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The Rise of Rome (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch
epub |eng | 2017-07-24 | Author:Plutarch [Plutarch]

When this response was reported, all the Achaeans rejoiced, especially the Sicyonians, who, changing at once from grief to festivity, donned garlands and white garments in order to bring the ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations November 23,2017 )
Bobby Kennedy by Chris Matthews
epub |eng | | Author:Chris Matthews

James Meredith registers at the University of Mississippi, October 1962. CHAPTER FIFTEEN GENERAL “He would have taken a bolt of lightning for Jack. All he cared about was his brother’s ...
( Category: Americas November 23,2017 )
Becoming Lola by Harriet Steel
epub |eng | 2014-01-17 | Author:Harriet Steel [Steel, Harriet]

In the early hours of the morning, Lola sat alone in her hotel room. The ashtray beside her held a pile of stubs. She jabbed another half-smoked cigarillo into them. ...
( Category: Historical November 23,2017 )
The Extra Woman by Joanna Scutts
epub |eng | | Author:Joanna Scutts

6 MAD ABOUT NEW YORK Marjorie Hillis wrote Live Alone and Like It for all the girls and women who, like Kitty Foyle, dared to leave their hometowns for the ...
( Category: History & Criticism November 23,2017 )
The Fire Line by Fernanda Santos
epub |eng | | Author:Fernanda Santos

NO ANSWER Marsh called Frisby on the radio—“I want to pass on that we’re going to make our way to our escape route.” Frisby asked, “You guys are in the ...
( Category: Americas November 23,2017 )
Chasing Phil by David Howard
epub |eng | 2017-10-10 | Author:David Howard

16 The Rhinestone Cowboys MAY 18, 1977 Phil Kitzer sat at the bar in the Shaker House Motor Hotel, chatting, drinking, and smoking. He’d been in Cleveland for several days, ...
( Category: True Crime November 23,2017 )
Searching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne by Martin King
epub |eng | 2017-06-13 | Author:Martin King [King, Martin]

M4 Sherman tank during the Battle of the Bulge. Credit: Unknown At 4:50 p.m. (the time is indelibly recorded in 4th Armored Division dispatches) Boggess saw some engineers in friendly ...
( Category: World November 23,2017 )
Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
epub |eng | 2017-09-29 | Author:Edward Ball

For several months King found himself again taken captive, this time by whites in Brunswick, New Jersey. Then he escaped once more. Held by rebel forces, Brunswick lay against the ...
( Category: Sociology November 23,2017 )
Flakhelfer to Grenadier: Memoir of a Boy Soldier, 1943-1945 by Karl Heinz Schlesier
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-06-18 | Author:Karl Heinz Schlesier [Schlesier, Karl Heinz]

Gunner’s tower, 4. Zug, Hüls, spring 1944. At the foot of 4. Zug gun tower. Author in middle, Ferdi to his right, Wenner to his left. Hüls, March 1944. Playing ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People November 23,2017 )
Angel by Todd Young
epub |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:Todd Young [Young, Todd]

50 Outside, the sun was brilliant, the day golden. After a block or two, Angel said, “The traffic’s pretty light.” Cole lifted his head inquisitively and glanced along the street. ...
( Category: Historical November 23,2017 )
President McKinley by Robert W. Merry
epub |eng | | Author:Robert W. Merry

* * * FEW EPISODES IN McKinley’s career reflected more distinctly the man’s political and managerial style than his leadership of the war effort. Never inclined toward bombast or overt ...
( Category: Americas November 23,2017 )
Suzanne's Children by Anne Nelson
epub |eng | | Author:Anne Nelson

* * * I. It may also have referred to Marguerite Camplan, who lived at 10 Rue des Beaux-Arts in Paris. II. Schloesing was shot down and killed in August ...
( Category: Historical November 23,2017 )
Tea and Talk by Alice Taylor
epub |eng | 2016-11-23 | Author:Alice Taylor [Alice Taylor]

Then slowly the mist cleared and blue skies appeared between the overhanging trees. Cars purred up the narrow road and were directed into an adjoining field, and people coming through ...
( Category: Europe November 23,2017 )
Manhattan, When I Was Young by Mary Cantwell
epub |eng | | Author:Mary Cantwell

I awoke on March 17, waiting. “They never come when they’re supposed to,” I told B., and sent him off to work. All day long I waited, dusting the furniture, ...
( Category: Specific Groups November 23,2017 )
Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten
epub |eng | 2017-10-11 | Author:Anthony McCarten

MONDAY, 20 MAY 1940 THE COLLAPSE OF THE ENTIRE FRENCH NINTH ARMY HAS CRUSHED ALL HOPE OF A COUNTER-ATTACK THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ATTEMPT A ...
( Category: Historical November 23,2017 )

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