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Tough as They Come by Travis Mills
epub |eng | 2015-10-26 | Author:Travis Mills

Me goofing off with my big sister, Sarah. I was the jokester of the family, although Dad says I never knew when to quit. I hoped I’d have a career ...
( Category: Afghan War April 8,2016 )
Fight Another Day by J M Langley
epub |eng | 2013-08-16 | Author:J M Langley

I made a point of meeting Colonel Norman Crockatt, later Brigadier, commanding MI 9 a few days later. As a young officer, serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, he had ...
( Category: World War II March 20,2016 )
The Lost Tudor Princess by Alison Weir
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2016-01-11 | Author:Alison Weir

On the 27th, to gratify the Queen, Lennox went through a ceremony of reconciliation with Châtelherault, his old foe, although their enmity would continue to simmer. Randolph reported on November ...
( Category: Great Britain March 19,2016 )
Duel With the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins
epub |eng | 2013-06-04 | Author:Paul Collins [Collins, Paul]

AARON BURR WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY THE CASE AGAINST HIS client. “Gentlemen of the jury,” he began, as he arose and solemnly paced the packed courtroom. “I know the unexampled ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding March 15,2016 )
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe by Elaine Showalter
epub |eng | | Author:Elaine Showalter

THE CIVIL WAR The 1860s were the ten most momentous years of Julia’s life. In 1860, she was forty-one years old. She had given birth to her sixth child, but ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2016 )
They Called Him Stonewall by Davis Burke;
epub |eng | | Author:Davis, Burke;

14 SEVEN BLOODY DAYS AT AN END Jackson was once more out early, on July first, moving with such alacrity as to suggest that yesterday had been only a nightmare. ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2016 )
War of Words by McDonald Hamish
epub |ara | 2014-03-11 | Author:McDonald, Hamish

Chapter 12 ISLAND FORTRESS Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. — The Art of War by Sun Tzu Hong ...
( Category: World War I March 14,2016 )
A World Ago by Dorien Grey
epub |eng | 2013-03-13 | Author:Dorien Grey

23 December 1955 Two days from Christmas and 3,000 miles from home. But only 283 days more in the Navy. How wonderful it will be to be free again! Last ...
( Category: Military March 14,2016 )
Vera Brittain and the First World War by Mark Bostridge
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Bostridge

By early 1931, after nursing the new baby for six months, Vera was writing Testament of Youth almost every day, in addition to contributing a regular column to the periodical, ...
( Category: World War I March 14,2016 )
Almost a Great Escape by Tyler Trafford
epub |eng | 2013-03-06 | Author:Tyler Trafford

LETTERS PRIDE AND PREJUDICE August 30, 1943 Dearest, It is exactly two months three days since I received a letter from you, & I am at a loss as to ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 14,2016 )
The Private Heinrich Himmler by Katrin Himmler
epub |eng | | Author:Katrin Himmler

Sofia, 7.5.419 Dear Mami! I spent the night here and toured the city. Now I am off to Athens. I am very well. To you and Püppi many affectionate greetings ...
( Category: Germany March 10,2016 )
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-03-26 | Author:Lynne Olson [Olson, Lynne]

CHAPTER 18 “WELL, BOYS, BRITAIN’S BROKE” At the moment Roosevelt was celebrating his election victory at Hyde Park, Luftwaffe bombers were returning to their bases in France after their fiftieth ...
( Category: World War II March 9,2016 )
Strangers on a Bridge by James Donovan
epub |eng | | Author:James Donovan

Thursday, October 24 The courtroom was crowded and it was a hot day. I was pleased in this case that under the rules I would sum up first. My appeal ...
( Category: Nuclear March 8,2016 )
The Young T. E. Lawrence by Anthony Sattin
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2015-01-26 | Author:Anthony Sattin [Sattin, Anthony]

* Thompson stayed in Surrey for the next two years, excavated in Egypt in 1913 and fought in Mesopotamia in World War I. † Woolley’s reputation today rests on his ...
( Category: World War I March 7,2016 )
The Vatican Pimpernel by Brian Fleming
epub |eng | 2008-02-21 | Author:Brian Fleming [Fleming, Brian]

Mander went on to spend the remainder of his time in Rome as an undercover agent for the advancing forces. While he sought O’Flaherty’s help from time to time for ...
( Category: World War II February 22,2016 )

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