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The Catholic School by Edoardo Albinati
epub |eng | | Author:Edoardo Albinati

HISTORY (whether we spell it with a capital or a lower-case “h”) in any case, begins in a school run by priests on Via Nomentana, which at the time was ...
( Category: Murder August 20,2019 )
When I Was White by Sarah Valentine
epub |eng | | Author:Sarah Valentine

Twenty-two I now found myself in the worst possible scenario: I felt my mother was lying to me. When it happened to me, I had been on birth control, and ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism August 20,2019 )
Strange Harvests: The Hidden Histories of Seven Natural Objects by Edward Posnett
epub |eng | 2019-08-05 | Author:Edward Posnett

* * * — There’s a detail in the history of the conquest, the story of how fewer than two hundred Spaniards subdued the Incan Empire, that has always intrigued ...
( Category: Environmental Economics August 20,2019 )
Beaten Down, Worked Up by Steven Greenhouse
epub |eng | 2019-08-05 | Author:Steven Greenhouse

Fourteen Big Labor Gets Less Big in Politics AFTER CELEBRATING INTO THE EARLY HOURS, the nation’s top labor leaders held a triumphant news conference on November 5, 2008, and they ...
( Category: Human Resources August 20,2019 )
The Anti-Tank Rifle by Steven J. Zaloga
epub |eng | 2017-10-01 | Author:Steven J. Zaloga

The 14.5mm Degtyarëv PTRD was among the simplest of World War II anti-tank rifles and also the most widely produced. As can be seen in the accompanying table, Soviet anti-tank ...
( Category: History August 20,2019 )
The Enchantment of the Long-haired Rat by Tim Bonyhady
epub |eng | 2019-06-20 | Author:Tim Bonyhady

English accounts of rats killing rabbits also abounded, along with stories of rats killing lambs, pigeons and poultry. Some of these accounts emphasised the remarkable capacity of rats to reach ...
( Category: History August 19,2019 )
The Real Dirt on America's Frontier Legends by Jim Motavalli
epub |eng | 2019-08-18 | Author:Jim Motavalli

Louis Vasquez, a second-generation mountain man who took up the fur trade in 1772. (Used by permission, Utah State Historical Society) Colter vowed not to visit the area again, and ...
( Category: United States August 19,2019 )
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs) by Mark Kishlansky
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:Mark Kishlansky

5 Reform and Rebellion The implications of the Scottish invasion sunk in slowly. Initially Charles believed that he could reinvigorate his forces and revive his cause. All he needed was ...
( Category: Military August 19,2019 )
Lincoln's Spies by Douglas Waller
epub |eng | 2019-08-05 | Author:Douglas Waller

* * * By the end of the year, Baker had plunged into what became a controversial investigation even further afield of his secret service duties. Three days before Christmas ...
( Category: History August 19,2019 )
A Small Key Can Open A Large Door: The Rojava Revolution by Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness
epub |eng | 2016-01-20 | Author:Strangers In A Tangled Wilderness

Western Kurdistan and the Revolutionary Period The following is a statement that was released by the European branch of the Syrian PYD on June 10th, 2013. The Kurdish people in ...
( Category: Middle Eastern August 19,2019 )
US Grenade Launchers by Gordon L. Rottman
epub |eng | 2017-05-29 | Author:Gordon L. Rottman

THE M32A1 This revolver-type MGL was developed by Milkor (Pty) Ltd. in Pretoria, South Africa, the firm having been established in 1980 by the weapon’s designer, Andries C. Piek. The ...
( Category: History August 19,2019 )
This Day in Presidential History by Paul Brandus
epub |eng | 2017-11-06 | Author:Paul Brandus

Gerald Ford. Official White House portrait. 2015: Barack Obama announced that the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany reached a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program. ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 18,2019 )
Professional Criminals of America by Thomas Byrnes
epub |eng | 2019-07-08 | Author:Thomas Byrnes

132 KATE ARMSTRONG, alias MARY ANN DOWD, alias DILLON, alias SANDERS. PICKPOCKET AND SHOPLIFTER. ——— DESCRIPTION. Forty-five years old in 1886. Born in England. Married. Cook. Stout build. Height, 5 ...
( Category: Crime & Criminals August 18,2019 )
Trade Secrets by Doron Ben-Atar
epub |eng | 2004-08-17 | Author:Doron Ben-Atar

Flirting with Official Sponsorship of Technology Piracy Shortly before taking office as the first president of the United States, Washington outlined to Thomas Jefferson, his future secretary of state, who ...
( Category: Business & Money August 18,2019 )
Scottish National Dress and Tartan by Stuart Reid
epub |eng | | Author:Stuart Reid

Ostensibly a portrait of John Gordon of Glenbuchat of the ’45, this is a typical Victorian imagining, characterised by the intricate detailing popularised by the Sobieski Stuart brothers (see page ...
( Category: Textile & Costume August 18,2019 )

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