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On the Road with Francis of Assisi by Linda Bird Francke
epub |eng | 2005-11-15 | Author:Linda Bird Francke

14 Shrieking Swallows in Alviano ALVIANO, where Francis silences the swallows and considers a Third Franciscan Order · SAN ROCCO, the Third Order’s Porziuncola near Montefalco · the tiny shrine ...
( Category: Travel Writing October 7,2017 )
First Ladies: An Intimate Group Portrait of White House Wives by Margaret Truman
epub |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:Margaret Truman [Truman, Margaret]

Here Lady Bird relaxes in a field of bluebonnets, reminding us she was the First Lady who revitalized America’s love of natural beauty. (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library) Lady Bird personally ...
( Category: World October 7,2017 )
Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell; John Bruning
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sean Parnell; John Bruning

Fourteen Blood Brothers Chris Brown’s pistol cracked. Campbell’s rifle bucked. Wheat double-tapped another insurgent. Pilon’s SAW chattered. Sabatke ducked into his Humvee and snatched a pair of M18 Claymore mines. ...
( Category: Military October 7,2017 )
D by George Right
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-03-12 | Author:George Right

HOUSE "Monsieur, Count de Montreux wants to see you." Jacques Dubois fastidiously frowned. "Tell him that I can't receive him." But the visitor, having resolutely moved the servant out of ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 7,2017 )
Churchill's White Rabbit by Sophie Jackson
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-08-28 | Author:Sophie Jackson

* * * Note 1. Marshal, Op cit. – 11 – Farewell, Dear Brossolette THE FOURTH YEAR OF the war was slowly drawing to a close with Forest sitting back ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People October 7,2017 )
A Treasury of Great American Scandals by Farquhar Michael
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-07-01 | Author:Farquhar, Michael [Farquhar, Michael]

2 Aaron Burr: “ Embryo - Caesar” Under the American system of justice, in which a man is deemed innocent until proven guilty, Aaron Burr was no traitor. A jury ...
( Category: Social Sciences October 7,2017 )
A Time to Betra by Reza Kahlili
epub |eng | 2013-02-11 | Author:Reza Kahlili [KAHLILI, REZA]

17 THE TORCH IS PASSED INSIDE MEHRABAD AIRPORT’S terminal, echoing voices competed with loudspeaker flight arrival and departure announcements. Somaya and Omid were waiting at the gate outside customs. I ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People October 7,2017 )
Memoirs by David Rockefeller
epub |eng | 2011-04-27 | Author:David Rockefeller [Rockefeller, David]

WITNESS TO THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION Mao instigated the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the mid-1960s in a brutal bid to solidify his own grip on power. While he succeeded in ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics October 7,2017 )
Catherine the Great by Alexander John T.;
epub |eng | 1989-10-07 | Author:Alexander, John T.;

Of course, theirs was much more than a love match. She initiated him into virtually the whole spectrum of statecraft—and found a willing pupil, industrious viceroy, and a fellow dreamer ...
( Category: Russia October 7,2017 )
Churchill & America by Martin Gilbert
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-10-05 | Author:Martin Gilbert

concerns. A week after his visit to Chartwell, Wigram sent Churchill the Government's own most recent, and secret, figures, which showed that the minimum German first-line air strength had reached ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People October 7,2017 )
The Book of Mormon Girl by Joanna Brooks
azw3, epub |eng | 2012-08-07 | Author:Joanna Brooks [Brooks, Joanna]

8 files I have not seen them, but I know they are there: millions upon millions of files entombed deep in the granite mountainside at the mouth of Little Cottonwood ...
( Category: Christian Denominations & Sects October 6,2017 )
Unhitched by Richard Seymour
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Seymour

•Presenting a false picture of the world to the innocent and the credulous •The doctrine of blood sacrifice •The doctrine of atonement •The doctrine of eternal reward and/or punishment •The ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America by Chris Matthews
azw3 |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Chris Matthews [Matthews, Chris]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Coup de Grâce HAVING made the leap into the gubernatorial race, Nixon realized the depths of his misjudgment. For one thing, he saw from crowd reactions just how ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB by Alex Goldfarb
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2010-05-11 | Author:Alex Goldfarb [Goldfarb, Alex]

Sasha’s trial began in early October. The hearing was closed; Marina had to wait in the hallway. All she could think about was how to catch a glimpse of Sasha ...
( Category: Politics & Government October 6,2017 )
Behind Enemy Lines by Marthe Cohn
epub |eng | 2009-04-16 | Author:Marthe Cohn

An Unlikely Spy My work as the most unlikely of spies officially began on January 20, 1945. I was assigned to the Commandos d’Afrique, the first French unit to land ...
( Category: World October 6,2017 )

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