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Something Beautiful Happened by Yvette Manessis Corporon
epub |eng | | Author:Yvette Manessis Corporon

PART FOUR chapter seventeen THE ONES WHO STOOD UP It was love at first phone call. “Do you speak Greek?” Marcia asked. “Yes, of course,” I replied. “I married a ...
( Category: Historical December 21,2017 )
In Retrospect by Robert McNamara
epub |eng | 2017-09-06 | Author:Robert McNamara

SECRETARY MCNAMARA: I don’t believe that the bombing up to the present has significantly reduced, nor any bombing that I could contemplate in the future would significantly reduce, the actual ...
( Category: Military December 21,2017 )
Kim Kardashian by Sean Smith
epub |eng | 2015-09-25 | Author:Sean Smith

14 DATING HER WORK Kim was getting a reputation for being a workaholic. She was completely driven to make her business a success. She observed, ‘You have to stay committed. ...
( Category: Arts & Literature December 21,2017 )
The National Joker by Thompson Todd Nathan;
epub |eng | | Author:Thompson, Todd Nathan; [Неизв.]

Such representations continued even after Lincoln took office. In the 1860 Currier and Ives poster cartoon “‘Uncle Sam’ Making New Arrangements” (fig. 3.3), the character of Uncle Sam (center, in ...
( Category: Humor December 21,2017 )
The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II by Karen Dolby
epub |eng | 2017-11-28 | Author:Karen Dolby

Upon his return from a four-month solo tour of the Commonwealth in 1957 – during which time he had grown an impressive array of facial hair – the Duke of ...
( Category: Historical December 21,2017 )
Shanghai Faithful by Jennifer Lin
epub |eng | 2017-12-21 | Author:Jennifer Lin [Lin, Jennifer]

In 1948, months before two of the Lin sons departed for the United States, the family posed for a final portrait. Ni Guizhen tucked a copy of the photo inside ...
( Category: Ethnic & National December 21,2017 )
1 - STori Telling by Tori Spelling
azw | | 2009-12-24 | Author:Tori Spelling [Spelling, Tori]

We arrived at the Manor early, so we could have our photos taken before the guests arrived. I found out later that before I appeared with my party, Charlie and ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 20,2017 )
Do Not Go Gentle by Ann Hood
epub |eng | 2013-12-18 | Author:Ann Hood [Hood, Ann]

11 the hoods THE HOODS ARE PRACTICAL Midwestern Baptists, as far removed from the southern Italian beliefs as possible. Among the mostly dark-haired, dark-eyed, animated, and loud population of Natick, ...
( Category: Specific Groups December 20,2017 )
Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader by Matthew Qvortrup
azw3 |eng | 2017-03-09 | Author:Matthew Qvortrup [Qvortrup, Matthew]

THE WAR AND THE DELUGE The campaign was unusual. Normally the FDP would more or less blindly fall behind the candidate proposed by CDU/CSU. But the little libertarian party was ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 18,2017 )
Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History by Kati Marton
mobi |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:Kati Marton

BETTY, A BORN PERFORMER, loved the role. Like Jacqueline Kennedy, though from another world, she understood the symbolic power of her undefined position. She grasped what Pat Nixon did not: ...
( Category: Historical December 18,2017 )
Jesus by Paul Johnson
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-06-15 | Author:Paul Johnson

VI Encounters: Men, Women, Children, the Aged ALTHOUGH JESUS constantly addressed crowds in synagogues, in the open, and in packed private houses, he spoke directly to each individual who composed ...
( Category: Theology December 18,2017 )
ELIZABETH AND ESSEX by Strachey Lytton
mobi |eng | 2013-09-07 | Author:Strachey, Lytton [Strachey, Lytton]

With some unwillingness she allowed the fleet to make another attack upon Spain. But it was now too weak to effect a landing at Ferrol; it must do no more ...
( Category: Europe December 18,2017 )
Mary Tudor by Linda Porter
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-02-08 | Author:Linda Porter

The picture of Mary as a woman who had little grasp of what was going on, who could not work with her politicians and was essentially run by her cousin, ...
( Category: World December 18,2017 )
The British Mad Dog: Debunking the Myth of Winston Churchill by M King
epub, azw |eng | 2016-03-29 | Author:M King [King, M]

1- 1933 / Daily Express (London): "Judea Declares War on Germany." 2- 1933 / NY Daily New: 40,000 Roar Protest Against Hitler International Jewry openly declared a sanctions war on ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People December 18,2017 )
History Buff's Guide to the Presidents by Thomas R. Flagel
epub |eng | 2012-08-01 | Author:Thomas R. Flagel [Flagel, Thomas R.]

He ran for office as an ardent anticommunist, and his inaugural address affirmed his oath to fight Marxism anytime, anywhere. After the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs, however, Kennedy ...
( Category: Historical December 17,2017 )

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