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The Age of the Reformation by Albert Pollard
epub |eng | | Author:Albert Pollard

1536-64 Calvin’s spiritual development. Calvin’s life from this point onwards falls into three parts : his first stay in Geneva from July, 1536, to March, 1538; his residence in Strasburg ...
( Category: Europe March 13,2020 )
Vacation Rambles by Thomas Hughes
epub |eng | 2017-04-06 | Author:Thomas Hughes [Hughes, Thomas]

The Natives, Rugby, Tennessee. When all is said and sung, there is nothing so interesting as the man and woman who dwell on any corner of the earth; so, before ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles March 13,2020 )
Restless Land: A Radical Journey Through Scotland's History by Paterson Roz & McCombes Alan
epub |eng | 2014-07-26 | Author:Paterson, Roz & McCombes, Alan [Paterson, Roz]

OUT OF THE DEPTHS No conscription! In the centre of Tranent, the oldest mining town in Scotland, stands a striking statue of a woman striding resolutely forward, a drum under ...
( Category: Europe March 13,2020 )
Castles, A Very Peculiar History by Morley Jacqueline;
epub |eng | 2012-02-13 | Author:Morley, Jacqueline;

CHAPTER SEVEN: Castle entertainments Barons and knights were trained for an active life, and when they wanted to enjoy themselves they went outdoors. Hunting and tournaments were their favourite pastimes. ...
( Category: Architecture March 13,2020 )
The History Of Scotland Volume 4: From Mary Stuart To The Two Murders by Andrew Lang
epub |deu | 2013-01-05 | Author:Andrew Lang [Lang, Andrew]

Meanwhile Mary, in France, had been in bad health, and had been evading Throckmorton's demands for the ratification of the treaty of Edinburgh. He reasoned with her at Paris, about ...
( Category: Europe March 13,2020 )
The Age of Bismarck by Thomas Dyer
epub |eng | | Author:Thomas Dyer

Ad interim treaties of alliance, offensive and defensive, were signed between Prussia and the States that were to form the new Northern Bund, till its constitution should be definitely settled. ...
( Category: Europe March 13,2020 )
Fortune-Telling by Cards by P. R. S. Foli
epub |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:P. R. S. Foli [Unbekannt]

Marriage by Lot. For this appeal to the fates we require a pack of cards, a bag, and stakes either in money or counters. When the players have fixed upon ...
( Category: Fortune Telling March 13,2020 )
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero (World Classics) by Henryk Sienkiewicz
epub |eng | 2019-09-08 | Author:Henryk Sienkiewicz [Sienkiewicz, Henryk]

“I will sit down and share your repast; but first listen to me, thou Peter, and thou Paul of Tarsus, so that ye may know my sincerity. I know where ...
( Category: Historical Fiction March 13,2020 )
The Exeter Road - The story of the west of England highway by Charles G. Harper
epub |eng | 2017-02-08 | Author:Charles G. Harper [Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)]

There is certainly every opportunity of spending money on the spot. Steam merry-go-rounds keep up a continual screeching and bellowing; stalls with all manner of toys and nick-nacks of the ...
( Category: Europe March 13,2020 )
The Fascination of London: Westminster by Walter Besant
epub |eng | 2012-06-13 | Author:Walter Besant

The annals of New Palace Yard are long and interesting. It looks so new and modern, with its Houses of Parliament, and its iron railings, that one forgets how ancient ...
( Category: Architecture March 13,2020 )
The Duchesses by Andrew Roden
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Roden

Like many government projects, the locomotive hall opened late, and it wasn’t until 1972 that City of Birmingham was under cover in a purpose-built structure, and able to move slowly ...
( Category: Engineering March 13,2020 )
Those Were the Days by Floyd Clymer
epub |eng | 2012-10-04 | Author:Floyd Clymer

No Chemicals are used in any of Walter Baker & Co.’s Chocolate and Cocoa, Preparations. These preparations have stood the test of public approval for more than one hundred years, ...
( Category: Memoirs March 13,2020 )
Living in a Foreign Language by Michael Tucker
epub |eng | 2007-03-12 | Author:Michael Tucker

Mayes and Bruno “You know, you could really lighten this place up,” he said, his eyes darting around the room. “I had plans to knock this wall down so that ...
( Category: Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making March 13,2020 )
Girl in a Green Gown by Carola Hicks
epub |eng | | Author:Carola Hicks

The Mirror BEYOND THE WINDOW, in the sunny world outside, we can just make out a cherry tree in fruit, which suggests it is early summer. The artist has squeezed ...
( Category: History March 13,2020 )
May at 10 by Anthony Seldon
epub |eng | 2019-03-12 | Author:Anthony Seldon [Anthony Seldon and Raymond Newell]

MAY’S SPEECH: 4 OCTOBER Much hinged on the impact of May’s speech, and she knew it. She’d reflected on what she might say over her long summer break and determined ...
( Category: Leadership March 13,2020 )

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