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Genghis Khan The Emperor of All Men by Harold Lamb
epub |eng | 2011-07-03 | Author:Harold Lamb [Lamb, Harold]

Chapter XVII. Genghis Khan Goes Hunting WHILE the two Orkhons were raiding the west of the Caspian sea, two sons of the Khan journeyed to the other inland sea, now ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers June 17,2017 )
Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
epub, azw3 |eng | 2009-07-21 | Author:Robert A. Caro [Caro, Robert A.]

IF HE HAD THE VOTES, debate—even the limited debate permitted under the unanimous consent agreement—could only hurt, could allow opponents to realize what he was up to, could give Knowland ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 17,2017 )
Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed by Maitland Leslie
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-04-17 | Author:Maitland, Leslie [Maitland, Leslie]

FIFTEEN INCOMMUNICADO ALMOST TWO MONTHS after leaving Marseille, the San Thomé passengers disembarked in Havana. But as soon as their uncertain feet regained solid ground, the weary travelers were forced ...
( Category: Historical June 17,2017 )
Boone by Robert Morgan
epub |eng | 2007-06-15 | Author:Robert Morgan

CHAPTER TWELVE Farthest Outpost of Rebellion 1778–1779 After Boone and the other negotiators escaped from the treaty site and reached safety inside the fort, the firing from the fort and ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers June 16,2017 )
Eisenhower by Jim Newton
epub |eng | 2011-10-03 | Author:Jim Newton [Newton, Jim]

12 On the Edge The trouble began, as it would so often, in the Middle East. Its origins in some ways resembled the Iran crisis that greeted Eisenhower when he ...
( Category: Historical June 16,2017 )
The Purple Gang by Paul R. Kavieff
epub | | 2011-06-13 | Author:Paul R. Kavieff [Kavieff, Paul R.]

The Purple Gang was also responding to the chaos and tension of intensified violence during the Great Depression. Earl Passman, identified by Detroit police as a bookkeeper for the Purple ...
( Category: Social Sciences June 16,2017 )
John Barry by Tim McGrath
epub |eng | | Author:Tim McGrath

Barry did not buy a word of it. He considered the Frenchman's explanation a “foolish idea” that cost three prizes. Barry's “commencing the action was with the full expectations of ...
( Category: Americas June 16,2017 )
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Wladyslaw Szpilman
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-01-02 | Author:Wladyslaw Szpilman

At some point a vehicle hooted far down a side street, and the grey-green shape of a police truck came into sight. The traders panicked, hastily packed up their wares ...
( Category: World June 16,2017 )
While They Slept by Kathryn Harrison
epub |eng | 2008-11-18 | Author:Kathryn Harrison

Downstairs, Becky’s body lay in the shadows. At first, Jody didn’t see her. All she heard was a snoring noise coming from the couch where her father was sleeping, as ...
( Category: True Crime June 16,2017 )
Mrs Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale
epub |eng | 2012-04-29 | Author:Kate Summerscale [Summerscale, Kate]

See Notes on Chapter 9 10 An insane tenderness Westminster Hall, 15 June 1858 At lunchtime the judges withdrew for refreshment – typically a meat chop and a glass of ...
( Category: Europe June 16,2017 )
The 9/11 Wars
epub |eng | 2011-09-01 | Author:Jason Burke [Burke, Jason]

MIDDLE PAKISTAN Nowhere was this more clear than in Multan, once simply a sleepy provincial town famous for its shrines but in November 2007 a city with a population swollen ...
( Category: Politics & Government June 16,2017 )
The Millionaire and the Mummies by John M. Adams
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:John M. Adams

“Ceremonial Wig Ornaments” (actually, earrings), painted by E. Harold Jones on the Beduin in 1908. From Davis, The Tomb of Siphtah: The Monkey Tomb and the Gold Tomb. Five TAWOSRET’S ...
( Category: Historical June 16,2017 )
The Last Greatest Magician in the World by Jim Steinmeyer
mobi, epub |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Jim Steinmeyer

FORTUNATELY, Kellar was unaware of the real problem: Thurston’s debts had already surrounded him like a roaring inferno, licking at every investment and threatening to engulf his career. In August ...
( Category: Performing Arts June 16,2017 )
Pilgrim's Wilderness by Tom Kizzia
epub |eng | 2013-07-16 | Author:Tom Kizzia [Kizzia, Tom]

Papa was happier than anyone could remember, persecuted and on the run with disciples. He renamed his followers Naomi and Ruth. Rose and the youngest children hid with their guests ...
( Category: True Crime June 16,2017 )
Salvador Allende by Victor Figueroa Clark
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-17 | Author:Victor Figueroa Clark

6 The Popular Unity On 4 September 1970, Salvador Allende won the Chilean presidential elections. As was usual in Chilean elections nobody had won an overall majority (1964 had been ...
( Category: Historical June 16,2017 )

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