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wwkirk

Divine
This is the best place I'm currently aware of for "bootleg" PDFs and eBooks. They have a very large library on many subjects. Mostly items originally from notable publishers. (For really obscure documents, a good option is archive.org.) I've been utilizing them since 2019 with no virus or any other problem.

You can download a certain number of titles for free daily. If you want more, then a donation will empower you for a month. I do believe you have to register to access the content they provide.

I am not at all averse to purchasing physical books, and don't even like reading a screen. But I don't really need or want a physical copy of everything that I might have a limited interest in, or want to consult for reference purposes. Also, as I listen to a lot of audiobooks, I often like to get an e-copy to go along with them, to check spelling, review details, etc.

Well, they are out of business for the time being. (Knowledge isn't free.)
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wwkirk

Divine

wwkirk

Divine
Couple of articles.

Pirated e-book site Z-Library vanishes—sending college students into a panic

Z-Library is now accessible here, provided you are using TOR (VPN insufficient):

https://singlelogin.me/

I have downloaded only one file so far using TOR. It is noticeably slower. Up until now I had no use for such a browser, but it has now become my means of accessing the "shadow library project" as Wikipedia characterizes Z-Library.
 

wwkirk

Divine
Z-Library is now accessible here, provided you are using TOR (VPN insufficient):

https://singlelogin.me/

I have downloaded only one file so far using TOR. It is noticeably slower. Up until now I had no use for such a browser, but it has now become my means of accessing the "shadow library project" as Wikipedia characterizes Z-Library.
Related.: A listing of shadow libraries and tips on DNS configuration.
 

wwkirk

Divine
Couple of articles.

Pirated e-book site Z-Library vanishes—sending college students into a panic

There were arrests made in connection with the domain seizures. Comment by Z-Library:
As many of you know, on November 3rd most of our domains were seized and some our servers were suspended by the United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation. In addition, on November 16 the United States Department of Justice published the indictment against two citizens of Russia, Anton and Valeria. They are accused of criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering to operate the Z-Library.
 

wwkirk

Divine
Z-Library is now accessible here, provided you are using TOR
So, I installed a TOR update, and abruptly my antivirus blocked it as a Trojan. It took some poking around to figure out how to unblock it, as there is no such option presented front and center.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
So, I installed a TOR update, and abruptly my antivirus blocked it as a Trojan. It took some poking around to figure out how to unblock it, as there is no such option presented front and center.

What device did you install TOR?...A windows laptop by chance?...

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nivek

As Above So Below
So you may be able to install the update in windows safe mode which starts up the bare minimum to run windows, using F8 when booting up the computer to run safe mode...

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wwkirk

Divine
Book & author recommendation for those interested in WWII. Just finished the audiobook version of
The Battle of Britain: Five Months That Changed History; May-October 1940 by James Holland, a Brit.
Good action, fine attention to detail, and virtually equal coverage of both the UK and German perspectives.
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I liked it so much that I have already begun his

Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy - a campaign that, in terms of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I - come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others.
The narrator is not quite as good as the first, but still decent. Also, he either is good at doing impersonations or the publisher brought in a voice actor or two.
 

The shadow

The shadow knows!
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In every family there is conflict. As a father of 6 I know well sibling rivalry. From Ian and Chris fighting over transformers to Debbie and Kate trying to one up the other. Now add in a dead mother. And one sibling being the future king.. Harry is a jealous man. Locked into a destiny decreed by birth. Megan is a spoiled celeb.. the royals are a truly dysfunctional family.. if Harry was shown even a bit of love or compassion maybe thing would be different. Moral of the story . Money and power don't buy love or happiness. True joy does not come from a life in a script. When the crown goes on Charles head will it bring him happiness? Will kicking your family to the curb bring Harry the peace he craves? Any hope of happiness died with Diana in that tunnel in France. And is it good to push your family aside?
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nivek

As Above So Below
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In every family there is conflict. As a father of 6 I know well sibling rivalry. From Ian and Chris fighting over transformers to Debbie and Kate trying to one up the other. Now add in a dead mother. And one sibling being the future king.. Harry is a jealous man. Locked into a destiny decreed by birth. Megan is a spoiled celeb.. the royals are a truly dysfunctional family.. if Harry was shown even a bit of love or compassion maybe thing would be different. Moral of the story . Money and power don't buy love or happiness. True joy does not come from a life in a script. When the crown goes on Charles head will it bring him happiness? Will kicking your family to the curb bring Harry the peace he craves? Any hope of happiness died with Diana in that tunnel in France. And is it good to push your family aside?
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Be warned...

Prince Harry shocks audience with more than 15 references to his private parts in bombshell memoir


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nivek

As Above So Below
Imagine going to prison and someone asking what your in for. And they respond with “I fucked over some space rocks that I stole from NASA“ LMAO. In 2002, an intern who stole moon rocks from NASA, spread the rocks on his bed and had sex on them, resulting in the contamination making the rocks virtually useless to the scientific community. He was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison.



Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History


View: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Moon-Amazing-Audacious-History/dp/0307741346


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nivek

As Above So Below
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In every family there is conflict. As a father of 6 I know well sibling rivalry. From Ian and Chris fighting over transformers to Debbie and Kate trying to one up the other. Now add in a dead mother. And one sibling being the future king.. Harry is a jealous man. Locked into a destiny decreed by birth. Megan is a spoiled celeb.. the royals are a truly dysfunctional family.. if Harry was shown even a bit of love or compassion maybe thing would be different. Moral of the story . Money and power don't buy love or happiness. True joy does not come from a life in a script. When the crown goes on Charles head will it bring him happiness? Will kicking your family to the curb bring Harry the peace he craves? Any hope of happiness died with Diana in that tunnel in France. And is it good to push your family aside?
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:Whistle:


View: https://twitter.com/JimmyKimmelLive/status/1615176712471601153


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wwkirk

Divine
Last night, I dreamt over and over again the following phrase The-Great-Game. Even after answering the call of nature, the words returned to me repeatedly, The-Great-Game. Upon awakening, I did suspect the words had a specific meaning, though this would make it one of the very rare times that I had a dream about something real, not counting trivial things of course. After verifying it's significance, I decided to delve into it more deeply.

Happily, Audible offers a highly rated audiobook on this precise subject matter, so I just purchased it: The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by the late Peter Hopkirk.
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it "The Great Game," a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began, the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence, and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.

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pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
I heard Richard Estep interviewed on The Unexplained With Howard Hughes and he's a great interview. Never heard of the man. This prompted me to buy this book. Meh, ungreat. A collection of very short anecdotal accounts. But, I like it enough to kill time with and the Kindle's cheap. I don't disbelieve this but can't say I find it that compelling. Any of us on this forum could probably come up with about the same accounts.
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Non smoking gun

Honorable
Jellyfish age backwards, Nicklas Brendborg
A whistle stop tour of the science of aging, brilliant
Chap 7 looks at 'The secrets of Easter Island'. A bacteria there, Strep hygroscopicus, produces a molecule, rapamycin that blocks a protein in fungi called mTOR.
When you give rapamycin to lab animals it extends life
 
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