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A Daughter's Love by John Guy
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Guy [Guy, John]

21. THE PRESS OF SUITORS WILLIAM ROPER WASN'T THE only member of the family to sit in Parliament while his father-in-law was Lord Chancellor. When Thomas took his place in ...
( Category: World April 15,2018 )
Most Blessed of the Patriarchs by Annette Gordon-Reed
epub |eng | | Author:Annette Gordon-Reed

FRANCE ON THE EVE of its great revolution—the France Jefferson knew and loved—without question left an indelible imprint on his mind and manners. Despite the claims of his enemies, however, ...
( Category: Historical April 15,2018 )
Nasser by Anne Alexander
epub |eng | 2017-05-16 | Author:Anne Alexander

There was another side to Nasser’s public persona: his distance from his old comrades was part of his projection of what Ghali Shoukri calls ‘his metaphysical faith in his own ...
( Category: Historical April 15,2018 )
Farmington and Farmington Hills (Making of America) by Pawlak Debra Ann
epub |eng | 2003-04-10 | Author:Pawlak, Debra Ann [Pawlak, Debra Ann]

Harry McCracken is pictured here at age 17 in 1882. (Courtesy of the Farmington Community Library.) Locally, that same year brought with it not only the Farmington Players, who performed ...
( Category: Americas April 15,2018 )
Hitler and the Forgotten Nazis: A History of Austrian National Socialism by Bruce F. Pauley
azw3 |eng | 2017-10-01 | Author:Bruce F. Pauley [Pauley, Bruce F.]

The Reinthaller Action The disunity and temporary impotence of Nazi radicals following the abortive Putsch did at least provide moderates an opportunity to take over the party’s leadership and to ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 15,2018 )
The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign by Thomas Oliphant & Curtis Wilkie
azw3 |eng | 2017-05-09 | Author:Thomas Oliphant & Curtis Wilkie [Oliphant, Thomas]

CHAPTER SIXTEEN * * * * * * Tying Up Loose Ends Kennedy and his staff were proud of a campaign that relentlessly pursued delegates while navigating past many of ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 15,2018 )
Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World by Erica Benner
azw3 |eng | 2017-05-09 | Author:Erica Benner [Benner, Erica]

12 How to Win Towards the end of 1504, in his poem Decennale, Niccolò stands back and surveys Italy’s hectic political biography over the past decade. He is thirty-five, a ...
( Category: Europe April 15,2018 )
Stroheim by Lennig Arthur;
epub |eng | 2011-04-15 | Author:Lennig, Arthur;

11 The honeymoon The honeymoon is a difficult film to assess for the simple reason that the sole remaining print was destroyed in 1957. The Devil’s Pass Key suffered a ...
( Category: Historical April 15,2018 )
Force Recon Command by Alex Lee
epub |eng | 2011-07-06 | Author:Alex Lee [Lee, Alex]

13 SILVER EAGLE RETURNS A CALL As the year 1969 stubbed its toe on the way into the history books, Third Force Recon prepared to greet the arrival of 1970 ...
( Category: Military April 15,2018 )
The Lesser Evil by Victor Klemperer
epub |eng | | Author:Victor Klemperer

1950 7th January, Saturday evening I do not quite remember the content of this first January week. [Klemperer notes nevertheless continuing dictation of the Maupassant study, a political committee meeting ...
( Category: World April 14,2018 )
Reckoning with Race by Gene Dattel
epub |eng | 2017-08-22 | Author:Gene Dattel

The Struggle for Civil Rights With fifty years’ hindsight we can see what happened legally and practically to end the ossified racial caste system that had evolved after Emancipation. The ...
( Category: Social Sciences April 14,2018 )
My Wounded Heart by Martin Doerry
mobi |eng | 2008-12-04 | Author:Martin Doerry [Doerry, Martin]

I couldn't write any sooner, I'm afraid, because I was ill. It wasn't too bad, but I'd have got better much quicker if you'd been here with me. I got ...
( Category: World April 14,2018 )
Skalski: Against All Odds by Franciszek Grabowski
azw3 |eng | 2017-06-11 | Author:Franciszek Grabowski [Grabowski, Franciszek]

I said it would be fine, but while there would be no trouble with the officers, I had five non-commissioned officers. Broadhurst answered that it was just the matter of ...
( Category: Military April 14,2018 )
Maimonides by Abraham Joshua Heschel
epub |eng | 2011-09-05 | Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

David had run a business and traveled, as though to demonstrate the precept about the position of the wise in this world. Did this not pose a question, did David’s ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 14,2018 )
Pack My Bag by Henry Green
epub |eng | 2016-04-14 | Author:Henry Green

AFTER my brother left my horizon was bounded by the two boys who were our leaders because they played football for the house in spite of being so young. One ...
( Category: Memoirs April 14,2018 )

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