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The Life of Blur by Martin Power
epub |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Martin Power [Power, Martin]

* A slim tune by anyone’s estimation, ‘Dan Abnormal’ actually took its title from rearranging the characters of Damon Albarn’s name: “It’s a name Justine gave me,” he said. “Dan’s ...
( Category: Pop April 13,2020 )
Hiding in Plain Sight by Sarah Kendzior
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah Kendzior

My commentary was not well received by White House loyalists. But I was speaking from a place of patriotism. I was speaking out for my country, because the elevation of ...
( Category: Fascism April 9,2020 )
The Toddler-In-Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us About the Modern Presidency by Daniel W. Drezner
epub |eng | 2020-04-15 | Author:Daniel W. Drezner [Drezner, Daniel W.]

Typically, Trump is accompanied by only a small staff entourage, sometimes with mid-level aides, on his weekend jaunts to Florida. But on Friday, several senior White House officials, including acting ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents April 9,2020 )
The Club King by Gatien Peter
epub |eng | 2020-03-31 | Author:Gatien, Peter

My mother’s extended family in 1945. My mother, Lilianne Henri, is second from left in the back row. My jubilant, warmhearted grandmother Francine Sanguin Henri, one of my favorite people ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians April 8,2020 )
Lincoln on the Verge by Ted Widmer
epub |eng | 2020-04-07 | Author:Ted Widmer

Lincoln’s parade (New-York Illustrated News, March, 2, 1861) THE PARADE Lincoln’s parade was a glorious chaos from the start.105 One observer wrote, “Such a crowd as greeted his arrival I ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents April 8,2020 )
One Two Three Four by Craig Brown
epub |eng | 2020-02-26 | Author:Craig Brown

‘I went round to them ALL,’ said Ginger mournfully, ‘an’ my Aunt Emma she said, “Certainly not, after your ball comin’ in through my landin’ window like it did last ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians April 8,2020 )
The Historical Muhammad by Zeitlin Irving M.;
epub |eng | | Author:Zeitlin, Irving M.;

7 Richard Bell’s Origin of Islam in its Christian Environment Bell opens his classic study with the suggestion that the triumph of Islam in the seventh century CE, can best ...
( Category: African April 7,2020 )
A Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker
epub |eng | 1985-04-14 | Author:Keith Walker [Walker, Keith]

Dot currently works as a physical therapist for a home health agency in Santa Clara County, California, treating patients in their own homes or convalescent hospitals. My interview with Dot ...
( Category: Vietnam War April 7,2020 )
Michael Collins by Coogan Tim Pat
epub |eng | | Author:Coogan, Tim Pat [Coogan, Tim Pat]

9 Fighting the Waves “For forms of government let fools contest.’ Alexander Pope Now the waking nightmare began. Cathleen ni Houlihan, Yeats’ synonym for Ireland, would show herself as an ...
( Category: Europe April 7,2020 )
Beyond the White Hous by Jimmy Carter
epub |eng | | Author:Jimmy Carter

* * * A polling official announces each vote, one by one, to assembled citizens, then shows them the marked ballot, as votes are tallied in a Jakarta polling station ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents April 7,2020 )
The Women of Mormondom by Edward W. Tullidge
epub |eng | 2017-03-09 | Author:Edward W. Tullidge [Tullidge, Edward W.]

Such was Mormonism abroad. Such has it ever been, with the sisters, at home. Its success in making converts among women, both old and young, has no parallel in the ...
( Category: Mormonism April 7,2020 )
War by Unknown
epub, pdf |eng | 2020-03-30 | Author:Unknown

LETTER 17 KEEP IT AND HONOR IT ALWAYS Tom O’Sullivan to his son, Conor 16 September 1996 The Bosnian War began in April 1992, lasted more than three years, and ...
( Category: World War II April 7,2020 )
HOPEFUL - an autobiography by Author
epub |eng | 2019-03-30 | Author:Author

( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 7,2020 )
Primo Levi's Resistance by Sergio Luzzatto
epub |eng | | Author:Sergio Luzzatto

Lions and lambs After several months of indecision, the Aosta Special Court of Assizes prevailed over the courts of Asti and Turin, winning the right to try Cagni there first.8 ...
( Category: World War II April 7,2020 )
A Schoolmaster's War by Jonathan Ree
epub |eng | | Author:Jonathan Ree

We had another six-hour train journey the next day. We were in the dining car when the Germans came in and examined our identity cards, but the officer who took ...
( Category: World War II April 6,2020 )

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