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Alcatraz: A Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years by Michael Esslinger
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-01-02 | Author:Michael Esslinger

Magee promptly notified the FBI, and they began a full-fledged investigation. Bremer’s abandoned car was discovered with bloodstains on the steering wheel, the gearshift, and all of the car seats. ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-22 | Author:Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

During the first two years at the new farm, Martha was repeatedly ill, her old problems perhaps accentuated by the hard work of making a new garden and reestablishing domestic ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
mobi, epub, pdf, azw3 |eng | 2007-05-14 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

Three times Philip had avoided what seemed like certain capture, but he had been driven from his homeland. His original fighting force of approximately 250 warriors was down to 40, ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Making Haste from Babylon
mobi |eng | 2010-08-28 | Author:Nick Bunker

CONVOYS TO RUSSIA On October 20, 1621, boatmen on the Thames saw moored in the river five ships that had recently returned from the distant north. They came from the ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
October 1964 by David Halberstam
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-12-18 | Author:David Halberstam

15 THE CARDINALS WERE A troubled team at the All-Star break. The addition of Lou Brock had added a badly needed spark and given them a new dimension of speed, ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story by Alison Thompson
mobi |eng | 2011-07-12 | Author:Alison Thompson

CHAPTER 9 By May, life in Peraliya was beginning to feel like something out of Lord of the Flies. We had to watch our backs, as some villagers had nothing ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
A Reason to Believe by Governor Deval Patrick
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-04-12 | Author:Governor Deval Patrick

Over the years, we’ve opened our doors to these and many other people who were hungry for company, attention, and affection. Growing up, I know that I too longed for ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
The Fall of the House of Zeus by Curtis Wilkie
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-19 | Author:Curtis Wilkie

“Zeus” ascending—a young Dick Scruggs, in flight gear, as a navy pilot. (photo credit i15.1) “If I get the same response … I won’t call again.”—After being rebuffed in previous ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-08-11 | Author:Rick Bragg

Federal men and county sheriffs harried him for thirty years, and while they locked him up now and then for carrying too much moonshine around in his bloodstream, they never ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie Leduff
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-02-07 | Author:Charlie Leduff

MAMA’S BOY WITH GENERAL MOTORS stock trading at levels not seen since the Great Depression, Kwame Kilpatrick walked out of jail shortly after midnight on February 2, 2009. Kilpatrick had ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Every Day by the Sun: A Memoir of the Faulkners of Mississippi
mobi |eng | 2011-03-22 | Author:Dean Faulkner Wells

*Before Jimmy and T, I had been a hymn-singing Baptist with Mama and Papa. My predestination phase lasted through high school until I discovered and fell in love with the ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories by Anton Treuer
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-03-15 | Author:Anton Treuer

The Sacred Art of Hunting [24] Hey, I want to tell you a little bit more about this here. There is still more that I remember in the morning about ...
( Category: Native American Studies March 25,2014 )
Time & Tide by Frank Conroy
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-03-08 | Author:Frank Conroy

No aluminum bats No beer No radios High standards of sportsmanship Eventually, it became a tradition, each year of play marked by its own T-shirt. Nothing was ever formalized beyond ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock 'N' Roll in America's Loudest City by Steve Miller
mobi |eng | 2013-06-01 | Author:Steve Miller

The Dirtbombs ending their set at the Detroit Institute of Arts, October 2006. The show was a party for the film It Came From Detroit, which documented the Detroit music ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )
FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio by Richard Neer
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-09-25 | Author:Richard Neer

Good-bye Yellow Brick Road Jonathan Schwartz was tired. The grind of working seven days a week had become too much for him. He was entangled in a romantic situation that ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )

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