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Lyndon Johnson's War by Michael H. Hunt
epub |eng | 2011-06-14 | Author:Michael H. Hunt

4 “THAT BITCH OF A WAR” Lyndon Johnson loved folksy, vivid language. It came to him as readily in formal White House meetings as on the hustings in his native ...
( Category: Vietnam War May 18,2020 )
American Prophets by Jack Jenkins
epub |eng | 2020-03-02 | Author:Jack Jenkins

Chapter Nine The Hard Work of Transformation Bishop Gene Robinson could just make out the music as he shuffled through one of the shadowy back passageways of Washington National Cathedral, ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism May 14,2020 )
Only Kayak by Kim Heacox
epub |eng | 2020-02-28 | Author:Kim Heacox

CHAPTER EIGHT Deep Time IT STARTS as a pillow fight and escalates into a wrestling match. Michio and I against Hannah and Ben. I’ve just turned forty; Michio is about ...
( Category: Conservation May 13,2020 )
EuroTragedy by Ashoka Mody
epub |eng | 2018-05-11 | Author:Ashoka Mody

ECB Scrambles to Stop the Trauma, Merkel Helps: July–September 2012 “The bumblebee,” Draghi began, “is a mystery of nature because it shouldn’t fly but instead it does.” Thus, his opening ...
( Category: Macroeconomics May 12,2020 )
The complete book of five rings by Miyamoto Musashi
epub |eng | 2010-05-14 | Author:Miyamoto, Musashi

In the practice of hyoho, Musashi distinguishes two levels, which he refers to frequently in the text: daibun no hyoho and ichibun no hyoho. Dai means "great" and ichi means ...
( Category: Martial Arts May 11,2020 )
The Bastard's Sons: Robert, William and Henry of Normandy by Jeffrey James
epub |eng | 2020-03-14 | Author:Jeffrey James [James, Jeffrey]

9 HENRY IN PERIL During the long winter of 1090/1 Robert Curthose attempted to reassert his authority by placing the castle at Courci-sur-Dive, located in the modern-day Vienne department in ...
( Category: Europe May 10,2020 )
Tombstone by Tom Clavin
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Tom Clavin

ACT IV THE GUNFIGHT Oriental Saloon (COURTESY OF ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY) Some few of us pioneers are entitled to credit for what we have done. We have been the fore-runners ...
( Category: United States May 9,2020 )
The Essential Edgar Cayce by Mark Thurston & Edgar Cayce
azw3 |eng | 2004-07-07 | Author:Mark Thurston & Edgar Cayce [Thurston, Mark]

EC: Yes, we have the body here, [1120], present in this room. Now, as we find, the general physical forces of the body in many ways appear to be well. ...
( Category: Prophecy May 9,2020 )
Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-The-World Comedy Tour by Richard Zacks
epub |eng | 2016-04-19 | Author:Richard Zacks [Zacks, Richard]

Neither Clara nor Livy were huge fans of aggressive behavior, although boarding a train in India, finding seats or sleeper berths, loading luggage—all of it required some aggression. “Such rows ...
( Category: Authors May 9,2020 )
The Kosher Capones by Kraus Joe;
epub |eng | | Author:Kraus, Joe; [Неизв.]

III If you look at a map, Maxwell Street is a lot closer to the Loop than it is to Lawndale. Benny Zuckerman, Davey Miller, Julius Anixter, and most of ...
( Category: United States May 8,2020 )
Inge's War: A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler by Svenja O’Donnell
epub |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Svenja O’Donnell

* * * — Inge almost ran up the stairs to her parents’ apartment, through the front hall and into her father’s study, where they kept the telephone. She picked ...
( Category: Historical May 7,2020 )
James Monroe by Tim McGrath
epub |eng | 2020-05-05 | Author:Tim McGrath [McGrath, Tim]

* * * · · · MONROE RETURNED TO Washington from his tour on September 17, 1817, the thirtieth anniversary of the Constitution’s ratification. By this time the Republicans routinely ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents May 7,2020 )
Damaged Heritage by J. Chester Johnson
epub |eng | 2020-05-05 | Author:J. Chester Johnson

6 AFTER FREEDOM SUMMER During the summer of 1964, known among civil rights workers as Freedom Summer, I sat in Quincy House along the Charles River at Harvard University. I ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies May 6,2020 )
Galileo by Mario Livio
epub |eng | 2020-05-05 | Author:Mario Livio

The last sentence alluded to the fact that due to the prohibition on discussing Copernicanism, Galileo didn’t feel free to speak his mind. Galileo/Guiducci added that “we should be content ...
( Category: Rome May 6,2020 )
The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
epub |eng | | Author:Brad Meltzer

51 Baltimore, Maryland February 15, 1861 The stage is set. Throughout his career, Pinkerton has gone undercover dozens of times. He’s played many roles, worn many different disguises, and infiltrated ...
( Category: American Civil War May 6,2020 )

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