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IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS
mobi | | | Author:Erik Larson

( Category: Political March 25,2014 )
Germany's high sea fleet in the World War by Reinhard Scheer
mobi, epub | | 1920-12-14 | Author:Reinhard Scheer

159 fight when our ships were already damaged. The sinking of the Pommern had unfortunately proved that this class of ship could not be risked in heavy fighting, owing to ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars by General Michel; Weider Franceschi
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2008-02-01 | Author:General Michel; Weider Franceschi

Britain Saved by its Navy at Trafalgar With due allowance for the differences, the Franco-British confrontation may be compared to that between Rome and Carthage during the Punic Wars, with ...
( Category: World War I March 25,2014 )
Citizens by Simon Schama
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-21 | Author:Simon Schama

une bonne vie bourgeoise, an excellent table; all the pleasures allowed to men of the world; all the delicacies afforded by opulence… you frequent the best company; you receive a ...
( Category: World March 25,2014 )
A history of Zionism by Walter Laqueur
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-08-15 | Author:Walter Laqueur

The Third Aliya The third immigration wave constituted at the time by far the strongest element among Jewish labour in Palestine. About 65 per cent of all agricultural and urban ...
( Category: Nationalism March 25,2014 )
A History of Zionism by Walter Laqueur
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-08-15 | Author:Walter Laqueur

The Third Aliya The third immigration wave constituted at the time by far the strongest element among Jewish labour in Palestine. About 65 per cent of all agricultural and urban ...
( Category: Nationalism March 25,2014 )
Hollow Crown by David Roberts
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-12-19 | Author:David Roberts

Edward woke with a blinding headache. He was in an ambulance and the clanging of its bell made his head hurt worse than ever. ‘Don’t move,’ a voice said. He ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths March 25,2014 )
Great Tales from English History, Book 2 by Robert Lacey
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-11-29 | Author:Robert Lacey

ELIZABETH - QUEEN OF HEARTS 1559 ELIZABETH I WAS CROWNED IN WESTMINSTER Abbey on 15 January 1559 — a date selected by her astrologer, Dr John Dee. Cheering crowds had ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Rommel? Gunner Who?: A Confrontation in the Desert by Spike Milligan
mobi, epub |eng | 1976-03-25 | Author:Spike Milligan

27th Feb.: First day at Waggon Lines 0700. After breakfast, Bombardier/Artificer Donaldson detailed five men to accompany him to the old Waggon Lines to collect equipment left behind in yesterday’s ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
Tudors (History of England Vol 2) by Ackroyd Peter
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-09-12 | Author:Ackroyd, Peter [Ackroyd, Peter]

23 Faith of our fathers The failure of Wyatt’s rebellion, and the subsequent arrival of Philip, lent confidence to the queen. The pace of religious reform, or perhaps of religious ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 25,2014 )
The War of Wars by Robert Harvey
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-07-26 | Author:Robert Harvey

Chapter 51 THE GRENVILLE INTERLUDE When Pitt died at the end of January 1806, William, Lord Grenville, Pitt’s brilliant cousin, formed the Ministry of All Talents, so named for its ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-20 | Author:Tony Judt

Back in 1970 the École boasted quite a few self-styled “Maoists.” One of them, a talented mathematician, took pains to explain to me why the great Bibliothèque des Lettres should ...
( Category: Essays March 25,2014 )
The Making of Modern Britain by Marr Andrew
mobi |eng | 2009-02-09 | Author:Marr, Andrew [Marr, Andrew]

There were worse worlds for revolutionaries, and more serious revolutionaries too. In the final days of a freezing November in 1923 in a grimy street in Pollockshaws, just outside Glasgow, ...
( Category: Ideologies & Doctrines March 25,2014 )
The Lighthouse Stevensons by Bella Bathurst
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-12-26 | Author:Bella Bathurst

SIX Skerryvore The helicopter skims low over Mull, dipping past swatches of forestry and fox-red moorland. Out beyond, past Staffa and Fingal’s Cave, lies the Atlantic, placid today but easily ...
( Category: Europe March 25,2014 )
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon
mobi |eng | 2008-10-27 | Author:Piers Brendon

This verdict was heard in other parts of Africa painted red on the map. Settler colonies in particular seemed bent on following the Boer example: one Cewa chief complained that ...
( Category: Great Britain March 25,2014 )

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