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The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley by Glenda Riley
epub |eng | 2012-11-14 | Author:Glenda Riley [Riley, Glenda]

Oakley similarly maintained her composure at a shooting exhibition she gave in 1886 at the Middlesex Gun Club in Dunellen, New Jersey. Members set the trap as tight as they ...
( Category: World January 2,2018 )
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan
epub |eng | 2014-10-12 | Author:Sandy Tolan [Tolan, Sandy]

Blessed are You, the eternal One, our God, Ruler of the universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth. Eleven DEPORTATION BASHIR LAY BLINDFOLDED and face down in an Israeli ...
( Category: Middle East January 2,2018 )
The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid by Bryson Bill
epub |eng | | Author:Bryson, Bill

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid 8: SCHOOL DAYS In Pasadena, California, student Edward Mulrooney was arrested after he tossed a bomb at his psychology teacher’s house and ...
( Category: Memoirs January 2,2018 )
Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House by Keckley Elizabeth
mobi |eng | 2005-07-26 | Author:Keckley, Elizabeth [Keckley, Elizabeth]

Mr. Lincoln, when not off on an excursion of any kind, lounged about the boat, talking familiarly with every one that approached him. The day before we started on our ...
( Category: Historical January 2,2018 )
The Inventors by Unknown
epub |eng | 2016-06-30 | Author:Unknown

“DEVICE FOR COLOR MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID IN CONTINUOUS FLOW.” United States Patent Number 3,773,424. Filed August 2, 1972 XV. Old Bill Bethel, Connecticut, 1979 – 1980 LIVING WITH YOUR PARENTS ...
( Category: Biography & History January 2,2018 )
Sword of Rome, A Biography of Marcus Claudius Marcellus by Jeremiah McCall
epub | | 2015-12-17 | Author:Jeremiah McCall

Chapter 4 The Political Battle for Syracuse Late in 211 or early in 210, Marcellus returned from Sicily. He left his troops there under his successor, though apparently unwillingly, since ...
( Category: Military January 2,2018 )
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Ann Harriet Jacobs
epub |eng | 2013-09-14 | Author:Ann Harriet Jacobs [Jacobs, Ann Harriet]

It was talked of by the slaves as a mighty grand funeral. Northern travellers, passing through the place, might have described this tribute of respect to the humble dead as ...
( Category: Specific Groups January 2,2018 )
Ange Pitou by Alexandre Dumas
epub |eng | 2000-07-09 | Author:Alexandre Dumas [Dumas, Alexandre]

| Go to Contents | Chapter XXX A King and a Queen THE queen, after glancing round, exchanged friendly greetings with the king, who gave her his hand. "To what ...
( Category: Historical January 2,2018 )
Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie
epub |eng | 2010-02-01 | Author:Robert Leckie [Leckie, Robert]

1 I have heard it said that General Smedley Butler was fond of observing: “Give me a regiment of brig-rats, and I’l lick the world.” It may be that Old ...
( Category: Military December 31,2017 )
1400069106Secret by Mimi Alford
epub |eng | 2012-02-17 | Author:Mimi Alford

Chapter Ten “I met someone,” I told the President in the winter of 1963. I said it in a teasing way but also with a note of pride, as I ...
( Category: Historical December 31,2017 )
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
epub |eng | 2005-03-17 | Author:Olaudah Equiano [Equiano, Olaudah]

Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. Job xxxiii. 29, 30. ...
( Category: Historical December 31,2017 )
Hitler's Home Front: Memoirs of a Hitler Youth by Don A. Gregory Wilhelm R. Gehlen
epub |eng | 2016-09-30 | Author:Don A. Gregory, Wilhelm R. Gehlen

A winter food source for us that is mostly ignored today is Viper Grass, also known as Black Root or Scorzonera. We used this weed in salads by washing the ...
( Category: Politics & Government December 31,2017 )
Open Secret by Stella Rimington
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stella Rimington [Rimington, Stella]

133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 In addition to the law, Antony Duff’s other great contribution was to secure Prime Ministerial backing for a new building for MI5. ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 31,2017 )
The Indifferent Stars Above by Brown Daniel James
epub |eng | 2009-04-17 | Author:Brown, Daniel James [Brown, Daniel James]

At the lake camp, Christmas Day brought little cheer, little to celebrate. Just how much each of the families huddled there felt the bitter irony of spending Christmas in such ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 30,2017 )
Killing Patton The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General by Bill O'Reilly
epub |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:Bill O'Reilly [O'Reilly, Bill]

16 TRIER, GERMANY MARCH 13, 1945 MORNING George S. Patton is on the move. Finally. Sgt. John Mims drives Patton in his signature open-air jeep with its three-star flags over ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 30,2017 )

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