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The King of California by Mark Arax
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-04-14 | Author:Mark Arax

The Stud The rain poured down through a canopy of ponderosa pine and white fir, a cold summer storm, and Jim Boswell was growing wetter and more chilled by the ...
( Category: Historical June 20,2018 )
Last Words by Hendra George Carlin;Tony
mobi |eng | 2009-09-14 | Author:Hendra, George Carlin;Tony [Hendra, George Carlin;Tony]

There is a clear line of evolution between “Shoot” and “Seven Words.” The piece grew out of a desire to talk about language standards and the inconsistency in them. So ...
( Category: Humor June 20,2018 )
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: a savage journey to the heart of the American dream by Thompson Hunter S
mobi |eng | 1998-10-14 | Author:Thompson, Hunter S. [Thompson, Hunter S.]

I drove straight to the hotel after renting the car. There was still no sign of my attorney, so I decided to check in on my own - if only ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics June 20,2018 )
Born Trump by Emily Jane Fox
epub, mobi |eng | 2018-06-19 | Author:Emily Jane Fox

Chapter 5 Meet the Mini-Voltrons About a decade ago, Donald’s three eldest children piled into one of their offices on the twenty-fifth floor of Trump Tower. They had just finished ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 20,2018 )
The Age of Alexander by Plutarch
epub |eng | | Author:Plutarch

19. As for Phocion’s wives we have no record of the first, except for the fact that she was a sister of Cephisodotus the sculptor. But his second wife was ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence June 19,2018 )
Hannibal by Richard A. Gabriel
epub |eng | 2011-06-19 | Author:Richard A. Gabriel

BATTLE OF LAKE TRASIMENE, JUNE 21, 217 BGE In Bologna, the Gauls were getting edgy and Hannibal feared they would revolt. The Gallic chiefs were angry that Hannibal was using ...
( Category: Africa June 19,2018 )
Full Circle: A Homecoming to Free Poland by Sikorski Radek
epub |eng | 2013-08-27 | Author:Sikorski, Radek [Sikorski, Radek]

POTULICE WHAT MUST IT FEEL LIKE to live near Dachau or Auschwitz today, to farm the fields fertilized with human ash? Foreign tourists and journalists who come to Poland are ...
( Category: Historical June 19,2018 )
Guardian Angel by William Sine
epub |eng | | Author:William Sine

In addition to rescuing people from glaciers and crevasses, one of our more common missions was rescuing sailors at sea. In American waters the coast guard is normally responsible for ...
( Category: Military June 18,2018 )
Zhou Enlai by Gao Wenqian
epub |eng | | Author:Gao Wenqian

ON THE DEFENSIVE Mao Zedong had hoped that his nationwide criticism of Liu Shaoqi would unify all the new mass organizations that had sprung up after he’d dismantled the formal ...
( Category: Historical June 18,2018 )
Jassim the Leader by Mohamed Althani
epub |eng | 2012-06-18 | Author:Mohamed Althani

The Ottoman arrival In December 1871, the Ottoman authorities at Hasa finally sent a detachment of 100 troops and a field gun to Bida, under the command of Major Omer ...
( Category: Historical June 18,2018 )
To the Mountaintop by Stewart Burns
epub |eng | | Author:Stewart Burns

SHORTLY AFTER THE HISTORIC election SNCC held a retreat in Waveland, Mississippi. In a turbulent atmosphere belied by the Gulf of Mexico’s calm waters, weary activists grappled with pressing internal ...
( Category: Historical June 18,2018 )
Talleyrand by Duff Cooper
epub |eng | 2010-12-02 | Author:Duff Cooper [Duff Cooper]

8 In February 1812 Talleyrand was appointed one of the Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of General Dupont in the matter of the capitulation of Baylen. He was much ...
( Category: Europe June 18,2018 )
Mexico by George W. Grayson
epub |eng | | Author:George W. Grayson

Table 7.3 States and Municipalities with Military Men in Senior Public-Safety Posts Source: Jésica Zermeño, “Toman Generales Mandos Policiacos,” Reforma, February 15, 2009; Zermeño et al., Optan estados por mando ...
( Category: Americas June 18,2018 )
American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal by Taya Kyle & Jim DeFelice
azw |eng | 2015-05-04 | Author:Taya Kyle & Jim DeFelice [Kyle, Taya]

I called my mom. “Mom, I can’t talk, okay?” I said quickly. “Okay,” she answered. “Chris has been shot. I don’t know where he is. I want you to pray ...
( Category: Specific Groups June 16,2018 )
Long Way Back to the River Kwai by Loet Velmans
epub |nld | 2003-06-16 | Author:Loet Velmans

5 Death Camp WE HAD WALKED EIGHTY-SIX MILES but were put to work as soon as we arrived. First, we finished the construction of our huts, made of bamboo and ...
( Category: Military June 16,2018 )

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