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Robert Kennedy And His Times by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. [Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur M.]

Sukarno cleverly utilized both the Soviet Union and the United States to achieve his goal of getting Holland to back down.... We felt it was wrong of him not to ...
( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers March 26,2014 )
The Death of a President by William Manchester
epub |eng | 2013-10-07 | Author:William Manchester [MANCHESTER, WILLIAM]

Behind the shack, in the staff cabin, moods ranged from catatonia to heartbreak to estrangement. Muggsy O’Leary crouched apart in a window seat on the port side, staring down at ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
epub, azw3 |eng | 1790-01-01 | Author:Benjamin Franklin [Franklin, Benjamin]

Chief Events in Franklin's Life * Ending, as it does, with the year 1757, the autobiography leaves important facts un-recorded. It has seemed advisable, therefore, to detail the chief events ...
( Category: American Revolution March 26,2014 )
Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower
epub |eng | 1947-12-31 | Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower [Eisenhower, Dwight D.]

Chapter 14 D-DAY AND LODGMENT THE FIRST REPORT CAME FROM THE AIRBORNE units I had visited only a few hours earlier and was most encouraging in tone. As the morning ...
( Category: World War II March 26,2014 )
The Open Road by Pico Iyer
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:Pico Iyer [Iyer, Pico]

In the end, I thought, it was probably not so different from what you find in any relationship, even with those you have known for an entire lifetime: at the ...
( Category: Religious March 26,2014 )
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times by Thomas Hauser
epub |eng | | Author:Thomas Hauser

Then came an occasion that would have been unthinkable several years earlier. On December 10, 1974, at the invitation of Gerald Ford, Ali visited the White House. GERALD FORD: “I ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 26,2014 )
The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-09-30 | Author:Eric Foner [Foner, Eric]

7 “Forever Free”: The Coming of Emancipation EVEN AS THE ARMY of General George B. McClellan embarked on the Peninsular campaign, a military commander with a very different political outlook ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War by Charles Bracelen Flood
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Charles Bracelen Flood [Flood, Charles Bracelen]

During the time that Sherman was conducting what became known as the Meridian Campaign, Grant wrote a brief letter to Julia. In it he said, “It now looks as if ...
( Category: American Civil War March 26,2014 )
Blood on the Moon by Edward Steers Jr
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Edward Steers Jr. [Steers, Edward Jr.]

Left, Samuel Cox Sr. Booth and Herold stopped at Cox’s plantation home, Rich Hill, around midnight on April 15, 1865. Cox saw to their safe hiding in a pine thicket ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley
epub |eng | 2004-09-13 | Author:Kitty Kelley [Kelley, Kitty]

CHAPTER NINETEEN George Herbert Walker Bush wanted the White House more than anything else in the world. “I mean, like, hasn’t, uh, everybody dreamed about becoming President someday?” he asked ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
American Legend by Buddy Levy
epub |eng | 2006-12-05 | Author:Buddy Levy [Levy, Buddy]

This portrait highlights Crockett’s high cheekbones, which he described as “Red Rosy Cheeks that I have carried so many years.” (David Crockett. Watercolor drawing by James Hamilton Shegogue, 1831. Smithsonian ...
( Category: Religious March 26,2014 )
Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari
epub |eng | 2011-06-06 | Author:Maziar Bahari [Bahari, Maziar]

Chapter Thirteen The next morning, Brown Sandals came to my cell early, and with my breakfast, he gave me a pen and six pieces of paper with the names of ...
( Category: Comparative Politics March 26,2014 )
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle
epub |eng | | Author:Leanda de Lisle

Stokes could not have imagined how Frances’s reputation would be traduced in centuries to come; and nor could her daughters. Mary Grey was comforted in her loss by the extended ...
( Category: Women March 26,2014 )
Mistress of the Monarchy by Alison Weir
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Alison Weir [Weir, Alison]

On May 12, John left the Savoy; he could have had no idea that he would never see his beautiful palace again. Katherine probably rode northward with him via Hertford, ...
( Category: Women March 26,2014 )
Lady in the Tower by Weir Alison
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-12-29 | Author:Weir, Alison [Weir, Alison]

Already people expected the prisoners to be convicted. On May 11, before any trial had taken place, the Abbot of Cirencester wrote informing Cromwell that he had already promised Sir ...
( Category: Great Britain March 26,2014 )

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