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Endless Frontier by G. Pascal Zachary
epub |eng | | Author:G. Pascal Zachary

* * * The most curious aspect of the rapid selector was its hybrid nature; though Bush did not advertise the fact, the machine was part digital. Photographic images—microfilm images—were ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 18,2018 )
In America by Caitríona Perry
epub |eng | | Author:Caitríona Perry

Ohio PREACHER’S WIFE POPS PAIN PILLS IN PRISON ‘Drugs are killing so many people in Ohio that cold-storage trailers are being used as morgues,’ screamed the headline.12 Bodies stored in ...
( Category: Social Sciences March 18,2018 )
The Promise of Francis by David Willey
epub |eng | | Author:David Willey

* * * The synod was over, but the discussions were still beginning. In Rome in November 2014, Pope Francis told specialists of canon law at the Holy Roman Rota ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 18,2018 )
Mapping My Way Home by Stephanie Urdang
epub |eng | 2017-03-18 | Author:Stephanie Urdang

20 — “Now I Need to Believe in Myself” I am once again in New York. With a specific task ahead, I feel more rooted. The re-entrance is smoother. I ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 18,2018 )
The Ambulance Drivers by James McGrath Morris
epub |eng | 2017-03-28 | Author:James McGrath Morris

They are dead now The black automatons have won. They are burned up utterly Their flesh has passed into the air of Massachusetts their dreams have passed into the wind. ...
( Category: Arts & Literature March 18,2018 )
Joni & Ken by Ken Joni Eareckson Tada & Larry Libby
epub |eng | 2013-03-18 | Author:Ken, Joni Eareckson Tada & Larry Libby [Ken; Tada, Joni Eareckson; Libby, Larry]

APRIL 10, 1999 As Joni suspected, Ken wasn’t getting nearly enough sleep. It wasn’t easy to be awakened out of a deep slumber in the wee hours of the morning, ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 18,2018 )
Drinking with the Republicans by Mark Will-Weber
epub |eng | 2016-06-14 | Author:Mark Will-Weber

WHAT’S IN A NAME? In one of his early elections, an 1876 contest for a U.S. congressional seat, McKinley had to fight off accusations that he had frequently been intoxicated ...
( Category: Historical March 18,2018 )
Katherine Swynford by Jeannette Lucraft
epub |eng | 2011-09-07 | Author:Jeannette Lucraft

CHAPTER 5 Construction of Identity The documentary evidence for Katherine’s life is limited to the writings of monks. Probable scenarios for Katherine’s upbringing and education can be uncovered using information ...
( Category: Historical March 18,2018 )
Helen Prejean by Joyce Duriga
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2017-08-29 | Author:Joyce Duriga

Chapter Five The Death of Innocents After working for many years with inmates on death row and looking into the details of their trials, Sr. Helen began to notice patterns ...
( Category: Churches & Church Leadership March 18,2018 )
Road to Valor by Aili McConnon
epub |eng | 2012-06-12 | Author:Aili McConnon [McConnon, Aili]

If bicycles shaped the rhythm of everyday life in postwar Italy, it was poverty and endemic joblessness that defined its spirit. Economic coverage in the newspapers of the era was ...
( Category: Individual Sports March 18,2018 )
Drinking with the Democrats by Mark Will-Weber
epub |eng | 2016-06-15 | Author:Mark Will-Weber

LAST CALL Seward had two reasons to be happy. There was Johnson’s acquittal, of course, but also Seward—an aficionado of fine wines—had bet someone a basket of champagne that Johnson ...
( Category: Historical March 18,2018 )
The Skeptic and the Rabbi by Judy Gruen
epub |eng | 2017-03-18 | Author:Judy Gruen

Chapter 11 DECISION TIME 1986–1987 JEFF FREQUENTLY SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD and accepted my need to progress at my own pace. In reality, he had a short list of non-negotiable ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 18,2018 )
In Defense of Israel by Moshe Arens
epub |eng | | Author:Moshe Arens

NINE National Unity Government The election results of July 23, 1984, provided a demonstration of the complications resulting from Israel’s system of proportional representation. Neither of the two large parties ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 18,2018 )
The Bomber Boys by Travis L. Ayres
epub |eng | | Author:Travis L. Ayres

After the War Peter Seniawsky returned to civilian life with a stunning list of accomplishments during his short military enlistment:• He was the first American airman (and perhaps the only ...
( Category: Military March 18,2018 )
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Asne Seierstad

The three boys have been driving for a couple of hours when they catch up with the backlog of pilgrims. The queue is immovable. It has started to snow. Fog ...
( Category: Military March 18,2018 )

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