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The Forgotten Adventures of Richard Halliburton by R. Scott Williams
epub |eng | 2014-09-04 | Author:R. Scott Williams

Richard Halliburton’s “recreational” travel document issued on May 25, 1928, used as he explored South America for New Worlds to Conquer. Courtesy of the Rhodes College Archives and Special Collections, ...
( Category: Americas September 5,2018 )
The Browns of California by Miriam Pawel
epub |eng | | Author:Miriam Pawel

Jerry Brown and Linda Ronstadt, who met in 1971, were both public figures who valued their privacy. The couple did not often appear together at public events. But when Jerry ...
( Category: Americas September 5,2018 )
The Shadow President by Michael D'Antonio
epub |eng | | Author:Michael D'Antonio

9 WHEN TRUMP CALLS Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. —Proverbs 27:2 On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, which was ...
( Category: Politics & Government September 5,2018 )
Battle by Tom Abrahams
epub |eng | 2017-10-30 | Author:Tom Abrahams [Abrahams, Tom]

CHAPTER 15 FEBRUARY 9, 2044, 7:39 AM SCOURGE + 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS ATLANTA, GEORGIA “Do we know why she died?” asked Dr. Sharp of the broad-faced man standing in ...
( Category: Action & Adventure September 4,2018 )
Bananas by Peter Chapman
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-02-28 | Author:Peter Chapman [Chapman, Peter]

8 On the Inside United Fruit worked its way into the heart of US life, into the family and the affairs of state and, when it mattered most, into the ...
( Category: Biography & History September 4,2018 )
Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
epub |eng | 2018-10-14 | Author:Sarah Smarsh

5 A HOUSE THAT NEEDS SHINGLES You probably would have lived in a strong, old house, purchased at its most broken moment and fixed with my hands. That’s because I ...
( Category: Social Sciences September 4,2018 )
The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen
mobi |eng | 2012-02-20 | Author:James Simon Kunen [Kunen, James Simon]

Wednesday, July 17: I was reading the Manhattan phone book this morning. Sometimes I read the phone book when I get tired of listening to the correct time tape going ...
( Category: Memoirs September 3,2018 )
Road Trip by Andrea Neal
epub |eng | 2016-09-10 | Author:Andrea Neal

A wreath-laying ceremony is held every summer at the grave of President Benjamin Harrison to commemorate his August 20, 1833, birthday. Adjacent to the Harrisons is author/playwright Booth Tarkington, winner ...
( Category: United States September 2,2018 )
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by West Cornel
epub |eng | 2005-08-30 | Author:West, Cornel [West, Cornel]

In regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he notes that, by the 1970s, “it would be hard not to conclude that the hawks had triumphed over the doves…. It is crucial ...
( Category: Politics & Government August 31,2018 )
First Family: Abigail and John by Joseph J. Ellis
epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:Joseph J. Ellis [Ellis, Joseph J.]

ETIQUETTE AND EMULATION “We are most delightfully situated,” Abigail explained to her sister. “The prospect around us is Beautiful in the highest degree, it is a mixture of sublime & ...
( Category: Americas August 31,2018 )
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster by Dominique Lapierre & Javier Moro
epub |eng | 2002-06-03 | Author:Dominique Lapierre & Javier Moro [Lapierre, Dominique & Moro, Javier]

29 “My Beautiful Plant Was Losing Its Soul” The young engineer who had risked his life escorting the first barrels of MIC from Bombay to Bhopal could not believe it. ...
( Category: Social Sciences August 31,2018 )
Endgame by Derrick Jensen
epub |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Derrick Jensen [Jensen, Derrick]

BRINGING DOWN CIVILIZATION, PART I It IS possible to get out of a trap. However, in order to break out of a prison, one first must confess to being in ...
( Category: Politics & Government August 31,2018 )
Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign by Stephan Talty
epub |eng | 2007-07-15 | Author:Stephan Talty [Talty, Stephan]

At the neck of the lagoon, Don Alonzo waited. A stream of informers stole toward his flagship and gave the admiral a series of reports: The pirates were working on ...
( Category: Transportation August 31,2018 )
Women of the Blue and Gray: True Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies of the Civil War by Marianne Monson
epub |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:Marianne Monson [Monson, Marianne]

The irony that a nation founded on the principles of freedom would continue to justify the institution of slavery long after much of the rest of the world had abolished ...
( Category: Americas August 30,2018 )
The Nightingale’s Song by Robert Timberg
epub |eng | 2014-03-09 | Author:Robert Timberg [Timberg, Robert]

( Category: Americas August 30,2018 )

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