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The Other Barack: The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father by Sally H. Jacobs
epub |eng | 2011-07-07 | Author:Sally H. Jacobs [Jacobs, Sally H.]

Barack H. Obama as a student in Hawaii. He was one of an elite group of young Kenyan men and women educated in America and charged with shaping the new ...
( Category: Politics & Government June 13,2017 )
Furious Love by Sam Kashner
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-22 | Author:Sam Kashner [Kashner, Sam]

In September, the couple flew to Paris and checked into the Plaza Athénée, so Burton could begin filming an unconventional movie called Staircase, directed by Stanley Donen. In this movie, ...
( Category: Rich & Famous June 8,2017 )
Baby, Let's Play House
epub |eng | 2011-03-08 | Author:Alanna Nash [Nash, Alanna]

Elvis and Ann-Margret’s love affair on Viva Las Vegas, in the summer of 1963, carried over into real life. “It was a very strong relationship, very intense,” she has said. ...
( Category: Rock June 8,2017 )
Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt
epub |eng | 2010-08-29 | Author:Ingrid Betancourt

THIRTY-EIGHT BACK IN THE PRISON MARCH 24, 2004 Everything happened very quickly. On leaving the chicken run, I noticed Shirley as I went by: She wanted to reassure me, to ...
( Category: Communism & Socialism June 8,2017 )
I Love You, Ronnie by Nancy Reagan
epub |eng | 2009-06-06 | Author:Nancy Reagan

Ronnie, with instincts left over from his lifeguard days, was always aware of who was in the pool and what was going on. At one swim party, I recall, we ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents June 8,2017 )
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 by William Manchester
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-05-11 | Author:William Manchester [MANCHESTER, WILLIAM]

( Category: World War I June 8,2017 )
The Early Church (Yesterday's Classics) by Hodges George
epub |eng | 2010-11-10 | Author:Hodges, George [Hodges, George]

II. The Monks of Annesi In the middle of the fourth century, at a time when there were no communities of monks outside of Egypt, two young men at the ...
( Category: Church History June 8,2017 )
Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, and Lincoln (Yesterday's Classics) by Baldwin James
epub |eng | 2010-11-14 | Author:Baldwin, James [Baldwin, James]

III.—Ezekiel and Daniel EZEKIEL WEBSTER was two years older than his brother Daniel. He was a strong, manly fellow, and was ready at all times to do a kindness to ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents June 8,2017 )
God's Troubadour, The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi (Yesterday's Classics) by Jewett Sophie
epub |eng | 2010-11-10 | Author:Jewett, Sophie [Jewett, Sophie]

Brother Wolf "Said Grey Brother, 'Where shall we lair to-day? for from now we follow new trails.' " —Kipling THE huts in the plain below Assisi were the home of ...
( Category: Historical June 8,2017 )
Staying True by Jenny Sanford
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-06-06 | Author:Jenny Sanford [Sanford, Jenny]

EIGHT I EXPECTED THAT IN 2000, WHEN MARK KEPT HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE not to run for a fourth congressional term, he would return to a smaller-scale life with me and ...
( Category: Memoirs June 7,2017 )
No True Glory by Bing West
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-08-28 | Author:Bing West

_____ The twenty-fourth was a typically hot April day, moderated by a steady wind. On the street outside the walled compound of the MEF, parking was crowded as diplomats, generals, ...
( Category: Iraq War June 7,2017 )
American Sphinx by Joseph J. Ellis
epub, mobi |eng | 1998-11-18 | Author:Joseph J. Ellis

Or if one were searching for a classic rendering of the principle of free speech, no American statesman had ever put it so succinctly: “If there be any among us ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents June 7,2017 )
War is Boring by David Axe & Matt Bors
epub |eng | 2010-08-03 | Author:David Axe & Matt Bors [Axe, David & Bors, Matt]

Ted Rall is a cartoonist, columnist, and author of To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue, and Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East? PROLOGUE IRAQ ...
( Category: Iraq War June 7,2017 )
Life (2010) by Keith Richards
epub | | 2010-06-06 | Author:Keith Richards

Dickinson was a beautiful piano player. Probably at the time I did take him for a country player, just because he was a southern guy. I found out later he ...
( Category: Music June 7,2017 )
In the Company of Heroes by Michael J. & Hartov Durant & Michael J. & Hartov Durant
epub |eng | | Author:Michael J. & Hartov Durant & Michael J. & Hartov Durant [Durant, Michael J. & Hartov, Steven]

“Sir,” was all I said. “I trust you are well?” “My guards should be commended.” Firimbi was standing off in one corner, and I hoped he could understand my compliment. ...
( Category: Africa June 7,2017 )

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