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The Lost Founding Father by William J. Cooper
epub |eng | 2017-02-19 | Author:William J. Cooper

CHAPTER 7 — “The First and Holiest Rights of Humanity” JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WOULD BECOME A LUMINARY IN CONGRESS during the middle and late 1830s. As the first former president ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents February 20,2020 )
The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton
epub |eng | 2019-10-02 | Author:Hillary Rodham Clinton [Clinton, Hillary Rodham & Clinton, Chelsea]

Tatyana McFadden Chelsea Tatyana McFadden spent the first six years of her life in an orphanage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Born with spina bifida, she was paralyzed from the waist ...
( Category: Women February 20,2020 )
Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future by Fr. Seraphim Rose
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Fr. Seraphim Rose [Rose, Fr. Seraphim]

3. “Speaking in Tongues” If we look carefully at the writings of the “charismatic revival,” we shall find that this movement closely resembles many sectarian movements of the past in ...
( Category: Meditation February 20,2020 )
An Alphabet of History by Wilbur D. Nesbit
epub |eng | 2016-07-30 | Author:Wilbur D. Nesbit [Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick)]

OMAR Old Omar, in a Tent he had to live, Yet gave to Verse such Time as he could give; Whereat the Critics rose and Hurled at Him: "The Stuff ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People February 19,2020 )
Horatio Nelson by Angus Konstam
epub |eng | 2011-07-10 | Author:Angus Konstam

The battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 As dawn broke on the morning of 2 April Nelson must have been relieved that no such bombardment had taken place, and that ...
( Category: Military February 19,2020 )
William and Kate by Christopher Andersen
epub |eng | | Author:Christopher Andersen

Later that day, Wills admitted to Kate that he felt their ongoing charade was “ridiculous.” Within hours, they boarded a plane for yet another holiday together. This time, he promised ...
( Category: Presidents & Heads of State February 19,2020 )
Glory, Passion, and Principle by Melissa Lukeman Bohrer
epub |eng | 2003-07-15 | Author:Melissa Lukeman Bohrer

Lydia Darragh, the daughter of John Barrington, was born about 1728 and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Little is known of her childhood except that she was part of a large ...
( Category: American Revolution February 19,2020 )
Wild Horse Annie and the Last of the Mustangs by David Cruise & Alison Griffiths
epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:David Cruise & Alison Griffiths

-TEN - Out of Cold Storage VELMA’S SPIRITS LIFTED dramatically in the months that Marguerite Henry rummaged around in the Bronn family history and Velma’s early memories. Henry’s probing functioned ...
( Category: Horses February 19,2020 )
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:Sarah Knowles Bolton [Bolton, Sarah Knowles]

Rosa Bonheur. In a simple home in Paris could have been seen, in 1829, Raymond Bonheur and his little family,--Rosa, seven years old, August, Isadore, and Juliette. He was a ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People February 19,2020 )
Chief of Station, Congo by Lawrence Devlin
epub |eng | 2011-04-12 | Author:Lawrence Devlin

12 MY WIFE AND I GENERALLY GAVE a dinner for ten or twelve people once or twice a week. It was a way to maintain social contact with those I ...
( Category: Diplomacy February 19,2020 )
Between 2 Gods: A Memoir of Abuse in the Mennonite Community by Trudy Harder Metzger
epub |eng | 2015-03-15 | Author:Trudy Harder Metzger [Metzger, Trudy Harder]

Chapter Fourteen From the moment I moved into Grandma Katie’s, I felt safe. More than that, I was safe. There were no strange noises at night. No shadows in the ...
( Category: Child Abuse February 19,2020 )
Bloody Ridge and Beyond by Marlin Groft
epub |eng | 2014-09-04 | Author:Marlin Groft

CHAPTER TEN REST AND REFIT NEW CALEDONIA AND NEW ZEALAND OCTOBER 1942–JUNE 1943 Setting foot on shore at Nouméa was the best medicine we weary Raiders could have asked for, ...
( Category: World War II February 19,2020 )
Fire in the City by Martines; Martines Lauro;
epub |eng | 2006-02-18 | Author:Martines; Martines, Lauro;

Fighting Back POPE ALEXANDER AND his advisers had been careful. The excommunication stated that the Friar was ‘suspected of heresy’. It did not charge him with the crime; doing so ...
( Category: Renaissance February 19,2020 )
The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Teresa of Avila
epub |eng | 2004-07-28 | Author:Teresa of Avila

( Category: Saints February 19,2020 )
Abigail Scott Duniway and Susan B. Anthony in Oregon by Jennifer Chambers
epub |eng | 2018-02-18 | Author:Jennifer Chambers

Cell at Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia, 1917. These are similar to the conditions women endured when arrested for attempting to vote. Records of the National Woman’s Party, Library of Congress. However, ...
( Category: Women in History February 19,2020 )

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