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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-08-07 | Author:Bob Spitz

Seventeen A Monstrously Busy Life Americans who tuned in to their local CBS-TV affiliate on the evening of September 26, 1960, got a bracing glimpse of the future, what Marshall ...
( Category: Cooking Education & Reference June 15,2017 )
Somebody's Heart Is Burning by Tanya Shaffer
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Tanya Shaffer

The days went quickly. We spent them with the children, sitting on the steps of Billy’s house when he was out, playing clapping games, braiding hair, trading Fanti and English ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides June 15,2017 )
Born on a Blue Day by Tammet Daniel
mobi |eng | 2007-02-21 | Author:Tammet, Daniel [Tammet, Daniel]

7 Ticket to Kaunas My parents always expected that I would go to university. They supported me steadfastly throughout my studies and were proud of my academic success. Both my ...
( Category: Children's Health June 15,2017 )
Cher by Mark Bego
epub |eng | 2001-11-26 | Author:Mark Bego [Bego, Mark]

11 MOONSTRUCK In the time that Cher had been busy establishing herself as an actress, Sonny Bono had branched out a bit too. Since the end of their last television ...
( Category: Arts & Literature June 15,2017 )
Legends of Winter Hill by Jay Atkinson
epub |eng | 2011-05-23 | Author:Jay Atkinson [Atkinson, Jay]

EIGHTEEN The Return of Billy Dennett AROUND THE TIME THAT JOE BARBOZA was using Revere Beach as his headquarters, and Black Jimmy nearly got killed by James “the Bear” Flemmi, ...
( Category: Regional U.S June 15,2017 )
Favorite Wife by Susan Ray Schmidt
epub |eng | 2009-03-02 | Author:Susan Ray Schmidt

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The threat of miscarriage subsided as I rested on Charlotte’s couch the next day. I felt almost normal again, and I watched anxiously for Verlan’s arrival. Late in ...
( Category: Memoirs June 15,2017 )
Madeleine Albright by Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box
mobi |eng | 2009-09-29 | Author:Read My Pins: Stories From a Diplomat's Jewel Box

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Perhaps it is my imagination, but this pin always seems to end the day higher on my jacket than where it began. I was reminded while ...
( Category: Ethnic & National June 15,2017 )
A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam by Keith Walker
epub |eng | 2009-01-21 | Author:Keith Walker [Walker, Keith]

Dot currently works as a physical therapist for a home health agency in Santa Clara County, California, treating patients in their own homes or convalescent hospitals. My interview with Dot ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 15,2017 )
Loose Diamonds by Amy Ephron
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Amy Ephron [Ephron, Amy]

Eight Staying I always wanted the New Yorker to run a cartoon of Hillary Clinton standing on the steps of the White House with the caption: And another thing, I’m ...
( Category: Specific Groups June 15,2017 )
The Woman Behind the New Deal by Kirstin Downey
epub |eng | 2009-06-14 | Author:Kirstin Downey [Downey, Kirstin]

SOCIAL SECURITY oblessness. Strikes. Immigration. Huge new public works programs. By 1934, Frances certainly had a full plate. But instead of conserving her strength or allowing herself to become distracted ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 15,2017 )
Sideways on a Scooter by Miranda Kennedy
epub |eng | 2011-04-25 | Author:Miranda Kennedy [Kennedy, Miranda]

During my first years in Delhi, I rarely caught more than a glimpse of the air-conditioned, generator-supported world of the elite. Because I’d shown up in India without a foreign ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2017 )
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star by Thorn Tracey
epub |eng | 2013-02-06 | Author:Thorn, Tracey [Thorn, Tracey]

In the end, against all the odds, it sounded just fine and a little bit of history was made. Halfway through Everything But The Girl’s set, the British contingent in ...
( Category: Arts & Literature June 15,2017 )
The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
epub, mobi |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Somaly Mam [Mam, Somaly]

We went to Nice to visit Pierre’s mother. She had a yappy little dog, Tatou, who barked the whole time and ate from a plate at the table, which I ...
( Category: Memoirs June 15,2017 )
A Heart for Freedom by Ling Chai
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-01 | Author:Ling, Chai [Ling, Chai]

* * * The next morning, May 27, I came to our Headquarters tent, where the broadcasting center was. I remember sitting along the outer edge, where part of the ...
( Category: Religious Studies June 14,2017 )
Capone: The Life and World of Al Capone by John Kobler
epub |eng | 2010-02-11 | Author:John Kobler [Kobler, John]

In March Capone took a short pleasure jaunt to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Drucci, who somehow got wind of it, followed him there, fired a shotgun at him, but missed. As ...
( Category: Specific Groups June 14,2017 )

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