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Life of Charlotte Bronte, The (B&N) by Gaskell Elizabeth
epub |eng | 1857-01-01 | Author:Gaskell, Elizabeth [Gaskell, Elizabeth]

“August, 1845. “Things here at home are much as usual; not very bright, as it regards Branwell, though his health, and consequently his temper, have been somewhat better this last ...
( Category: Arts & Literature November 12,2018 )
Two Years Before the Mast (B&N) by Dana Richard Henry
epub |eng | 1840-01-01 | Author:Dana, Richard Henry [Dana, Richard Henry]

CHAPTER XXVII The Sunday Wash-up—On Shore—A Set-to—A Grandee—“Sail Ho!”—A Fandango The only other vessel in port was the Russian government bark, from Asitka, mounting eight guns, (four of which we ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 11,2018 )
Story of My Life, The by Keller Helen
epub |eng | 1903-01-15 | Author:Keller, Helen [Keller, Helen]

In the Study at Cambridge As to the two-handed alphabet, I think it is much easier for those who have sight than the manual alphabet; for most of the letters ...
( Category: Specific Groups November 11,2018 )
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (B&N) by Douglass Frederick
epub |eng | 1845-01-01 | Author:Douglass, Frederick [Douglass, Frederick]

CHAPTER IX I HAVE NOW REACHED a period of my life when I can give dates. I left Baltimore, and went to live with Master Thomas Auld, at St. Michael‘s, ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2018 )
Sense and Sensibility (B&N) by Austen Jane
epub |eng | 1811-01-01 | Author:Austen, Jane [Austen, Jane]

CHAPTER VIII. Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without waiting to have her request of admittance answered, opened the door and walked in with a ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
The Anniversary by Author
epub |eng | 2018-11-09 | Author:Author

( Category: Arts & Literature November 11,2018 )
War's End by Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney USAF
epub |eng | 2018-09-10 | Author:Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, USAF

We got the green light to commence practice missions over the neighboring islands of Rota and Guguan, which were still occupied by the Japanese. Our forces had bypassed those islands ...
( Category: Asia November 10,2018 )
Franklin Pierce by Michael F. Holt
epub |eng | | Author:Michael F. Holt

Signing off on the Kansas-Nebraska bill, which the administration’s newspaper in Washington quickly made clear was now a measure that all loyal Democrats were expected to support, was the biggest ...
( Category: Historical November 10,2018 )
The Classic Slum by Robert Roberts
epub |eng | 2009-03-06 | Author:Robert Roberts

Up the streets and down the streets, The windows made of glass, Oh, isn't Annie Taylor, A nice young lass, She can dance, she can sing, she can show a ...
( Category: Europe November 9,2018 )
The Gettysburg Gospel by Gabor Boritt
epub |eng | | Author:Gabor Boritt

Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop ...
( Category: Americas November 8,2018 )
1501119478 (N) by Andres Ruzo
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Andres Ruzo

The 2012 Boiling River Expedition Team: Andrés, Sofía, Peter, Whitney, Maria, Basil, Carlos, and Poncho. The large pool behind us is about 60°C (140°F). “This place is sacred and should ...
( Category: South America November 7,2018 )
Civil War Barons by Jeffry D. Wert
epub |eng | 2018-11-05 | Author:Jeffry D. Wert

Chapter Nine THE DREAMERS “WAR IS OUR ONLY COURSE,” READ THE PROCLAMATION OF the Committee of Safety. “There is no other remedy but to defend our rights, ourselves and our ...
( Category: Americas November 7,2018 )
An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman
epub |eng | | Author:Mikita Brottman

The Owl Bar, 1934 “So Agora doesn’t employ any secret agents?” I ask him, slightly disappointed. “No. In fact, Agora themselves circulate such rumors in order to give readers of ...
( Category: True Crime November 7,2018 )
The Man in the Glass House by Mark Lamster
epub |eng | 2018-11-05 | Author:Mark Lamster

The 1953 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, an urban oasis. (© The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY) Johnson’s “outdoor room” was defined by ...
( Category: Historical November 7,2018 )
Churchill by Andrew Roberts
epub, mobi |eng | 2018-11-05 | Author:Andrew Roberts

* * * * Chamberlain was now in the terminal phase of his cancer. ‘I can’t bear to think of Neville being under this continual bombardment in London,’ Churchill had ...
( Category: Europe November 7,2018 )

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