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The Hawk and the Dove by Nicholas Thompson
mobi |eng | 2014-03-07 | Author:Nicholas Thompson

IT WAS THE MIDDLE of the night, probably two or three A.M., when the phone rang at the home of Kennan’s secretary, Constance Goodman. On the line was Donald Jameson, ...
( Category: Politics & Government April 9,2018 )
Charles: The Heart of a King by Catherine Mayer
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-02-05 | Author:Catherine Mayer

Chapter 9 The Knight of the Realms Camilla smiles on the podium. She’s wearing a blue that’s more cobalt than royal, designed to tone with her Nova Scotia tartan collar ...
( Category: Europe April 9,2018 )
The Lady Queen by Nancy Goldstone
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-11-03 | Author:Nancy Goldstone [Goldstone, Nancy]

The lurid termination of this episode marked the end of hostilities between the kingdoms of Naples and Hungary. By the end of October 1350, Louis of Hungary had left Rome ...
( Category: Historical April 9,2018 )
The Human Tradition in the American Revolution by Nancy L. Rhoden & Ian K. Steele
epub |eng | 2000-04-09 | Author:Nancy L. Rhoden & Ian K. Steele

Notes 1. Elizabeth Drinker, The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker, ed. Elaine Forman Crane, 3 vols. (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1991), 1:232. 2. Diary of Sarah Logan Fisher, printed in Nicholas ...
( Category: Historical April 9,2018 )
Khomeini's Ghost by Con Coughlin
epub |eng | | Author:Con Coughlin

8 The Legacy Defined The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 1982 provided Khomeini with a golden opportunity to sow the seeds of Islamic revolution in another foreign ...
( Category: Historical April 9,2018 )
A Marine at Gallipoli on The Western Front: First In, Last Out- The Diary of Harry Askin by Harry Askin
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-03-30 | Author:Harry Askin [Askin, Harry]

I had a walk down the trench to see Charlie after dinner. I got to where a listening sap went out towards the Bosch trench when I heard the pop ...
( Category: Military April 9,2018 )
The Hollow Crown by Miri Rubin
epub |eng | 2005-04-09 | Author:Miri Rubin

RURAL LIFE For peasants this was still a period of opportunity, as the trend of leasing out prime agricultural land still continued. In these decades the long process of leasing ...
( Category: Europe April 9,2018 )
Disturbing the Peace by Richard Yates
epub |eng | 2013-10-16 | Author:Richard Yates [Yates, Richard]

5 “… I don’t care! I don’t care! Can’t you idiots understand? I don’t care! I want my father to see me like this!” “All right, Henry; easy now …” ...
( Category: Genre Fiction April 9,2018 )
Voices of Freedom by Solomon Northup
epub |eng | 2017-07-27 | Author:Solomon Northup

APPENDIX I find, since reading over the foregoing Narrative, that I have, in several instances, spoken in such a tone and manner, respecting religion, as may possibly lead those unacquainted ...
( Category: Memoirs April 9,2018 )
The Filthy Truth by Andrew Dice Clay
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Dice Clay

EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT IT WAS 1988—A decade after my debut at Pips—and it was shaping up to be the biggest year of my life. Even though Crime Story wasn’t picked ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 9,2018 )
Immelmann the Eagle of Lille (Vintage Aviation Series) by Frantz Immelmann
mobi |eng | 2009-07-30 | Author:Frantz Immelmann [Immelmann, Frantz]

THE FIRST SCOUTING FLIGHT AND THE FIRST VICTORY “Douai, August 3rd, 1915. I have already written to you about the visit paid to us by Fokker, the director of the ...
( Category: Military April 9,2018 )
Franco by Stanley G. Payne
epub |eng | | Author:Stanley G. Payne [Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios]

A month after completion of the concordat, on September 26, three pacts were signed in Madrid with Washington, bringing to a close nearly two years of at times arduous negotiations. ...
( Category: Europe April 9,2018 )
Australia in Arms by Phillip Schuler
epub |eng | 2018-03-09 | Author:Phillip Schuler

CHAPTER XVI TURKISH MAY ATTACK AND ARMISTICE The Turks’ strongest attack of the campaign was made in the middle of May, when they attempted an assault all along the Anzac ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania April 9,2018 )
From German Cavalry Officer to Reconnaissance Pilot: The World War I History, Memories, and Photographs of Leonhard Rempe, 1914-1921 by Paul L. Rempe
epub |eng | 2015-12-15 | Author:Paul L. Rempe

Riots, violence, strikes, and civil disorder continued to erupt in Germany in April and May. The government’s reliance on various Freikorps units, including those more brutal than General Maercker’s FLJK, ...
( Category: Military April 9,2018 )
Cruel Harvest by Fran Grubb
epub |eng | 2012-07-05 | Author:Fran Grubb

“Once a task has first begun, never leave it till it’s done. Be the labor great or small. Do it well or not at all.” Although I wanted more than ...
( Category: Specific Groups April 9,2018 )

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