History
epub |eng | 2017-06-23 | Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]

The time was 5.15 a.m. There was not a soul on the field except for the man sitting on his steam-roller. We wondered what we ought to do next. If ...
( Category: Military May 5,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-25 | Author:William R. Sanford [Sanford, William R.]

Image Credit: Keith Crowley / © 2011 Photos.com, a division of Getty Images To escape the rains that pelted the Corps of Discovery when it reached the Pacific Coast, the ...
( Category: Biographies April 25,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stephanie Bearce

The Sanchez Sisters Lola Sanchez was angry. Her town had been invaded by Union soldiers, her father was wrongly accused of spying and imprisoned, and now the Union soldiers had ...
( Category: History April 20,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-20 | Author:Bob Jacobson

Les set up his own recording studio in his garage. 8 Les Paul and Mary Ford One day, the NBC program director came to Les and told him he needed ...
( Category: Biographies April 20,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-20 | Author:Bob Kann

After Cordelia left President Lincoln’s office, she read what he had written. It was a short note to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. It said, “Admit Mrs. Harvey at once; ...
( Category: Biographies April 20,2018 )
epub |eng | 2006-04-19 | Author:Carmella Van Vleet

Tattoos Tattoos are made by injecting ink into skin. Unlike henna designs or other forms of makeup, they are permanent body art. From what we can tell from art and ...
( Category: Middle East April 19,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Pitt

Blockhouses like these at Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake would have housed Richard Pierpoint and his fellow Coloured Corps militiamen during the War of 1812. Also streaming into Fort George were ...
( Category: Biographies April 18,2018 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-10-09 | Author:Jr. Martin Luther King [Martin Luther King, Jr.]

My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring! And ...
( Category: Geography & Cultures April 17,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-16 | Author:Scott Knickelbine

Charles Lamp saved himself from the fire by lying in this shallow creek in the woods near Peshtigo. His family died in the flames. Photo by Mark Fay Survivors of ...
( Category: History April 17,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-04-17 | Author:Bob Kann

One day soon after she joined the Daisies, Joyce was practicing throwing the ball to second base from her catcher s position behind home plate. One of her teammates, Faye ...
( Category: Biographies April 17,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-17 | Author:Karyn Saemann

* * * A Cherokee Printer When John Walker Candy was working as a printer, the job was much tougher than today. There were no computers in the 1800s. To ...
( Category: Regional U.S April 17,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-08-31 | Author:James L. Swanson

( Category: Education & Reference April 16,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-02 | Author:Oliver Laine [Laine, Oliver]

Valkyries Already briefly mentioned as being associated with Odin, the familiar image of the Valkyrie is of a young woman wearing shining robes and armor, and carrying weapons such as ...
( Category: History April 16,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-04-14 | Author:Neil D. Bramwell [Bramwell, Neil D.]

Clay, Cloth, and Other Early Materials The ancient Chinese were skilled in the firing of clay to produce a hard pottery. Metal was too scarce and valuable at the time ...
( Category: History April 14,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anthony Aveni

An Aztec artist makes a small carving of Huitzilopochtli, the patron god of Tenochtítlan. Attached to the religious rituals was a common set of beliefs grounded in myths or stories ...
( Category: Geography & Cultures April 14,2018 )