Historical Biographies
azw3 |eng | 1932-01-01 | Author:A.J.A. Symons [Symons, A.J.A.]

Rolfe always rolled his own cigarettes, and when in funds had his own ‘Corvo mixture’ made up at a little tobacco shop in Oxford. It had a heavy full flavour, ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 18,2021 )
azw3 |eng | 1986-01-01 | Author:Gabriel García Márquez

I was a dead man I don’t remember the dawn of the next day. I have a vague idea that during the entire morning I lay prostrate, between life and ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 18,2021 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-28 | Author:Goswami, Sabita [Goswami, Sabita]

25 It was not easy to estimate the death toll of the internecine war among the “sons of the soil” in Gohpur, but it reflected the deep weaknesses and the ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 18,2021 )
mobi |eng | 2009-06-30 | Author:Sarah Forsyth; Tim Tate

3 In summer 2008 the Dutch government introduced a smoking ban for all cafés – drug ones or otherwise. But with typically Dutch eccentricity, they decided this applied only to ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 16,2021 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-29 | Author:Danna R. Messer

Chapter Nine The Legitimate Diplomat If 1222 was witness to political achievements and familial festivities, the year 1223 was the anthesis. It was a big year that experienced another royal ...
( Category: European History October 13,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-08-16 | Author:Mary Beard

Alma-Tadema did not produce many paintings that featured Roman emperors, but they were far more sophisticated than Fry’s silly generalisation suggests, and would have demanded rather more than ‘half-education’.74 The ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 13,2021 )
mobi |eng | 2013-12-04 | Author:In The Light Of Madness [Madness, In The Light Of]

Chapter Sixteen The morning was cloaked in darkness, and Wednesday was hung-over with guilt. She should have rung the hospital or Oliver before going to bed. Instead, she let the ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 9,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-08-06 | Author:Anderson Cooper

8 Down with the Ship May 1915 Congenial people usually introduce themselves to one another in short order aboard ship, but it should be kept in mind that shipboard friendships, ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 8,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-09-14 | Author:Andrés Reséndez [Reséndez, Andrés]

11 Survival and Revenge The voyage that began in Acapulco in May 1566 was unconventional. A ship named the San Jerónimo would dash across the Pacific steered by a pilot ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 6,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-05-21 | Author:Wigand Wüster

“What would it matter?” I asked, fully expecting no answer. Then, the aircraft was rolling along the ground. Once again the Russians had sneaked in between us and were dropping ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 5,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-05-05 | Author:Kei Miller [Miller, Kei]

8 OUR WORST BEHAVIOUR Now everyone jump up and show me your worst behaviour Just show me your worst behaviour Wine up with your worst behaviour Start the bacchanal! —Skinny ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 3,2021 )
epub |eng | 2010-05-20 | Author:Donald Rayfield & Mr. Victor X [Rayfield, Donald & X, Victor]

CHAPTER 5 LAST LIAISONS I was just under thirteen when I returned to Kiev as a fourth-former in grammar school. From the scholastic point of view this year was even ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 2,2021 )
epub |spa | 1993-01-01 | Author:Paul Preston [Preston, Paul]

( Category: Historical Biographies October 2,2021 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-08 | Author:unknow

* * * WHEN YOU FIRST MOVE INTO THE REFUGE, YOUR SPIRIT IS JUST IN TURMOIL. YOU’RE THINKING: ‘WHERE AM I? WHAT’S GOING ON?’ * * * In the refuge, ...
( Category: Christian Literature & Fiction October 2,2021 )
epub |eng | 2021-06-10 | Author:Gertrude Beasley [Beasley, Gertrude]

September arrived and Brother Druery came in his buggy to take me to Simmons College. I was sure to have to answer embarrassing questions. They would ask about my father; ...
( Category: Community & Culture Biographies October 2,2021 )