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The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, his heirs and the founding of modern China by John Man
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-06-18 | Author:John Man [Man, John]

fn1 Golden because Genghis’s family was the ‘Golden Clan’, and Horde because the Mongolian ord (or ordon, in an alternative form) meant a palace, which back then was a tent ...
( Category: Asia January 6,2015 )
Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:John Garth

PART THREE The Lonely Isle ELEVEN Castles in the air The fever persisted. Tolkien wrote to Lieutenant-Colonel Bird, his commanding officer, explaining his whereabouts, but All Hallows went by and ...
( Category: World War I January 4,2015 )
The Filthy Truth by Andrew Dice Clay & David Ritz
epub |eng | 2014-11-11 | Author:Andrew Dice Clay & David Ritz [Clay, Andrew Dice & Ritz, David]

EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT IT WAS 1988—A decade after my debut at Pips—and it was shaping up to be the biggest year of my life. Even though Crime Story wasn’t picked ...
( Category: Actors & Entertainers December 30,2014 )
Abacus and the Cross by Nancy Marie Brown
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-20 | Author:Nancy Marie Brown

After his dazzling performance, the new abbot of Bobbio accompanied the emperor and Archbishop Adalbero to Rome. There, at an Easter synod, Gerbert saw his Catalan friend Miro Bonfill, bishop ...
( Category: France December 29,2014 )
Napoleon: A Political Life by Englund Steven
epub |eng | 2010-05-08 | Author:Englund, Steven [Englund, Steven]

XI The Empire—and Its Fissures (1807-1810) I love power … as a musician loves his violin, for the tones I can bring forth, for the chords and harmonies. —Napoleon I, ...
( Category: France December 29,2014 )
The Beat of My Own Drum by Sheila E
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sheila E. [E., Sheila]

19. Brushes A drumstick with long wire bristles to make a hissing sound on cymbals Ain’t no turnin’ back now, got my whole body sweatin’ I can do this all ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians December 27,2014 )
The Roosevelts by Geoffrey C. Ward
epub |eng | 2014-09-08 | Author:Geoffrey C. Ward [Ward, Geoffrey C.]

A Manhattan bread line operated by the Salvation Army. By 1931 there were 82 bread lines in New York, serving some 85,000 meals a day to those who had no ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents December 27,2014 )
Submarine! by Edward L. Beach
epub |eng | | Author:Edward L. Beach [Beach, Edward L.]

While Tang was going into commission at Mare Island, Trigger completed her refit following Dusty Dornin’s second patrol, and on Christmas Day, 1943, was scheduled to leave for the area ...
( Category: Military December 27,2014 )
Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring by Earley Pete
epub |eng | 2012-03-11 | Author:Earley, Pete [Earley, Pete]

Chapter 38 Had John Walker, Jr., not been a spy, he would have liked to have joined the FBI after retiring from the Navy. This is what he said, with ...
( Category: Espionage December 27,2014 )
And We Go On by Will R. Bird
epub |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Will R. Bird

CHAPTER VII In a German Trench We found a little estaminet between our village and Bourecq, a small house managed by a gaunt, bony-faced woman with eye sockets like a ...
( Category: World War I December 27,2014 )
Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk
epub |eng | | Author:Joshua Wolf Shenk

The will of God prevails—In great contests each party claims to act in accordence with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents December 27,2014 )
My Guru & His Disciple by Christopher Isherwood
epub |eng | 2013-11-19 | Author:Christopher Isherwood [Isherwood, Christopher]

Twelve September 25, 1944. Swami, George, Sarada, and I drove to Montecito this morning. At present, there is nothing to report. It’s just another move. I have a dear little ...
( Category: Authors December 27,2014 )
The Last Magazine by Michael Hastings
epub |eng | 2014-05-21 | Author:Michael Hastings

PART V Homecoming 21. Morning, Monday, January 12, 2004 Unbundling, I sit down in my cubicle. It’s either the coldest January in New York on record, or I’m getting old. ...
( Category: Coming of Age December 27,2014 )
Lion of Liberty
epub |eng | 2010-10-05 | Author:Harlow Giles Unger

Chapter 11 A Belgian Hare When the Virginia legislature reconvened in Richmond, British depredations had left fewer than 300 homes standing, and the depleted population was unable to offer legislators ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding December 27,2014 )
Saved by the Fireman
epub |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Allie Pleiter

Chapter Eleven Crash. The moment came to a loud halt when a dish clattered to the floor. Mo had, at some point, leaped up onto the countertop in an effort ...
( Category: Romantic Comedy December 27,2014 )

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