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The Crime and the Silence by Anna Bikont
epub |eng | | Author:Anna Bikont

Journal JUNE 18, 2001 I’ve brought Ramotowski to my house. Today Marek Edelman, who promised to examine him, is coming from Łódź. I give them lunch. Edelman says he finds ...
( Category: Europe February 15,2016 )
Charles I (Penguin Monarchs): An Abbreviated Life by Mark Kishlansky
epub |eng | 2014-12-02 | Author:Mark Kishlansky [Kishlansky, Mark]

5 Reform and Rebellion The implications of the Scottish invasion sunk in slowly. Initially Charles believed that he could reinvigorate his forces and revive his cause. All he needed was ...
( Category: Europe February 15,2016 )
Dancing to the Precipice by Caroline Moorehead
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Caroline Moorehead

CHAPTER ELEVEN Hordes of Vagabond French Their boat left Calais for Dover at eleven o’clock at night. Though the south-easterly wind was light and the sky cloudless, Frédéric immediately took ...
( Category: France February 15,2016 )
A Gull on the Roof by Derek Tangye
epub |eng | | Author:Derek Tangye

8 We had planted the violet runners in June – six thousand Governor Herrick in the top half of the field, the cemetery field where we had cropped potatoes; and ...
( Category: England February 15,2016 )
Sissinghurst, an Unfinished History by Adam Nicolson
epub |eng | | Author:Adam Nicolson

In 1558, the old man died. In his will, he addressed his son directly from beyond the grave: To myne oldest sonne Richard Bakere goddes blessinge and myne and all ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Ma, Now I'm Goin Up in the World by Martha Long
epub |eng | 2011-10-28 | Author:Martha Long [Martha Long]

20 * * * I woke up early, thinking something great is happening today. Me heart was lepping with excitement. I held me breath, waiting to remember what it was. ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy by Martha Long
epub |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Martha Long

CHAPTER 15 ‘Come in,’ Sister Eleanor said, smiling and waving me in the door. I crept around the door, putting me head in and bringing me suitcase after me. ‘This ...
( Category: Irish February 15,2016 )
How Britain Worked by Guy Martin
epub |eng | | Author:Guy Martin

While working on board, the trawlermen had some very effective traditional protective clothing. Oilskins, capes or coats made from sail canvas soaked in linseed oil helped to keep out rain ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Sissinghurst by Vita Sackville-West
epub |eng | | Author:Vita Sackville-West

Philadelphus coronarius. Starting with philadelphus, its name ‘seems to suit it nicely, meaning brotherly or sisterly love in Greek, suggesting a purity of love distinct from any sexual passion. ‘Yet ...
( Category: England February 15,2016 )
Ma, I've Got Meself Locked Up in the Mad House by Martha Long
epub |eng | 2011-10-28 | Author:Martha Long [Martha Long]

34 * * * I was sitting on my bed, yawning and wondering if I should climb in and have a sleep, when the ‘Vision’ appeared in the room and ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Underground in Berlin by Marie Jalowicz Simon
epub |eng | 2015-05-11 | Author:Marie Jalowicz Simon [Simon, Marie Jalowicz]

Unlike me, Eva Deutschkron had ration cards of her own. She told me how she had come by them when we were washing the dishes, and had been passing the ...
( Category: Holocaust February 15,2016 )
The Ho Ho Ho Mystery by Bob Burke
epub |eng | 2010-02-14 | Author:Bob Burke [Burke, Bob]

11 A Rug with a View After we’d landed back at the Claus residence I sent Jack and Basili home in a cab and wandered the streets of Grimmtown, trying ...
( Category: Cozy Animal Mysteries February 15,2016 )
Confessions of an Essex Girl by Becci Fox
epub |eng | | Author:Becci Fox [Fox, Becci]

Gemma and Grant clearly weren’t through. She would have contacted everyone to call off the wedding if that was the case. So like the good friend I am, I decided ...
( Category: Great Britain February 15,2016 )
Teutonic Knights by William Urban
epub, pdf |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:William Urban [Urban, William]

The International Crusade Prussia was easy to reach by either land or sea, but it lay at sufficient distance to escape the turmoil of Western political struggles. Neither the Hundred ...
( Category: Christianity February 15,2016 )
The English and Their History by Robert Tombs
epub |eng | 2015-10-26 | Author:Robert Tombs

* * * *1 Mrs. Dalton was a prostitute; X meant “rescue work.” *2 The Act created an electorate equal to 16 percent of the total population, compared with 27 ...
( Category: Historic February 15,2016 )

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