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Among the Bohemians by Virginia Nicholson
epub |eng | 2002-06-15 | Author:Virginia Nicholson

In Seymour Leslie’s novel The Silent Queen, illustrated by Nina Hamnett, the Eiffel Tower is thinly disguised as ‘The Big Wheel’. Luckily restaurants didn’t have to cost a fortune. At ...
( Category: Europe June 16,2017 )
Eastern Inferno by Christine Alexander
epub |eng | 2010-11-18 | Author:Christine Alexander [Christine Alexander]

Kharkov town center prior to German occupation. (Photo courtesy of www.wwii-photos-maps.com) At 20.00 hours the concentrated storm on the city begins. At different locations the enemy succeeds in breaking through; ...
( Category: Historical June 16,2017 )
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Hughes Bettany
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-07 | Author:Hughes, Bettany [Hughes, Bettany]

Beauty in Athens at this time was seriously considered to be the sign of a brilliant and noble spirit; a gift of the gods. Those laudable qualities that justified privilege ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations June 16,2017 )
The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Andrew Marr
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Andrew Marr [Marr, Andrew]

Of all the cabinet ministers privately offended by the duties required by the Palace, none was more outspoken in his diary, published after his death a decade later to much ...
( Category: Specific Groups June 16,2017 )
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan
epub |eng | 2012-10-09 | Author:Timothy Egan [Egan, Timothy]

In the last full month of Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency, Curtis was invited to Washington for an informal sit-down with the writer-politician who had done so much for an unknown man ...
( Category: Arts & Literature June 16,2017 )
The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory by Remini Robert
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-04-30 | Author:Remini, Robert [Remini, Robert]

As the city waited each day of the new year to discover the enemy’s next move, Jackson took his usual position at the topmost window of the wrecked but still ...
( Category: Americas June 16,2017 )
The Good Life Lab by Wendy Jehanara Tremayne
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-05 | Author:Wendy Jehanara Tremayne

Between skill-sharing workshops and meals we discussed the irony of our situation. The digital homesteaders gathered at our home use technology, tools, and equipment to create a lifestyle less entangled ...
( Category: Sustainable Living June 16,2017 )
JFK's Last Hundred Days by Thurston Clarke
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-06-19 | Author:Thurston Clarke

Monday, October 14–Friday, October 18 CAMP DAVID AND WASHINGTON On Monday, Salinger announced that the president had decided to stay at Camp David with his children because it was a ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 16,2017 )
The Rebecca Code by Mark Simmons
epub |eng | 2012-08-22 | Author:Mark Simmons

Little did he realise that one day his own name would add to the ‘romantic allure’ of the desert. His night near Benghazi was not a very restful one, as ...
( Category: Europe June 16,2017 )
Nakazawa Keiji & Richard Minear by Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
mobi, epub |eng | 1994-01-02 | Author:Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen

TWO-FISTED CHAMP Having found work, Uncle Y. came for the son he’d left in our care, and our household shrank to four. Tomoko had died, and I was forlorn; I ...
( Category: Asia June 15,2017 )
Cnut the Great by Timothy Bolton
epub |eng | 2017-05-29 | Author:Timothy Bolton

Chapter 4 THE RISE TO DOMINANCE OVER SCANDINAVIA The actions of Cnut following the sudden death of his elder brother, Harald, around 1019, speak volumes about Cnut’s feelings towards his ...
( Category: Europe June 15,2017 )
The Destructive War by Charles Royster
epub |eng | 2011-07-26 | Author:Charles Royster [Royster, Charles]

CHAPTER 7 THE BATTLE OF KENNESAW MOUNTAIN DESPITE the daily June rains, well-dressed Southern ladies went to the top of Kennesaw Mountain and looked through telescopes to see the war ...
( Category: Americas June 15,2017 )
In the Lion's Court by Derek Wilson
epub |eng | 2017-06-08 | Author:Derek Wilson

CHAPTER 22 Out of Control Life at the political centre was entering a new and distinctive phase. The high tension at court, the fluctuations of policy, the feverish activity and ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2017 )
My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-10-13 | Author:Ariel Sabar

Yona, right, recording “Mamo” (Uncle) Yona Gabbay’s stories, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, circa 1963. PROFESSOR POLOTSKY’S INTEREST was linguistics: what an informant’s words could reveal about Neo-Aramaic grammar, syntax, and its ...
( Category: World June 15,2017 )
The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-17 | Author:Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy

The Impromptu Floor Speech That Wasn’t But there was one last weird drama to play out. The final scene in Kansas City was to be a reminder that Reagan left ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2017 )

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