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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by Kamkwamba William
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 )
Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition by Twain Mark
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 )
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin
azw3 |eng | 2010-11-08 | Author:Steve Sheinkin [Sheinkin, Steve]

Back in his tent, Arnold calmed down just enough to hold a pen. “I have been received with the greatest coolness at headquarters,” he complained to Gates, “and often huffed ...
( Category: History August 3,2020 )
To the Stars: Autobiography of George Takei by George Takei
epub |eng | 2015-03-10 | Author:George Takei [Takei, George]

12 Return to Hollywood I CELEBRATED MY TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY in New York City. A quarter century. I had been in Manhattan almost a year now and had little to show ...
( Category: Television Performers July 31,2020 )
Interesting by Steve Davis
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Steve Davis [Davis, Steve]

14. THE BLACK BALL AND THE MISSED GREEN In hindsight, I believe the turning point was a missed green by me in the ninth frame when I was 8–0 up. ...
( Category: Billiards & Pool July 31,2020 )
The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
mobi |eng | 2012-08-14 | Author:Charles Darwin

1 It is remarkable how the same disease is modified in different climates. At the little island of St. Helena, the introduction of scarlet-fever is dreaded as a plague. In ...
( Category: Developmental Biology July 29,2020 )
Biographies in the History of Physics by Unknown
epub |eng | | Author:Unknown

Through the translation of highly complex mathematical theory into simple language, tied in with a graphic viewing apparatus, the popularization of this theory was made possible. Therein consists the second ...
( Category: Music July 25,2020 )
Harvest of American Racism by Unknown
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Unknown

NO III. Atlanta B New Haven D Grand Rapids B Tampa B New Brunswick A IV. Rockford D Tucson D Phoenix C Note: The capital letters (A,B,C,D) following each city ...
( Category: History & Criticism July 25,2020 )
Great Short Works of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
epub |eng | 2019-03-10 | Author:Mark Twain

( Category: United States July 25,2020 )
Titanic, First Accounts by Various
epub |eng | 2012-02-12 | Author:Various

Mrs. C. E. H. Stengel, first-class passenger, writes as follows: “As I stepped into the lifeboat an officer in charge said: ‘No more; the boat is full.’ My husband stepped ...
( Category: Maritime History & Piracy July 25,2020 )
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, and Six More by Roald Dahl
epub | | 2000-05-25 | Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]

Imhrat Khan paused and asked me if he might have a glass of water. I fetched it for him. He took a long slow drink, then he went on with ...
( Category: Short Story Collections July 24,2020 )
Lucky Man: A Memoir by Michael J. Fox
epub |eng | 2011-05-31 | Author:Michael J. Fox [Fox, Michael J.]

The Michael J. Fox Collection CHAPTER FIVE Reality Bites Studio City, California — January 6, 1990 As the limousine traveled the quarter mile from our home in the hills down ...
( Category: Parkinson's Disease July 24,2020 )
Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Reader’s Edition by Ashlee Vance
epub |eng | 2018-04-30 | Author:Ashlee Vance [Vance, Ashlee]

9 LIFTOFF THE FALCON 9 HAS BECOME SPACEX’S WORKHORSE. The rocket looks—let’s face it—like a giant white phallus. It stands 224.4 feet tall, is 12 feet across, and weighs 1.1 ...
( Category: Arts & Literature July 23,2020 )
The Next President by Kate Messner & Adam Rex
azw3 |eng | 2020-03-23 | Author:Kate Messner & Adam Rex [Messner, Kate]

1961. President 38, Gerald Ford, was serving in Congress. He’d come a long way from his awkward teenage years when he bought his first car, a $75 Ford coupe with ...
( Category: Biographies July 23,2020 )
Girls Who Rocked the World by Michelle Roehm McCann & Amelie Welden
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Michelle Roehm McCann & Amelie Welden [McCann, Michelle Roehm & Welden, Amelie]

Golda Meir 1898–1978 PRIME MINISTER ISRAEL There is only one thing I hope to see before I die, and that is that my people should not need expressions of sympathy ...
( Category: Women July 22,2020 )

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