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We Were in Love First by James Brown
epub |eng | 2021-10-08 | Author:James Brown

Chapter 20 I had taken this day off from work. It was a Friday morning, around nine on October 20. Diamond and I, by this time, had been talking for ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 13,2023 )
The Nazi Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer
epub |eng | | Author:Brad Meltzer

In a few hours, the Storch will land safely on an airfield outside Rome. There, the two passengers will board another plane, this time bound for the Austrian city of ...
( Category: World War II January 13,2023 )
The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection by Lisa Kathleen Graddy & Amy Pastan
epub |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Lisa Kathleen Graddy & Amy Pastan [Graddy, Lisa Kathleen & Pastan, Amy]

Edith Roosevelt’s 1905 inaugural ball gown featured a design of plumes and birds woven in gold thread. The skirt was altered and the original bodice was removed before the dress ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 13,2023 )
A Second Chance At Life by PENELOPE AUSTIN
epub |eng | 2019-02-25 | Author:PENELOPE AUSTIN

Chapter 9 Saturday was a beautiful day. They decided to set up the outside patio instead of the dining room for the party. Hank looked around and thought what a ...
( Category: Vietnam War January 13,2023 )
The Life of Francis Marion by William Gilmore Simms
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:William Gilmore Simms

Marion inviting a British Officer to Dinner. The next anecdote, if less pleasing in its particulars, is yet better calculated for the development of Marion’s character the equal powers of ...
( Category: American Revolution January 12,2023 )
Not a Tame Lion by Terry Glaspey
epub |eng | 2022-01-15 | Author:Terry Glaspey [Glaspey, Terry]

As Lewis grew older, his love of reading did not ebb. His early correspondence with his friend, Arthur Greeves, is largely taken up with the discussion of the books which ...
( Category: Christianity January 12,2023 )
Military's Strangest Campaigns & Characters by Tom Quinn
epub |eng | 2015-09-09 | Author:Tom Quinn

TALL STORY ENGLAND, 1914 Stories of underage boys joining up during World War One are legion but there are equally extraordinary tales of undersized boys doing their utmost to get ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 12,2023 )
The People's Advocate by Daniel Sheehan
epub |eng | 2018-05-16 | Author:Daniel Sheehan

CHAPTER twenty I FLEW BACK FROM Oklahoma, where Bill Taylor and I had been investigating Harold Behrens, to Washington, D.C., to work with Kitty, Bob, and Sara to develop exactly ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents January 12,2023 )
The Old Revolutionaries by Pauline Maier
epub |eng | 2012-12-12 | Author:Pauline Maier [Maier, Pauline]

INTERLUDE From the Letters of Josiah and Mary Bartlett of Kingston, New Hampshire 1775-1778 In the New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire The Bartlett papers are available on microfilm. ...
( Category: American Revolution January 12,2023 )
The Last Mrs. Astor by Frances Kiernan
epub |eng | 2012-06-26 | Author:Frances Kiernan

Seven A GREAT SMALL FOUNDATION, 1968–1976 In my mother’s eyes a woman should know only what made her attractive to an intelligent man, and even then she considered that a ...
( Category: Rich & Famous January 12,2023 )
The Life Story of Lester Sumrall by Lester Sumrall
epub |eng | 2011-07-11 | Author:Lester Sumrall

13 Going in Different Directions After only a few weeks in America, I became restless to return to the mission field. I was delighted when Brother Carter suggested we visit ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 12,2023 )
The Monks of Tibhirine by John Kiser
epub |eng | 2002-01-15 | Author:John Kiser

To help him prepare for an upcoming African Synode, Bishop Teissier had asked Christophe’s reaction to its theme, “Mission of the church: to promote evangelical relations with Muslims.” Christophe, who ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 12,2023 )
Last Letters from Attu by Mary Breu
epub |eng | 2009-01-15 | Author:Mary Breu

12 Invasion 1942 Visitors to the remote island shared Etta’s feelings about this pleasant sanctuary. Ales Hrdlicka, a noted anthropologist, wrote about his visit to Attu: “The dreamless restoring nights. ...
( Category: World War II January 12,2023 )
My Nuclear Family by Christopher Brownfield
epub |eng | 2010-09-21 | Author:Christopher Brownfield [Brownfield, Christopher]

They say that a camel looks like it was designed by a committee. However, the Antonov AN-225 Myria is a plane that actually was designed by a committee—a Cold War ...
( Category: Iraq War January 12,2023 )
Charlie Rangers by Don Ericson
epub |eng | 2011-09-21 | Author:Don Ericson [John, L. Rotundo]

It seemed that only three Rangers in the history of the Vietnam war were ever awarded the Medal of Honor. While small Special Forces teams that ran similar missions had ...
( Category: Vietnam War January 12,2023 )

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