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The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney by Lertzman Richard A. & Birnes William J
azw3 |eng | 2015-10-19 | Author:Lertzman, Richard A. & Birnes, William J. [Lertzman, Richard A.]

17 * * * * * * The Mick, the Duke, and the Deuce in the Coconut Mickey and his mother Nell dancing at the housewarming party for El Ranchita, ...
( Category: Actors & Entertainers March 14,2016 )
A World Ago by Dorien Grey
epub |eng | 2013-03-13 | Author:Dorien Grey

23 December 1955 Two days from Christmas and 3,000 miles from home. But only 283 days more in the Navy. How wonderful it will be to be free again! Last ...
( Category: Military March 14,2016 )
Vera Brittain and the First World War by Mark Bostridge
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Bostridge

By early 1931, after nursing the new baby for six months, Vera was writing Testament of Youth almost every day, in addition to contributing a regular column to the periodical, ...
( Category: World War I March 14,2016 )
Queen Bess by Preston Jennifer;
epub |eng | | Author:Preston, Jennifer;

26 “Tough Love” From the moment she took office at the Department of Cultural Affairs, Bess encountered hostility from some members of the senior staff. For one thing, the acting ...
( Category: Women March 14,2016 )
Almost a Great Escape by Tyler Trafford
epub |eng | 2013-03-06 | Author:Tyler Trafford

LETTERS PRIDE AND PREJUDICE August 30, 1943 Dearest, It is exactly two months three days since I received a letter from you, & I am at a loss as to ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 14,2016 )
Habit of Labor: Lessons from a Life of Struggle and Success by Stef Wertheimer
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-10-20 | Author:Stef Wertheimer [Wertheimer, Stef]

As a member of the Knesset I would get involved in debates with the power brokers in the upper echelons. I would explain that Israel’s economic independence was really just ...
( Category: Heavy Metal March 13,2016 )
Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
mobi |eng | 2009-11-15 | Author:M. Stanton Evans

TWO final suspects in this roster of midlevel McCarthy cases may be handled rather briefly. One was Prof. Frederick Schuman, who, despite a record of Communist-front affiliation exceeding that of ...
( Category: United States March 11,2016 )
The Private Heinrich Himmler by Katrin Himmler
epub |eng | | Author:Katrin Himmler

Sofia, 7.5.419 Dear Mami! I spent the night here and toured the city. Now I am off to Athens. I am very well. To you and Püppi many affectionate greetings ...
( Category: Germany March 10,2016 )
Radical Son: A Generational Oddysey by Horowitz David
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-13 | Author:Horowitz, David [Horowitz, David]

BETTY THE EVENT TO WHICH I TOOK ABBY WAS A SUNDAY-MORNING SERVICE AT the Son of Man Temple, a secular church of Huey’s invention housed in the auditorium of the ...
( Category: History & Theory March 9,2016 )
Peacerunner by Penn Rhodeen
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-03-08 | Author:Penn Rhodeen

Keep in mind, the world was focused on Bosnia and I had tried to get the allies early in ‘93 to agree to have NATO take action there. Warren Christopher ...
( Category: European March 9,2016 )
Behind the Smile: A Story of Carol Moseley Braun's Historic Senate Campaign by Jeannie Morris
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2015-09-20 | Author:Jeannie Morris [Morris, Jeannie]

As sister African American feminists, Carol Moseley Braun and Donna Marie Jackson were really hitting it off, and Carol was completely warmed up by the time we got to our ...
( Category: Women in History March 9,2016 )
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-03-26 | Author:Lynne Olson [Olson, Lynne]

CHAPTER 18 “WELL, BOYS, BRITAIN’S BROKE” At the moment Roosevelt was celebrating his election victory at Hyde Park, Luftwaffe bombers were returning to their bases in France after their fiftieth ...
( Category: World War II March 9,2016 )
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror by Michael V. Hayden
epub |eng | 2016-02-23 | Author:Michael V. Hayden [Hayden, Michael V.]

THIRTEEN GOING HOME PITTSBURGH, PA, 1945–2014 In the 1997 hit film Grosse Pointe Blank, John Cusack plays an assassin back in town for his high school’s ten-year reunion. Searching for ...
( Category: United States March 8,2016 )
Roger Bacon by Brian Clegg
epub |eng | | Author:Brian Clegg

Looking at Bacon’s plight through modern eyes, it can be difficult to understand why his work was so disliked. We have seen that the man himself, like many other obsessives, ...
( Category: Great Britain March 8,2016 )
Strangers on a Bridge by James Donovan
epub |eng | | Author:James Donovan

Thursday, October 24 The courtroom was crowded and it was a hot day. I was pleased in this case that under the rules I would sum up first. My appeal ...
( Category: Nuclear March 8,2016 )

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