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The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power, 1848-1876 by Nester William
epub, pdf |eng | 2013-07-30 | Author:Nester, William [Nester, William]

12 With Malice toward None With malice toward none; with charity toward all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on ...
( Category: Civil War August 19,2014 )
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb
epub, azw3 |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Charles E. Cobb [Cobb, Charles E.]

A Civil War–era card depicting a rebelling slave. Open resistance to slavery was rarely, if ever, nonviolent. (Library of Congress) African American troops fighting for the Union in Dutch Gap, ...
( Category: African-American Studies August 18,2014 )
Dave Barry Slept Here by Dave Barry
epub |eng | 2010-07-27 | Author:Dave Barry [Barry, Dave]

THE AWAKENING OF IMPERIALISM The first thing American imperialism noticed when it woke up was Cuba. At the time Cuba technically belonged to Spain, which alert readers will remember as ...
( Category: Humor August 18,2014 )
The Hard Way on Purpose by David Giffels
epub |eng | | Author:David Giffels

But not me, baby, I’m too precious . . . Fuck off! And then began punching again. After a while, it did start to hurt. When the song ended, in ...
( Category: State & Local August 18,2014 )
Paradise Under Glass by Ruth Kassinger
epub |eng | 2010-08-13 | Author:Ruth Kassinger

We hung out in the vivarium for a time while I oohed and aahed over the butterflies. I learned that although their lives are sweet, they’re short: usually two to ...
( Category: State & Local August 14,2014 )
The Bite Fight by George Willis
epub |eng | 2013-04-11 | Author:George Willis

9. Man in the Middle Mills Lane had just finished a three-mile run across the back roads outside of Reno, Nevada, an exercise he undertook at least four times a ...
( Category: State & Local August 1,2014 )
Blood and Daring by John Boyko
epub |eng | 2013-05-27 | Author:John Boyko [Boyko, John]

CHICAGO The American peace movement, spearheaded by the anti-Lincoln machinations of Thompson and the Copperheads, had sputtered as the Union made successful military advances in 1863, but it was revived ...
( Category: Civil War July 31,2014 )
Super Bowl Monday by Adam Lazarus
epub |eng | 2010-12-31 | Author:Adam Lazarus [Lazarus, Adam]

Ottis Jerome (O. J.) Anderson stares at the camera during Super Bowl XXV. The New York Giants running back would finish the game with twenty-one carries, 102 yards rushing, one ...
( Category: State & Local July 29,2014 )
Baseball's Creation Myth by Brian Martin
epub |eng | 2013-05-28 | Author:Brian Martin

Cooperstown residents apparently needed time to digest the village’s newfound status as the cradle of baseball, since little was done to capitalize on it in the near term. The lack ...
( Category: State & Local July 29,2014 )
The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer by Dean Baker
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Dean Baker [Baker, Dean]

13 These data are taken from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2006, Table 11). 14 This estimate is derived in Baker (2005a). 54 would eliminate the incentive to ...
( Category: Economic Conditions July 29,2014 )
Escape from Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-02-21 | Author:J. Campbell Bruce [Bruce, J. Campbell]

EX-CONVICT TELLS WHY By Robert de Roos It is easy to forget that the convicts who died in the abortive Alcatraz Prison break had friends. Yesterday, a former Alcatraz inmate ...
( Category: State & Local July 27,2014 )
Debunking 9/11 Myths by David Dunbar
epub |eng | 2011-08-01 | Author:David Dunbar

( Category: Political Science July 20,2014 )
Blacklisted by History
epub | | 2007-11-06 | Author:Evans, M. Stanton [Evans, M. Stanton]

TWO final suspects in this roster of midlevel McCarthy cases may be handled rather briefly. One was Prof. Frederick Schuman, who, despite a record of Communist-front affiliation exceeding that of ...
( Category: Political July 20,2014 )
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival by Laurence Gonzales
epub |eng | 2014-07-07 | Author:Laurence Gonzales [Gonzales, Laurence]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN At one or two o’clock on the morning of July 20, when the Grumman Gulfstream touched down at the Sioux City airport and taxied to the ramp, more ...
( Category: State & Local July 17,2014 )
Dinesh D'Souza - America: Imagine a World without Her by Dinesh D'Souza
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:Dinesh D'Souza [D'Souza, Dinesh]

CHAPTER 10 THE VIRTUE OF PROSPERITY There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently occupied than in getting money.1 SAMUEL JOHNSON, BOSWELL S LIFE OF JOHNSON ...
( Category: National July 17,2014 )

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