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0802124542 (N) by Gail Lumet Buckley
epub |eng | 2016-03-26 | Author:Gail Lumet Buckley [Buckley, Gail Lumet]

Lena Horne at MGM, leaving her personal “movie star” trailer, c. 1943 Lena actually became a star in New York instead of Hollywood, and it happened before any of her ...
( Category: Ethnic & National August 22,2017 )
Edward VII by Catharine Arnold
epub |eng | | Author:Catharine Arnold

Chapter Fourteen THE HEART HAS ITS REASONS He looked at me in a way all women understand. —DAISY, COUNTESS OF WARWICK From the start of her married life, Daisy regularly ...
( Category: Historical August 22,2017 )
John Adams - SA by David McCullough
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:David McCullough [McCullough, David]

He could not vouch that these were the exact words, Adams cautioned in his letter to Jay, for the King's manner of speaking had been so odd and strained. (It ...
( Category: Historical August 21,2017 )
Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin
epub, azw3 |eng | 2017-07-18 | Author:Tamara Shopsin [Shopsin, Tamara]

There was a gang of Oklahoma City guys my dad hung out with. Stupid guys with guns. The leader of them was named Bert. They would sneak into Tinker Air ...
( Category: Arts & Literature August 21,2017 )
Hitler in the Crosshairs by Hitler in the Crosshairs- A GI's Story of Courage & Faith (epub)
epub |eng | 2011-08-21 | Author:Hitler in the Crosshairs- A GI's Story of Courage & Faith (epub)

CHAPTER 11 THE 179th INFANTRY PLOWED AHEAD, TAKING HOXHOHL, Alsbach, Jugenheim, and Seeheim. But then, the men came face-to-face with Aschaffenburg, a city so heavily defended that some journalists called ...
( Category: Historical August 21,2017 )
The Beauty of Her Age: A Tale of Sex, Scandal and Money in Victorian England by Jenifer Roberts
epub |eng | 2016-07-10 | Author:Jenifer Roberts [Roberts, Jenifer]

15 LA SEMAINE SANGLANTE The state of Paris is heart-breaking … Fires in all directions, the air oppressive with smoke and unpleasant odours, the incessant roar of cannon and musketry, ...
( Category: World August 21,2017 )
Guerrilla Leader by James Schneider
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:James Schneider

CHAPTER SIX To Whom the Gods Pray The rare man who attains wisdom is, by the very clearness of his sight, a better guide in solving practical problems than those, ...
( Category: Middle East August 21,2017 )
Hashish by De Monfreid Henry
mobi |eng | 2007-07-05 | Author:De Monfreid, Henry

TWENTY-THREE The Hiding-Place At dawn the white lights of Suez faded before the golden glory of the sun, and the town suddenly appeared out of the desert in dazzling clearness. ...
( Category: Travel Writing August 21,2017 )
Undercover Muslim by Padnos Theo
mobi |eng | 2011-09-30 | Author:Padnos, Theo [Padnos, Theo]

25 THIS LESSON COULD hardly have been more explicit but that summer in Yemen representations of animate beings were everywhere. President Saleh, who was opening his re-election campaign, had had ...
( Category: Skills August 21,2017 )
The House on Dream Street by Dana Sachs
epub |eng | 2000-09-08 | Author:Dana Sachs [Sachs, Dana]

9. Private Rooms TUNG AND HUONG HAD SPENT that Thursday night trying to stay calm. Sitting on the bed in their loft, he insisted that an empty room did not ...
( Category: Asia August 21,2017 )
Terrible Tsarinas: Five Russian Women in Power by Henri Troyat
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-11-24 | Author:Henri Troyat [Troyat, Henri]

VII: ELIZABETH’S TRIUMPH Coups d’etat having become a political tradition in Russia, Elizabeth felt morally and historically obliged to follow the protocol that usually applied in such extreme moments: solemnly ...
( Category: Historical August 21,2017 )
Texas by James A. Michener
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 1985-01-01 | Author:James A. Michener [Michener, James A.]

away by superior Mexican numbers and performance. Indeed, as night fell General Taylor had to consider the likelihood that on the morrow he was doomed to suffer a crushing defeat, ...
( Category: Genre Fiction August 21,2017 )
MalcolmX by Marable Manning
epub |eng | 2014-11-07 | Author:Marable, Manning [Marable, Manning]

10. « Les poules rentrent au poulailler1 » (1er décembre 1963-12 mars 1964) En apprenant la nouvelle de l’assassinat de John F. Kennedy, le vendredi 22 novembre 1963, en début ...
( Category: Social Sciences August 21,2017 )
God's Wolf by 9781782399278
epub |eng | 2017-08-17 | Author:9781782399278

Reynald’s destination was the holiest place of all – the very wellspring of the crusading spirit. Pilgrims flocked from all over Christendom to pray nearby at Christ’s birthplace in Bethlehem, ...
( Category: Military August 20,2017 )
The First Jet Pilot by Erich Warsitz & Lutz Warsitz
epub |eng | 2012-10-17 | Author:Erich Warsitz & Lutz Warsitz [Warsitz, Erich]

Towards the end of 1938 some structural changes to the hull and engine were necessary. We dedicated the winter months to the task and in the spring of 1939 went ...
( Category: Military August 20,2017 )

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