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King's Mistress, Queen's Servant: The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard by Tracy Borman
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-14 | Author:Tracy Borman [Borman, Tracy]

To serve a tasteless Court twelve years in vain! Fain would I think our female friend [Henrietta] sincere, ’Till Bob [Sir Robert Walpole], the poet’s foe, possess’d her ear. Did ...
( Category: Historical May 26,2014 )
Caligula: A Biography by Aloys Winterling
epub |eng | 2011-09-01 | Author:Aloys Winterling [Winterling, Aloys]

RESHAPING THE EMPEROR’S ROLE The conspiracy of Agrippina, Livilla, and Lepidus had presented Caligula with the same threat in extreme form that had always been present under the rule of ...
( Category: History & Theory May 26,2014 )
Cleopatra and Antony by Diana Preston
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-10-23 | Author:Diana Preston [Preston, Diana]

*An American academic proved in a series of experiments in the 1950s that whole pearls do not dissolve. He suggested that just perhaps the story was based on Cleopatra’s using ...
( Category: Rome May 26,2014 )
And the Sea Is Never Full by Elie Wiesel
epub |eng | 2010-08-31 | Author:Elie Wiesel [Wiesel, Elie]

WHEN PRESIDENT CARTER appoints me to head the newly created Holocaust Memorial Council, I foresee the difficulties awaiting us. By now I am no longer a novice. My most urgent ...
( Category: Authors May 26,2014 )
Eliot Ness by Douglas Perry
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-02-19 | Author:Douglas Perry [Perry, Douglas]

*** Once he’d pulled himself together, Harwood turned his attention to winning on appeal. Just days after the conviction, he hired private investigators and technical experts. He wanted to show ...
( Category: United States May 26,2014 )
Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg
epub |eng | 1999-08-31 | Author:A. Scott Berg [Berg, A. Scott]

“I feel sure in closing,” Reilly said, “even Colonel Lindbergh wouldn’t expect you and doesn’t expect you to do anything but your duty under the law and under the evidence.” ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents May 26,2014 )
Finding Everett Ruess by David Roberts
epub |eng | 2011-07-18 | Author:David Roberts [Roberts, David]

As he wrote the letter, Everett was sitting by his campfire beside the Escalante River, cooking dinner with two of his youthful new friends. Turning his thoughts to his burros, ...
( Category: United States May 26,2014 )
Condi by Antonia Felix
epub |eng | 2010-10-19 | Author:Antonia Felix [Felix, Antonia]

Others who have worked with Condi agree that her dynamic personality, combined with her intellect, make up a formidable package that contributes to her success. George Brinkley, her Notre Dame ...
( Category: United States May 26,2014 )
The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Catherine the Great
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Catherine the Great [Great, Catherine the]

Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseevna (the future Catherine the Great) wearing the Order of St. Catherine (1745). GEORG CHRISTOPH GROOTH Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseevna and Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich (1744 – ...
( Category: General May 26,2014 )
Whistled Like a Bird by Sally Putnam Chapman & Stephanie Mansfield
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-09-25 | Author:Sally Putnam Chapman & Stephanie Mansfield [CHAPMAN, SALLY PUTNAM]

12 A CONGRESSIONAL HERO JANUARY 29, 1929 It’s shocking! I’m becoming a shrew, a nag a scenemaker. I, who loathe all three. Would to God, I could suddenly become a ...
( Category: United States May 26,2014 )
Woodrow Wilson by John Milton Cooper Jr
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2009-01-09 | Author:John Milton Cooper, Jr. [Cooper, Milton John]

On November 7, when the returns came in, Wilson thought he might have to implement the plan. On election day, he and Edith drove to Princeton, where he voted once ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents May 26,2014 )
Prisoners of the North by Pierre Berton
epub |eng | 2004-05-24 | Author:Pierre Berton [Berton, Pierre]

Leopold M’Clintock, whose successful discovery of Franklin relics on King William Island brought an end to the great search. He is shown here as a rear admiral. In July 1858, ...
( Category: Historical May 26,2014 )
The Kraken Project by Douglas Preston
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-13 | Author:Douglas Preston [Preston, Douglas]

32 Jacob followed his father into his workshop. He wished he hadn’t agreed to help reprogram Charlie. This was turning into a real pain in the butt. As a kid, ...
( Category: Suspense May 26,2014 )
Love Lessons Learned by K.C. Wells
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:K.C. Wells [Wells, K.C.]

Chapter 15 JOHN GAZED around at the chanting men. Evan was grinning at him, as if daring him to refuse. For one moment, the thought was tempting. The chanting grew ...
( Category: Historical May 26,2014 )
Three Lives A Biography of Stefan Zweig by Oliver Matuschek
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Oliver Matuschek

Seeing the photographs later, I realised that the road we had travelled together was the very one where the murderers lay in wait, not long afterwards, for the same car: ...
( Category: Authors May 26,2014 )

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