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Stalin by Stephen Kotkin
epub |eng | 2017-10-31 | Author:Stephen Kotkin

( Category: Russia November 2,2017 )
The Written World by Martin Puchner
mobi, epub |eng | 2017-10-24 | Author:Martin Puchner

1575, MEDITERRANEAN SEA * * * For the longest time, Miguel de Cervantes knew nothing of his future as an author; he was interested only in gaining fame as a ...
( Category: History & Criticism November 2,2017 )
1946 by Victor Sebestyen
epub |eng | | Author:Victor Sebestyen

* The first person to propose, in print, the idea of separating India into two nations seems to have been the philosopher and great educator Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan, whose ...
( Category: Russia November 1,2017 )
The Black Prince's Expedition by H. J. Hewitt
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-02-22 | Author:H. J. Hewitt [Hewitt, H. J.]

As already stated,14 it is not our plan to give an exhaustive account of the battle as a great military engagement. We shall, in fact, deal only briefly with those ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations November 1,2017 )
The Three Edwards by Costain Thomas B
epub |eng | 1958-01-01 | Author:Costain, Thomas B. [Costain, Thomas B.]

BOOK THREE Edward the Third CHAPTER I Hamlet on the Steps of the Throne 1 THE foul deed which brought to a close the days of that poor shadow of ...
( Category: Europe November 1,2017 )
The Accidental President by A. J. Baime
epub |eng | 2017-10-31 | Author:A. J. Baime [Baime, A. J.]

/// On May 29 the Big Three leaders decided on a time and a place for their upcoming tripartite conference, which now promised to be a political brawl of historic ...
( Category: Americas November 1,2017 )
The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone by Gabriel Mary
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-10 | Author:Gabriel, Mary [Gabriel, Mary]

Back in Baltimore, the sisters anxiously awaited the arrival of their crates. That winter was the first of many spent arranging their homes to accommodate the new items, and showing ...
( Category: Arts & Literature October 31,2017 )
Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
epub |eng | | Author:Ron Kovic

IAM WATCHING the young couple walk along the beach. They are walking on the wet sand just where the waves wash up to the shore. The girl is holding his ...
( Category: Historical October 31,2017 )
Tesla: Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney
epub, pdf |eng | 1981-01-01 | Author:Margaret Cheney [Cheney, Margaret]

16. RIDICULED, CONDEMNED, COMBATTED As the “wonder tower” lifted its airy spars ever higher, Tesla drove himself and a large staff without mercy. He sent money to Germany for radio ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics October 31,2017 )
When the Astors Owned New York by Justin Kaplan
epub |eng | 2006-06-01 | Author:Justin Kaplan

SIX After the Ball Was Over i. DURING THE WINTER OF 1896–1897 the United States was mired in a period of economic distress and widespread unemployment that had begun with ...
( Category: Americas October 31,2017 )
Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger
epub |eng | 2017-10-24 | Author:Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

Bayou Bienvenue Cochrane gave the order to move. The first of General Keane’s force embarked on December 22. The advance guard would be a light brigade consisting of the Fourth ...
( Category: Americas October 31,2017 )
The Ghost by Jefferson Morley
epub |eng | 2017-10-30 | Author:Jefferson Morley [Morley, Jefferson]

* * * “I REMEMBERED A LONG drive out into the desert in his Ford Falcon,” wrote John Hadden, Jr., in a memoir about growing up in a CIA family. ...
( Category: Historical October 31,2017 )
Blood Brothers by Deanne Stillman
epub |eng | 2017-10-30 | Author:Deanne Stillman

On the day of his arrival, the Buffalo Courier reported that Sitting Bull waited in his carriage in the afternoon sun “with characteristic Indian patience,” watching the day’s acts. He ...
( Category: Ethnic & National October 31,2017 )
King in Exile by John Callow
epub |eng | 2017-04-30 | Author:John Callow

CHAPTER SEVEN ECLIPSE AT RYSWICK I In June 1694, the Earl of Perth and his wife broke their journey to Antwerp, leaving the comfort of their coach so that they ...
( Category: Historical October 29,2017 )
THE TWO: A Biography of the Original Siamese Twins by Amy Wallace & Irving Wallace
epub |eng | 2011-04-19 | Author:Amy Wallace & Irving Wallace [Wallace, Amy]

An elopement was agreed upon [wrote Judge Graves]. Of course it was to have been kept profoundly secret. The plan agreed upon was this: For a time the matter was ...
( Category: Historical October 29,2017 )

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