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Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption--From South Central to Hollywood by Ice-T; Douglas Century
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-19 | Author:Ice-T; Douglas Century

I WOULDN’T EXACTLY SAY I was bored with the rap game, but by 1989, I wanted to expand my musical horizons. My love for rock didn’t start with my band, ...
( Category: Rap & Hip-Hop March 25,2014 )
His way: the unauthorized biography of Frank Sinatra by Kitty Kelley
mobi |eng | 1987-08-01 | Author:Kitty Kelley

21 The Caroline, the Kennedys’ private plane, landed in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 1961. Frank jumped out with Peter Lawford and a little dog wearing a black sweater. A ...
( Category: Pop March 25,2014 )
Lady Blue Eyes: My Life With Frank by Barbara Sinatra
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:Barbara Sinatra

On the road and off, Frank had a team of people looking after his every need, so my chief role was to get the social side of things organized. My ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians March 25,2014 )
In Pharaoh's Army by Tobias Wolff
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-01 | Author:Tobias Wolff

DOC MACLEOD AND I went into My Tho for some fish soup that evening. As we drove in from the airfield it started to mist up and by the time ...
( Category: Vietnam War March 25,2014 )
If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien
mobi, epub |eng | 1975-10-21 | Author:Tim O'Brien

In the rather limited reading I’ve done lately, I’ve discovered the poet Robinson Jeffers. His writing is harsh yet beautiful, and it makes me think of April, and April turns ...
( Category: Southeast Asia March 25,2014 )
Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1999-01-02 | Author:Stephen Fry

Sitting on trunk with brother and new sister, awaiting despatch to prep school, 1965 Much travelled photograph of the house at Booton Booton Church: same architect, more extravagant style thoughts ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 25,2014 )
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:David Herbert Donald

Naming Rosecrans and Burnside was a shrewd move. Burnside, in particular, was a happy choice. In addition to having some military reputation from his expedition against Roanoke Island, he looked ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
The Receptionist: An Education at the New Yorker by Janet Groth
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-06-26 | Author:Janet Groth

FRITZ I ACQUIRED MY NEXT SERIOUS boyfriend indirectly by way of a Talk reporter named Bill Murray. In those days, men who came up to meet New Yorker writers for ...
( Category: Mid Atlantic March 25,2014 )
C. S. Lewis – A Life by Alister McGrath
mobi |eng | 2013-02-28 | Author:Alister McGrath

CHAPTER 10 * * * 1945–1954 A Prophet without Honour?: Postwar Tensions and Problems By 1945, Lewis was famous. In the British academic world, a scholar’s status is calibrated by ...
( Category: Authors March 25,2014 )
Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton
mobi, epub | | 2004-06-22 | Author:Wil Wheaton

Chapter 8. April'S Fool "CREATIVITY IS THE ABSENCE OF FEAR," a friend of mine liked to say. After Vegas, Weakest Link, The Galaxy Ball, and my return "home" on the ...
( Category: Electronic Documents March 25,2014 )
The Fortunate Pilgrim by Mario Puzo
mobi, epub |eng | 1964-01-02 | Author:Mario Puzo

LIFE IS SO full of surprises for small boys that Gino was not surprised the next morning to see the long black hair of a girl in his brother Larry’s ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 25,2014 )
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2001-11-23 | Author:Henry Adams

CHAPTER XVII PRESIDENT GRANT (1869) THE first effect of this leap into the unknown was a fit of low spirits new to the young man's education; due in part to ...
( Category: Authors March 25,2014 )
Surprised by Joy
mobi |eng | 2010-12-08 | Author:C. S. Lewis

IX. The Great Knock You will often meet with characters in nature so extravagant that a discreet poet would not venture to set them upon the stage. LORD CHESTERFIELD ON ...
( Category: Religious March 25,2014 )
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Thompson Hunter S
mobi |eng | 2010-07-20 | Author:Thompson, Hunter S. [Thompson, Hunter S.]

3. Savage Lucy . . . ‘Teeth Like Baseballs, Eyes Like Jellied Fire’ I gave my bag to the boy who scurried up, and told him to bring a quart ...
( Category: Journalists March 25,2014 )
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas: a savage journey to the heart of the American dream by Hunter S. Thompson
mobi, epub | | 1998-10-14 | Author:Hunter S. Thompson

I drove straight to the hotel after renting the car. There was still no sign of my attorney, so I decided to check in on my own - if only ...
( Category: Journalists March 25,2014 )

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