History
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Gruenbaum

July 20, 1943 “AND THEN,” I SAY TO Mother, “then Otto—” “Otto?” she asks. “Otto Hirsch,” I say, “I told you already.” “Oh,” she says, and sits down on one ...
( Category: Multicultural November 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Martin W. Sandler [Sandler, Martin W.]

As Bertholf would discover, traveling with such heavy loads, even over relatively unchallenging terrain, could present potential problems. By this time, Bertholf, while still hardly a veteran of the frozen ...
( Category: 1800s October 30,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2010-06-09 | Author:Osborne, Mary Pope & Sal Murdocca [Osborne, Mary Pope]

( Category: Chapter Books October 13,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Livia Bitton-Jackson

Chapter Thirteen I AM THE DOCTOR’S ASSISTANT On Sunday Alex is taking me to a performance of The King and I—my first Broadway show! For the occasion Mother sews a ...
( Category: 1900s October 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2009-10-09 | Author:Michael J. Tougias

Bushy-browed WOCB newsman Ed Semprini had survived the grueling drive down snow-covered Route 28. The bad weather had not let up once during the twenty-one-mile trek from Hyannis to Chatham. ...
( Category: State & Local October 10,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-02-27 | Author:Carolyn Meyer

15/28 October 1914 Seven classes today! It’s just too much. How do they expect me to keep all of this in my head? Professor Petrov is reading us a story ...
( Category: Europe October 10,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2010-06-09 | Author:Osborne, Mary Pope & Sal Murdocca [Osborne, Mary Pope]

“Peanut’s tracks,” said Annie. “We have to find her before she freezes.” She wrapped her reindeer coat around her and headed across the snow. Jack pulled on his backpack and ...
( Category: Prehistoric July 31,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2010-06-09 | Author:Osborne, Mary Pope & Sal Murdocca [Osborne, Mary Pope]

“Captain Kidd!” said Jack. “So that’s the kid that Bones keeps talking about,” said Annie. “Right,” said Jack. Annie looked out the round window. “And Captain Kidd’s treasure is buried ...
( Category: History July 30,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-17 | Author:Candace Fleming

REVOLUTIONARY MEMORABILIA Those who give up essential liberty to preserve a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1759 The War Before The dispute between England and ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary July 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-19 | Author:Rob Staeger

The kayak was made by stretching sealskin over a frame pieced together with driftwood and antlers. The boat’s pilot would fit into a small hole that pressed tight against his ...
( Category: Native North & South Americans July 20,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-31 | Author:R. Kent Rasmussen [Rasmussen, R. Kent]

Flying Aces AS AERIAL combat grew more frequent, a new class of skilled fighter pilots developed. These were the elite pilots who squeezed every ounce of speed and maneuverability out ...
( Category: 1900s July 12,2015 )
epub |eng | 2006-07-09 | Author:Rebecca Ferguson [Ferguson, Rebecca]

What was ABSCAM? ABSCAM was an undercover operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ferret out corrupt government officials and prosecute them. In 1978 agents began posing ...
( Category: History July 10,2015 )
azw3, mobi |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Deary, Terry [Deary, Terry]

* * * Dear Lucias, I have just heard this strange story which I think might interest you. In Athens there used to be a large and beautiful house which ...
( Category: Greece June 21,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-02 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary June 18,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-03 | Author:Howard Zinn [Zinn, Howard]

The early part of the twentieth century was a low point for African Americans, with lynchings reported every week and murderous race riots in places like Brownsville, Texas, and Atlanta, ...
( Category: United States June 16,2015 )