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The Radical Lives of Helen Keller by Nielsen Kim E.;
epub |eng | 2004-12-08 | Author:Nielsen, Kim E.;

Helen Keller and Polly Thomson in Nagasaki, Japan, 1948. Courtesy of the American Foundation for the Blind. Used with permission of the American Foundation for the Blind, Helen Keller Archives. ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Howard Hughes Hells Angel: Americas Notorious Bisexual Billionaire by Darwin Porter
epub |eng | 2018-06-11 | Author:Darwin Porter

Burbank, 1938 In Burbank, Howard nervously but meticulously made the final preparations for his around-the-world flight. He and Glenn Odekirk were convinced that his mechanics had created the best possible ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 9,2018 )
A Kind of Homecoming by Braithwaite E. R.;
epub |eng | 2013-12-09 | Author:Braithwaite, E. R.;

At Kailatun we refuelled and retraced our steps, passing again through Kenema, then Grema, Gegbwema and down to Zimi, a few miles from the Liberian border. Beyond Zimi, we crossed ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Reluctant Neighbors by Braithwaite E. R.;
epub |eng | 2013-12-09 | Author:Braithwaite, E. R.;

“What then? Did you try to find another job?” “No. Another job found me.” The fees from the newspapers and broadcasting had been enough. Nothing wonderful, but altogether not much ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 9,2018 )
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by H. W. Brands
azw3 |eng | 2016-10-10 | Author:H. W. Brands [Brands, H. W.]

33 AND SO HE went forward. On November 24 he issued a communiqué announcing an offensive he proclaimed would end the war. “The United Nations massive compression envelopment in North ...
( Category: Americas December 9,2018 )
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert Mcnamara
azw3 |eng | 2017-09-05 | Author:Robert Mcnamara [Mcnamara, Robert]

SECRETARY MCNAMARA: I don’t believe that the bombing up to the present has significantly reduced, nor any bombing that I could contemplate in the future would significantly reduce, the actual ...
( Category: Military December 9,2018 )
A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland by Charles Lachman
epub |eng | 2013-01-02 | Author:Charles Lachman [Lachman, Charles]

Frederick read the statement, not surprised to find it a fraught with lies and falsehoods, but he knew it was his duty to bring it to his mother’s attention. An ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Visions and Revisions by Dale Peck
epub |eng | 2015-04-06 | Author:Dale Peck [Peck, Dale]

11 Tony Kushner, no stranger to Brechtian dialectics, is fighting the same cathartic entropy I mentioned earlier when, at the end of Angels in America, Prior shoos the audience from ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence December 9,2018 )
The Kennedys by Thomas Maier
epub |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:Thomas Maier [THOMAS MAIER]

Congratulations on your wonderful victory. I remained up until four fifteen this morning watching the proceedings and shall hear your acceptance speech tomorrow. I hope you will arrange your speaking ...
( Category: Historical December 9,2018 )
Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan
epub |eng | 2013-09-03 | Author:Spike Milligan

Captain & Mrs L. A. Milligan New South Wales Australia 11 December 1964 Dear Dad, This is a letter just to explain how my rather bumpy career is shaping. The ...
( Category: Humor December 9,2018 )
The Unknown Billionaires: The life stories of 50 self-made men and women (The good, the bad and the ugly) by Michael Caldwell
azw3 |eng | 2014-07-05 | Author:Michael Caldwell [Caldwell, Michael]

Edir Macedo Edir Macedo Birth date: February 18, 1945 Net worth: $1.3 billion Residence: Brazil and USA Religion is big business, and Brazil’s Edir Macedo is one of God’s biggest ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 9,2018 )
Playing with the Enemy by Gary Moore
epub |eng | 2006-09-14 | Author:Gary Moore

Colonel Arbeiter had informed his superiors that baseball was being played in the Louisiana POW camp. The initial reaction was disbelief, followed by anger. Eventually the brass warmed to the ...
( Category: Biographies December 8,2018 )
All Roads Lead to Jerusalem by Jenny Lynn Jones
epub |eng | 2014-12-07 | Author:Jenny Lynn Jones

I parked my car in a small, fenced area that I hoped would be safe and I crossed through a walking security checkpoint. I passed through a long, chain-link chute ...
( Category: Islam December 8,2018 )
The General's Cook by Ramin Ganeshram
epub |eng | 2018-10-29 | Author:Ramin Ganeshram

It had been three days since Hercules had first walked with Nate to the shed across from the Chews’ house and he had faithfully shown up every day just after ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2018 )
Marlborough by Winston S. Churchill
epub |eng | 2014-12-07 | Author:Winston S. Churchill [Churchill, Winston S.]

Gradually a settlement was reached. In spite of the libels with which they assailed him through their pamphleteers, in spite of the adverse Parliamentary debates and of all the floutings ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 8,2018 )

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