Memoirs
epub |eng | 2000-02-29 | Author:Kamkwamba, William [Kamkwamba, William]

TWO WEEKS AFTER BURYING my dog, Cholera swept the district. The epidemic had started in November in the southern region near Mwanza. A farmer from that area traveled to a ...
( Category: Wind August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 1924-01-01 | Author:Twain, Mark [Twain, Mark]

Susy’s Biography mentions little Langdon—The change of residence from Buffalo to Hartford—Mr. Clemens tells of the sale of his Buffalo paper to Mr. Kinney—Speaks of Jay Gould, McCall, and Rockefeller. ...
( Category: United States August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-28 | Author:Iii, Andre Dubus [Iii, Andre Dubus]

BY LATE fall, Jeb and I were building things together again. Our boss was Trevor D., a lanky British man who wanted to be a millionaire before he turned thirty. ...
( Category: Authors August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 1948-01-01 | Author:Rudel, Hans [Rudel, Hans]

Ju. 52 He has been informed that his colleague who has been given up for dead will shortly arrive in his birthday suit. I climb into a Ju. 52, and ...
( Category: World War II August 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-14 | Author:Betz-hamilton, Axton

It was still bitter cold the next time Rob visited me in Havana. The Illinois River floated by downtown in sharp chunks of ice. The baseboard heaters in my apartment ...
( Category: Child Abuse August 4,2020 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2017-10-09 | Author:Rebecca Boxall [Boxall, Rebecca]

Chapter Sixteen JERSEY, DECEMBER 1941 QUEENIE’S JOURNAL It’s not long until Christmas now and I’m feeling quite optimistic, despite the fact that I still haven’t heard from Albert. There have ...
( Category: British & Irish August 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-08 | Author:Melissa Stockwell

Chapter 18 Competing Against Myself I arrived at the pool deck for my first day of practice at the facility. The place was high ceilinged and echoey, with the pool ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars August 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-01-14 | Author:Haslam, Beth [Haslam, Beth]

16 A Morning Swim Hacking down the traffic-free autoroute to our hotel in Perpignan was a pleasure and was enhanced by Jack’s mood which improved considerably after he’d finished moaning ...
( Category: Dogs August 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-21 | Author:Yengde, Suraj [Yengde, Suraj]

Thus, we are left with the question of what leads to the emergence of middle-class attitudes vis-à-vis ideas, aspirations and sensibilities. Is it the support of dominant capitalist forces? Or ...
( Category: Sociology August 3,2020 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2019-11-15 | Author:Brian Kilmeade

ELEVEN Fort Defiance [Fannin] is an ill-fated man. —SAM HOUSTON TO THOMAS J. RUSK, MARCH 23, 1836 On Saturday, March 12, James Fannin, commander of Goliad, received General Sam Houston’s ...
( Category: United States August 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-06 | Author:Ron's Journey [Journey, Ron's]

But the Centurions didn't see the troops coming up behind them. ----- "Ron! Master, what are you doing here? Mordreon will kill you!" Kumiko cried. Ron moved next to her ...
( Category: Memoirs August 3,2020 )
mobi |eng | 1996-01-01 | Author:Naked Came the Manatee

Fay didn’t want Britt to hug her too long, because then the comforting numbness of the shock might wear off, and she wasn’t ready for that yet. Right now, she ...
( Category: Suspense August 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-28 | Author:Rick Bragg [Bragg, Rick]

Chuck stood with murder in his eye. Jerry Lee kept playing. “Finally, Chuck walked across the stage and sat down at the piano.” The crowd roared and roared, enjoying the ...
( Category: Rock August 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-28 | Author:Lancaster, Jen [Lancaster, Jen]

Panang Thai Curry seems innocuous enough because it’s mostly coconut milk and there’s barely any chili powder in it. Plus, it’s indescribably delicious because of the basil and red pepper, ...
( Category: Essays August 3,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-05-31 | Author:Pagan Kennedy [Kennedy, Pagan]

ONE NIGHT in April 1991, my mother called. Dad had lung cancer. He would die within six months. The news was so horrible, so sudden, and yet it hit with ...
( Category: Women's Studies August 3,2020 )