Historical
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-02-25 | Author:David M. Friedman

Lindbergh soon made similar arguments elsewhere. In November 1939, an article he wrote, “Aviation, Geography and Race,” appeared in America’s best-selling magazine, Reader’s Digest. The racial views of Carrel—particularly those ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2018 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-02-21 | Author:Chris Alexander

In late 2006, the multilateral Policy Action Group overseeing Afghanistan’s southern region travelled to Kandahar under Hamid Karzai’s leadership. Governor Asadullah Khalid hosted the delegation, joined by governors of neighbouring ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 11,2018 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-11-03 | Author:Carol Ann Lee

Chapter Six ‘I am afraid of prison cells and concentration camps…’ Anne Frank, Diary, 12 March 1944 Whilst the Frank family were in hiding, the expulsion of the Netherlands’ Jewish ...
( Category: World April 11,2018 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-07-14 | Author:Paul Preston

* * * * Moltke was to die in post from an acute appendicitis on 22 March 1943. † Unaware of these dealings, the ever naïve Hayes wrote confidently to ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Ronald C. White Jr. [Jr., Ronald C. White]

Russell, known to be disdainful of everything not English, left his first encounter with Lincoln “agreeably impressed with his shrewdness, humor, and natural sagacity.” The clock was running down at ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2009-08-15 | Author:Ronald C White & Jr. [Ronald C White & Jr.]

LINCOLN WAS NOT PREPARED to deal with the crisis of Fort Sumter at the beginning of his presidency. He had determined in Springfield to preserve the Union without war, and ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2008-04-11 | Author:Campbell, Gordon; Corns, Thomas N.; & Thomas N. Corns

CHAPTER 12 The Protectorate THE period from 20 April 1653 to 3 September 1658 witnessed significant changes in the governance of England, each redefining the republicanism of successive regimes, marking ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2018 )
epub |zho | 2011-06-22 | Author:Mango, Andrew [Mango, Andrew]

16 Victory in War IN THE SPRING of 1921, Mustafa Kemal moved out of the stationmaster’s house in Ankara. He had earlier arranged for a more comfortable residence to be ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-11 | Author:Lu, Xing;

SIX Mao Zedong’s Rhetorical Constructions of Chinese Nationalism Nationalism is traditionally associated with symbols, political leaders, and cultural values. In the past decade, scholars have examined nationalism from a variety ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-11 | Author:Bryan S. Bush

In March 1863, Colonel Mundy began to experience severe lung problems. It was a preexisting condition that he had for some years. While in Louisville, he was seen by numerous ...
( Category: Photography & Video April 11,2018 )
mobi | | 2008-07-28 | Author:Simon Baatz

There was a momentary silence in the room. Then a low buzz of conversation came from among the spectators. Was Darrow saying that Leopold and Loeb were insane? But why, ...
( Category: Americas April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Marie Ackermann

Capt. Frederick W. Binder (Source: The Illustrated New Age [Philadelphia], April 21, 1874) Preparing a company for war involved much more than drilling the men. Local women sewed uniforms, tents, ...
( Category: Historical April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-11 | Author:John Clayton

The bridge over the outlet from Yellowstone Lake is known as Fishing Bridge because it was once one of the easiest places in the world to catch fish. (With overfishing, ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-11 | Author:Nir Baram

7 The Closest Thing to Hell Palestinian Jerusalem beyond the Separation Wall The couches in the small living room have a delicate pattern in their green upholstery, and those in ...
( Category: Travel Writing April 11,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sally McKee

The year 1870 was a watershed for Dédé, for reasons having to do with his compositions and the changes in popular demand for certain kinds of music. During the 1860s ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 11,2018 )