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The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War by Leonard L. Richards
epub |eng | 2007-02-12 | Author:Leonard L. Richards

Davis never admitted his bias. Instead, he attributed his enthusiastic support of a southern railroad to two other factors. One was his job as secretary of war. The other was ...
( Category: State & Local September 22,2014 )
Between Us Girls by Sally John
epub |eng | | Author:Sally John

Forty-One Late Friday afternoon, Keagan knocked on the door of Cottage Eleven, a deep violet-blue windbreaker over his arm, a youth size. They didn’t carry women’s petite sizes at the ...
( Category: Arts & Literature September 22,2014 )
The Boys' Book 3 by Steve Martin
epub |eng | | Author:Steve Martin [Martin, Steve]

2. Lay the cards out face down on the table, and pick each one up to show your audience what is on them. 3. Pick up one of the kings ...
( Category: Fashion September 22,2014 )
The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It by John W. Dean
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:John W. Dean [Dean, John W.]

April 15, 1973, the White House Because the president had stayed up late talking with Bebe, he slept in on Sunday morning. When Kleindienst tried to phone him at 8:41 ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents September 22,2014 )
My Famous Evening by Howard Norman
epub |eng | 2004-09-21 | Author:Howard Norman

I do not particularly delight in stories whose plots rely on coincidence, nor do I feel that synchronicity is necessarily a godsend. However, I can subscribe to the Buddhist notion ...
( Category: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides September 22,2014 )
Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos by Keri Jonah
epub |eng | 2014-03-25 | Author:Keri, Jonah [Keri, Jonah]

Out of the owner’s box and onto the mound: Charles Bronfman’s uniform number 83 is in honour of the Seagram’s whiskey. The beloved grin of Gary Carter, “The Kid.” After ...
( Category: Canada September 22,2014 )
Snow-Storm in August by Jefferson Morley
epub |eng | 2012-07-02 | Author:Jefferson Morley [Morley, Jefferson]

With the restoration of calm, the recriminations began. “What causes have produced the declension in American character and the present supremacy of Mobocracy?” asked the Richmond Whig, one of the ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism September 22,2014 )
We Got the Neutron Bomb by Marc Spitz
epub, mobi |eng | 2001-09-21 | Author:Marc Spitz [Spitz, Marc]

DAVID ALLEN: Margot Olaverra, who took over John and Exene’s room at our house on South Van Ness, had designs on learning bass and had already started an all-girl punk ...
( Category: Punk September 22,2014 )
Dry Divide by Ralph Moody
epub |eng | 2013-06-23 | Author:Ralph Moody [Moody, Ralph]

10 Bamboozling Bones BY the end of our second week we were so far along that there was no doubt of our finishing the harvest with time to spare. When ...
( Category: Westerns September 22,2014 )
Founding Rivals by Chris DeRose
epub |eng | 2011-10-17 | Author:Chris DeRose

State: Total population: Slave population: Virginia (includes Kentucky) 821,287 305,057 Massachusetts (includes Maine) 475,327 None Pennsylvania 434,373 3,737 New York (includes Vermont) 425,659 21,324 North Carolina 393,751 100,572 Maryland 319,728 ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding September 22,2014 )
The Sunny Side by A.A. Milne
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:A.A. Milne

He sits now in a little basket lined with flannel, a hero returned from the War. Round his neck he wears the regimental colours, and on his chest will be ...
( Category: Anthologies September 22,2014 )
Vietnam by Nigel Cawthorne
epub |eng | 2011-07-24 | Author:Nigel Cawthorne

US Marines at Khe Sanh prepare defences during the siege, 1968. The base was hit by over 1,000 rounds of incoming fire some days. Any movement above ground attracted the ...
( Category: United States September 22,2014 )
One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Chris Ballard

Thursday morning dawned blessedly clear. At 1 P.M., the boys fled class and headed for the bus, playing cards on the hour-long ride to Champaign Central High. Located two miles ...
( Category: State & Local September 18,2014 )
Gospel of Freedom by Jonathan Rieder
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-17 | Author:Jonathan Rieder

A Child Shall Lead Them To ignite the Birmingham campaign, King would need more than his passionate preaching. He would also need to draw on the remarkable initiative of some ...
( Category: Asian September 18,2014 )
Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia by John Gilmore
azw3 |eng | 2006-05-01 | Author:John Gilmore

11 The Los Angeles County morgue, where the questionable deaths and murder victims were delivered pending identification or burial, was cramped, dingy, and had leaking water pipes. Glass panels in ...
( Category: State & Local September 16,2014 )

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