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A Bed of Red Flowers by Nelofer Pazira
epub |eng | 2005-07-15 | Author:Nelofer Pazira

My father wants to go to his office to bring home his files—he hasn’t been at work since Hassib, Uncle Wahid and Samera were captured and he fell ill. Now ...
( Category: Asian March 13,2020 )
May at 10 by Anthony Seldon
epub |eng | 2019-03-12 | Author:Anthony Seldon [Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell]

MAY’S SPEECH: 4 OCTOBER Much hinged on the impact of May’s speech, and she knew it. She’d reflected on what she might say over her long summer break and determined ...
( Category: Leadership March 13,2020 )
The Hawks of Peace Notes of the Russian Ambassador by Dmitry Rogozin
epub |rus | | Author:Dmitry Rogozin [Rogozin, Dmitry]

All is fair in love and war, especially all that helps to conceal genuine intentions and facts. But had this “birdspeak” worked; did it help to hide the facts of ...
( Category: Arms Control March 13,2020 )
Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President by Helen Thomas
epub |eng | 2002-07-15 | Author:Helen Thomas

Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee got a laugh when he said that President Carter had originally planned to appoint Billy Carter head of the CIA, but Billy didn’t ...
( Category: Leadership March 13,2020 )
America's First Dynasty by Richard Brookhiser
epub |eng | 2002-07-15 | Author:Richard Brookhiser

____________________ ADAMS WAS AHEAD of his time. The country reacted to the prospective collapse of its political arrangements by making one more effort to prop them up. It was the ...
( Category: American Revolution March 13,2020 )
Alexander Hamilton, American by Richard Brookhiser
epub |eng | 1999-07-15 | Author:Richard Brookhiser

Chapter Six Losing THE LAST MAJOR SERVICE Hamilton performed for President Washington was drafting his Farewell Address. Washington had asked Madison to prepare a farewell as early as 1792, when ...
( Category: United States March 12,2020 )
Navigating the Zeitgeist by Helena Sheehan;
epub |eng | 2019-03-11 | Author:Helena Sheehan;

6 The Internationale As some paths closed, others opened. I turned from one party, university, and thesis, to another party, university, and thesis. Indeed, there were a whole series of ...
( Category: Communism & Socialism March 12,2020 )
The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole
epub, mobi |eng | 2020-01-27 | Author:Desmond Cole

Falconer says Dafonte struggled onto the property of a neighbour in the area and began banging on the door for help. At this point the Theriault brothers pulled him away ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism March 12,2020 )
A Bound Man by Shelby Steele
epub |eng | 2008-07-15 | Author:Shelby Steele

CHAPTER EIGHT Bargaining and Challenging Bargaining and challenging are the two great masks that we blacks wear when we seek success and power in the American mainstream. They are identities ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 12,2020 )
Michael Gove by Owen Bennett
epub |eng | 2019-03-11 | Author:Owen Bennett [Owen Bennett]

Careful to balance a radical shake-up of the schooling system with a conservative edge, Gove told a conference of head teachers in Brighton he wanted to see a more traditional ...
( Category: Philosophers March 12,2020 )
Being Poppy by Richard Ben Cramer
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Ben Cramer

IT WAS THAT SPRING, ’62, when Houston’s party leaders came to Bush’s house for lunch. Oh, they were in an awful bind. The GOP was growing in Houston—in fact, it ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 11,2020 )
Hoaxed: Everything They Told You is a Lie by Mike Cernovich & Jon du Toit & Scooter Downey
epub |eng | 2018-10-01 | Author:Mike Cernovich & Jon du Toit & Scooter Downey [Cernovich, Mike]

James Damore Interview So how are you doing today? Please introduce yourself. I’m James Damore. I got fired by Google for writing a document that was critical of our culture ...
( Category: Hoaxes & Deceptions March 11,2020 )
The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher by Bernard Ingham
epub |eng | 2019-03-10 | Author:Bernard Ingham [Bernard Ingham]

CHAPTER 14 FEBRUARY 1990: THE RELEASE OF NELSON MANDELA Four topics dominate the month: the release of Nelson Mandela, which the PM watches on TV; Gorbachev winning a vote in ...
( Category: Political March 11,2020 )
Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew by Up Close & Lee Kuan Yew
epub |eng | | Author:Up Close & Lee Kuan Yew

STEPHEN LEE President, Singapore National Employers Federation, 1988–2014 I do what I advise others to do! But everyone is entitled to a treat every now and then. – Lee Kuan ...
( Category: Presidents & Heads of State March 11,2020 )
The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2 by J. A. Leo Lemay
epub |eng | | Author:J. A. Leo Lemay

THE NATURE OF BOYS When Franklin’s sister Jane suggested that she would like to have her son Benjamin trained as a printer, Franklin’s own home was too full to accommodate ...
( Category: United States March 11,2020 )

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