FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2016

[Froide]

The Making of Chicago: The History of the Windy City in the 19th Century
by Charles River Editors (Author)

Kindle
$0.00

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Chicag...011#nav-subnav

*Includes pictures
*Includes accounts of Chicago's history and the great fire
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents

The area that became Chicago caught the eye of European settlers as far back as the 17th century, when the French explorers Marquette and Jolliet found that waterways in the area connected the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes. The area became an outpost for the fur trade long before it was settled, and Fort Dearborn was built there in 1803.
Throughout the 19th century, American settlers pushing across the Western frontier came into contact with diverse American tribes, producing a series of conflicts ranging from the Great Plains to the Southwest, from the Trail of Tears to the Pacific Northwest. Indian leaders like Geronimo became feared and dreaded men in America, and Sitting Bull’s victory over George Custer’s 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn was one of the nation’s most traumatic military endeavors.

The British attempt to maintain a barrier between America and Canada by propping up Native American tribes led to a controversial battle in the Illinois Territory at Fort Dearborn, a fort built along the Chicago River, shortly after the War of 1812 broke out. When the war came, the close proximity of British forces compelled American military officers in the area to attempt to evacuate the garrison at Fort Dearborn, but misunderstandings and a lack of time resulted in Potawatomi warriors ambushing the soldiers and several civilians before they could retreat back to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Though it started as a 300 person settlement in 1832, Chicago’s location near the Great Lakes and its access to the Mississippi River turned it into a major trading city overnight. The city became even more important when railroads were constructed to connect the country, making it the first major city in the “West” during the mid-19th century. By 1871, the original 300 person settlement was now home to about 300,000 people, and Chicago had become the first major city built by Americans rather than European colonial powers

Thus, it had taken less than 40 years for the new settlement of 300 to become a city of nearly 300,000, but it only took two days in 1871 for much of it to be destroyed. On the night of October 8, 1871, a blaze in the southwestern section of Chicago began to burn out of control. Walking around Chicago today, it’s easy to forget about its past as a rural frontier. That’s due in no small part to the way Chicago responded to the Great Fire of 1871. Immediately after the fire, Chicago encouraged inhabitants and architects to build over the ruins, spurring creative architecture with elaborate designs. Architects descended upon the city for the opportunity to rebuild the area, and over the next few decades they had rebuilt Chicago with the country’s most modern architecture and monuments.

Chicago recovered well enough within 20 years to win the right to host the World’s Fair in 1893, which was commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of the New World. Covering nearly two square miles, the Fair’s grounds created a city within a city, and Daniel Burnham was in the middle of it all. With several other noteworthy architects, including Louis Sullivan, Burnham designed the layout of the grounds and the construction of the buildings on the ground. During the late 19th century, “neoclassicism” was in vogue, and American architects designed buildings incorporating ancient Greek and Roman architecture. With its white colored buildings, the Fair stood out from the rest of Chicago, earning it the label “White City.” Throughout 1893, it attracted millions of visitors, allowing Chicago to introduce itself to foreign visitors and reintroduce itself as a major American city.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Froide

The Making of Chicago: The History of the Windy City in the 19th Century
by Charles River Editors (Author)

Kindle
$0.00

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Chicag...011#nav-subnav

Looks like a great find, though no ratings at Amazon yet.

I wonder if Charles River Editors is trying to move into the larger-book arena. The books of theirs that I'm accustomed to seeing are in the 25-75 page range, this one is 247 pages! Or maybe they've been doing the longer books for some time but I just haven't been observant enough to notice . . . .

[artig]

For computer nerds interested in early personal computer history, the first part of an autobiography or memoir by Gary Kildall is available for free download from the Computer History Museum, in pdf format. The last part of the memoir will not be publicly released. The only requirement for downloading is an agreement not to reproduce, publicly display, or distribute it online or in print.

Computer History Museum download introduction.

[murg]

Originally Posted by artig

For computer nerds interested in early personal computer history, the first part of an autobiography or memoir by Gary Kildall is available for free download from the Computer History Museum, in pdf format. The last part of the memoir will not be publicly released. The only requirement for downloading is an agreement not to reproduce, publicly display, or distribute it online or in print.

Computer History Museum download introduction.

Fixed link: Computer History Museum download introduction.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by artig

For computer nerds interested in early personal computer history, the first part of an autobiography or memoir by Gary Kildall is available for free download from the Computer History Museum, in pdf format. The last part of the memoir will not be publicly released. The only requirement for downloading is an agreement not to reproduce, publicly display, or distribute it online or in print.

Computer History Museum download introduction.

Originally Posted by murg

Fixed link: Computer History Museum download introduction.

Turns out, it looks like they've got a lot of free documents. Maybe none the quality of the one that you posted. This looks like a good portal to go to in order to find all of the goodies that the museum offers.

Thanks for your posts. I was not aware of the museum.

Here's a deep, philosophical question: if I am as old or older than some of the equipment in the museum, do I qualify as a museum piece?

[GtrsRGr8]

The 93% markdown is from the digital list price.

Frankly, I don't remember hearing about the events in this book at the time that they happened. But the book sure seems like it would be an engrossing read, if you're into this kind of thing. And at 448 pages, likely you're not going to run out of interesting reading for a good while.

Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders. By Dick Lehr; Michael Zuckoff. Rated 4.3 stars, from 61 reviews, at Amazon at the present moment. Print list price $14.99; digital list price $13.49; Kindle price now $0.99. HarperCollins e-books, publisher. 448 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Ridg.../dp/B001QIGZL8.

Book Description
A riveting investigation of the brutal murders of two Dartmouth professors –– a book that, like In Cold Blood, reveals the chilling reality behind a murder that captivated the nation.

On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two of its most beloved professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. A few weeks later, across the river, in the town of Chelsea, Vermont, police cars were spotted in front of the house of high school senior Robert Tulloch. The police had come to question Tulloch and his best friend, Jim Parker. Soon , the town discovered the incomprehensible reality that Tulloch and Parker, two of Chelsea's brightest and most popular sons, were now fugitives, wanted for the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop.

Authors Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick Lehr provide a vivid explication of a murder that captivated the nation, as well as dramatic revelations about the forces that turned two popular teenagers into killers. Judgement Ridge conveys a deep appreciation for the lives (and the devastating loss) of Half and Susanne Zantop, while also providing a clear portrait of the killers, their families, and their community –and, perhaps, a warning to any parent about what evil may lurk in the hearts of boys.

[itisbomb]

Vaccinated: Triumph, Controversy, and An Uncertain F
by Paul A. Offit M.D.

is $1.99 at

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Vaccinated-Tr...ted#nav-subnav

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/vaccinated

Below is the blurb:
Maurice Hilleman's mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister stillborn. As an adult, he said that he felt he had escaped an appointment with death. He made it his life's work to see that others could do the same. Born into the life of a Montana chicken farmer, Hilleman ran off to the University of Chicago to become a microbiologist, and eventually joined Merck, the pharmaceutical company, to pursue his goal of eliminating childhood disease. Chief among his accomplishments are nine vaccines that practically every child gets, rendering formerly dread diseases—including often devastating ones such as mumps and rubella—practically toothless and nearly forgotten; his measles vaccine alone saves several million lives every year.
Vaccinated is not a biography; Hilleman's experience forms the basis for a rich and lively narrative of two hundred years of medical history, ranging across the globe and throughout time to take in a cast of hundreds, all caught up, intentionally or otherwise, in the story of vaccines. It is an inspiring and triumphant tale, but one with a cautionary aspect, as vaccines come under assault from people blaming vaccines for autism and worse. Paul Offit clearly and compellingly rebuts those arguments, and, by demonstrating how much the work of Hilleman and others has gained for humanity, shows us how much we have to lose.

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors

The First Battle of Kiev: The History of the Soviet Red Army's Most Disastrous Defeat of World War II

Still free

The Making of Chicago: The History of the Windy City in the 19th Century


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[itisbomb]

[B]Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages
by Frances Gies

is $0.99 at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Fami...8-1#nav-subnav

Below is the blurb:
A compelling, lucid, and highly readable chronicle of medieval life written by the authors of the bestselling Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a Medieval City
Historians have only recently awakened to the importance of the family, the basic social unit throughout human history. This book traces the development of marriage and the family from the Middle Ages to the early modern era. It describes how the Roman and barbarian cultural streams merged under the influence of the Christian church to forge new concepts, customs, laws, and practices. Century by century it follows the development -- sometimes gradual, at other times revolutionary -- of significant elements in the history of the family:

The basic functions of the family as production unit, as well as its religious, social, judicial, and educational roles.

The shift of marriage from private arrangement between families to public ceremony between individuals, and the adjustments in dowry, bride-price, and counter-dowry.

The development of consanguinity rules and incest taboos in church law and lay custom.

The peasant family in its varying condition of being free or unfree, poor, middling, or rich.

The aristocratic estate, the problem of the younger son, and the disinheritance of daughters.

The Black Death and its long-term effects on the family.
Sex attitudes and customs: the effects of variations in age of men and women at marriage.

The changing physical environment of noble, peasant, and urban families.

Arrangements by families for old age and retirement.

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors, free

The Forbidden City: The History of the Chinese Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing

Women in Classical Athens: The Lives of the City's Female Inhabitants During Its Golden Age

Assassinating Adolf Hitler and Reinhard Heydrich: The History of the Attempts to Kill the Nazi Dictator and the Blond Beast

Still free

The First Battle of Kiev: The History of the Soviet Red Army's Most Disastrous Defeat of World War II

The Making of Chicago: The History of the Windy City in the 19th Century


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[Dngrsone]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

[B]Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages
by Frances Gies

is $0.99 at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Fami...8-1#nav-subnav
.

Got it, thanks!

[GtrsRGr8]

Two freebies from Fritzen Media. I just found out about the company today. They are kind of Charles-River-Editors-esce, it appears.

Einstein's War Against the Nazis: How the Nazi Crusade Against Einstein Changed the Course of History (Moments of History Book 1).

Walt Disney: A Life of Genius | The True Story of Walt Disney (Short Reads Historical Biographies of Famous People).

[GtrsRGr8]

There's this company that I found called Hourly History Ltd.. Their focus is on "publishing history books that are concise, straightforward and take no longer than one hour to read."

The company seems to differ from the gazillions of re-publishers that are out there in the fact that these books appear to be written by people in recent times. They also differ in that they publish what their theme says: concise history books.

They currently have a couple of dozen or so free ebooks at Amazon. If you'd like to check into them, go to this webpage. When I did the search, all of the ebooks on the first page happened to be free and all of those beginning with the first one on the second page were not free.

If you like what you see, and would like to keep informed by Hourly History of whatever that they want to inform you of, follow this link and sign up for their emails. The webpage doesn't mention it, but if you do that, they will send you a free copy (PDF) of British History in 50 Events, by Henry Freeman. It's formatted more like a research paper than an ebook, but perhaps you will find it helpful.

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors, free

The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold: The Unsolved Mystery of the American Socialite Who Vanished in 1910

Walt Disney and Jim Henson: The Lives and Legacies of the Men Behind America's Favorite Cartoons

The Most Important Meetings of the Allies during World War II: The History of the Tehran Conference, Yalta Conference, and Potsdam Conference

Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson: The Lives and Legacies of America's Most Famous Late Night Talk Show Hosts

The Disappearance of the USS Scorpion: The History of the Mysterious Sinking of the American Nuclear Submarine


See all

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[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

There's this company that I found called Hourly History Ltd.. Their focus is on "publishing history books that are concise, straightforward and take no longer than one hour to read."

The company seems to differ from the gazillions of re-publishers that are out there in the fact that these books appear to be written by people in recent times. They also differ in that they publish what their theme says: concise history books.

They currently have a couple of dozen or so free ebooks at Amazon. If you'd like to check into them, go to

If you like what you see, and would like to keep informed by Hourly History of whatever that they want to inform you of, follow this link and sign up for their emails. The webpage doesn't mention it, but if you do that, they will send you a free copy (PDF) of British History in 50 Events, by Henry Freeman. It's formatted more like a research paper than an ebook, but perhaps you will find it helpful.

Thank you

To list all and only Hourly History freebies as I do with Charles River Editors


https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...Hourly+History

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...Hourly+History
https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...Hourly+History