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Kitchener by Faught C. Brad
epub |eng | | Author:Faught, C. Brad

8 Egypt Again, 1911–14 Following the King's coronation, Kitchener's leave-taking continued throughout mid-1911, his only official duty at that time being the seat he occupied on the Committee of Imperial ...
( Category: Politics & Government November 17,2018 )
Joe Louis by Marcy S. Sacks
epub |eng | | Author:Marcy S. Sacks

CHAPTER 5 “A CREDIT TO HIS RACE” Louis basked in the glory of his newly won title, celebrating in the embrace of family and jubilant fans. As always, his greatest ...
( Category: Biographies November 17,2018 )
Mandela by Peter Hain
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Hain

Footnote *Then aged fifteen, I read the address at his funeral in my school uniform after my father (subject to a banning order) had been prevented from doing so. • ...
( Category: Africa November 17,2018 )
Worthy Fights by Leon Panetta Jim Newton
epub |eng | 2018-11-15 | Author:Leon Panetta, Jim Newton

( Category: Politics & Government November 16,2018 )
A Royal Experiment by Janice Hadlow
epub |eng | | Author:Janice Hadlow

CHAPTER 11 An Intellectual Malady LIKE LORD HERVEY BEFORE HER, Fanny Burney thought the royal family had little true understanding of what it was like to be ill. ‘The fatigues ...
( Category: Historical November 15,2018 )
JFK: History in an Hour by sinead fitzgibbon
epub |eng | 2018-11-13 | Author:sinead fitzgibbon

( Category: Historical November 14,2018 )
The Betrayal of Mary, Queen of Scots by Kate Williams
epub |eng | 2018-09-22 | Author:Kate Williams

Chapter Twenty-Three ‘They Have Robbed Me of Everything I Have in This World’ The lords had expected that the people would attack and mock their queen, but the people of ...
( Category: Europe November 14,2018 )
Heirs of the Founders by H. W. Brands
epub |eng | 2018-11-12 | Author:H. W. Brands

* * * — THE SENATORS WATCHED in amazement. Few had thought Calhoun harbored such intense emotions. But feelings ran high on all sides. Andrew Jackson made plain he would ...
( Category: Americas November 14,2018 )
Empress by Miles Taylor
epub |eng | | Author:Miles Taylor

Ripon engel appan20 There were not many radical viceroys in the British Raj. Arguably, there was only ever one: George Robinson, the 1st Earl of Ripon. Sandwiched between two Tories, ...
( Category: Historical November 13,2018 )
Hitler, Stalin and I: An Oral History by Kovály Heda Margolius
epub |eng | 2018-01-18 | Author:Kovály, Heda Margolius [Kovály, Heda Margolius]

Liberating Russian soldiers shake the hands of residents after driving the Germans out of Prague, 1945. Courtesy Česká televize. In the morning the announcer called me and said: “You know, ...
( Category: World November 13,2018 )
Target JFK by Robert K. Wilcox
epub |eng | 2016-10-04 | Author:Robert K. Wilcox

23 Accusations Dussaq couldn’t wait to get out of Germany. “Whoopee!!!” he wrote Charlotte on October 26, 1953. “Am reporting to the port of embarkation, Bremerhaven . . . The ...
( Category: Historical November 12,2018 )
Narrative of Sojourner Truth (B&N) by Truth Sojourner
epub |eng | 1850-01-01 | Author:Truth, Sojourner [Truth, Sojourner]

“An everlasting temple, And saints arrayed in white, There serve their great Redeemer And dwell with him in light. “The meanest child of glory Outshines the radiant sun; But who ...
( Category: Ethnic & National November 12,2018 )
Captain Is Out to Lunch, The by Bukowski Charles
epub |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Bukowski, Charles [Bukowski, Charles]

12/9/91 1:18 AM The tide ebbs. I sit and stare at a paper clip for 5 minutes. Yesterday, coming in on the freeway, it was evening going into darkness. There ...
( Category: Historical November 12,2018 )
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, and other American stories by Thompson Hunter S
epub |eng | 1971-01-15 | Author:Thompson, Hunter S. [Thompson, Hunter S.]

3. Savage Lucy . . . ‘Teeth Like Baseballs, Eyes Like Jellied Fire’ I gave my bag to the boy who scurried up, and told him to bring a quart ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 12,2018 )
American, The by James Henry
epub |eng | 1877-12-17 | Author:James, Henry [James, Henry]

Chapter XV. Valentin de Bellegarde’s announcement of the secession of Mademoiselle Nioche from her father’s domicile, and his irreverent reflections upon the attitude of this anxious parent in so grave ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )

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