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The Siege of Loyalty House by Jessie Childs
epub |eng | 2022-05-18 | Author:Jessie Childs [Childs, Jessie]

Most of the marked passages relate to general wounds, followed by ‘bloody flux’ (dysentery), spitting blood, bleeding, ulcers (a manifestation of smallpox), ‘laske’ (diarrhoea) and ‘women’s courses’, which suggests the ...
( Category: England January 15,2023 )
Floods of Northern New Jersey by Amre Youssef
epub |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:Amre Youssef

High waters of the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook spill over into Ridgewood’s Graydon Pool area in 1979. (Photograph by Paul Brown; courtesy of the Record archives.) Robin Harty pulls her family across ...
( Category: Americas January 15,2023 )
A Narrative of Events by James Williams
epub |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:James Williams

ST.ANN’S-BAY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 1837. George Gordon, esquire, general magistrate, and Jno. Daughtrey, esquire, Special ditto, removed their court to this place, where the investigation was continued. The Commission, and ...
( Category: Jamaica January 15,2023 )
Flora Macdonald by Flora Fraser
epub |eng | 2023-01-10 | Author:Flora Fraser [Fraser, Flora]

14 “All Killed or Taken” July 1775–February 1776 lora was not, after all, to play hostess to the gregarious governor at the Kingsborough plantation in Anson County in the summer ...
( Category: Americas January 15,2023 )
May Sarton by May Sarton
epub |eng | | Author:May Sarton

Wheelock: What do you want to be remembered for, as a writer and as a person? Sarton: Oh Goodness, I don’t know. I guess for being fully human, if I ...
( Category: Architecture January 15,2023 )
Colorado's Legendary Lovers by Rosemary Fetter
epub |eng | 2015-04-10 | Author:Rosemary Fetter

The Unequal Wages of Sin Baby Doe Tabor and Arabella Huntington Although quite different in looks and personality, both Elizabeth McCourt (Baby Doe) Tabor and Arabella Huntington were exquisite as ...
( Category: Americas January 15,2023 )
Exploring the Association Between Military Base Neighborhood Characteristics and Soldiers' and Airmen's Outcomes by Sarah O. Meadows
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Sarah O. Meadows [Meadows, Sarah O.]

Summary The social indicator analysis of 36 active-duty Army bases revealed that one cannot infer neighborhood quality from an installation’s population size, geographic location, or primary mission.27 The six domains ...
( Category: Military January 15,2023 )
The Women of the Real Downton Abbey by The Countess of Carnarvon
epub |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:The Countess of Carnarvon [Carnarvon, The Countess of]

4 From Honeymoon to Highclere On Christmas Day 1922, Porchey and Catherine sailed for India from Tilbury Docks, arriving in Bombay some ten days later. They had spent five months ...
( Category: 20th Century January 15,2023 )
Diplomatic Gifts by Paul Brummell
epub |eng | 2022-04-04 | Author:Paul Brummell [Brummell, Paul]

1850 SARAH FORBES BONETTA A GIFT FROM GHEZO, KING OF DAHOMEY, TO LIEUTENANT COMMANDER FREDERICK E. FORBES, ROYAL NAVY Palm Cottage, Gillingham, home from 1855 to 1861 of Sarah Forbes ...
( Category: Europe January 15,2023 )
Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter
epub |eng | 2015-09-07 | Author:Michael Rutter

We know about Dora’s public life in Salt Lake and Ogden because she was involved in public matters. However, we know very little about her personal and private affairs. She ...
( Category: Americas January 15,2023 )
Bugs in Danger by Mark Kurlansky
epub |eng | 2019-01-15 | Author:Mark Kurlansky

Firefly species in the eastern United States, famous for their light displays, are popularly called lightning bugs. One of the most popular is Photinus pyralis, commonly known as a Big ...
( Category: Children's Action & Adventure Books January 15,2023 )
Come Spring by Maria Lewitt
epub |eng | 1980-01-15 | Author:Maria Lewitt [Lewitt, Maria]

Our vegetable ‘flower-bed’ looked magnificent; the septic tank got blocked, or simply overflowed, feeding our vegetables well. Aunt Olga couldn’t call the septic tank service because for so many years ...
( Category: World January 15,2023 )
Day 362 by Mark D. Campbell
epub |eng | | Author:Mark D. Campbell

DAY 24 Hagen sat on the edge of his cot looking worn and tired. His suit was stained with sweat and his hair was thick with oil. He kept staring ...
( Category: Architecture January 15,2023 )
Singapore by DK Eyewitness
epub |eng | | Author:DK Eyewitness

1. Chinatown Heritage Centre 48 Pagoda St • 6224-3928 • Open 9:30am–6pm daily • www.chinatown.sg • Adm Google Map This museum, located in three restored shophouses in the heart of ...
( Category: Accounting January 14,2023 )
Mothering Sunday: A Romance by Graham Swift
azw |eng | 2016-04-19 | Author:Graham Swift [Swift, Graham]

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR GRAHAM SWIFT lives in London and is the author of nine novels, including Waterland, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize and won The Guardian ...
( Category: Architecture January 14,2023 )

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