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The Kennedys at War by Edward J. Renehan Jr
epub |eng | 2009-05-18 | Author:Edward J. Renehan, Jr.

16 Neither One Thing nor Another THE RADIO IN THE PARLOR of the Palm Beach mansion crackled once again with the voice of FDR on the evening of January 6, ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Privilege and Scandal by Janet Gleeson
epub |eng | 2007-06-04 | Author:Janet Gleeson

Tho’ Sheridan with treacherous art Should strive t’ensnare my foolish heart, Tho’ William Lamb in prose and verse His growing passion should rehearse, Tho’ Rob Adair with tearful eyes Should ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Forgotten by Author
epub |eng | 2018-06-12 | Author:Author

27 “You’re sure she’s not home?” Luke whispers as he eyes the front of my house from the driver’s seat of his van. “Yes, I’m sure,” I reply at normal ...
( Category: Arts & Literature December 9,2018 )
Lincoln for President by Bruce Chadwick Chadwick
epub |eng | 2009-12-08 | Author:Bruce Chadwick Chadwick

Indiana Indiana, too, was a big question mark. Lincoln faced different problems in Indiana, his neighboring state. There, Frémont had been beaten by Buchanan in 1856, 50 percent to 40 ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Opal by Opal Whiteley
epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Opal Whiteley

( Category: Regional U.S December 9,2018 )
Another Year Finds Me in Texas by Vicki Tongate
epub |eng | 2016-12-08 | Author:Vicki Tongate [Tongate, Vicki Adams]

CHAPTER 8 JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1864 Cousin Sammy left us this morn about half past 9 ~ Mr Wiley came to tell us a last fare-well. All had gone before 11, leaving ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Five-Finger Discount by Helene Stapinski
epub |eng | 2001-04-30 | Author:Helene Stapinski

I was glad Julie came back to Jersey City, because Stephen was my favorite cousin on the Polish side. We goofed around a lot. Once, we put toothpicks in Aunt ...
( Category: Memoirs December 9,2018 )
Tausret: Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson
epub |eng | 2012-03-13 | Author:Richard H. Wilkinson

Most of the titles and epithets in these inscriptions are in the masculine form—for example, “Son of Re,” but this should not be taken as an attempt on Tausret’s part ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
The Radical Lives of Helen Keller by Nielsen Kim E.;
epub |eng | 2004-12-08 | Author:Nielsen, Kim E.;

Helen Keller and Polly Thomson in Nagasaki, Japan, 1948. Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind. Used with permission of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archives. ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Howard Hughes Hells Angel: Americas Notorious Bisexual Billionaire by Darwin Porter
epub |eng | 2018-06-11 | Author:Darwin Porter

Burbank, 1938 In Burbank, Howard nervously but meticulously made the final preparations for his around-the-world flight. He and Glenn Odekirk were convinced that his mechanics had created the best possible ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 9,2018 )
The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee by John Reeves
epub |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:John Reeves

After having been sworn in, Lee sat in a chair facing Senator Jacob Howard, who started the questioning. Like Thaddeus Stevens, Howard had been born in Vermont. Later, he moved ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm
azw3 |eng | 2014-03-10 | Author:James Romm [Romm, James]

Unable to resign even at the price of his huge estate, Seneca had nonetheless withdrawn from court to the degree that was safe. He no longer kept up the routine ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations December 9,2018 )
A Kind of Homecoming by Braithwaite E. R.;
epub |eng | 2013-12-09 | Author:Braithwaite, E. R.;

At Kailatun we refuelled and retraced our steps, passing again through Kenema, then Grema, Gegbwema and down to Zimi, a few miles from the Liberian border. Beyond Zimi, we crossed ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Reluctant Neighbors by Braithwaite E. R.;
epub |eng | 2013-12-09 | Author:Braithwaite, E. R.;

“What then? Did you try to find another job?” “No. Another job found me.” The fees from the newspapers and broadcasting had been enough. Nothing wonderful, but altogether not much ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 9,2018 )
Illuminations by Walter Benjamin
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Walter Benjamin

Max Brod’s Book on Kafka AND SOME OF MY OWN REFLECTIONSfn1 Max Brod’s book on Kafka is characterized by the fundamental contradiction between the author’s thesis concerning his subject and ...
( Category: History & Criticism December 9,2018 )

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