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Stories Of The Magicians by Alfred J. Church
epub |eng | 2012-09-28 | Author:Alfred J. Church [Church, Alfred J.]

The Chamberlain went to the King, and said, "There is a minstrel at the gate; he has a harp in his hand, and his voice is marvellously sweet." "Bring him ...
( Category: Historical March 21,2020 )
Alice by Hugo Vickers
epub |eng | | Author:Hugo Vickers

23. Alice Itinerant Alice brightened considerably after her transfer to Merano. In October 1932, Louise was relieved to hear that Alice liked being there, and Victoria told Dr Binswanger that ...
( Category: Royalty March 21,2020 )
War, the Hero and the Will by Jane Bownas
epub |eng | 2015-03-14 | Author:Jane Bownas

The Hero as Great Man Thomas Carlyle, an early proponent of the Great Man theory of history made no real distinction between a hero and an individual who because of ...
( Category: Historical March 21,2020 )
Heaven's Wind by Stephen Earle
epub |eng | 2017-03-22 | Author:Stephen Earle [Earle, Stephen]

The prana can be stopped by way of retention after exhalation.… We breathe out, gradually and intensely, in a very spontaneous, flowing manner, and then do not breathe in; this ...
( Category: Asia March 21,2020 )
The Hand of The Mighty and Other Stories by Vaughan Kester
epub |eng | 2016-09-04 | Author:Vaughan Kester [Kester, Vaughan]

ALL THAT A MAN HATH I THE pen slipped from Philip’s fingers and unheeded rolled across the table, while with a sigh of weariness he abandoned himself to idleness. Resting ...
( Category: Historical March 21,2020 )
Revolutionary Mothers by Carol Berkin
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Carol Berkin

CHAPTER SIX “A JOURNEY A CROSSE YE WILDERNESS” Loyalist Women in Exile On September 1, 1774, Esther Quincy Sewall looked through her window in horror at the mob gathering outside ...
( Category: Feminist Theory March 21,2020 )
The Cowkeeper's Wish by Tracy Kasaboski & Kristen den Hartog
epub |eng | 2018-09-15 | Author:Tracy Kasaboski & Kristen den Hartog

The very next day the demand for a better defense system grew loud. Disregarding DORA, people signed petitions and staged protests, and by the time the Zeppelins revisited in October, ...
( Category: Great Britain March 21,2020 )
15 Stars by Stanley Weintraub
epub |eng | 2007-07-15 | Author:Stanley Weintraub

Returning to Washington, Marshall found more pleasant news. “A solid hold on Leyte,” he cabled Patton, “with minimum losses to date. Now if we can open up the port of ...
( Category: World War II March 21,2020 )
FREDERICK DOUGLASS: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & My Bondage and My Freedom (2 Memoirs in One Edition) by Frederick Douglass
epub |eng | 2017-10-04 | Author:Frederick Douglass [Douglass, Frederick]

CHAPTER XIV. Experience in St. Michael’s Table of Contents THE VILLAGE—ITS INHABITANTS—THEIR OCCUPATION AND LOW PROPENSITIES CAPTAN(sic) THOMAS AULD—HIS CHARACTER—HIS SECOND WIFE, ROWENA—WELL MATCHED—SUFFERINGS FROM HUNGER—OBLIGED TO TAKE FOOD—MODE OF ...
( Category: American Civil War March 21,2020 )
Devil Dog by David Talbot
epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:David Talbot

WASHINGTON FLEW INTO A FRENZY OVER BUTLER’S CAMP. Butler himself was spared the reporter’s lash, which he directed primarily at Washington. But as camp commander, Butler was outraged by the ...
( Category: United States March 21,2020 )
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Carnegie [Carnegie, Andrew]

CHAPTER XIV PARTNERS, BOOKS, AND TRAVEL When Mr. Kloman had severed his connection with us there was no hesitation in placing William Borntraeger in charge of the mills. It has ...
( Category: Business March 21,2020 )
Grand Central Winter by Lee Stringer
epub |eng | 2011-01-03 | Author:Lee Stringer [Vonnegut, Lee Stringer; foreword by Kurt]

Chapter 12 I was smoked out, tapped out, thirsty as hell for another blast, dragging my ass in for the night with great reluctance, when, a few doors down the ...
( Category: Poverty March 21,2020 )
American Sketches by Walter Isaacson
epub |eng | 2018-11-30 | Author:Walter Isaacson

( Category: Anthologies March 21,2020 )
The Histories & The Annals by Tacitus
epub |eng | 2018-08-01 | Author:Tacitus [Tacitus]

Suetonius, however, with wonderful resolution, marched amidst a hostile population to Londinium, which, though undistinguished by the name of a colony, was much frequented by a number of merchants and ...
( Category: History & Theory March 21,2020 )
Experiences of a Dugout by C. E. Callwell
epub |eng | 2012-06-13 | Author:C. E. Callwell

CHAPTER IX OTHER SIDE-SHOWS Three categories of side-shows - The Jackson Committee - The Admiralty's attitude - The Pacific, Duala, Tanga, Dar-es-Salaam, Oceania, the Wireless Stations - Kiao Chao - ...
( Category: Historical March 21,2020 )

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