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A Brief Fantasy History of a Himalayan: Autobiographical Reflections by Thinley Norbu
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2015-01-05 | Author:Thinley Norbu

Then, when the temporary benefits are exhausted, depression comes and people say, “Why do anything? Nothing makes sense.” But this is depression. It is not like the practitioner’s view of ...
( Category: Buddhism January 29,2015 )
Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
epub |eng | 2015-01-18 | Author:Marie Mutsuki Mockett [Mockett, Marie Mutsuki]

ELEVEN WHERE THE DEAD GO ACCORDING TO THE JAPANESE, when children die, their souls gather on a riverbank called Sai no Kawara. In the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, it’s ...
( Category: General January 29,2015 )
Diary And Letters Of A World War I Fighter Pilot, The by Christopher Burgess
epub |eng | 2013-01-07 | Author:Christopher Burgess

65 Squadron. 30th December 1917 Thanks for yesterday’s letter, today’s hasn’t arrived yet. I hope you get all mine eventually. We were to go on patrol this morning from 9 ...
( Category: World War I January 29,2015 )
Seminary Boy by Cornwell John
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Cornwell, John [John Cornwell]

60 THERE WAS, as it happened, a perennial and licit distraction that stirred the emotions of many boys at Cotton. As the autumn days shortened an elite set of rugby-football ...
( Category: Religious January 29,2015 )
Mayor for a New America by Thomas M. Menino
epub |eng | | Author:Thomas M. Menino

Repudiating his own commission (“I know more about the neighborhoods than Mr. St. Clair”), Flynn appointed Roache to another five-year term but, acknowledging his management shortcomings, named Bill Bratton, then ...
( Category: Leadership January 29,2015 )
And Then Life Happens: A Memoir by Obama Auma
azw3 |eng | 2012-04-23 | Author:Obama, Auma [Obama, Auma]

18. I LEFT MY BROTHER and my best friend behind in the United States with a heavy heart, but at the same time I was really looking forward to seeing ...
( Category: Social Activists January 29,2015 )
Lincoln's Gamble by Todd Brewster
epub |eng | | Author:Todd Brewster

XI. WEAKENED IT WOULD BE HARD to reconcile any of the many stalwart portrayals of Abraham Lincoln, anything from the pen of Carl Sandburg, say, or from the big-screen representations ...
( Category: American Civil War January 29,2015 )
Cavalier by Worsley Lucy
epub |eng | 2008-12-20 | Author:Worsley, Lucy [Worsley, Lucy]

The two armies prepare for battle at Marston Moor They are drawn up on Marston Hill, beyond the road and ditch running east-west between the villages of Long Marston and ...
( Category: England January 29,2015 )
The Invisible Front by Yochi Dreazen
epub |eng | 2014-10-06 | Author:Yochi Dreazen [Dreazen, Yochi]

CHAPTER 12 Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March 2004 Mark Graham had made up his mind: It was time to leave the military. He was barely hanging on after Jeff’s death, doing ...
( Category: United States January 29,2015 )
The Final Curtsey by Margaret Rhodes
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Margaret Rhodes [Margaret, Rhodes]

Our wedding Wedding day: Among this group are the King and Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, my parents and my mother-in-law The annulment hearing had been before an ...
( Category: Great Britain January 29,2015 )
The Duchess Of Windsor by Greg King
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-30 | Author:Greg King [King, Greg]

The Ambassador said that before his departure from England he had been summoned to spend a few days with the King and Queen of England. He said that, as I ...
( Category: Rich & Famous January 29,2015 )
Called to Controversy by Ruth Rosen
epub |eng | 2012-01-18 | Author:Ruth Rosen

* Mama Cohen’s “Easy Brisket” recipe eventually turned up in the Jews for Jesus Family Cookbook, available through Purple Pomegranate Productions, http://store.jewsforjesus.org/. * The caveat, “I guess I should have ...
( Category: Missions & Missionary Work January 29,2015 )
Raising A Soul Surfer by Cheri Hamilton & Rick Bundschuh
epub |eng | 2011-01-28 | Author:Cheri Hamilton & Rick Bundschuh

The church we were a part of began to grow as new people became believers and we all grew into spiritually healthy families together. God’s Word became the backbone of ...
( Category: Religious January 29,2015 )
And Then Life Happens by Auma Obama
epub |eng | | Author:Auma Obama

18. I LEFT MY BROTHER and my best friend behind in the United States with a heavy heart, but at the same time I was really looking forward to seeing ...
( Category: Social Activists January 29,2015 )
Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2011-01-31 | Author:Linda Porter [Porter, Linda]

At first glance, this seems a curiously stilted effort. It is, nevertheless, very revealing, once the allowances for etiquette, formality of address and Elizabeth’s still imperfect grasp of the Italian ...
( Category: Great Britain January 29,2015 )

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