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Bedlam on the West Virginia Rails: the Last Train Bandit Tells His True Tale by Wilson Casey
epub |eng | 2015-01-15 | Author:Wilson Casey

Courtesy of the author. When Lu and Duke went in, their only intention was to get some keys to steal a quick getaway vehicle. They had no intention of shooting ...
( Category: Architecture January 4,2023 )
The Early Morning Light by Edward Forde Hickey
epub |eng | 2022-01-15 | Author:Edward Forde Hickey

Night-Time Night entered the yard and it peered into The Welcoming Room. Dowager lit the oil lamp and the two candles. The three of them knelt down in a ring ...
( Category: Arts & Literature Biographies January 4,2023 )
Leadership Lessons from the Race to the South Pole by Fergus O'Connell
epub |eng | 2015-02-28 | Author:Fergus O'Connell

It’s Just a Skill This has been a long chapter to deliver a short message. Remember, at the end of the day, what I’ve been describing here is not especially ...
( Category: Expeditions & Discoveries January 4,2023 )
Walking the Retreat by Terry Cudbird
epub |eng | 2015-01-05 | Author:Terry Cudbird

The Prémontré Abbey, where General Valabrègue was informed that the Germans were nearby while being served supper by the nuns on 31 August 1914 (now a psychiatric hospital). (Terry Cudbird) ...
( Category: World War I January 4,2023 )
Australia's Boldest Experiment by Stuart MacIntyre
epub |eng | 2015-04-08 | Author:Stuart MacIntyre

Demobilisation was the first of the steps that Trevor Swan identified at the end of hostilities and he thought it would require measures to guard against the ‘immediate displacement consequences’. ...
( Category: Australia & New Zealand January 4,2023 )
No Small Change by Frank Brennan
epub |eng | 2015-03-30 | Author:Frank Brennan

For the Liberal–Country Party Coalition Government, Prime Minister McMahon made almost no mention of Aboriginal issues in his campaign speech. He said: We have announced programmes for urban and regional ...
( Category: African History January 4,2023 )
The World and U2 by Alan McPherson
epub |eng | 2012-01-15 | Author:Alan McPherson

Yet he also invoked traditional Manichaean morality and righteous indignation: “There’s a war going on between good and evil. And millions of children and millions of lives are being lost ...
( Category: Architecture January 4,2023 )
From Occupation to Occupy by Sina Arnold
epub |eng | 2022-07-20 | Author:Sina Arnold

Instrumentalization The interviewees repeatedly criticize the instrumentalization of the Holocaust. The Holocaust is “manipulated,” used as an “excuse” for political ends. Holocaust remembrance is deployed as a “political weapon,” a ...
( Category: African History January 4,2023 )
Dig That Beat! by Sheree Homer
epub |eng | 2015-06-05 | Author:Sheree Homer

Robin Luke In the summer of 1958, Robin Luke’s song “Susie Darlin’” peaked at number five on the Billboard charts. His popularity soared. Soon after, he appeared on American Bandstand ...
( Category: Architecture January 4,2023 )
The Sabotage Diaries by Katherine Barnes
epub |eng | 2015-04-06 | Author:Katherine Barnes

FOURTEEN The villagers didn’t just know the target. They knew the details. This despite the fact that no one was supposed to be in on our plans. We could do ...
( Category: Europe January 4,2023 )
Within Changi's Walls by George L. Peet
epub |eng | | Author:George L. Peet

[ 13 ] Our Health Most of us experienced a marked and early improvement in health on the new diet. One had a feeling of internal soundness, well-being and positive ...
( Category: History January 4,2023 )
When the Great Red Dawn Is Shining by Christopher J.A. Morry
epub |eng | 2015-02-01 | Author:Christopher J.A. Morry

Howard Morry’s father, Thomas Graham Morry, and first child, Phyllis, born in Newfoundland while Howard fought with the RNR on the Somme. Some sources give this date as December 9, ...
( Category: Arts & Literature Biographies January 4,2023 )
Scotland Forever! by Iain Gale
epub |eng | | Author:Iain Gale

Corporal John Dickson of Captain Vernor’s F Troop had been awakened about five o’clock by his comrade John McGee, who had sprung up, shouting, ‘Damn your eyes, boys, there’s the ...
( Category: Regiments January 4,2023 )
Hertfordshire Murders by Nicholas Connell
epub |eng | 2013-06-24 | Author:Nicholas Connell

13 MURDER AT THE ASYLUM Abbots Langley, 1899 In October 1870 a new lunatic asylum opened in Hertfordshire. Leavesden Asylum was just north of Watford in Abbots Langley. It was ...
( Category: Arts & Literature Biographies January 4,2023 )
A Traveller's Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals and Letters by Travis Elborough
epub |eng | | Author:Travis Elborough

28 JULY TROOPS OF ALPINE WOLVES Did I tell you that there are troops of wolves among these mountains? In the winter they descend into the vallies, while the snow ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles January 4,2023 )

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