When Giants Ruled the Sky The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship [Audiobook]

 
When Giants Ruled the Sky The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B0C7LLGRDV | 2023 | 13 hours and 24 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 386 MB
Author: Jeffrey Geoghegan
Narrator: Tom Perkins
Nearly everything people know about airships is wrong. Few realize that prior to the Hindenburg disaster airships transported passengers without a single casualty for more than twenty years, a record unmatched by any other form of transportation. When Giants Ruled the Sky tells the true but little-known story of the USS Macon (ZRS-5), the world's largest, most expensive, and most technologically advanced airship of her day, and the four men responsible for conceiving, designing, building, and flying her. In doing so it reveals how the American airship came within a hair's breadth of replacing planes, trains, and ocean liners as the dominant form of long-distance transportation, and exactly what went wrong, a tale of physical courage, engineering acumen, ugly politicking and two egregious disasters.


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She-Wolves The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth [Audiobook]

 
She-Wolves The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B087D8S5DQ | 2020 | 16 hours and 1 minute | M4B@64 kbps | 464 MB
Author: Helen Castor
Narrator: Esther Wane


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Ruled By Love by Barbara Cartland

 
Ruled By Love by Barbara Cartland
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English | MP3@192 kbps | 3h 51m | 317.9 MB
1820 is a worrying time for His Royal Highness Prince Lászlé as the might of the Prussian Empire moves ever closer to the boarders of his independent principality, Opava. Concerned for the welfare and happiness of his subjects, he reluctantly sends his beautiful daughter, Princess Zoleka, on a secret mission to the neighbouring state of Krnov, which is in crisis. Masquerading as Lady in Waiting to Princess Udele, the heir to the throne, Zoleka is horrified to discover that Krnov is in political turmoil. Greeted by demotivated palace staff, shocked by the dilapidated buildings and poverty throughout the principality, Zoleka vows to discover the strange malady that has struck the head of state, Prince Majmir, and restore Udele to her rightful place. Discovering that Princess Udele, although she is eighteen, is kept away from state matters and still treated like a child, Zoleka decides to teach Udele the skills necessary to be a Princess so she can gain the respect of the people and help Krnov become strong again. But has Princess Zoleka arrived too late to stir the Royal Place into action and stop the ever increasing danger from the Prussian Army?


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When Tigers Ruled the Sky The Flying Tigers American Outlaw Pilots over China in World War II [Audiobook]

 
When Tigers Ruled the Sky The Flying Tigers American Outlaw Pilots over China in World War II [Audiobook]
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English | ASIN: B01HSF8WTA | 2016 | 12 hours and 2 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 328 MB
Author: Bill Yenne
Narrator: Jonathan Yen
From the acclaimed author, an in-depth account of the legendary World War II combat group the Flying Tigers. In 1940 Pearl Harbor had not yet happened, and America was not yet at war with Japan. But China had been trying to stave off Japanese aggression for three years - and was desperate for aircraft and trained combat pilots. General Chiang Kai-shek sent military aviation advisor Claire Chennault to Washington, where President Roosevelt was sympathetic but knew he could not intervene overtly. Instead he quietly helped Chennault put together a group of American volunteer pilots. This was how the 1st American Volunteer Group - more commonly known as the Flying Tigers - was born.


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When Women Ruled the World Six Queens of Egypt

 
When Women Ruled the World Six Queens of Egypt
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
English | October 30, 2018 | ISBN: 1426219776 | 400 pages | PDF (Converted) | 43 Mb
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra-women who ruled with real power-and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today.


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