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The Man with the Poison Gun by Serhii Plokhy
epub |eng | 2016-11-11 | Author:Serhii Plokhy

31 DOWN TO THE WIRE It was only on the morning of August 12 that Lieutenant Colonel Yurii Aleksandrov implied that their KGB “protection” would be removed while they planned ...
( Category: Russia June 21,2017 )
The Bridgebusters by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
epub |eng | 2016-03-31 | Author:Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Within a few weeks of his return, McCarthy had a very narrow escape. In late August, he led a dive-bombing mission on a marshalling yard. During the dive, he spotted ...
( Category: Historical June 21,2017 )
Thunder at the Gates by Douglas R Egerton
epub |eng | 2016-09-20 | Author:Douglas R Egerton

AS THE MEN SORTED OUT THEIR EMOTIONS THE MORNING AFTER Smith’s execution, they all assumed that they were in for a quiet, lengthy stay in northern Florida. Literally without loss ...
( Category: Americas June 21,2017 )
Brothers at Arms by Larrie D. Ferreiro
epub |eng | 2016-11-14 | Author:Larrie D. Ferreiro

THE ARRIVAL OF THE EXPÉDITION PARTICULIÈRE AT NEWPORT On May 10, 1780, the same day that Lafayette informed Washington of the approach of Ternay’s Expédition Particulière, a British frigate docked ...
( Category: Americas June 21,2017 )
The Tunnels by Greg Mitchell
epub |eng | 2016-10-17 | Author:Greg Mitchell

Later that day Kennedy met with his United Nations ambassador, Adlai Stevenson, who had just returned from meeting with European leaders. Stevenson reported that nearly everyone privately opposed the reunification ...
( Category: Historical June 21,2017 )
Genghis Khan and the Quest for God by Jack Weatherford
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-09-29 | Author:Jack Weatherford

News of the Mongol defeat by the forces of Jalal ad-Din spread quickly throughout the former Khwarizm Empire. Compared with their own losses over the past two years, it was ...
( Category: Asia June 21,2017 )
Queen Anne by Anne Somerset
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-20 | Author:Anne Somerset

For the past fifteen years or so, the entire Hill family had benefited from Sarah’s kindness. When the Duke of Gloucester’s death had led to Alice Hill losing her job ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People June 21,2017 )
George V (Penguin Monarchs) by David Cannadine
epub |eng | 2014-10-13 | Author:David Cannadine

4 Revolution and Counter-Revolution 1918–1929 There was a clattering down of thrones in Europe, and the world was a little dazed with the sound and dust. John Buchan, The King’s ...
( Category: Historical June 21,2017 )
Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire by Andrew J. Newman
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2008-12-14 | Author:Andrew J. Newman [Newman, Andrew J.]

1 Laying the Foundations: Ismail I (1488–1524) 1 Fazlallah Khunji Isfahani (d. 1521), the ferociously anti-Safavid and anti-Shi‘i Sunni historian to Uzun Hasan’s son Yaqub (d. 1490), wrote that the ...
( Category: Europe June 21,2017 )
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II by Edward Gibbon
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-05-29 | Author:Edward Gibbon [Gibbon, Edward]

ELEVATION OF JUSTIN THE ELDER · REIGN OF JUSTINIAN: I. THE EMPRESS THEODORA · II. FACTIONS OF THE CIRCUS AND SEDITION OF CONSTANTINOPLE · III. TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations June 21,2017 )
Elite Panzer Strike Force: Germany's Panzer Lehr Division in World War II by Franz Kurowski
epub |eng | 2011-10-14 | Author:Franz Kurowski [Kurowski, Franz]

On 18 July, U.S. forces reached the St. Lo-Periers road, which would force the Germans out of the important city. They started infiltrating into the ruins along the eastern edge. ...
( Category: Military June 21,2017 )
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-02-22 | Author:Susan Wise Bauer [Bauer, Susan Wise]

Zachary, facing the hostile Aistulf, was willing to trade the church’s approval for protection from the Lombards. Pippin ordered Childeric III tonsured and sent to a monastery, where he died ...
( Category: Europe June 21,2017 )
A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy by Jonathan Israel
epub, pdf |eng | 2009-10-26 | Author:Jonathan Israel [Israel, Jonathan]

CHAPTER V Two Kinds of Moral Philosophy in Conflict Despite the great variety of the world’s religions, affirms Diderot, all peoples have felt, more or less along the same lines, ...
( Category: Politics & Government June 20,2017 )
French Gastronomy by Jean-Robert Pitte
epub |eng | 2011-12-23 | Author:Jean-Robert Pitte

“Francogastria” A few years ago, Francophonia became a battle horse for French cultural institutions and politics. It is talked about much more now than in the period when French was ...
( Category: Cooking Education & Reference June 20,2017 )
Enigma: The Battle for the Code by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
epub |eng | 2017-05-20 | Author:Hugh Sebag-Montefiore [Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh]

20 Breaking the Deadlock The Mediterranean and Bletchley Park OCTOBER–DECEMBER 1942 As the German U-boats sank more and more ships off the east coast of America during the first half ...
( Category: Military June 20,2017 )

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