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The Shadow of Vesuvius by Daisy Dunn
epub |eng | 2019-08-28 | Author:Daisy Dunn

It is tempting to see the influence of Pliny the Elder’s passages on art in the design of the Tuscan estate itself. Outside, in the hippodrome garden, Nature was shaped ...
( Category: Rome January 18,2020 )
George Washington by Stephen Brumwell
epub |eng | 2013-08-29 | Author:Stephen Brumwell [Brumwell, Stephen]

8 Victory or Death Lacking the boats he needed to ferry his troops across the Delaware River and continue hounding Washington’s army, on December 14, 1776, William Howe called a ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents January 18,2020 )
The Hard Way by Mark 'Billy' Billingham
epub |eng | | Author:Mark 'Billy' Billingham [Billingham, Mark ‘Billy’]

I enjoyed a much-needed break over the weekend with Julie and the kids, where I could recharge my body and brain – even if only for forty-eight hours. I had ...
( Category: Military January 18,2020 )
Secrets by Lynne Barrett-Lee
epub |eng | 2012-12-15 | Author:Lynne Barrett-Lee [Barrett-Lee, Lynne]

CHAPTER NINE I WAS AT A loss for words. Not so much because I couldn’t find the words, but because there were so many of them, all fighting for space ...
( Category: Historical January 18,2020 )
A Spy's Journey by Floyd Paseman
epub |eng | 2004-01-17 | Author:Floyd Paseman

1. The Counterintelligence Reader, Vol. 3, Frank J. Rafalko, ed. (Washington, D.C.: National Counterintelligence Center [NCIC]), p. 407. FOURTEEN GERMANY— BACK INTO THE FRAY 1994–1998 My assignment as chief, Germany, ...
( Category: Military January 18,2020 )
The Science Book by Clifford A Pickover
epub |eng | | Author:Clifford A Pickover

A lightning discharge involves a flow of electrons. The leading edge of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 130,000 miles per hour (60,000 meters/second) and can reach ...
( Category: History & Philosophy January 17,2020 )
Imperfect Union by Steve Inskeep
epub |eng | 2020-01-13 | Author:Steve Inskeep

* * * OUTSIDE THE SENATE CHAMBER was a different matter. Seward’s speech was reprinted and shared in antislavery circles, where it inspired a prophecy from Frederick Douglass. The former ...
( Category: United States January 17,2020 )
Suddenly Elizabeth by Anne Louise
epub |eng | 2016-10-19 | Author:Anne Louise [Louise, Anne]

“Yes, but of course your ankle prevented you from seeing everything.” “Miss Darcy showed me the house as the housekeeper stayed with Mr. Darcy and Lizzy in his study and ...
( Category: Short Stories January 17,2020 )
Love, Lucy by Lucille Ball
epub |eng | 1997-10-02 | Author:Lucille Ball

One night soon after we were married, Desi and I had a long, loud fight. The next morning I got out of bed at dawn and walked outside the ranch ...
( Category: American Civil War January 17,2020 )
The Wichita Lineman by Dylan Jones
epub |eng | 2019-08-15 | Author:Dylan Jones [Jones, Dylan]

5: THE LINEMAN’S AFTERLIFE I believe that all roads lead to the same place, and that is wherever all roads lead to. WILLIE NELSON There are hundreds of versions of ...
( Category: Rock January 17,2020 )
Fortune's Fool (Eterean Empire Book 1) by Angela Boord
epub |eng | 2019-06-24 | Author:Angela Boord [Boord, Angela]

In the morning, Mikelo wakes with red-rimmed eyes, watery bowels, and a bad case of the shakes. He can’t spend more than a few minutes away from the chamber pot, ...
( Category: Music January 17,2020 )
Guilt by Accusation by Alan Dershowitz
epub |eng | 2019-01-16 | Author:Alan Dershowitz

I never had sexual contact with Ms. Giuffre of any kind. . . . By swearing to this, I am deliberately exposing myself to a perjury prosecution and disbarment if ...
( Category: Abuse January 17,2020 )
Letters from Tove by Tove Jansson
epub |eng | 2019-01-16 | Author:Tove Jansson [Tove Jansson]

Ham and I spent ten days: See Letters to Vivica Bandler, Unknown date in a snowstorm. 1950. Started writing the first Moomin story: The date of writing Småtrollen och den ...
( Category: Scandinavian January 17,2020 )
Unknown America by Michael Hart
epub |eng | 2018-12-06 | Author:Michael Hart [Hart, Michael]

The winds of war The Revolutionary War nearly started earlier than it did thanks to Sarah Tarrant. Tarrant was a nurse with a fiery temper who lived in Salem, Massachusetts ...
( Category: Architecture January 17,2020 )
More Love by Michael Hunt
epub |eng | 2018-01-17 | Author:Michael Hunt [Hunt, Michael]

Slackjaws nodded slowly. Snyder continued: "You are going to tie Miss Burton down on her very own bed, and you are going to watch while Ambush fucks her. Clear?" Slackjaws' ...
( Category: Historical January 17,2020 )

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