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Constitutional Myths by Ray Raphael
epub |eng | | Author:Ray Raphael [Raphael, Ray]

Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s other professed originalist, assumes a somewhat milder stance. “If a constitutional line of authority is wrong, he [Thomas] would say let’s get it right,” ...
( Category: Colonial Period December 27,2014 )
Mr. President by Ray Raphael
epub |eng | 2012-03-05 | Author:Ray Raphael [Raphael, Ray]

Undoubtedly, Washington was just as displeased with the encounter. He was no stranger to seeking advice, but not in a venue such as this. On countless occasions during the Revolution ...
( Category: Executive Branch December 27,2014 )
Beverly Hills Confidential : A Century of Stars, Scandals and Murders by Schroeder Barbara & Clark Fogg
epub |eng | 2013-12-17 | Author:Schroeder, Barbara & Clark, Fogg [Schroeder, Barbara & Clark, Fogg]

The murder took place at the Hayden Home at 817 North Whittier Drive Samuel Hayden and his new wife Ann were victims of a burglary in their new home; perpetrators ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring by Earley Pete
epub |eng | 2012-03-11 | Author:Earley, Pete [Earley, Pete]

Chapter 38 Had John Walker, Jr., not been a spy, he would have liked to have joined the FBI after retiring from the Navy. This is what he said, with ...
( Category: Espionage December 27,2014 )
A Writer's Life by Gay Talese
epub |eng | 2011-06-14 | Author:Gay Talese [Talese, Gay]

19 AS I DROVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN SELMA ONTO HIGHWAY 80 toward the Holiday Inn, which was where I and most of the out-of-town media who were here for the silver ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Best Little Stories from the Civil War: More than 100 true stories by Kelly C. Brian
mobi |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Kelly, C. Brian [Kelly, C. Brian]

Gettysburg Facts, Stats WHERE MORE THAN THIRTEEN HUNDRED MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE markers now stand in one central area, the Union fielded 246 infantry regiments for the famous Battle of Gettysburg, ...
( Category: Civil War December 27,2014 )
Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk
epub |eng | | Author:Joshua Wolf Shenk

The will of God prevails—In great contests each party claims to act in accordence with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God can not ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents December 27,2014 )
Last Train to Paradise by Les Standiford
epub |eng | 2003-08-04 | Author:Les Standiford

However, reports of Flagler’s demise were greatly exaggerated, as the saying goes. Even as the Journal account was being published, crews were back at work, rebuilding work camps and replacing ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Lion of Liberty
epub |eng | 2010-10-05 | Author:Harlow Giles Unger

Chapter 11 A Belgian Hare When the Virginia legislature reconvened in Richmond, British depredations had left fewer than 300 homes standing, and the depleted population was unable to offer legislators ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding December 27,2014 )
The Longest Romance
epub |eng | 2013-08-27 | Author:Humberto Fontova

COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU Some perspective: Castro’s guerrilla war, plus the urban insurgency against Batista in Cuba that saw the U.S. State Department issue travel warnings and evacuate ...
( Category: Cuba December 27,2014 )
Death of a King by Tavis Smiley
epub |eng | 2014-09-08 | Author:Tavis Smiley

PART II THE FINAL SEASON The Last Three Months Chapter Thirteen THIRTY-NINE The year begins ominously. The war is six years old, soon to be the longest in American history—nearly ...
( Category: Civil Rights & Liberties December 27,2014 )
The Book of Yaak by Rick Bass
epub |eng | | Author:Rick Bass [Bass, Rick]

I had, once again, meant for this whole essay to be numbers: a landslide of numbers, like brittle talus. But I cannot tolerate them, at present. There is a space ...
( Category: Wildlife December 27,2014 )
Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire by David DeKok
epub |eng | 2010-01-27 | Author:David DeKok [DeKok, David]

LL WHO WERE AT CENTRALIA ON FEBRUARY 14, 1981, WERE HORRIFIED. Had SecretaryJames Watt been there, or Governor Dick Thornburgh, aid might have flowed to the beleaguered village within the ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce by Kent Nerburn
epub |eng | | Author:Kent Nerburn

13 “Our People Are Hungry and Weak” A HUNDRED MILES farther ahead, the Nez Perce sensed the weakening pursuit. Attacks by the Crow and Bannock had dwindled to almost nothing. ...
( Category: Native American Studies December 27,2014 )
In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
epub |eng | 2003-05-02 | Author:Doug Stanton [Stanton, Doug]

The rafts of marine private McCoy and Captain McVay drifted ahead of what remained of the other groups. McCoy and McVay were about eight miles apart, and each was about ...
( Category: Naval December 27,2014 )

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