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Son of the Morning Star by Evan S. Connell
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-07-04 | Author:Evan S. Connell

He had no single quality that would serve to draw his people to him, yet he was by far the most influential man of his nation for many years,—neither Gall, ...
( Category: Americas January 30,2018 )
The Romanovs by Virginia Cowles
epub |eng | 2015-07-12 | Author:Virginia Cowles [Cowles, Virginia]

Chapter 6 – Nicholas I 1825-1855 ‘The Russian Empire,’ reported the correspondent of the London Times in November 1825, a few days after the death of Alexander I, ‘is in ...
( Category: Historical January 30,2018 )
My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
epub |eng | 2013-09-01 | Author:A.P.J. Abdul Kalam [Kalam, A.P.J. Abdul]

henever I talk to the youth anywhere in India, I am invariably asked one question: which are your favourite books? Even though modern life has changed many of our habits, ...
( Category: Historical January 30,2018 )
Young Hitler (Kindle Single) by Paul Ham
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-08-17 | Author:Paul Ham [Ham, Paul]

6 - Soldier, 1917-1918 HITLER’S REGIMENT ENTERED 1917 grimly conscious of having failed to distinguish itself in offensive action. At Ypres and the Somme, they had been comprehensively ‘stabbed in ...
( Category: Historical January 30,2018 )
Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman
epub |eng | | Author:Chil Rajchman

Chapter Ten The Jews of Ostrowiec are driven into the gas chambers at night. They resist. The astonishment of Chief Mathias. A new form of entertainment. People strive to get ...
( Category: Historical January 30,2018 )
A Dictionary of Political Biography by A Dictionary of Political Biography
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:A Dictionary of Political Biography

Back - New Search Kennedy , Robert Francis (b. Brookline, Massachusetts , 20 Nov. 1925; d. 6 June 1968) US; Attorney-General 1961–4, US Senator 1965–8 Kennedy served in the navy ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 30,2018 )
The Other Side of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky
epub |eng | 2010-11-22 | Author:Victor Ostrovsky [Ostrovsky, Victor]

CHAPTER 20 TUESDAY, MAY 20 It was getting dark at the end of a long flight. I could see land as the plane banked slightly to the right. We were ...
( Category: Politics & Government January 30,2018 )
Worst. President. Ever. by Robert Strauss
epub |eng | 2016-01-30 | Author:Robert Strauss [Strauss, Robert]

I was teaching an advanced writing class at the University of Pennsylvania in the mid-2000s when we discovered that William Henry Harrison was the only president of the United States ...
( Category: Historical January 30,2018 )
George IV--The Rebel Who Would Be King by Christopher Hibbert
epub |eng | 2015-09-26 | Author:Christopher Hibbert

[27] The Warwick House Affair 1814 ‘Like a bird let loose from its cage’ CREEVEY, for one, looked forward to the next instalment of the drama with anticipatory delight. ‘Well, ...
( Category: Historical January 30,2018 )
American Jennie by Anne Sebba
epub |eng | 2007-01-29 | Author:Anne Sebba

Well I have had quite enough of it all. It confirms me in my decision to have done with politics and make a little money for the boys and ourselves. ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2018 )
Rawhide Down by Wilber Del Quentin
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-04 | Author:Wilber, Del Quentin [Wilber, Del Quentin]

IN THE SITUATION Room, the secretary of state was becoming increasingly agitated. As other officials discussed how to properly calibrate the administration’s public statements or worried about the gunman’s potential ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2018 )
Augustine: Conversions to Confessions by Robin Lane Fox
epub |eng | 2015-11-03 | Author:Robin Lane Fox [Fox, Robin Lane]

24 Augustine With Augustine I Soon after recovering, Augustine embarked on the first original project in his career: he wrote a text for which he coined a new name, ‘Soliloquies’. ...
( Category: World January 28,2018 )
The Wise Men by Walter Isaacson
epub |eng | | Author:Walter Isaacson

CHAPTER 16 “A DIFFERENT WORLD” Of Super bombs and primitives On September 3, 1949, an American B–29 weather reconnaissance plane recorded a higher than normal radioactive count eighteen thousand feet ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 28,2018 )
Ivan the Terrible by Ian Grey
mobi |eng | 2016-09-29 | Author:Ian Grey

The year 1560 was notable in Ivan’s reign, for it marked the beginning of his unfettered personal rule. Historians have often described it as the year of his dramatic transformation ...
( Category: Historical January 27,2018 )
From Telegrapher to Titan by Valerie Knowles
epub |eng | | Author:Valerie Knowles

Mrs. William Van Horne in 1889. The Canadian novelist William A. Fraser described her as “the most gracious woman I ever met in my life.” When the offer was made ...
( Category: Transportation January 27,2018 )

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