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Thomas Cranmer: In a Nutshell by Beth von Staats
mobi |eng | 2015-04-20 | Author:Beth von Staats

Figure 9 - Vintage Engraving of Lady Jane Grey Intrigue & Treason King Edward VI’s death on 6 July 1553 came more swiftly than most anticipated. This created two major ...
( Category: Religious July 11,2016 )
Katherine Howard: A New History by Byrne Conor
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-08-12 | Author:Byrne, Conor [Byrne, Conor]

The sheer amount of expensive jewellery Katherine enjoyed is incredible. She also made presents of jewellery to her ladies, including to both of the king’s daughters and to his niece ...
( Category: Great Britain July 11,2016 )
Coalition by David Laws
epub |eng | 2016-07-08 | Author:David Laws [David Laws]

I was more successful in securing a very small saving in Education Department administration costs, but only after I managed to overcome spirited resistance. I had told my private secretary ...
( Category: History & Theory July 9,2016 )
Founding Feuds by Paul Aron
epub |eng | 2016-07-07 | Author:Paul Aron

• • • Hamilton’s death made him a martyr for Federalists and led to an outcry against dueling. Many had already seen it as an aristocratic anachronism; after Weehawken, it ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents July 8,2016 )
Breaking Rockefeller by Peter B. Doran
epub |eng | 2016-05-09 | Author:Peter B. Doran

CHAPTER 13 Reversals of Fortune Inside the offices of 26 Broadway, there were many secrets. The perpetually guarded Rockefeller had fortified Standard with hidden facts ever since the earliest days ...
( Category: Oil & Energy July 8,2016 )
George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist (Heroes of History) by Janet Benge & Geoff Benge
epub |eng | 2011-08-15 | Author:Janet Benge & Geoff Benge [Benge, Janet]

Chapter 9 The Farmer’s Institute George Washington Carver stood in front of his class, waiting for his students to find a seat. When they were all finally organized and a ...
( Category: Historical July 7,2016 )
William Tecumseh Sherman by James Lee McDonough
epub |eng | | Author:James Lee McDonough

AREA OF SHERMAN’S CHATTANOOGA OPERATIONS Grant intended for Sherman to play the decisive role at Chattanooga, paving the way for Thomas and Hooker to move against Rebel positions farther south. ...
( Category: United States July 5,2016 )
The Obelisk and the Englishman by Dorothy U. Seyler
epub |eng | 2016-07-02 | Author:Dorothy U. Seyler

( Category: Middle East July 3,2016 )
The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin by Andrew L. Jenks
epub |eng | 2012-05-15 | Author:Andrew L. Jenks [Jenks, Andrew L.]

Chapter Seven HOMO SOVIETICUS If Gagarin’s image reflected anxieties about Russia’s place in the modern world, it was also shaped by his own behavior. In his role as the potted, ...
( Category: Russia July 3,2016 )
The Squad Room by John Cutter & John Cutter
epub |eng | 2016-07-02 | Author:John Cutter & John Cutter

Back at the BC dorm, all of the entrances were indeed well covered by the time Morrison and the rest of his team arrived. Morrison had occasion again to appreciate ...
( Category: Police Procedurals July 3,2016 )
On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature by C. S. Lewis
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-10-28 | Author:C. S. Lewis [Lewis, C. S.]

The Hobbit The publishers claim that The Hobbit, though very unlike Alice, resembles it in being the work of a professor at play. A more important truth is that both ...
( Category: Religion July 3,2016 )
The Strange Career of William Ellis by Karl Jacoby
epub |eng | 2016-06-26 | Author:Karl Jacoby

Ellis is a broker and promoter on Wall Street, and has been charged unofficially with some sharp practices in business matters, and I suppose he has the average morality or ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism June 30,2016 )
The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence by Blaine Gerald & McCubbin Lisa
epub |eng | 2016-06-28 | Author:Blaine, Gerald & McCubbin, Lisa [Blaine, Gerald]

13 Breakdown Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. —JOHN F. KENNEDY NOVEMBER 22, 1963 There are moments in history that change the world forever. Time ...
( Category: True Crime June 30,2016 )
Looking Like the Enemy by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
epub |eng | 2016-06-26 | Author:Mary Matsuda Gruenewald [Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda]

Immediately after Pearl Harbor, nearly all Nisei were declared unfit for military service, including those who were already in the armed forces. This was an insult to those who had ...
( Category: United States June 30,2016 )
Tower of Secrets: A Real Life Spy Thriller by Victor Sheymov
epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Victor Sheymov [Sheymov, Victor]

CHAPTER 13 VICTOR’S MOTHER HAD a long list of messages waiting for him. This was customary. Whenever friends couldn’t get an answer on Victor’s home phone, they called his parents ...
( Category: Russia June 28,2016 )

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