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The Death of Sigmund Freud by Mark Edmundson
epub |eng | 2007-06-03 | Author:Mark Edmundson

Freud had on his desk at 39 Elsworthy Road the third chapter of his Moses book, the chapter that would be by far the most incendiary. When it was completed—if ...
( Category: European June 4,2015 )
Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator by Khlevniuk Oleg V
azw3 |eng | 2015-05-18 | Author:Khlevniuk, Oleg V. [Khlevniuk, Oleg V.]

THE STATE DEFENSE COMMITTEE Stalin’s actions during the war’s first days were frenetic, confused, and reactive. Even though he did not grasp the situation and was not qualified to manage ...
( Category: Russia June 4,2015 )
A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by Donald Worster
epub, pdf |eng | 2008-09-20 | Author:Donald Worster [Worster, Donald]

Muir gravitated toward idealistic people like the Strentzels, Carrs, and Bidwells who shared his disapproval of the naked pursuit of money. They also shared his passion for the outdoors, loved ...
( Category: State & Local June 3,2015 )
Far from the East End: The moving story of an evacuee's survival and search for home by Simantel Iris Jones
epub |eng | 2012-07-18 | Author:Simantel, Iris Jones

20 Methodists and Spiritualism After we’d settled into our new home and become accustomed to our surroundings, Dad began talking about the need for a church. ‘We need a Sunday ...
( Category: Memoirs June 2,2015 )
The Partnership: Brecht, Weill, Three Women, and Germany on the Brink by Pamela Katz
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-01-05 | Author:Pamela Katz

CHAPTER 11 The Beginning of the End Five months after the opening of The Threepenny Opera, Weill was standing before the grand Kroll Opera House, score in hand, taking in ...
( Category: History & Criticism June 2,2015 )
A Croft in the Hills by Stewart Katharine
epub |eng | 2013-08-07 | Author:Stewart, Katharine

CHAPTER XI THE BIG GALE ABOUT the middle of December occurred one of those minor miracles, which are apt to be left out of a normally well-reasoned forecast of events, ...
( Category: Great Britain June 1,2015 )
Head Over Heels in France by Samantha Brick
epub |eng | 2013-03-15 | Author:Samantha Brick

I sense, although don't ask Pascal outright, that a family camping trip wouldn't be his number one idea of a holiday either. We're not hunting anything, he can't make all ...
( Category: General June 1,2015 )
Reagan: The Life by H.W. Brands
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-05-11 | Author:H.W. Brands [Brands, H.W.]

NOW AND THEN, however, Reagan spoke openly about religion. He had done so briefly at the Republican convention in 1980, and he did so at greater length in March 1983, ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents June 1,2015 )
The Sun King by Nancy Mitford
epub |eng | 2012-05-08 | Author:Nancy Mitford [Mitford, Nancy]

12. THE FACULTY Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes et non de leurs maladies. MOLIÈRE Illness and death were very dreadful at Versailles. As soon as the breath ...
( Category: France June 1,2015 )
Clouds of Glory by Michael Korda
epub |eng | 2015-05-30 | Author:Michael Korda

CHAPTER 8 Triumph and Tragedy—Second Manassas and Sharpsburg “You must consider that no wars may be made without danger.” —Sir Roger Williams* to the Earl of Leicester, Siege of Sluys, ...
( Category: American Civil War June 1,2015 )
1858 by Bruce Chadwick
epub |eng | 2015-05-30 | Author:Bruce Chadwick [CHADWICK, BRUCE]

VICTORY The way out came during the first week of July. The kidnappers realized that they might go to prison for substantial periods of time if their trial was heard ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding June 1,2015 )
The Man of Galilee
epub |eng | 2015-05-30 | Author:Atticus G. Haygood [Haygood, Atticus G.]

* * * CHAPTER X. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE END HE PROPOSED AND SET ABOUT. Let us now consider briefly the magnitude of the work Jesus proposed to do as ...
( Category: Jesus, the Gospels & Acts May 31,2015 )
The Case of the Constant Suicides
epub |eng | 1969-01-02 | Author:John Dickson Carr [Carr, John Dickson]

‘My dear sir,' continued the lawyer, coming over to wring Dr Fell's hand with some animation, 'I - we - can't thank you too much ! I dare say you ...
( Category: Murder May 31,2015 )
The Emperor's Snuff-Box
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Dickson Carr [Carr, John Dickson]

Toby found his voice. ‘You wrote her a note . . .?’ he began in a dazed voice. Prue paid no attention to him, beyond giving him an absent - ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime May 31,2015 )
Jupiter's Bones
epub |eng | | Author:Faye Kellerman

21 Sergeant Deputy Kirt Johannsen was a terse man. “What big picture am I missing?” Decker started his story while Johannsen snapped gum. Talking outside in almost complete blackness, the ...
( Category: Police Procedurals May 31,2015 )

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