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Baroque 1 - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
epub |eng | 2004-09-09 | Author:Neal Stephenson [Stephenson, Neal]

The Dutch Republic 1684 JACK RODE WEST OUT OFAmsterdam, through Haarlem, and then found himself suddenly alone, and perilously close to being under water: autumn rains had submerged the pastures, ...
( Category: Historical Fantasy October 14,2014 )
Storia d'Italia dal 1861 al 1997 (2000) by Denis Mack Smith
mobi |it | 2014-08-22 | Author:Denis Mack Smith

4. L'Italia resta neutrale (1914) L'Austria e l'Italia erano ancora alleate di nome, ma ben poco di fatto. L'Austria non dimenticava la perdita del Veneto nel 1866 e la minaccia ...
( Category: Europe October 14,2014 )
The Eagle's Prey by Simon Scarrow
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Simon Scarrow [Scarrow, Simon]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 'Batavians?' Figulus looked towards the crest of the ridge, as if expecting their pursuers to ride into sight at any moment. He turned back to his breathless centurion. ...
( Category: Ancient October 14,2014 )
Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Albert Speer

313 ) Downhill The Gauleiters were less disturbed by the comprehensiveness of my program than by these two last sentences. I had barely finished my speech when several of them ...
( Category: World War II October 14,2014 )
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Kershaw Ian
mobi |eng | 2001-10-24 | Author:Kershaw, Ian [Kershaw, Ian]

IV Not lost, however, was the war against the Jews – in Hitler’s eyes, the authors of the entire world conflagration. As we noted, Hitler had agreed in June to ...
( Category: Germany October 14,2014 )
Savage Continent by Lowe Keith
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Lowe, Keith [Lowe, Keith]

The ethnic cleansing of Poland in 1947 is not something that can be considered in isolation. It was a product of many years of civil war, and more than seven ...
( Category: World War II October 14,2014 )
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Shirer William
mobi |eng | 2011-10-22 | Author:Shirer, William [Shirer, William]

“Then France will be the aggressor,” Ribbentrop said. “History will be the judge of that,” Coulondre replied. On that Sunday in Berlin all the participants in the final act of ...
( Category: Holocaust October 13,2014 )
A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age
epub |eng | 1992-04-29 | Author:William Manchester [Manchester, William]

Emperor Charles V (Carlos I of Spain) (1500–1558) it, shall be repaid without further delay.” Charles paid—mostly by giving Fugger the right to collect various royal revenues in Spain. CHARLES ...
( Category: Europe October 13,2014 )
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Wallach Janet
mobi |eng | 2010-11-30 | Author:Wallach, Janet [Wallach, Janet]

As successful as the alliance was with Fahad Bey, relations with colleagues in Cairo had hit a snag. In accord with the letters between Henry McMahon and the Sharif Hussein, ...
( Category: Great Britain October 13,2014 )
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde
epub |eng | 2010-03-02 | Author:Oscar Wilde

The turtle now has ceased to call Upon her crimson-footed groom, The grey wolf prowls about the stall, The lily’s singing seneschal Sleeps in the lily-bell, and all The violet ...
( Category: British & Irish October 13,2014 )
Nora Webster by Colm Toibin
epub |eng | 2014-10-14 | Author:Colm Toibin [Toibin, Colm]

CHAPTER TWELVE When Nora saw Nancy Brophy walking towards the house, she moved away from the window. She could not think why Nancy would want to call on her. She ...
( Category: Christian Historical Fiction October 12,2014 )
Our Game by John Le Carre
epub, mobi | | 2010-05-22 | Author:John Le Carre [Carre, John Le]

"The mafia." I played my part for him: "The Italian mafia?" I cried. "But, Ockie, they've got all the guns in the world!" "You're being stupid deliberately. The Russian mafia. ...
( Category: Espionage October 11,2014 )
In the Blood of the Greeks by Mary D. Brooks
epub |eng | 2005-01-20 | Author:Mary D. Brooks [Brooks, Mary D.]

Chapter 11 EVA BARELY HEARD THE TWO men talking. Her thoughts were on Father Haralambos and the dire predicament he was going to be in shortly. She was brought out ...
( Category: Architecture October 11,2014 )
Stoner McTavish by Sarah Dreher
epub, mobi |eng | 1985-10-15 | Author:Sarah Dreher [Dreher, Sarah]

Jenny Lake is known as the jewel of the Tetons, but under the rain the jewel is more pearl than sapphire. A shell-like depression at the base of Teewinot and ...
( Category: Specific Demographics October 11,2014 )
The Age of the Vikings by Winroth Anders
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-10-10 | Author:Winroth, Anders

CHAPTER 7 AT HOME ON THE FARM THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY WAS DEAD. SHE HAD DIED AT the farm of her long-dead first husband, at Såsta, about seventeen kilometers ...
( Category: Scandinavia October 11,2014 )

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