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Название: The Bush Pilots: A Pictorial History of a Canadian Phenomenon
Автор: Tony Foster
Издательство: McClelland & Stewart
Год: 1990
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 232
Размер: 111,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Bush Pilots: A Pictorial History of a Canadian Phenomenon

Название: Hotchkiss Machine Guns: From Verdun to Iwo Jima
Автор: John Walter, Adam Hook, Alan Gilliland
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Weapon 71
ISBN: 9781472836168
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 19,8 MB

Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved its effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War.

Название: Tirpitz in Norway: X-craft midget submarines raid the fjords, Operation Source 1943
Автор: Angus Konstam, Edouard A Groult, Adam Tooby
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Raid 51
ISBN: 9781472835857
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 81
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 11,8 MB

In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the threat of the powerful German battleship, the Tirpitz.

Название: Scandinavia and the Great Powers in the First World War
Автор: Michael Jonas
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 1350046353
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 249
Размер: 11,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

This study is among the first works in English to comprehensively address the Scandinavian First World War experience in the larger international context of the war. It surveys the complex relationship between the belligerent great powers and Northern Europe's neutral small states in times of crisis and war.

Название: За рулем
Издательство: За рулем
Год / месяц: 2019 / Декабрь
Номер: 12
Формат: PDF
Размер: 88,1 МБ
Страниц: 116
Язык: Русский

«За рулём» — популярный журнал, рассчитанный как на начинающих водителей, так и на опытных профессионалов. На протяжении всей своей истории издание является экспертом в области многогранных отношений человека и автомобиля. Журнал «За рулем» предлагает читателям актуальную и достоверную информацию обо всем, что происходит в автомобильном мире.

Название: German Guided Missiles of World War II: Fritz-X to Wasserfall and X4
Автор: Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey New Vanguard 276
ISBN: 9781472831798
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 49
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 6,6 MB

Although not as well-known as the V-1 buzz bomb and the V-2 missile, the first German missiles to see combat were anti-ship missiles, the Henschel Hs.293 guided missile and the Fritz-X guided bomb. These began to see extensive combat in the Mediterranean in 1943. In their most famous use, the Italian battleship Roma was sunk by a Fritz-X attack in September 1943 when Italy attempted to switch sides.

Название: Kombucha and Kimchi: How Probiotics and Prebiotics Can Improve Brain Function
Автор: Dr. Soki Choi
Издательство: Skyhorse
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 208
Размер: 26,1 Mb
Язык: English

Discover the mind-gut connection, and boost your mood with the kings of gut-healthy fermented foods—kombucha and kimchi!
Did you know you can fight Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS, ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, stress, chronic pain, and more with what you eat? The discovery of the gut-brain-axis is quickly emerging as the most exciting health concept in decades. Mounting evidence has shown that gut bacteria aren't just good for a healthy immune system or maintaining our weight—they're also good for the brain!

Название: Me 210/410 Zerstorer Units
Автор: Robert Forsyth, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Combat Aircraft 131
ISBN: 9781472829108
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 11,7 MB

Intended as a progressive development of the twin-engined Bf 110 Zerstorer (‘destroyer' or heavy fighter), the Me 210 first took to the air in September 1939. However, due to a lack of sufficient flight-testing before being declared service-ready, the Me 210 suffered from a less than satisfactory reputation in respect to its flight characteristics and weak undercarriage.

Название: Java Sea 1942: Japan's conquest of the Netherlands East Indies
Автор: Mark Stille, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Campaign 344
ISBN: 9781472831613
Год издания: 2019
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 14 MB

The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first major surface engagement of the Pacific War and one of the few naval battles of the entire war fought to a decisive victory. It was the culminating point of the Japanese drive to occupy the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) and, to defend the territory, the Allies assembled a striking force comprised of Dutch, American

Название: Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History
Автор: Frank Close
Издательство: Allen Lane
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 528
Размер: 35 Mb
Язык: English

'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.