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King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution by Aram Goudsouzian
azw3 |eng | 2010-05-01 | Author:Aram Goudsouzian [Goudsouzian, Aram]

During that same preseason, while in Puerto Rico, Russell called together Boston’s veterans. They represented a century of experience, he said. While establishing authority as coach, he had spread himself ...
( Category: Biographies March 14,2018 )
Platoon Leader by James R. McDonough
epub, pdf |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:James R. McDonough

CHAPTER 13 THE LOWLY INFANTRYMAN It is somewhat unnerving to go about your mission with someone spraying bullets at you. That became typical of the enemy tactic against us during ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 14,2018 )
Acid Attack by Russell Findlay & A Journalist’s
epub |eng | | Author:Russell Findlay & A Journalist’s

Following his freedom, Ferris became involved in the security industry, just as it was descending into a battleground between gangsters. I wrote a spate of stories – perhaps a subconscious ...
( Category: Biographies & Memoirs March 14,2018 )
Priest of Nature by Rob Iliffe
epub |eng | 2017-05-10 | Author:Rob Iliffe

2. Mede’s World In applying his synchronisms to history, Joseph Mede drew on the work of these writers though he also proclaimed that the interpretations he offered were the fruits ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2018 )
Crossing the River Kabul by Kevin McLean
epub |eng | 2017-04-07 | Author:Kevin McLean

In September, as the country spiraled out of control, Taraki traveled to Moscow at Russia’s insistence. In his absence his deputy prime minister, Hafizullah Amin, seized control of the government. ...
( Category: Middle East March 14,2018 )
The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain (True Crime) by Hall Jim
epub |eng | 2016-09-12 | Author:Hall, Jim [Hall, Jim]

Chapter 6 SUICIDE DOUBTED Dr. Davis ruled that Thompson committed suicide, but Fauquier residents disagreed, and newspapers throughout Virginia challenged the verdict. The decision was seen by many as a ...
( Category: Photography & Video March 14,2018 )
Angel Roofs of East Anglia: Unseen Masterpieces of the Middle Ages by Rimmer Michael
epub |eng | 2015-11-26 | Author:Rimmer, Michael [Rimmer, Michael]

The roof of any building was a carpenter’s test and the place he could best show his imaginative understanding of invisible forces. Composed of rafters, collars, purlins and tiles, the ...
( Category: Architecture March 14,2018 )
Rothko by Christopher Rothko
epub |eng | 2017-03-14 | Author:Christopher Rothko [Christopher Rothko and Janet Bishop]

Rothko in his studio on West 53rd Street in New York City, 1952. THE COLOR FIELD PAINTINGS NO. 5/NO. 13 {MAGENTA, BLACK, GREEN ON ORANGE} 1949 85 1/4 x 65 ...
( Category: History & Criticism March 14,2018 )
Odysseus by N/A
epub |eng | 2016-08-12 | Author:N/A

Chapter Four Achilles Heel The Greek army was now hopelessly divided. There were two camps and two leaders. Agamemnon was furious and took it out on his men. He woke ...
( Category: Arts & Photography March 14,2018 )
The Greatest Comeback by David Bolchover
epub |eng | 2017-03-14 | Author:David Bolchover [David Bolchover ]

AC Milan had started the 1953/54 season in mediocre fashion. A dismal 3–0 defeat against local rivals Inter in their shared San Siro stadium precipitated a search for a new ...
( Category: Biographies March 14,2018 )
Freedom's Dawn by Louis DeCaro Jr
epub |eng | 2015-04-29 | Author:Louis DeCaro Jr.

Chapter 13 The Celebrity of the Day Have you read all of his letters published in the Tribune? Are they not sublime? Early in November, an editor in Staunton, Virginia, ...
( Category: Americas March 14,2018 )
Kimono Design by Keiko Nitanai
epub |eng | | Author:Keiko Nitanai

“The cool of the evening at the Shijo riverbank,” triptych by Toyokuni Utagawa III, May, 6th year of Kaei (1853). (Collection of Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center) Detail 1 Detail ...
( Category: Asia March 14,2018 )
Eat the Apple by Matt Young
epub |eng | | Author:Matt Young

Future Perfect If I decide not to go home and instead turn around and head back to the bar, I will have to retrace my drunken steps the three or ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 14,2018 )
Hollywood Enlists! by Ralph Donald
epub |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Ralph Donald

Their Disdain for Us The thirteenth Satanism propaganda statement is “the enemy shows disdain for us as a people, and for our institutions.” A typical example comes from Black Dragons, ...
( Category: Americas March 14,2018 )
A History of Detroit's Palmer Park (Landmarks) by Piazza Gregory C
epub |eng | 2015-06-01 | Author:Piazza, Gregory C. [Piazza, Gregory C.]

An undated postcard image showing the Merrill Fountain in its original location in front of the Detroit Opera House in Campus Martius. From the collection of Allan Machielse. A detail ...
( Category: Americas March 14,2018 )

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