Historical
epub |eng | 2019-08-05 | Author:Charles King

Chapter Ten INDIAN COUNTRY While Hurston was making her way along the Gulf of Mexico and Mead and Fortune were planning new projects beyond Manus, Boas was more or less ...
( Category: African-American & Black August 18,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-23 | Author:Susan Straight

When we were teenagers, I told Dwayne the story of my dad’s junkyard dog, which once bit my brother. He countered with his Rubidoux cousins’ junkyard, where cars were kept ...
( Category: Extended Families August 18,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-08-05 | Author:Karen Abbott

* * * When Remus came downstairs in the morning, Anna, Ryerson, and Klug were already gathered in the kitchen. Each of his senses was amplified, its power sharpened: the ...
( Category: Murder & Mayhem August 16,2019 )
epub |eng | 1999-08-14 | Author:Oufkir, Malika, 1953-;Fitoussi, Michèle & Fitoussi, Michèle

TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON surrounded by darkness. As if I were a ball falling down a bottomless well and bouncing off the walls, boiti^, being, being. We were becoming progressively ...
( Category: Women August 15,2019 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-15 | Author:Feavel, Douglas [Feavel, Douglas]

Now with the promotional wind of both the film and the presidency at its back, the Klan was fully re-birthed by a disgraced Methodist minister, William Simmons. In 1915, he ...
( Category: Religious August 15,2019 )
epub |eng | 1983-08-14 | Author:Rowley, Trevor;

Chapter six The impact of the Conquest on the church From the outset the Norman Conquest had deep religious connotations; quite apart from the powerful political and strategic support for ...
( Category: Historical August 15,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-13 | Author:Ellen Korman Mains

Several surprises followed my retreat. Herb had decided to visit for a week, but came down with a cold at the last minute and rescheduled his trip for six days ...
( Category: Women & Judaism August 14,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Matthew McGough

Stephanie’s diary entry, February 25, 1986 17 The First 48 Hours Ends (February 26 and 27, 1986) By Wednesday morning, February 26, thirty-six hours had passed since John discovered Sherri’s ...
( Category: Law Enforcement August 11,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-08 | Author:Marvin Lachman

Sue Feder, outstanding fan of historical mysteries, in 1999 In the spring of 1998, Feder founded a more general organization: The Historical Mystery Appreciation Society. Its magazine, offering news and ...
( Category: Mystery & Detective August 11,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-11-05 | Author:John Dos Passos

Weekending with Sir Douglas Pershing and his staff were so busy working on plans for the future and getting acquainted with the French that it was late in July before ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 11,2019 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-08-05 | Author:Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008

THE REAGAN I KNEW Line, had talked about cutting "fraud and waste" in the federal government to get the deficit under control. But Stockman was right in realizing that the ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 6,2019 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-18 | Author:Benjamin C. Bradlee [Bradlee, Benjamin C.]

“What the hell do we need those for?” FEBRUARY 12, 1963 / Jackie was back in circulation tonight at dinner, with Eve and Harry Labouisse and Nancy and Teddy White, ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 5,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-22 | Author:Jacob Rees-Mogg [Rees-Mogg, Jacob]

Disraeli: The OneNation Conservative Benjamin Disraeli, first Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804–19 April 1881), is remembered for many striking and wildly varying aspects of his life and long career. ...
( Category: Political August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 1997-05-29 | Author:Henry Kamen [Kamen, Henry]

The somewhat giddy pace was quite usual. Because of the distances involved, and also because he went accompanied either by his family or by his papers, the king normally travelled ...
( Category: Royalty August 3,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-04-30 | Author:Kate Stewart [Stewart, Kate]

Chapter 23 The person deciding Ruth’s fate concerning her admission to library school was J. Periam Danton, known as Perry, the chair of Berkeley’s School of Librarianship. The son of ...
( Category: Social Activists August 3,2019 )