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Ho Chi Minh by William J. Duiker
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William J. Duiker

Even after signing the September 14 agreement, to the exasperation of his hosts Ho Chi Minh still seemed reluctant to return to Vietnam (in an extended biographical essay on Ho, ...
( Category: Vietnam War January 1,2016 )
Rainbow in the Cloud by Maya Angelou
epub |eng | 2014-10-27 | Author:Maya Angelou [Angelou, Maya]

Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that action as natural and to be expected. Forgiveness is ...
( Category: Rich & Famous December 30,2015 )
Flying Through Midnight: A Pilot's Dramatic Story of His Secret Missions Over Laos During the Vietnam War by John T. Halliday
epub |eng | 2005-10-31 | Author:John T. Halliday [Halliday, John T.]

As I rolled into a left turn to swing back around for a damage assessment flyby, I glanced over at Squeaky. The kid looked flabbergasted. I thought his eyebrows might ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 27,2015 )
A Lonely Kind of War by Marshall Harrison
epub |eng | 2010-12-14 | Author:Marshall Harrison [Harrison, Marshall]

PART 5 Over the Fence THEY FOUND ME A BUNK FOR THE NIGHT IN the squadron quarters in Bien Hoa. The air-conditioning and tile floors felt as if I were ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 26,2015 )
Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One by Hugh Mills
mobi |eng | 2009-01-15 | Author:Hugh Mills

After that action, it took several days for the troop to get back to normal. We had wounds to lick. The ARPs needed replacements. I needed four new ships in ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 26,2015 )
Mark Steyn's Passing Parade: Obituaries & Appreciations Expanded Edition by Mark Steyn
mobi |eng | 2014-04-16 | Author:Mark Steyn

Swingin’ Fascist ROMANO MUSSOLINI September 26th 1927 ~ February 3rd 2006 BACK IN THE Sixties, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Britain’s leading psychedelic novelty group, recorded a number called “The ...
( Category: Rich & Famous December 25,2015 )
Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
epub |eng | 1956-01-01 | Author:Elisabeth Elliot [Elliot, Elisabeth]

When I climbed out of the plane and greeted Ed, I asked him how he'd like to go looking for his 'neighbors.' He was all for it, so we set ...
( Category: Religious December 25,2015 )
Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life by Nicholas Phillipson
epub |eng | 2010-06-17 | Author:Nicholas Phillipson [Phillipson, Nicholas]

The civil Law is digested into a more regular System than the English Law has yet been, and tho’ the Principles of the former are in many respects different from ...
( Category: Great Britain December 23,2015 )
Goering and Goering: Hitler's Henchman and his anti-Nazi Brother by Wyllie James
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Wyllie, James [Wyllie, James]

The run in to the Anschluss began in February 1938 with a meeting between Hitler and Schuschnigg, during which the Führer, flanked by his generals, subjected the Austrian chancellor to ...
( Category: Fascism December 23,2015 )
The Time Mom Met Hitler, Frost Came to Dinner, and I Heard the Greatest Story Ever Told by Dikkon Eberhart
epub |eng | 2015-06-22 | Author:Dikkon Eberhart

My girl and I took our sweet time getting back to Hanover. There was quite a lot of countryside to see, and I knew of a beautiful, secluded pond where ...
( Category: Religious December 23,2015 )
Prabhakaran: The Story of his struggle for Eelam by Chellamuthu Kuppusamy
epub |eng | 2013-04-24 | Author:Chellamuthu Kuppusamy [Kuppusamy, Chellamuthu]

An attempt was made to bring the Tamil armed groups together in April 1984. EPRLF, EROS and TELO came together, to form Eelam National Liberation Front (ENLF). Prabhakaran’s LTTE and ...
( Category: Specific Topics December 23,2015 )
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens
azw3, pdf, epub, mobi |eng | 2012-04-09 | Author:Christopher Hitchens

Without an audit, it is impossible to say with certainty what becomes of Mother Teresa’s hoards of money, but it is possible to say what the true purpose and nature ...
( Category: General December 21,2015 )
Churchill : The Unexpected Hero by Churchill; The Unexpected Hero
epub |eng | 2005-12-19 | Author:Churchill; The Unexpected Hero

SIX The Making of a Hero, 1939–1945 On 15 March 1939 German troops marched into Prague and the Czechoslovak state ceased to exist. The moral case for the Munich agreement––that ...
( Category: Great Britain December 20,2015 )
Churchill Unexpected Hero by Paul Addison
mobi |eng | 2005-01-13 | Author:Paul Addison

So long frustrated, the two great ambitions of Churchill’s youth–to be a military hero and a hero of democracy––had come together in a blaze of glory in his sixty–sixth year. ...
( Category: Great Britain December 20,2015 )
Brother Tariq: The Doublespeak of Tariq Ramadan by Caroline Fourest
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2009-01-28 | Author:Caroline Fourest [Fourest, Caroline]

Ramadan never risks distancing himselffrom the seventh century. Above all, if it is a question of discouraging habits that run counter to the dawa, the expansion of the Muslim faith, ...
( Category: Communication & Media Studies December 19,2015 )

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