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Wicked Women by Enss Chris
epub |eng | 2015-02-20 | Author:Enss, Chris

Kate Horony The Hungarian Madam “It’s laughable how some people will talk. I laugh at how often I turn up dead and buried.” Big Nose Kate, 1883 Kate Horony pulled ...
( Category: Historical August 25,2017 )
Many Loves of Buffalo Bill by Enss Chris
epub |eng | | Author:Enss, Chris

Because the rugged frontier settlements where the Codys lived had no schools, William sent Arta and Irma away to boarding school when they were old enough. However, Louisa didn’t allow ...
( Category: World August 25,2017 )
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling (Vintage) by Richard Lyman Bushman
mobi |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Richard Lyman Bushman

RETURN The day after dictating the letter to the Church, Joseph answered a letter from his “Affectionate Wife.” Emma had written, her “hands stiffened with hard work” and “heart convulsed ...
( Category: Americas August 24,2017 )
To School Through the Fields by Alice Taylor
epub |eng | 2013-08-24 | Author:Alice Taylor [Alice Taylor]

Tea in the Meadow WHEN THE SUMMER had proved its intention of staying with us, cutting the hay began. With his meadows ripened to a honey coloured hue by the ...
( Category: Memoirs August 24,2017 )
Seasons in Basilicata by David Yeadon
epub |eng | | Author:David Yeadon

STIGLIANO POTTER Michele showed us his kiln crammed with just-fired items, all now salmon pink and ready for his vigorous hand-painting with decorative borders and sprightly cockerels sporting flared blue ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 24,2017 )
Raquela by Ruth Gruber
epub |eng | 2010-08-06 | Author:Ruth Gruber

SEVENTEEN FEBRUARY 4, 1948 Lili burst into the maternity hut. “Raquela, a sailor handed me this newspaper. He said Captain Gee got it from someone who just flew in from ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics August 24,2017 )
Grant Moves South by Bruce Catton
epub |eng | | Author:Bruce Catton

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Victory, and a New Plan What made Corinth important was the railroads. The great Memphis and Charleston line, the Confederacy’s vital East-West axis, ran through here on its ...
( Category: Americas August 24,2017 )
Melville in Love by Michael Shelden
epub |eng | 2016-04-26 | Author:Michael Shelden

15 LOT’S WIFE As mountaintops go, Greylock’s is rather tame—at least in summer. The summit is broad with lots of room to wander from side to side for different views. ...
( Category: History & Criticism August 24,2017 )
Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Blythe Ronald
azw3 |eng | 2015-09-22 | Author:Blythe, Ronald [Blythe, Ronald]

1910 The dimensions of the two classrooms are 32 ft x 22 ft, and 22 ft x 17 ft. There are 72 children and no lavatories. 1911 The jumble sale ...
( Category: Europe August 24,2017 )
Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
epub |eng | 2015-09-02 | Author:Ronald Blythe

1910 The dimensions of the two classrooms are 32 ft x 22 ft, and 22 ft x 17 ft. There are 72 children and no lavatories. 1911 The jumble sale ...
( Category: Europe August 24,2017 )
Aviators by W. E. B. Griffin
epub |eng | 2013-02-19 | Author:W. E. B. Griffin [Griffin, W. E. B.]

"Yes, Sir. Sir, are the avionics here?" "The 'stuff from ARC is on the way from Boonton, , , Colonel Augustus said, referring to the Aircraft Radio Corporation. "Collins will ...
( Category: Historical August 24,2017 )
Screening Room by Alan Lightman
epub |eng | 2015-02-10 | Author:Alan Lightman [Lightman, Alan]

(photo credit 24.1) That was the era, says Harry. Mules. And duels. Just ten miles south of the mule barns on Third Street, two Memphians had it out with each ...
( Category: Americas August 24,2017 )
A Just and Generous Nation by Harold Holzer
epub |eng | 2015-10-01 | Author:Harold Holzer

Fondly do we hope—fervently do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the ...
( Category: Americas August 24,2017 )
The Comedians by Kliph Nesteroff
epub |eng | 2015-10-14 | Author:Kliph Nesteroff

In a business where charm is often essential, it’s amazing that Mason’s career has endured. Another comedian was not so lucky. While Mason blamed Ed Sullivan for his career problems, ...
( Category: Humor August 24,2017 )
Stilicho: The Vandal Who Saved Rome by Ian Hughes
epub |eng | 2010-06-19 | Author:Ian Hughes

1.Plaque of Serena in the Basilica of San Nazaro, Milan. The church was heavily embellished by Serena in thanks for the safe return of Stilicho from the campaign in Greece. ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations August 24,2017 )

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