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Catherine the Great by Alexander John T.;
epub |eng | 1989-10-07 | Author:Alexander, John T.;

Of course, theirs was much more than a love match. She initiated him into virtually the whole spectrum of statecraft—and found a willing pupil, industrious viceroy, and a fellow dreamer ...
( Category: Russia October 7,2017 )
John Glenn: America's Astronaut by Andrew Chaikin
mobi |eng | 2014-04-15 | Author:Andrew Chaikin

THE MULTICOLORED BRILLIANCE of another space sunset faded from view as Friendship 7 coasted into its third orbital night. Below, in the light of the full moon, Glenn could see ...
( Category: Astronomy & Space Science October 7,2017 )
Churchill & America by Martin Gilbert
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-10-05 | Author:Martin Gilbert

concerns. A week after his visit to Chartwell, Wigram sent Churchill the Government's own most recent, and secret, figures, which showed that the minimum German first-line air strength had reached ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People October 7,2017 )
Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America by Chris Matthews
azw3 |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Chris Matthews [Matthews, Chris]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Coup de Grâce HAVING made the leap into the gubernatorial race, Nixon realized the depths of his misjudgment. For one thing, he saw from crowd reactions just how ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB by Alex Goldfarb
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-11 | Author:Alex Goldfarb [Goldfarb, Alex]

Sasha’s trial began in early October. The hearing was closed; Marina had to wait in the hallway. All she could think about was how to catch a glimpse of Sasha ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
The Fiddler on Pantico Run by Joe Mozingo
epub |eng | | Author:Joe Mozingo

Chapter 12 Back to the Northern Neck As he accepted the alabaster Christ and the bloody cross—in the bearing of which he would find his redemption, as, indeed, to our ...
( Category: Historical October 6,2017 )
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers by Frank Bardacke
azw3 |eng | 2012-10-09 | Author:Frank Bardacke [Bardacke, Frank]

Meanwhile, back on the farm, the UFW had a mixed record. In Salinas, InterHarvest–United Brands was under orders from its CEO, Eli Black, to cooperate with the union, and had ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
Kennedy & Nixon by Chris Matthews
epub |eng | | Author:Chris Matthews

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Coup de Grâce HAVING made the leap into the gubernatorial race, Nixon realized the depths of his misjudgment. For one thing, he saw from crowd reactions just how ...
( Category: Historical October 6,2017 )
Frantz Fanon by David Macey
epub |eng | | Author:David Macey

9 ‘We Algerians’ Fanon’s clinical work at the Manouba, the reforms he instituted at Charles-Nicolle and his collaborative work with Lucien Lévy are indicative of his full professional commitment to ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People October 6,2017 )
Arguing the World: The New York Intellectuals in Their Own Words by Joseph Dorman
azw3 |eng | 2000-08-15 | Author:Joseph Dorman [Dorman, Joseph]

Nathan Glazer Even though we were Zionists, in Avukah we were against the Jewish state and for binationalism. In retrospect it was politically impossible. Hannah Arendt was writing long articles ...
( Category: Regional U.S October 6,2017 )
Boy 30529 by Felix Weinberg
epub |eng | 2013-05-07 | Author:Felix Weinberg

8 The Longest Walk, the Coldest Train Journey Once again I had no concept of where I was or where we were heading until I searched through the documentation now ...
( Category: World October 6,2017 )
How to Fight Presidents by Daniel O'Brien
epub |eng | 2014-03-18 | Author:Daniel O'Brien [O’Brien, Daniel]

Amazingly, Garfield didn’t die. He was taken to a hospital, with one bullet still lodged in his body that the doctors couldn’t seem to find. In an effort to track ...
( Category: Americas October 6,2017 )
The Girl Who Stole My Holocaust by Noam Chayut
epub |eng | 2013-05-07 | Author:Noam Chayut

CHAPTER 19 From Shoqet Junction I headed north towards the trail that follows the “green line” to the foothills of Mount Sansana, and from there I followed the orange-blue-white markings ...
( Category: World October 6,2017 )
Brothers by Talbot David
epub |eng | 2007-10-06 | Author:Talbot, David

5 DALLAS President Kennedy looked tired and somber as he stood at the lectern in the spacious State Department Auditorium on Halloween 1963. There were dark bags beneath his eyes ...
( Category: Americas October 6,2017 )
The Man Who Closed the Asylums by John Foot
epub |eng | | Author:John Foot

__________ 1Fulvio Marone, ‘La psichiatria alternativa italiana’, La psicoanalisi. Rivista del campo Freudiano 25, January–June 1999, p. 102. 2Marcello Flores and Alberto De Bernardi, Il Sessantotto, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2003, ...
( Category: Historical October 6,2017 )

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