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An Air Fighter's Scrapbook (Vintage Aviation Series) by Ira Jones
mobi |eng | 2013-12-19 | Author:Ira Jones [Jones, Ira]

Air Commodore Rumney Samson was a tremendous personality and a fighter to the marrow of his bones. He had a rawer deal in the Service than Kinkead. Professional jealousy of ...
( Category: Military April 16,2018 )
Mohammed and the Unbelievers (The Islamic Trilogy) by Bill Warner
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-01-10 | Author:Bill Warner

I564 Hamza fought like a lion. He was big and skilled and killed many Meccans. As he approached one, he cried, “Come here, you son of a clitoris cutter!” (The ...
( Category: Islam April 16,2018 )
Adolf Hitler: A Study in Tyranny by Alan Bullock
azw3 |eng | 2017-06-06 | Author:Alan Bullock [Bullock, Alan]

III About nine o’clock on the evening of 4 February (the day of the Cabinet Meeting in Berlin) Franz von Papen, the Führer’s special representative in Vienna, was sitting in ...
( Category: Historical April 16,2018 )
John Bunyan's Poetry by John Bunyan
epub |eng | 2017-02-03 | Author:John Bunyan

XXVIII OF MOSES AND HIS WIFE This Moses was a fair and comely man, His wife a swarthy Ethiopian; Nor did his milk-white bosom change her sin. She came out ...
( Category: Poetry April 16,2018 )
Circle of Treason: CIA Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandra V. Grimes & Jeanne Vertefeuille
azw3 |eng | 2012-12-15 | Author:Sandra V. Grimes & Jeanne Vertefeuille [Grimes, Sandra V.]

CIC FORMATION AT THE BEGINNING OF 1988, plans for the reorganization of the CIA’s CI staff began to move into high gear. Various permutations and combinations were proposed and, as ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 16,2018 )
Islamic Philosophy by Majid Fakhry
epub |eng | 2011-04-16 | Author:Majid Fakhry

However, for al-Ghazali humans occupy a pre-eminent position upon the ladder of creation; for God created them in His image and likeness and made them the epitome of the whole ...
( Category: Islam April 16,2018 )
Proust by Benjamin Taylor
epub |eng | 2015-04-15 | Author:Benjamin Taylor

Marcel had meanwhile been a reckless steward of his large inheritance, speculating in stocks he liked the names of: Tanganyika Railway, Pins des Landes, Australian Gold Mines, Rio Tinto, Tramways ...
( Category: History & Criticism April 15,2018 )
Out of the Depths by Edgar USMC Harrell & David Harrell
epub |eng | 2014-03-21 | Author:Edgar USMC Harrell & David Harrell [ Harrell, Edgar with David Harrell]

A Makeshift Raft The prayer meeting was emotionally exhausting. As things got quiet among us, we once again surrendered to the sea in an almost catatonic stupor. Silently we floated, ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 15,2018 )
Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy by Paul C. Gutjahr
epub |eng | 2011-02-26 | Author:Paul C. Gutjahr

While Norton had done the once unthinkable in making common cause with Princeton, many Presbyterians began to wonder about Hodge's own theological loyalties when, in 1845, he refused to join ...
( Category: Religious Studies April 15,2018 )
Cochrane by Donald Thomas
mobi, epub |eng | 2002-11-01 | Author:Donald Thomas

Hannah More also rejoiced with an almost evangelical fervour at Gambier's acquittal. But, behind everything, she saw the plotting of revolution, as she complained to Lord Barham: What a tempestuous ...
( Category: Military April 15,2018 )
Most Blessed of the Patriarchs by Annette Gordon-Reed
epub |eng | | Author:Annette Gordon-Reed

FRANCE ON THE EVE of its great revolution—the France Jefferson knew and loved—without question left an indelible imprint on his mind and manners. Despite the claims of his enemies, however, ...
( Category: Historical April 15,2018 )
Nasser by Anne Alexander
epub |eng | 2017-05-16 | Author:Anne Alexander

There was another side to Nasser’s public persona: his distance from his old comrades was part of his projection of what Ghali Shoukri calls ‘his metaphysical faith in his own ...
( Category: Historical April 15,2018 )
Independent Diplomat by CARNE ROSS
epub |eng | | Author:CARNE ROSS

Security “Interests” Let us now look at the second great set of “interests” which states are commonly assumed to represent. This set is usually presented as a responsibility: to provide ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 15,2018 )
The Hands-On Life by Weldon Amy E
epub |eng | 2018-02-20 | Author:Weldon, Amy E. [Weldon, Amy E.]

309. See Preston, “Iowa Rally Protests.” 310. See Schlesinger, “Ghosts of Guatemala’s Past.” 311. Thanks to my colleague David Thompson, Professor of Spanish at Luther College, for checking my translation. ...
( Category: Memoirs April 15,2018 )
The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign by Thomas Oliphant & Curtis Wilkie
azw3 |eng | 2017-05-09 | Author:Thomas Oliphant & Curtis Wilkie [Oliphant, Thomas]

CHAPTER SIXTEEN * * * * * * Tying Up Loose Ends Kennedy and his staff were proud of a campaign that relentlessly pursued delegates while navigating past many of ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 15,2018 )

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