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The Echo from Dealey Plaza by Abraham Bolden
epub |eng | 2008-03-03 | Author:Abraham Bolden

Chapter 12 BEFORE THE JURY was brought into the courtroom, the lawyers argued in front of Judge Perry regarding his charge to the jury. Again, the judge showed his determination ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 17,2018 )
Rising Sun by John Toland
epub |eng | | Author:John Toland

2. The new American thrusts had forced Imperial Headquarters to readjust their defenses. The desperate scramble of the Army and Navy for appropriations, strategic materials and factories centered on plane ...
( Category: Asia July 17,2018 )
Crux by Jean Guerrero
epub |eng | 2018-07-16 | Author:Jean Guerrero

* * * • Back on campus, I disinfected my wrist, wrapped it in gauze, set my alarm clock, curled up in bed and fell asleep. I awoke to an ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 17,2018 )
Beyond the Breakwater by Catherine Foley
epub |eng | | Author:Catherine Foley

The Great Wide World 38 My First Interview Some weeks ago I came across a few dog-eared pages on Blue Basildon Bond paper covered in my own youthful writing. It ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 7,2018 )
My Life in the Ring and Out by Jack Johnson
epub |eng | 2018-07-06 | Author:Jack Johnson

LUCILLE CAMERON JOHNSON CHAPTER VIII ADVENTURES ON HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS THERE are few countries in which I have not traveled. I have not only loitered along the beaten paths of ...
( Category: Americas July 7,2018 )
Southside Provisional: From Freedom Fighter to the Four Courts by Conway Kieran
epub |eng | 2014-11-19 | Author:Conway, Kieran [Conway, Kieran]

Chapter 10 The summer of 1972 was truly historic, bringing as it did the truce, its breakdown, the continuing rise of the UDA, the Bloody Friday bombings and Operation Motorman. ...
( Category: Politics & Government July 5,2018 )
The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski
epub |eng | | Author:Joe Posnanski

MY FATHER BELIEVED in every superstition you ever heard of,” Robert Paige said. He said Satchel believed in lucky clothes, lucky days, and lucky signs. He believed that a man ...
( Category: Biographies July 5,2018 )
Neither_Wolf_Nor_Dog by Kent Nerburn
epub |eng | 2008-09-28 | Author:Kent Nerburn [Nerburn, Kent]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN SHINY SOUP Soon signs of human habitation began to appear. A small dot in the distance proved to be a mailbox on a post, set next to a ...
( Category: Social Sciences July 5,2018 )
Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life by Jim Kristofic
epub |eng | 2011-05-01 | Author:Jim Kristofic [Kristofic, Jim]

“Get up, Jim,” he said, tapping my butt with his boot. “And keep your arms down.” I ran that night with my hand dangling to the side and bear-crawled on ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 5,2018 )
Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means by Russell Means
epub |eng | | Author:Russell Means

Exactly a month into the siege—the night after the press left—the feds initiated one of the fiercest firefights of the struggle. Fifty-caliber tracer rounds rained on Wounded Knee, skipping off ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 5,2018 )
Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement by Dennis Banks
epub |eng | 2011-11-27 | Author:Dennis Banks [Banks, Dennis]

The people the Feds called “friendlies” — the goons and vigilantes—caused a lot of trouble. Both had set up their own roadblocks. The Feds ordered them to remove the obstructions, ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 5,2018 )
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, The Premier Edition by John G. Neihardt
epub |eng | 2010-03-16 | Author:John G. Neihardt [Neihardt, John G.]

( Category: Social Sciences July 5,2018 )
On the Edge of Nowhere by James Huntington
epub |eng | | Author:James Huntington

Chapter Five Dogsled Racing I KEPT WORKING to build up a stake. Some years I cleared a few dollars trapping; other years I could barely pay for my outfit. One ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 5,2018 )
Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
epub |eng | 2012-07-01 | Author:Joy Harjo [Harjo, Joy]

WEST West is the direction of endings. It is the doorway to the ancestors, the direction of tests. It represents leaving and being left and learning to find the road ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 5,2018 )
Zen Master Yunmen by Urs App
epub |eng | 2018-07-02 | Author:Urs App

112 551b26–29 Someone asked, “What is that which is transmitted separately from the teachings of the three vehicles?” The Master said, “If you don’t ask me I won’t answer. But ...
( Category: Ethnic & National July 4,2018 )

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