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Fighting for the French Foreign Legion by Alex Lochrie
epub |eng | 2009-11-18 | Author:Alex Lochrie

Groups of Tchadien soldiers were roaming the streets, no one seemed to be in charge and most were under the influence of alcohol or drugs. They were looting the shops ...
( Category: France April 24,2014 )
Bola de Sebo by bola de sebo
epub |eng | | Author:bola de sebo

Por la mañana, un claro sol de invierno hacía brillar la nieve deslumbradora. La diligencia, ya enganchada, revivía para proseguir el viaje, mientras las palomas de blanco plumaje y ojos ...
( Category: Short Stories April 21,2014 )
The Pope and the Heretic by Michael White
mobi |eng | 2013-01-28 | Author:Michael White

And as Bruno concluded the recounting of this part of his story, his words trailed off into a heavy silence. The room had grown dark around him as his tale ...
( Category: Christianity April 20,2014 )
The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
epub |eng | 2011-06-21 | Author:Carl Sagan [Sagan, Carl]

A nest of Protoceratops eggs from the Cretaceous of the Mongolian People’s Republic. Courtesy of The American Museum of Natural History The immobilization hypothesis seems particularly apt in light of ...
( Category: Developmental Biology April 19,2014 )
Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-10-23 | Author:Edward W. Said [Said, Edward W.]

The effect is that of a moment out of time in which Janine escapes the sordid narrative of her present life and enters the kingdom of the collection’s title; or ...
( Category: Popular Culture April 17,2014 )
The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de La Cruz
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-01 | Author:Melissa de La Cruz [de La Cruz, Melissa]

Hotel Claridge figured highly in Ronan’s imagination of London high society, and it did not disappoint. While pollution had turned the once-red bricks of London’s best buildings gray, Claridge’s façade ...
( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy April 16,2014 )
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Stefan Zweig

It was already late in the evening when we once more drove through the gate of the Schloss. They all pressed me to stay to dinner. But I did not ...
( Category: Military April 15,2014 )
The Making of Star Wars (Enhanced Edition) by Rinzler J. W
epub |eng | 2013-10-21 | Author:Rinzler, J. W. [Rinzler, J. W.]

Sir Alec and Lady Guinness are greeted upon their arrival by Lucas. Sir Alec and Lady Guinness chat with Mark Hamill. Lucas confers with his DP, Gil Taylor. They shoot ...
( Category: Direction & Production April 14,2014 )
The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Enhanced Edition) by Rinzler J. W
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-10-21 | Author:Rinzler, J. W. [Rinzler, J. W.]

Marquand and crew film Prowse’s closeups as Vader for the Emperor’s arrival scene (McDiarmid is not on camera perhaps to afford the crew their preferred angle). A group shot of ...
( Category: Other Media April 14,2014 )
The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Enhanced Edition) by Rinzler J. W
epub |eng | 2013-10-21 | Author:Rinzler, J. W. [Rinzler, J. W.]

“There is video content at this location that is not currently supported for your eReading device. The caption for this content is displayed below.” A behind-the-scenes look at Kershner (with ...
( Category: Other Media April 14,2014 )
History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625 by Donald Gregory
epub |eng | | Author:Donald Gregory

1590.] THE KING'S BREACH OF FAITH. 241 Lauchlan Maclean of Dowart, Angus Macdonald of Isla, and Donald Gorme Macdonald of Sleat, were at length induced to come to Edinburgh, on ...
( Category: Europe April 13,2014 )
Dreams Of My Russian Summers by Andrei Makine
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Andrei Makine [Unknown]

11 That autumn there were only a few days between the time when, ashamed to admit it to myself, I was rejoicing at my mother's absence – she had gone ...
( Category: Historical April 12,2014 )
The Great Mortality by John Kelly
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-07-15 | Author:John Kelly

In Oxfordshire, the county to the east of Ralph’s diocese, the plague caused such devastation, the documents that survived have an end-of-the-world feel to them. In 1359 we hear that ...
( Category: Pathology April 12,2014 )
Disorderly Knights by Dunnett Dorothy
mobi, epub |eng | 1966-08-17 | Author:Dunnett, Dorothy [Dunnett, Dorothy]

V The Hand of Gabriel (St Mary’s and Djerba, 1551/2) THE pressure of Gabriel’s hand on his shoulder that first evening at St Mary’s while Sir Graham introduced his small ...
( Category: Family Saga April 11,2014 )
Ivanhoe. A Romance by Sir Walter Scott
mobi |eng | 2000-07-31 | Author:Sir Walter Scott

Chapter 3 The hottest horse will oft be cool, The dullest will show fire; The friar will often play the fool, The fool will play the friar. Old Song. When ...
( Category: Classics April 11,2014 )

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