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Abraham Lincoln: A Life, Volume 1 by Michael Burlingame
epub |eng | 2008-03-24 | Author:Michael Burlingame

13 “A David Greater than the Democratic Goliath” The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) In 1860, the radical abolitionist Parker Pillsbury dismissed Lincoln as “the Kentucky clodhopper,” scoffed at his antislavery record, ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
John Quincy Adams by Harlow Unger
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-25 | Author:Harlow Unger [Unger, Harlow]

Two weeks later, having put his papers in order and received word of his promotion to the London embassy, John Quincy set out for Paris to await Louisa and his ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
Heretics and Heroes by Thomas Cahill
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:Thomas Cahill [Cahill, Thomas]

In stumbling upon this last insight, the brooding, often morose Luther confided that “I felt myself absolutely reborn, as though I had entered into the open gates of paradise itself.” ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
Kate Berridge by Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax
epub |eng | 2007-08-14 | Author:Madame Tussaud: A Life in Wax [Wax, Madame Tussaud: A Life in]

10 Vide et Crede! The Lyceum Theatre, London ONE OF PHILIPSTAL’S programmes of entertainment in London was entitled ‘A Magical Deception’. But unfortunately it was not just on stage that ...
( Category: American Revolution March 25,2014 )
Rise to Greatness by David Von Drehle
epub |eng | 2013-11-30 | Author:David Von Drehle [Drehle, David Von]

9 AUGUST Frequently that summer, a man arrived at the White House whose role in the Civil War was little known at the time and has long since been nearly ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography by Charles Moore
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-23 | Author:Charles Moore [Moore, Charles]

Hunt recommended asking the Chancellor to say what the consequences of higher public spending would be for GDP and for interest rates. His proposed way of ‘steering’ the discussion was ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel
epub |eng | 2007-03-24 | Author:Eboo Patel [Patel, Eboo]

In The Jew in the Lotus, Rodger Kamenetz writes that many young people view religion as an old man saying no. Growing up, my “old man” was a woman—my grandmother, ...
( Category: Religious March 25,2014 )
Kearny's March by Winston Groom
mobi, epub |ru | 2011-11-07 | Author:Winston Groom

* Military officers in those times were permitted to bring a servant along with them. Since Emory was from a slaveholding family in Maryland, it is highly probable that his ...
( Category: United States March 25,2014 )
In the Gray Area by Seth W. B. Folsom
epub |eng | 2011-02-13 | Author:Seth W. B. Folsom

Chapter 20 Personalities and Paradigms On 11 April more details about the artillery cache discovery surfaced, and it became apparent that, more than likely, the ordnance had not been planted. ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
End of Days by James L. Swanson
epub |eng | 2013-10-16 | Author:James L. Swanson

OUTSIDE ON the street, a pasty-complexioned, unattractive man wearing a dark suit, white shirt, dark tie, dark hat, and dark shoes approached the mouth of the driveway and the armored ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
The Tsar's Doctor by Mary McGrigor
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Mary McGrigor

While there, because it was a common topic, even if he did not buy a newssheet, he must have heard of the tsar’s visit to London, widely reported as it ...
( Category: Medical March 25,2014 )
Mahatma Gandhi by Dennis Dalton
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-09 | Author:Dennis Dalton

By the end of 1946 India was drifting rapidly to chaos. The real power had passed from British hands; senior officials, anxious about their future, were conscious that they were ...
( Category: Asian March 25,2014 )
Rules by Lord Cynthia
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-23 | Author:Lord, Cynthia [Lord, Cynthia]

As Mom reads, I sketch the scene: Harry sneaking down the hallway on a midnight search. I practice drawing perspective, angling the lines of the corridor narrower with each door ...
( Category: Special Needs March 25,2014 )
The Fat Lady Sang by Robert Evans
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:Robert Evans [Evans, Robert]

Apparently, Florinda wasn’t that faithful. She went on to become the Countess Marina Cicogna’s live-in girlfriend. By coincidence, the countess, one of Italy’s wealthiest, was also one of Italy’s most ...
( Category: Individual Directors March 25,2014 )
The War of 1812 by Wesley B. Turner
mobi, epub |eng | 2000-09-05 | Author:Wesley B. Turner

British cartoon mocking American sea power. [Courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.] Wilkinson and Hampton acting together could have cut the route from Montreal to Upper Canada. However, any ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )

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