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Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father by Thomas S. Kidd
epub, pdf |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Thomas S. Kidd [Kidd, Thomas S.]

In spite of his doubts about Christianity’s exclusive truth, working with Whitefield tempered Franklin’s outspokenness against traditional faith. Memories of his Boston upbringing also softened his views. In 1743, Franklin ...
( Category: Political January 19,2020 )
Menasseh ben Israel by Steven Nadler
epub |eng | 2018-01-15 | Author:Steven Nadler [Nadler, Steven]

7 The English Mission THINGS WERE GOING DOWNHILL in Netherlands Brazil, and the Jewish community in Recife was extremely worried. The uprising against the Dutch West Indies Company by Portuguese ...
( Category: Religious January 19,2020 )
One Halal of a Story by Sam Dastyari
epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:Sam Dastyari [Dastyari, Sam]

15 HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF AROUND CHILDREN I’ve been in some pretty rough mosh pits in my life. I’ve seen people be dragged down and beaten when crowd surfing. I’ve ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 19,2020 )
Montaigne by Desan Philippe; Rendall Steven; Neal Lisa
epub |eng | 2016-01-15 | Author:Desan, Philippe; Rendall, Steven; Neal, Lisa [Desan, Philippe; Rendall, Steven; Neal, Lisa]

The Essais “Castigated and Brought into Harmony with the Opinions of the Monkish Doctors” Montaigne writes that when he first entered Rome on November 30, 1580, his book was “taken” ...
( Category: Renaissance January 19,2020 )
Simón Bolívar by John Lynch
epub |eng | 2006-01-15 | Author:John Lynch [Lynch, John]

( Category: Latin America January 19,2020 )
American Oligarchs by Andrea Bernstein
epub |eng | | Author:Andrea Bernstein

“There’s probably not a lot I can tell you about Brooklyn,” Jared Kushner said at a real estate conference at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in May 2014.34 His company ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents January 18,2020 )
Novice to Master by Soko Morinaga
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-30 | Author:Soko Morinaga

routine in the monastery THE USUAL DAY begins at 3:00 A.M. with the sound of a ringing handbell and a voice shouting, “Kaijo!” (“Get up!”). The monks jump out of ...
( Category: Zen Philosophy January 18,2020 )
So Sad to Fall in Battle by Kumiko Kakehashi
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-16 | Author:Kumiko Kakehashi

There is no one better qualified to judge a general than the enemy general he is fighting. They may never actually meet, but seeing how their counterparts fight in the ...
( Category: World War II January 18,2020 )
Armageddon by Michael Poeltl
epub |eng | 2019-04-11 | Author:Michael Poeltl [Poeltl, Michael]

PLAYING THE ODDS “This news back home just keeps getting worse and worse,” Sol tells the crew of his bridge. They’ve all been listening to it. The back and forth ...
( Category: History & Criticism January 18,2020 )
Ultimate Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-27 | Author:Ross Bentley [Bentley, Ross]

Like I said, expectations are limitations, and you rarely exceed your expectations. Wendlinger proved that, along with the power of mental imagery. Expectations program results into your mind, and your ...
( Category: Automotive Racing January 18,2020 )
The Sword of Rome by Jeremiah McCall
epub |eng | 2015-12-17 | Author:Jeremiah McCall [McCall, Jeremiah]

Chapter 4 The Political Battle for Syracuse Late in 211 or early in 210, Marcellus returned from Sicily. He left his troops there under his successor, though apparently unwillingly, since ...
( Category: Rome January 18,2020 )
George Washington by Stephen Brumwell
epub |eng | 2013-08-29 | Author:Stephen Brumwell [Brumwell, Stephen]

8 Victory or Death Lacking the boats he needed to ferry his troops across the Delaware River and continue hounding Washington’s army, on December 14, 1776, William Howe called a ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents January 18,2020 )
The Wounded Warrior by Jim Laughter
epub |eng | 2019-01-28 | Author:Jim Laughter [Laughter, Jim]

Chapter Seventeen Working with a portable lantern, the Red-tail commander grumbled to himself about the makeshift arrangements he was forced to endure. Knowing his alternative was to be processed into ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 18,2020 )
The Search by Jim Laughter
epub |eng | 2019-02-24 | Author:Jim Laughter [Laughter, Jim]

Chapter Thirteen Less than an hour earlier, Security Officer Rome had been pleasantly dreaming about an upcoming leave he had scheduled. Now he was jammed back into uniform and fortified ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 18,2020 )
The Hard Way by Mark 'Billy' Billingham
epub |eng | | Author:Mark 'Billy' Billingham [Billingham, Mark ‘Billy’]

I enjoyed a much-needed break over the weekend with Julie and the kids, where I could recharge my body and brain – even if only for forty-eight hours. I had ...
( Category: Military January 18,2020 )

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