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An American Checkup

by James McManus ...

Narrated by Patrick Frederic ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

A wild ride through the dark heart of American health and health care, plus sex, drugs, and stem-cell wars.PHYSICAL is the story of a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American (the author) who gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality, not to mention glove-wearing doctors and the pair of dominatrix-esque technicians who ... Read more

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A wild ride through the dark heart of American health and health care, plus sex, drugs, and stem-cell wars.PHYSICAL is the story of a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American (the author) who gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality, not to mention glove-wearing doctors and the pair of dominatrix-esque technicians who
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Abolish Everything?

Money, Labour, the Police...

by Frédéric Lordon ...

Translated by Patrick Lyons ...

Why abolition does not work, and why we need to rethink the 'institution', from leading Spinozist thinker.Abolish Everything? confronts the question of whether it is possible or even desirable to envision a world without institutions such as the state, police, and money, among many other examples. Drawing on Spinoza’s philosophical corpus to reconceptualize the notion of the “institution” itself, ... Read more

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Why abolition does not work, and why we need to rethink the 'institution', from leading Spinozist thinker.Abolish Everything? confronts the question of whether it is possible or even desirable to envision a world without institutions such as the state, police, and money, among many other examples. Drawing on Spinoza’s philosophical corpus to reconceptualize the notion of the “institution” itself,
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Meshing, Geometric Modeling and Numerical Simulation, Volume 2

Metrics, Meshes and Mesh Adaptation

by Paul Louis George, Houman Borouchaki, Frederic Alauzet, Patrick Laug, Adrien Loseille, Loic Marechal ...

Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena. In numerical simulations, the functional spaces of approximation used to search for solutions are defined from meshes, and in this sense these meshes play a fundamental role. This strong link ... Read more

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Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena. In numerical simulations, the functional spaces of approximation used to search for solutions are defined from meshes, and in this sense these meshes play a fundamental role. This strong link
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The Battle - Book 2

by Frédéric Richaud, Patrick Rambaud, Ivan Gil ...

Series Book 2 - The Battle
The battle has been joined. On this first day, Massena desperately holds onto Aspern, the French cavalry charges again and again, but the Emperor cannot seem to break the Austrians. Louis-Francois, stuck on the wrong side of the only available bridge, impatiently waits for repairs to conclude. Not only are his official messages delayed, but he’s also dying to send news to Miss Krauss in Vienna. ... Read more

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The battle has been joined. On this first day, Massena desperately holds onto Aspern, the French cavalry charges again and again, but the Emperor cannot seem to break the Austrians. Louis-Francois, stuck on the wrong side of the only available bridge, impatiently waits for repairs to conclude. Not only are his official messages delayed, but he’s also dying to send news to Miss Krauss in Vienna.
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Berezina - Book 2

by Frédéric Richaud, Patrick Rambaud ...

Series Book 2 - Berezina
Moscow is now in French hands, but a large part of the city has burned down, and it’s been emptied of all food, fodder and warm clothes. Even as winter approaches, and against the advice of his generals, Napoleon insists on staying, convinced that the Czar will soon surrender to him. But both soldiers and civilians increasingly suffer from hunger and the cold, and the terrifying Cossacks ... Read more

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Moscow is now in French hands, but a large part of the city has burned down, and it’s been emptied of all food, fodder and warm clothes. Even as winter approaches, and against the advice of his generals, Napoleon insists on staying, convinced that the Czar will soon surrender to him. But both soldiers and civilians increasingly suffer from hunger and the cold, and the terrifying Cossacks
... Read more
Berezina - Book 3

by Frédéric Richaud, Patrick Rambaud ...

Series Book 3 - Berezina
The terrible Russian winter has engulfed the retreat, and the Grande Armée is no more. Mercilessly harassed by the fierce Cossacks, a few thousand men only continue to trudge forward, weak, starving, emaciated, leaving a trail of frozen dead behind. And as Russian regular forces prepare to surround and trap them, the weather suddenly turns warmer, making rivers impassable. To escape, they will ... Read more

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The terrible Russian winter has engulfed the retreat, and the Grande Armée is no more. Mercilessly harassed by the fierce Cossacks, a few thousand men only continue to trudge forward, weak, starving, emaciated, leaving a trail of frozen dead behind. And as Russian regular forces prepare to surround and trap them, the weather suddenly turns warmer, making rivers impassable. To escape, they will
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George H. W. Bush

The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993

by Timothy Naftali ...

Narrated by Patrick Frederic ...

Series Audiobook 41 - The American Presidents
Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely shepherded Soviet reformers through the liberalization of their system and ... Read more

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George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for his eloquence, Bush readily dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy Naftali argues, there was no person of his generation better prepared for the challenges facing the United States as the Cold War ended. Bush wisely shepherded Soviet reformers through the liberalization of their system and
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The Definitive Guide to Microsoft Fabric

From discovery to building a unified, secure, and scalable data platform

by Christopher Maneu, Emilie Beau, Jean-Pierre Riehl, Romain Casteres, Frederic Gisbert ...

Master Microsoft Fabric from basics to advanced architectures with expert guidance to unify, secure, and scale analytics on real-world data platformsKey FeaturesBuild a complete data analytics platform with Microsoft FabricApply proven architectures, governance, and security strategiesGain real-world insights from five seasoned data expertsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF ... Read more

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Master Microsoft Fabric from basics to advanced architectures with expert guidance to unify, secure, and scale analytics on real-world data platformsKey FeaturesBuild a complete data analytics platform with Microsoft FabricApply proven architectures, governance, and security strategiesGain real-world insights from five seasoned data expertsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF
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Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far)

by Dave Barry ...

Narrated by Patrick Frederic ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

A brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize–winning humorist.Remember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck?That didn’t happen, right?But what did happen? To provide a little perspective on a really messed-up millennium (so far), the one and only Dave Barry slips into his historian’s robe (it’s plush terrycloth) and revisits the defining moments ... Read more

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A brilliantly funny look at the tumultuous recent past from the Pulitzer Prize–winning humorist.Remember when everything was going to go to hell when Y2K struck?That didn’t happen, right?But what did happen? To provide a little perspective on a really messed-up millennium (so far), the one and only Dave Barry slips into his historian’s robe (it’s plush terrycloth) and revisits the defining moments
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The Battle - Book 1

by Frédéric Richaud, Patrick Rambaud, Ivan Gil ...

Series Book 1 - The Battle
May 1809. Napoleon’s Grande Armée has taken Vienna and is preparing to cross the Danube, but the Austrians are waiting for him in Essling. The carnage can begin … Louis-François Lejeune, young colonel attached to the emperor’s staff, meets his old friend Henri Beyne in occupied Vienna. He also meets the beautiful Anna Krauss, with whom he is madly in love with. Nearby, though, Napoleon is ... Read more

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May 1809. Napoleon’s Grande Armée has taken Vienna and is preparing to cross the Danube, but the Austrians are waiting for him in Essling. The carnage can begin … Louis-François Lejeune, young colonel attached to the emperor’s staff, meets his old friend Henri Beyne in occupied Vienna. He also meets the beautiful Anna Krauss, with whom he is madly in love with. Nearby, though, Napoleon is
... Read more
Harmonies of Political Economy

With a Notice of the Life and Writings of the Author

by Frédéric Bastiat ...

Translated by Patrick James Stirling ...

In "Harmonies of Political Economy," Fr√©d√©ric Bastiat brilliantly interweaves economic theory with an accessible literary style, presenting a compelling argument for the principles of free market economics. Written during the mid-19th century, the book reflects the philosophical underpinnings of classical liberalism and provides insightful critiques of protectionism and state intervention. ... Read more

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In "Harmonies of Political Economy," Fr√©d√©ric Bastiat brilliantly interweaves economic theory with an accessible literary style, presenting a compelling argument for the principles of free market economics. Written during the mid-19th century, the book reflects the philosophical underpinnings of classical liberalism and provides insightful critiques of protectionism and state intervention.
... Read more
The Battle - Book 3

by Frédéric Richaud, Patrick Rambaud ...

Series Book 3 - The Battle
Napoleon is furious. It appears the battle can no longer be won. The French cavalry is so exhausted it can’t even gallop when charging. Ammunition is running out, while losses mount horrifically – both in men and in irreplaceable officers … But the Austrians have paid an equally steep price, and a complete defeat may yet be avoided. Louis- François, Paradis, Fayolle … Who will survive the terrible ... Read more

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Napoleon is furious. It appears the battle can no longer be won. The French cavalry is so exhausted it can’t even gallop when charging. Ammunition is running out, while losses mount horrifically – both in men and in irreplaceable officers … But the Austrians have paid an equally steep price, and a complete defeat may yet be avoided. Louis- François, Paradis, Fayolle … Who will survive the terrible
... Read more

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