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Touching the Dragon: And Other Techniques for Surviving Life's Wars by James Hatch & Christian D'Andrea
mobi |eng | 2018-05-15 | Author:James Hatch & Christian D'Andrea

Thirty miles away, we landed at Andrews Air Force Base, where we were off-loaded from the C-17 and driven to Bethesda Naval Hospital. As we came into sight, Kelley could ...
( Category: Personal Transformation July 2,2018 )
Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge by Arthur Osborne
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Arthur Osborne [Osborne, Arthur]

Dawn is rising on the Hill, Sweet Ramana, come! Lord Arunachala, come! In the bush the koel sings, Dear Master, Ramana, come! Lord of Knowledge, come! The conch blows, the ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People July 1,2018 )
My Life and Quest by Arthur Osborne
epub, pdf |eng | 2018-05-04 | Author:Arthur Osborne [Osborne, Arthur]

I BECOME A WRITER—AND CEASE TO BE ONE IN MY YOUTH I was tormented by the desire to be a writer. When I actually became one, some twenty years later, ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People July 1,2018 )
A Search in Secret India: The classic work on seeking a guru by Paul Brunton
epub |eng | 2018-03-25 | Author:Paul Brunton [Brunton, Paul]

CHAPTER X AMONG THE MAGICIANS AND HOLY MEN SPACE AND TIME, those defiant enemies of man, hurry this pen again. My feet must once more take giant strides on this ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides July 1,2018 )
The Right People by Stephen Birmingham
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Birmingham

13 The Company Town: West Hartford, Conn. 06107 Hard by every major United States city it is possible to encounter at least one suburban stretch containing the styles and attitudes ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources July 1,2018 )
The Devil's Double Original Book, (which was made into a feature film of the same name, This Book Sold Over 6.7 Million Copies Worldwide in Twenty Languages.) by Yahia Latif
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-14 | Author:Yahia, Latif [Yahia, Latif]

Table of Contents Copyright A note from the Author One Recalled from the front-line Two Paradise in Hell Three The fiday Four Double trouble Five The President Six My debut ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People July 1,2018 )
Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost by Castleman Deke
azw |eng | 2014-12-11 | Author:Castleman, Deke [Castleman, Deke]

Limo drivers take some abuse. A lot of gamblers who get comped limo rides as a matter of course are in a position to have a bad day. They don’t ...
( Category: Puzzles & Games June 30,2018 )
You Left Early by Louisa Young
epub |eng | 2018-04-23 | Author:Louisa Young [Louisa Young]

I applied it to me, and I applied it to him, and then I took the line Churchill took with Hitler over the invasion of Poland in 1939: if he ...
( Category: Death & Grief June 29,2018 )
Uncensored by Zachary R. Wood
epub |eng | 2018-06-27 | Author:Zachary R. Wood

* * * — In school, my academic focus was mostly on writing. That year, the author Reginald Dwayne Betts came to Bullis as a writer in residence. Dwayne had ...
( Category: Memoirs June 29,2018 )
Lieutenant Schreiber's Country by Andrei Makine
epub |eng | 2018-04-16 | Author:Andrei Makine

During the first postwar days in Paris, Jean-Claude tries to explain away his feeling of isolation with that ancestral distrust that his name and birth—his “different” blood—usually provoke in other ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers June 28,2018 )
Army Wife by Vicki Cody
epub |eng | 2016-06-28 | Author:Vicki Cody

15 A Time of Transition In hindsight, I realize that when we left Fort Hood that summer of 1996, we were entering a time of transition. Dick had been selected ...
( Category: Specific Groups June 28,2018 )
Mayor Harold Washington by Roger Biles
epub |eng | | Author:Roger Biles

6 IN SEARCH OF A MANDATE Washington prepared for his reelection campaign with the knowledge that he had yet to remove all doubts about the efficacy of his reform program. ...
( Category: Americas June 28,2018 )
John Quincy Adams by Fred Kaplan
epub |eng | | Author:Fred Kaplan

The statement to Onís and the letter to Erving were widely circulated. Jefferson enthusiastically complimented their author. “They are without exception,” he wrote to Adams and the president, “the ablest ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 27,2018 )
Yes We (Still) Can by Dan Pfeiffer
epub, mobi |eng | 2018-06-19 | Author:Dan Pfeiffer

Chapter 6 Fox (and Friends) Is Destroying America “Oh, come the fuck on.” That was my response to the reporter who called my cell phone to earnestly ask if I ...
( Category: Politics & Government June 27,2018 )
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
epub |eng | 2018-06-11 | Author:Eliza Griswold

20 | POLICING THE STATE While Kendra clashed with opposing lawyers, John found himself engaged in a fresh battle against the state. In 2011, Pennsylvania’s new Republican governor, Tom Corbett, ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology June 27,2018 )

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