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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-25 | Author:Shelby Foote [Foote, Shelby]

The wire did not have to go all the way to Washington; the Secretary was at Fort Monroe. He had arrived two days ago with Lincoln and Chase, primarily for ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen by Rae Katherine Eighmey
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-01 | Author:Rae Katherine Eighmey [Eighmey, Rae Katherine]

As you’ll see, we know Mrs. Lincoln served sausage at their breakfasts. Menus from Miss Leslie’s cookbook for hearty “Autumn and Winter Breakfasts” provide some suggestions for the other foods ...
( Category: Midwestern March 25,2014 )
The American Civil War by John Keegan
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-03-24 | Author:John Keegan [Keegan, John]

Everything from the start had promised a different outcome. Hooker had outnumbered Lee two to one; Lee had several times weakened himself by dividing his army in the face of ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life by Jonathan Sperber
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2013-03-11 | Author:Jonathan Sperber

PART III Legacy 10 The Theorist IN THE TWO DECADES between 1850 and 1870, Marx developed the mature version of his philosophical, social, and economic theories. When we think of ...
( Category: American Revolution March 25,2014 )
Karl Marx by Francis Wheen
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-28 | Author:Francis Wheen [Karl Marx ]

This absurd interlude began with a chance remark by the radical author Karl Blind, who shared the platform with Marx at an anti-Russian rally organised by the Urquhartites in May ...
( Category: Communism & Socialism March 25,2014 )
Unashamed (Emma Janson) by Emma Janson
mobi |eng | 2013-11-05 | Author:Emma Janson

By the time Doug visited Arizona, I already confessed the sex with Natalia. I cannot remember if I omitted Gordon’s participation because it was petrifying or because it was unimportant ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott
epub |eng | | Author:Louisa May Alcott

* * * CHAPTER V OFF DUTY. "My dear girl, we shall have you sick in your bed, unless you keep yourself warm and quiet for a few days. Widow ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
The Eastern Front 1914-1917 by Norman Stone
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-11-20 | Author:Norman Stone

Note on the Tsar’s Stavka33 The Tsar’s command was a largely formal affair: as Langlois said, ‘c’est à Alexéieff qu’on obéit, ou plutôt à qui on désobéit’. The Tsar was ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume 2 by Michael Burlingame
epub |eng | 2008-03-24 | Author:Michael Burlingame

31 “The Signs Look Better” Victory at the Polls and in the Field (July–November 1863) Lincoln’s popularity soared after the victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson. His old friend ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
The Last Lion 02 - Winston Churchill - Alone, 1932-1940 by William Manchester
epub |eng | 1988-10-27 | Author:William Manchester [Manchester, William]

Clementine bathing in Chartwell’s swimming pool, one of Winston’s creations. A life mask of Clementine, taken by Paul Hamann, a German artist, in the early 1930s. Major (later Sir) Desmond ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
The Last Lion 01 - Winston Churchill - Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 by William Manchester
epub |eng | 1983-05-29 | Author:William Manchester [Manchester, William]

Russia was mobilizing against Austria-Hungary. Germany, as Austria’s ally, therefore proclaimed a “threatening state of war.” At midnight on Thursday, July 30, the kaiser demanded the Russians demobilize at once, ...
( Category: U.K. Prime Ministers March 25,2014 )
Inside SEAL Team Six by Don Mann & Ralph Pezzullo
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Don Mann & Ralph Pezzullo [MANN, DON]

Chapter Ten ST-6/Divorce Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us. —Virginia Woolf At ST-6, when we were recalled for training or for real-world ...
( Category: United States March 25,2014 )
Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Luttrell Marcus
epub |eng | 2012-05-08 | Author:Luttrell, Marcus [Luttrell, Marcus]

Pearl Harbor Day was a terrible day in Ramadi. At least ten U.S. servicemen were killed in insurgent attacks. One of those attacks was particularly nasty and costly. Some American ...
( Category: Romance March 25,2014 )
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2011-09-18 | Author:George Orwell

Chapter X It must have been three days after the Barcelona fighting ended that we returned to the front. After the fighting – more particularly after the slanging-match in the ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son by Pat Conroy
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:Pat Conroy [Conroy, Pat]

CHAPTER 13 • Tom’s Breakdown I never got to know my brother Tom. I was fifteen when he was born while Dad was stationed at Quantico. My father woke me ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )

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