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Last Team Standing by Matthew Algeo
epub |eng | 2006-06-29 | Author:Matthew Algeo

As was customary, the release was published nearly verbatim in the Chicago papers. Almost immediately, the phone at the Chicago office of the War Manpower Commission began ringing. Callers were ...
( Category: State & Local June 30,2016 )
In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-05-03 | Author:Susan Faludi

One day, from among the Hungarian officers guarding his unit, Attila recognized a lieutenant colonel as an old friend from the Amsterdam Olympics, Kalman Cseh, who had participated as an ...
( Category: Women June 29,2016 )
Pass The 65 by Walker Robert
epub |eng | 2015-02-21 | Author:Walker, Robert

Bypass Trusts For a very wealthy couple avoiding estate taxes can be a challenge both when the first spouse dies and when the second spouse passes. A bypass trust transfers ...
( Category: Stocks June 29,2016 )
The Stranger and the Statesman by Nina Burleigh
epub |eng | 2015-03-12 | Author:Nina Burleigh [Burleigh, Nina]

WHEN HE LEFT Frascati’s late in the evening, Smithson returned to one of a series of rented and furnished apartments he kept in Paris. He lived alone, although he had ...
( Category: United States June 29,2016 )
Witness to the Revolution by Clara Bingham
epub |eng | 2016-05-30 | Author:Clara Bingham

MICHAEL UHL Whether we were in Duluth or Richmond or Philadelphia or Los Angeles, we were always with veterans who were pissed enough about the war that they were willing ...
( Category: Vietnam War June 28,2016 )
Texas Obscurities by E.R. Bills
epub |eng | 2013-04-27 | Author:E.R. Bills [Bills, E.R.]

PORVENIR MASSACRE Porvenir, a small town in the northwestern-most corner of Presidio County, is no longer on most Texas maps. Located in a desolate no-man’s land between the Vieja Mountains ...
( Category: Photography & Video June 28,2016 )
A Colossal Wreck by Alexander Cockburn
epub |eng | 2013-09-09 | Author:Alexander Cockburn

What happened to the loofa? Maybe Abe Foxman called him on the other line to warn about “going Arab on us.” And what is O’Reilly planning to do with the ...
( Category: History & Theory June 28,2016 )
My Father and Atticus Finch by Joseph Madison Beck
epub |eng | | Author:Joseph Madison Beck

Chapter 22 MUCH OF THE TESTIMONY by the next witness called by the prosecution, Mance Scarbrough, concerned Miss Liger’s interest in fortune-telling. “If anybody mentions fortune-telling or marrying,” Mance said, ...
( Category: Sociology June 27,2016 )
Voices from the Outer Banks by Stephen Kirk
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Kirk

Date: April 14, 1903, Vessel: Topaz, Cargo: Eggs and Barrels Capsized in a squall off Rollinson’s Reef 5 miles WNW of station (in Pamlico Sound) at 4 P.M. The life-saving ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )
Jefferson's America by Julie M. Fenster
epub |eng | 2016-05-09 | Author:Julie M. Fenster

The force of the explosion even burst a powder horn lying on a table nearby. Dunbar made sure that Hunter was not seriously hurt and then turned his attention to ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )
Green Metropolis by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
epub |eng | 2016-04-18 | Author:Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

Golden ragwort (Packera aurea) Such was the condition of the Ramble when the Central Park Conservancy was created in 1980. With more Olmstedian passion for re-creating the original sight lines ...
( Category: State & Local June 27,2016 )
Soul Standard by Richard Thomas
epub |eng | 2016-06-16 | Author:Richard Thomas [Thomas, Richard]

I slump against the meat locker and trace the contour of her face in my palm. The empty seat vibrates in my bones. Sliced wrappings laid beside me, I shudder ...
( Category: Historical June 27,2016 )
A Disposition to Be Rich by Geoffrey C. Ward
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-04-30 | Author:Geoffrey C. Ward [Ward, Geoffrey C.]

† Much later, Buck would claim that in early May 1883, he told Ferd expressly that the firm should have nothing to do with the contract business for fear his ...
( Category: United States June 27,2016 )
Buying a Bride by Zug Marcia A.;
epub |eng | | Author:Zug, Marcia A.;

A group of female immigrants denied admission and waiting to return home. Library of Congress. Marriage also helped would-be female immigrants by protecting them from accusations of prostitution or other ...
( Category: World June 27,2016 )
The Limousine Liberal by Steve Fraser
epub |eng | 2016-03-22 | Author:Steve Fraser [Fraser, Steve]

THE NEW CLASS Country and western Marxists were prey to racial prejudice. About this there can be no doubt. Race as a biological category is an elusive one at best. ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism June 27,2016 )

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