 pages | AZW3 | 14 MB
This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultural resonance throughout history, art historian Allegra Iafrate delivers exciting insights into these objects and interrogates the ways in which magic manifests itself at a material level.

Each chapter focuses on a different Solomonic object: a ring used to control demons; a mysterious set of bottles that constrain evil forces; an endless knot or seal with similar properties; the shamir, known for its supernatural ability to cut through stone; and a flying carpet that can bring the sitter anywhere he desires. Taken together, these chapters constitute a study on the reception of the figure of Solomon, but they are also cultural biographies of these magical objects and their inherent aesthetic, morphological, and technical qualities.
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Free Download The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow's technology still isn't here by Nicole Kobie
English | July 4th, 2024 | ISBN: 1399403109 | 368 pages | True EPUB | 0.59 MB
We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?

For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, from flying cars and bionic humans to hyperloops and smart cities. And why not? Building a better world - be it a free-flying commute or an automated urban lifestyle - is a worthy dream. Given the pace of technological change, nothing seems impossible anymore. But why are these innovations always out of reach?
Delving into the remarkable history of technology, The Long History of the Future introduces us to the clever scientists, genius engineers and eccentric innovators who first brought these ideas to life and have struggled to make them work since. These stories reveal a more realistic picture of how these technologies may evolve - and how we'll eventually get to use them. You may never be able to buy a fully driverless car, but automated braking and steering could slash collision rates. Smart cities won't perfect city life, but they could help empty bins on time. Hyperloops may never arrive, but superfast trains are already here.
We always believe current technology is the best it could be. By looking to the past and the future, Nicole Kobie shows how history always proves us wrong and how what lies ahead may not be what we imagine, but so much better.

Free Download Frank O'Gorman, "The Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History 1688-1832 Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 1472507746 | 2016 | 464 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
This long-awaited second edition sees this classic text by a leading scholar given a new lease of life. It comes complete with a wealth of original material on a range of topics and takes into account the vital research that has been undertaken in the field in the last two decades.

The book considers the development of the internal structure of Britain and explores the growing sense of British nationhood. It looks at the role of religion in matters of state and society, in addition to society's own move towards a class-based system. Commercial and imperial expansion, Britain's role in Europe and the early stages of liberalism are also examined.
This new edition is fully updated to include:
- Revised and thorough treatments of the themes of gender and religion and of the 1832 Reform Act
- New sections on 'Commerce and Empire' and 'Britain and Europe'
- Several new maps and charts
- A revised introduction and a more extensive conclusion
- Updated note sections and bibliographies
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Free Download Howard Friel, "The Lomborg Deception: Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming"
English | ISBN: 0300161034 | 2010 | 272 pages | AZW3 | 367 KB
A compelling exposé of the highly problematic scholarship of Bjørn Lomborg, the world's leading global warming skeptic

In this major assessment of leading climate-change skeptic Bjørn Lomborg, Howard Friel meticulously deconstructs the Danish statistician's claim that global warming is "no catastrophe" by exposing the systematic misrepresentations and partial accounting that are at the core of climate skepticism. His detailed analysis serves not only as a guide to reading the global warming skeptics, but also as a model for assessing the state of climate science. With attention to the complexities of climate-related phenomena across a range of areas-from Arctic sea ice to the Antarctic ice sheet-The Lomborg Deception
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Free Download The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit: Over 100 Tools for Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management by Gwynne Richards, Susan Grinsted
English | March 26, 2024 | ISBN: 1398613398 | 464 pages | MOBI | 15 Mb
The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical tools and ideas to optimize the management of logistics and supply chain processes.

The fourth edition is fully updated to feature the latest frameworks and topics, including robotics and blockchain in logistics and how to measure the return on investment for these technologies. It offers solutions and plans spanning across a variety of functions such as warehousing, logistics, supply chain management, inventory and outsourcing. General management, performance management and problem-solving tools are also included to provide a broader, transferable scope of tools for the reader.
Each toolkit addresses key principles within its area of discipline, providing the reader with a precision approach to be used in complex and sensitive circumstances. The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit is an essential resource of practical tools and information for warehouse, inventory and transport managers and students to help them tackle the challenges of logistics and supply chain management. Online resources contain downloadable content, including supply chain audits and supply chain strategy decision charts.

Free Download Paul Nahin, "The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age"
English | ISBN: 0691151008 | 2012 | 248 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
How two pioneers of math and technology ushered in the computer revolution

Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use―from our computers and cars, to home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological achievements a century later? In The Logician and the Engineer, Paul Nahin combines engaging problems and a colorful historical narrative to tell the remarkable story of how two men in different eras―mathematician and philosopher George Boole and electrical engineer and pioneering information theorist Claude Shannon―advanced Boolean logic and became founding fathers of the electronic communications age. Nahin takes readers from fundamental concepts to a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of modern digital machines, in order to explore computing and its possible limitations in the twenty-first century and beyond.
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Free Download The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild by Thomas D. Seeley
English | May 28, 2019 | ISBN: 0691166765 | True EPUB/PDF | 370 pages | 98.98/463 MB
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee colonies

Humans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley's captivating story of what scientists are learning about the behavior, social life, and survival strategies of honey bees living outside the beekeeper's hive―and how wild honey bees may hold the key to reversing the alarming die-off of the planet's managed honey bee populations.
Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, sheds light on why wild honey bees are still thriving while those living in managed colonies are in crisis. Drawing on the latest science as well as insights from his own pioneering fieldwork, he describes in extraordinary detail how honey bees live in nature and shows how this differs significantly from their lives under the management of beekeepers. Seeley presents an entirely new approach to beekeeping―Darwinian Beekeeping―which enables honey bees to use the toolkit of survival skills their species has acquired over the past thirty million years, and to evolve solutions to the new challenges they face today. He shows beekeepers how to use the principles of natural selection to guide their practices, and he offers a new vision of how beekeeping can better align with the natural habits of honey bees.
Engagingly written and deeply personal, The Lives of Bees reveals how we can become better custodians of honey bees and make use of their resources in ways that enrich their lives as well as our own.

Free Download The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee Life (The Lives of the Natural World) by Christina Grozinger, Harland Patch
English | June 4, 2024 | ISBN: 0691247293 | True PDF | 288 pages | 189 MB
A beautifully illustrated guide to the vibrant and richly diverse world of bees

The Lives of Bees provides a one-of-a-kind look at the life and natural history of bees. Blending stunning photographs and illustrations with illuminating profiles of selected species, this incisive guide takes readers inside the world of these marvelous insects, exploring their physiology, behavior, ecology, evolution, and much more. The Lives of Bees is essential reading for nature lovers everywhere.
Features a wealth of stunning color imagesCovers everything from the social lives of bees to their conservationWritten by two leading experts in the fieldDiscusses the cultural, ecological, and economic interconnections between humans and beesHighlights strategies to support bee populations in backyards, farms, and natural areas

Free Download The Diagram Group, "The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Puzzles"
English | ISBN: 0806942584 | | 512 pages | PDF | 16 MB
Small enough to take anywhere, yet packed with more than 300 brain-bending challenges! Pit your wits against logic-teasers, matchstick quizzes, number problems, riddles, geometry puzzles, visual conundrums, word wonders, picture problems, mazes, and much more. Test your memory, imagination, math skills, powers of observation and deductive reasoning, and other mental talents by becoming a detective, a magician, an architect, and a creative thinker. Play with dominoes, unscramble letters, uncover inconsistencies, and solve mysteries. Plenty of amusing illustrations add to the fun. 512 pages (all in 2-color), 4 1/16 x 5 1/4.

Free Download Diagram Group, "The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Mazes"
English | ISBN: 0806997249 | | 246 pages | PDF | 14 MB
For bored young couch potatoes, here are over 240 puzzles all designed to challenge even the sharpest eye and the quickest draw. Readers will encounter blind alleys, tricky webs, sticky honeycombs, congested intersections, winding pathways, scary labyrinths, and more. 2-color text.

Free Download The Little Book of Trading Options Like the Pros: Learn How to Become the House (Little Books. Big Profits) by David M. Berns, Michael Green
English | April 30, 2024 | ISBN: 1394238959 | 144 pages | PDF | 5.69 Mb
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In The Little Book of Trading Options Like the Pros: Learn How to Become the House, a team of veteran options and derivatives traders delivers an expert account of how to master the zero-sum game of options trading. In the book you'll learn how to 'become the house,' consistently making a small amount of money ― on average ― on each trade,in a similar fashion to a casino in Las Vegas or an insurance company selling insurance policies.
The authors explain how to skip the painful part of the steep options learning curve, showing you how to avoid the most common pitfalls, and become a profitable trader quickly. You'll find:A one-stop resource for everyone looking to become a pro-level trader,including a primer on options without fancy math, engaging anecdotes and lots of invaluable institutional knowledgeA review of the full options ecosystem,and how to position yourself with the odds in your favor, to be a profitable player in this complex trading landscapeA deep dive into the same strategies and techniques used by professional options traders, without the need for finance degrees or hard-to-obtain experienceA clear roadmap of how to take the knowledge in the book and turn it into a practical and profitable trading endeavor
Perfect for inspiring day traders, The Little Book of Trading Options Like the Pros is also a must-read book for anyone interested in investing or trading in modern financial markets.

Free Download The Little Book of Sanuk: The Thai Secret to a More Joyful Life by Karen Sinotok
English | June 6th, 2024 | ISBN: 0008657815 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 119.80 MB
We all need a little more sanuk in our lives

Sanuk is a Thai concept that can loosely be translated as meaning 'fun'. Though sanuk is in fact much more than that; it's about achieving pleasure and joy in all aspects of life. For Thai people, if it's not sanuk, it's not worth doing.
Thai people believe that it's the little things that add up to a joyful life. Whether it's raising happy kids, enjoying a quick chat with your neighbour or having a laugh with friends, they try to bring a sense of joy into their daily routines. This easygoing, fun-loving way of life is why Thailand is often called The Land of Smiles.
But how can we learn to prioritise this sense of fun and pleasure in our own lives? With recent clinical studies showing a clear link between a person's outlook on life and their health, a mindset of optimism and positivity has obvious benefits. Being a glass half full kind of person doesn't just help us live longer, it helps us live better.
Embracing sanuk and approaching life a glass-half-full attitude can make you happier, healthier and more productive - and this book will show you how.

Free Download The Little Book of Good Things! by Bhavya Doshi
English | March 7th, 2023 | ISBN: 9394613145 | 112 pages | MOBI | 17 Mb
'When it comes down to it, it really is the little things that count most.'

- Robert Cheeke
Even though it might seem that everyone is happy, everyone is achieving their goals, everyone is living their dream life, the fact is that every single one of us goes through all the different seasons of life. And during the times when we are feeling down and out, it is usually not the big but the small things that can help us get up and about.
The Little Book of Good Things! encourages us to re-envision moments of brokenness, isolation, and hurt as experiences of growth, fulfilment, and hope. It presents a collection of beautiful and minimal doodles along with an accompanying narrative that are sure to touch the heart of people of all ages. The author, Bhavya Doshi, understands the universality of art and harnesses its immense power to highlight:
* Every season serves a purpose
* The light of dawn will always find you
* The universe always has your back
So, whenever you are feeling low or just need a sprinkle of warmth and motivation, there is a page for you. This inspiring little book will help you recognise and rediscover the joy and magic hidden in the little things which we tend to forget in the hustle-bustle of life. After all, it is the little things that make the bigger picture a whole lot more beautiful!

Free Download María Rosa Menocal, "The Literature of Al-Andalus "
English | ISBN: 0521471591 | 2000 | 520 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
The Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: The Literature of Al-Andalus explores the culture of Iberia from the eighth to the thirteenth century, and to the centuries following the Christian conquest, when Arabic continued to be used. While the focus is on literature, the study extends to the related fields of philosophy, art, architecture and music. Edited by an Arabist, a Hebraist and a Romance scholar, with individual chapters by a team of the world's leading experts in the field, this is a truly interdisciplinary and comparative work offering a radical new approach.

Free Download Samia Mehrez, "The Literary Life of Cairo: One Hundred Years in the Heart of the City"
English | ISBN: 9774163907 | 2011 | 400 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
Unlike The Literary Atlas of Cairo, which focuses on the literary geopolitics of the cityscape, this companion volume immerses the reader in the complex network of socioeconomic and cultural lives in the city. The seven chapters first introduce the reader to representations of some of Cairo's prominent profiles, both political and cultural, and their impact on the city's literary geography, before presenting a spectrum of readings of the city by its multiethnic, multinational, and multilingual writers across class, gender, and generation. Daunting images of colonial school experiences and startling contrasts of postcolonial educational realities are revealed, while Cairo's moments of political parti[beeep]tion and oppression are illustrated, as well as the space accorded to women within the city across history and class.

Together, The Literary Atlas of Cairo and The Literary Life of Cairo produce a literary geography of Cairo that goes beyond the representation of space in literature to reconstruct the complex network of human relationships in that space.
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Free Download The Lions' Den by Iris Mwanza
English | 6 Jun. 2024 | ISBN: 1838859926 | True EPUB | 256 pages | 3.6 MB
Rookie lawyer Grace Zulu does not give up easily. She escaped an arranged marriage to put herself through university. Now she's got her first case.

Her client is young Willbess 'Bessy' Mulenga, who has been arrested for offences 'against nature'. Bessy works in a men-only bar, loves to dance, to wear dresses and live freely. But in 1990s Zambia, following your own identity can get you beaten, jailed or even worse. Grace is determined to get Bessy out of custody. Then her terrified, bruised client goes missing without a trace. She knows something bad has happened and that someone is trying to cover it up. Along with the most unlikely group of allies, Grace must take on powerful enemies at the highest levels - even risk her own safety - to get to the truth. The whole truth.
A debut novel that soars with passion and humanity, The Lions' Den is a moving story of prejudice, corruption, injustice, courage and solidarity. It shows us that no cause is ever a lost one.

Free Download The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey Through Modern Turkey by Kaya Genç
English | July 11th, 2024 | ISBN: 1350436771 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 0.62 MB
Turkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and novelist Kaya Genc travelled around his country on a quest to find the places and people in whom the contrasts of Turkey's rich past meet.

As suicide bombers attack Istanbul, and journalists and teachers are imprisoned, he walks the streets of the famous Ottoman neighbourhoods, telling the stories of the ordinary Turks who live among the contradictions and conflicts of Anatolia, one of the world's oldest civilizations. The Lion and the Nightingale presents the spellbinding story of a country whose history has been split between East and West, between violence and beauty - between the roar of the lion and the song of the nightingale.
Weaving together a mixture of memoir, interview and his own autobiography, Genc takes the reader on a contemporary journey through the contradictory soul of the Turkish nation.

Free Download The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's Opium Wars with China 1839-1860 by Mark Simner
English | July 26, 2019 | ISBN: 1781557179 | 304 pages | PDF | 5.58 Mb
During the middle of the 19th-Century, Britain and China would twice go to war over trade, and in particular the trade in opium. The Chinese people had progressively become addicted to the narcotic, a habit that British merchants were more than happy to feed from their opium-poppy fields in India. When the Qing dynasty rulers of China attempted to suppress this trade-due to the serious social and economic problems it caused-the British Government responded with gunboat diplomacy, and conflict soon ensued.

The first conflict, known as the First Anglo-Chinese War or Opium War (1839-42), ended in British victory and the Treaty of Nanking. However, this treaty was heavily biased in favor of the British, and it would not be long before there was a renewal of hostilities, taking the form of what became known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Arrow War (1857-60). Again, the second conflict would end with an 'unequal treaty' that was heavily biased towards the victor.
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's Opium Wars with China, 1839-1860 examines the causes and ensuing military history of these tragic conflicts, as well as their bitter legacies.

Free Download Ira Mukhoty, "The Lion and The Lily: The Rise and Fall of Awadh"
English | ISBN: 8119635973 | 2024 | 504 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
Through the turbulent eighteenth century, Awadh grew to become one of the richest and most coveted regions in all of Hindustan. Although it was nominally ruled by the Mughal emperor in Delhi, the Mughal empire itself under Muhammad Shah 'Rangeeley', and later under Shah Alam II, was in terminal decline. The British and French East India Companies were vying for control of the subcontinent.