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Alvin York by Douglas V. Mastriano
epub |eng | | Author:Douglas V. Mastriano

York on the 1929 cover of the U.S. Army War College Annual Exposition. The U.S. Army featured York as its guest of honor during its annual expo in Washington, D.C., ...
( Category: Americas April 8,2018 )
North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell: Founding Father and Revolutionary Hero by Mobley Joe A
epub |eng | 2016-11-14 | Author:Mobley, Joe A. [Mobley, Joe A.]

General Benjamin Lincoln. Alarmed at the threat posed to North Carolina if its neighbor to the south succumbed to British invasion, Caswell increased his efforts to raise troops for service ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers April 8,2018 )
Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation by Marc Dierikx
epub |eng | 2018-04-03 | Author:Marc Dierikx

* * * If Anthony was pleased with the praise that came his way in London, he positively beamed three days later at the festivities in Holland to welcome the ...
( Category: Transportation April 8,2018 )
The Last Highlander by Sarah Fraser
epub |eng | 2012-04-16 | Author:Sarah Fraser

TWENTY-ONE Matters of life and death, 1718–21 ‘The most sincere sentiments of my heart’ – LOVAT TO THE GENTLEMEN OF HIS CLAN Coming back to his lodgings from Parliament, Lovat ...
( Category: Historical April 8,2018 )
San Francisco's Queen of Vice by Lisa Riggin
epub |eng | 2017-07-25 | Author:Lisa Riggin [Riggin, Lisa]

18 The End of the Road A long, gruesome, bloody, macabre road. —Judge Edward P. Murphy Defense Attorney McGovern always insisted that “the little lady” (as he called Inez Burns) ...
( Category: Historical April 8,2018 )
The House of Bourbon - France under Louis XIV and the Regency (Illustrated) by James Perkins
epub |eng | 2015-02-04 | Author:James Perkins [Perkins, James]

THE REGENCY, 1715 THE FAMILY OF THE DAUPHIN OF FRANCE THE monarchical feeling was strong among the French, but it extended only to living sovereigns. It was the personal embodiment ...
( Category: Historical April 8,2018 )
Bloomberg by Chris McNickle
epub |eng | 2017-04-08 | Author:Chris McNickle

Chapter Nine The Politics of a Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg’s wealth allowed him to manage the politics of the mayor’s office differently from any of his predecessors. All the rest needed ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People April 8,2018 )
I Chose Freedom by Kravchenko Victor;
epub |eng | 2016-07-19 | Author:Kravchenko, Victor;

CHAPTER XVII—TORTURE AFTER MIDNIGHT MY HEART sank within me when I recognized Gershgorn’s voice on the telephone. “Well, well, so the little bird’s returned from its long journey....I hope you ...
( Category: Historical April 8,2018 )
Remarkable Women of Sanibel & Captiva (American Heritage) by Magg Jeri
epub |eng | 2016-11-28 | Author:Magg, Jeri [Magg, Jeri]

Chapter 8 The Islands’ Popularity Grows The islands of Sanibel and Captiva really came into the limelight after World War II. Renowned violinist Albert Spaulding gave a final concert from ...
( Category: Americas April 8,2018 )
Hannah Arendt by Hannah Arendt
epub |eng | 2013-12-03 | Author:Hannah Arendt [Arendt, Hannah]

REIF: Ernst Bloch† recently pointed out in a lecture that the student protest movement is not confined to its known objectives but contains principles derived from the old natural law: ...
( Category: Philosophy April 8,2018 )
Dragons by Liam Byrne
epub |eng | | Author:Liam Byrne [Byrne, Liam]

*1 Austen’s Sense and Sensibility was published in 1815, while Dickens’s Pickwick Papers was published over a decade later. *2 This is now the National Trust shop. *3 In due ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics April 8,2018 )
Miłosz: A Biography by Franaszek Andrzej
epub |eng | 2017-04-24 | Author:Franaszek, Andrzej

( Category: Historical April 8,2018 )
The Best of Us by Joyce Maynard
epub |eng | | Author:Joyce Maynard

Perhaps he was quietly suggesting that it might be wiser to get a good year or two in, without surgery—as his father had, eating in a manner that could slow ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 8,2018 )
Montana Americana Music: Boot Stomping in Big Sky Country by Parrett Aaron
epub |eng | 2016-07-25 | Author:Parrett, Aaron [Parrett, Aaron]

Lead singer and songwriter for the Best Westerns, Isaak Optaz. Photo by Abi Baumann, courtesy of Dave Martens. But it works for the Best Westerns. One gets the sense from ...
( Category: Arts & Literature April 8,2018 )
Remarkable Women of Old Lyme (American Heritage) by Lampos Jim & Pearson Michaelle
epub |eng | 2015-05-04 | Author:Lampos, Jim & Pearson, Michaelle [Lampos, Jim]

Miss Sarah Porter, founder of Miss Porter’s School. Ludington-Saltus Records. Uncomfortable in the game of love, Alice chose a life of social service. She selected the field of medicine “because ...
( Category: Photography & Video April 8,2018 )

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