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The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Classics) by Christopher Columbus
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-02-05 | Author:Christopher Columbus

CHAPTER 56 The Admiral returns from Jamaica and follows the coast of Cuba in the belief that it is the mainland ON leaving the island of Jamaica, on Wednesday, 14 ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 27,2017 )
Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico by Hugh Thomas
mobi |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Hugh Thomas

So the journey went on, under Mt. Aztacuemecan, and past several menacing villages. Sometimes grass was the only food. The Castilians kept going, often travelling very few miles a day, ...
( Category: Americas November 27,2017 )
Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem by Carol Delaney
epub |eng | 2011-09-20 | Author:Carol Delaney [Delaney, Carol]

CHAPTER EIGHT PARADISE FOUND AND LOST Columbus was oblivious to the rebellion happening in Hispaniola. He was glad to be exploring again, but he was preoccupied. He knew that if ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 27,2017 )
Letters from Mexico (Yale Nota Bene) by Hernan Cortes
mobi |eng | 2008-07-07 | Author:Hernan Cortes

On the following day we returned to the city," and so enfeebled were the enemy that huge numbers of our allies dared to spend the whole night there. When we ...
( Category: Americas November 27,2017 )
Four Quarters of Light by Brian Keenan
epub |eng | | Author:Brian Keenan

Going Native My second day in the Arctic Village began after a most uncomfortable night. It had rained heavily and my two-dollar tent was obviously not made for Arctic extremes. ...
( Category: Americas November 27,2017 )
A Reed Shaken by the Wind by Gavin Maxwell
epub |eng | 2015-11-27 | Author:Gavin Maxwell [Gavin Maxwell]

Chapter Seven W HEN we left Hadam we were still going northwards, and away from the marshlands. We moved at first through partially flooded rice fields, and the only navigable ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides November 27,2017 )
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
epub |eng | 2015-08-01 | Author:Alex Kerr

CHAPTER 8 Trammell Crow The Bubble Years At the end of 1983, I visited Dallas, Texas, for Christmas. I was invited there by Trammell S. Crow, an old Yale classmate. ...
( Category: Travel Writing November 27,2017 )
Across the Wire by Luis Urrea
epub |eng | 2010-12-01 | Author:Luis Urrea [Urrea, Luis Alberto]

That night, back at the orphanage, a bright thing sat above the horizon, glowing like a fat copper star. It pulsed on and off, then vanished. When I looked again, ...
( Category: Ethnic & National November 27,2017 )
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane by Paul Thomas Murphy
epub |eng | | Author:Paul Thomas Murphy [Murphy, Paul Thomas]

*1 Jane Prosser’s stunning revelation of Jane’s pregnancy and Edmund’s paternity, on the other hand, would not be a part of the prosecution’s evidence. Either because the Treasury had found ...
( Category: True Crime November 27,2017 )
Star Child by Paul Alan
epub |eng | 2015-12-09 | Author:Paul Alan [Alan, Paul]

“Wait out here.” “Yes, Centurion 34 will wait out here.” “You do that,” she bitterly said, nearly shutting the Medical Laboratory door in his face. Due to overwhelming surge in ...
( Category: Arts & Photography November 27,2017 )
The Baseball Whisperer by Michael Tackett
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Tackett

8 No Bright Lights CHUCK KNOBLAUCH PACKED his bags in College Station, Texas. He had completed his freshman season at Texas A&M, where he’d validated his reputation as a player ...
( Category: Biographies November 27,2017 )
Miss You by Kate Eberlen
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Kate Eberlen [Eberlen, Kate]

16 2003 TESS I think it’s called the mile-high club. That’s definitely what was going on, but I don’t suppose it was much fun with Hope banging on the door. ...
( Category: Family Life November 27,2017 )
Death in Zanzibar by M. M. Kaye
epub |eng | | Author:M. M. Kaye

12 The House of Shade stood three storeys high on a wide stone terrace that was approached from the garden by short flights of steps set at regular intervals about ...
( Category: Mystery November 27,2017 )
Five Days Dead by Davis James
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-08-07 | Author:Davis, James [Davis, James]

Edward Toll moaned and wiped blood from his brow. Sara cried out in pain and he quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and flipped over to face her. Her wrist was twisted ...
( Category: Christian Books & Bibles November 27,2017 )
Black Wave by Michelle Tea
epub |eng | 2016-07-25 | Author:Michelle Tea

3 How’s LA? Ziggy asked. Her cell phone crackled, Michelle could hear air whooshing over the receiver. What Are You Doing? Michelle asked. Are You Riding A Bike? The thought ...
( Category: Coming of Age November 27,2017 )

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