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Of Men and War by John Hersey
epub |eng | 2015-10-13 | Author:John Hersey

SECOND DAY: We cautiously stretched ourselves, relieving some of our cramps, and looked out over the horizon. Nothing was to be seen on any side but water and sky. A ...
( Category: Arts & Literature November 19,2019 )
Kraken by Eric S Brown
epub |eng | 2016-02-13 | Author:Eric S Brown [Brown, Eric S]

It had taken half an hour to get back onboard the Rogue. Cordova didn’t mind the time. The navy was very much about the concept of hurry up and wait. ...
( Category: Sea Stories November 19,2019 )
US Penitentiary Leavenworth by Kenneth M LaMaster
epub |eng | 2011-09-15 | Author:Kenneth M LaMaster [LaMaster, Kenneth M]

Today very little but photographs remain of the old Leavenworth. With the renovation of living areas, the institution is more manageable, as well as safer for inmates and staff alike. ...
( Category: Architecture November 19,2019 )
Scientific Autobiography by Max Planck
epub |eng | 2014-11-04 | Author:Max Planck [Planck, Max]

IV. But why all this enormous labor, demanding the best efforts of countless soldiers of science during their entire lives? Is the ultimate result—which, as we have seen, in its ...
( Category: Scientists November 19,2019 )
Kim by Robert Colby
epub |eng | 2012-07-15 | Author:Robert Colby [Colby, Robert]

Thirteen Markos was staying at a hotel on Miami Beach, one of those colossal dreams of stone and glass which can be found in few other sections of the country. ...
( Category: Guitar November 19,2019 )
Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
epub |eng | | Author:Jamie Sumner

Coralee is in A group, so she has a different homeroom. I end up having to say good-bye to her halfway down the hall. She blows me a kiss and ...
( Category: Friendship, Social Skills & School Life November 19,2019 )
The Best American Essays 2019 by Rebecca Solnit
epub |eng | | Author:Rebecca Solnit

LACY M. JOHNSON On Likability from Tin House* My daughter comes home from school at least once a week and announces to me that no one likes her. She has ...
( Category: Essays November 19,2019 )
The Bone Fire by S D Sykes
epub |eng | 2019-05-02 | Author:S D Sykes [Sykes, S D]

I locked the door to our chamber that night, tucked Hugh into bed and then tried to sing the boy a lullaby. I felt tense, and my son picked up ...
( Category: Americas November 19,2019 )
War Is a Racket by Smedley Darlington Butler
epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Smedley Darlington Butler

Thank God, this is a democracy, and by your voice and by your vote you can save your boy. YOU are the bosses of this country—you mothers, you fathers. And ...
( Category: History & Theory November 19,2019 )
The Wrong Story by James Ellis
epub |eng | 2018-08-27 | Author:James Ellis [Ellis, James]

14 Two weeks after leaving hospital, a weekday routine had developed in Tom’s home that accommodated but didn’t include him, much as a tide ebbs and flows around a pebble. ...
( Category: Drawing November 19,2019 )
By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
epub |eng | 2019-10-07 | Author:Candice Montgomery [Montgomery, Candice]

17. Walking up the steps to my house feels like a lie. The porch no longer sings memories or nostalgia. Instead it reminds me that I spent too many triple-digit ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics November 19,2019 )
The Truth by Erica Lee
epub |eng | 2019-09-25 | Author:Erica Lee

*** Diana, on the other hand, had no qualms about pretending to be happy which was proven on Thanksgiving Day. For some reason, ever since we moved back, it had ...
( Category: Americas November 19,2019 )
The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr by Susan Holloway Scott
epub |eng | 2019-08-05 | Author:Susan Holloway Scott

CHAPTER 15 Albany State of New York June 1783 No matter how much Mistress wished otherwise, a resolute mind cannot overcome the frail body that contains it. From those early ...
( Category: Biographical November 19,2019 )
Waking Up White by Debby Irving
mobi |eng | 2014-01-15 | Author:Debby Irving

Q Think about five rules from the “rule book” of social interaction that you grew up with. For each rule, can you imagine how it interferes with honest cross-cultural dialogue, ...
( Category: Memoirs November 19,2019 )
Carter (Mayfair Model Series Book 2) by Castle Claire
azw3 |eng | 2019-09-01 | Author:Castle, Claire [Castle, Claire]

15 JAMIESON I checked myself in the mirror for about the twentieth time. When had I become this person, I did not know. It was cold and rainy out so ...
( Category: Americas November 19,2019 )

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