European History
azw3 |eng | 2015-06-29 | Author:Bob Carruthers [Carruthers, Bob]

‘Mr. Hitler, as corporal, was a courier for the regimental staff, and was not only always willing to carry out hard tasks, but did so with distinction. I stress that ...
( Category: European History October 26,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-14 | Author:Von Hardesty

TITOV SCORES ANOTHER SOVIET VICTORY The extraordinary success of Gagarin’s spaceflight set the stage for a second Soviet manned feat—the dramatic launch of German Titov, Gagarin’s backup, for an extended ...
( Category: European History October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-21 | Author:H. G. Wells

II I do not think that the general reader at all appreciates the steady development of Socialist thought during the past two decades. Directly one comes into close contact with ...
( Category: Economics October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-22 | Author:Mike Guardia [Guardia, Mike]

While American F-15Cs and F-15Es destroyed Iraqi targets on the ground and in the air, the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) made extensive use of their own F-15s. Throughout most ...
( Category: European History October 24,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Eric Nelson

* * * Veto! The saying that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” comes from the story that, while observing the flames, Nero donned a dramatic costume and sang “Disco Inferno.” ...
( Category: European History October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Yvonne Sherratt

In his attempt to leave France, Benjamin went to the Consulate in Marseilles to try to get the necessary permit. But the visit was unsuccessful. Arrangements had been underway for ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-22 | Author:Catherine Grace Katz

Fifteen February 8, 1945 As Kathleen and Averell drove to the Koreiz Villa for Stalin’s dinner, Kathleen was feeling “horribly embarrassed.” She had been invited to the banquet along with ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2004-11-30 | Author:Fanny Burney [Burney, Fanny]

CHAPTER vii. A CALM. Cecilia took leave over night of the family, as she would not stay their rising in the morning: Mr Monckton, though certain not to sleep when ...
( Category: Specific Group Biographies October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2004-07-31 | Author:Fanny Burney [Burney, Fanny]

CHAPTER viii A TETE A TETE. The two following days had neither event nor disturbance, except some little vexation occasioned by the behaviour of Sir Robert Floyer, who still appeared ...
( Category: Specific Group Biographies October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2003-04-30 | Author:Walter Pater [Pater, Walter]

NOTES 116. +Lucretius, Book VI.1153. 120. +Horace, Odes I.xxiv.1-2. PART THE SECOND CHAPTER VIII: ANIMULA VAGULA Animula, vagula, blandula Hospes comesque corporis, Quae nunc abibis in loca? Pallidula, rigida, nudula. ...
( Category: European History October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2003-04-30 | Author:Walter Pater [Pater, Walter]

NOTES 93. +Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish mystic writer, 1688-1772. Return. CHAPTER XXII: "THE MINOR PEACE OF THE CHURCH" [109] FAITHFUL to the spirit of his early Epicurean philosophy and the impulse ...
( Category: European History October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2004-11-30 | Author:Fanny Burney [Burney, Fanny]

CHAPTER vi. A MYSTERY. For two days, in consequence of violent colds caught during the storm, Lady Honoria Pemberton and Cecilia were confined to their rooms. Cecilia, glad by solitude ...
( Category: Specific Group Biographies October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-16 | Author:Matthew Green [Green, Matthew]

The horse-bus to Whitechapel It will be green, bedecked in advertisements and say ‘Bayswater to Whitechapel’ on the side, and you shouldn’t have to wait long – it runs every ...
( Category: European History October 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-05 | Author:John Stieber [Stieber, John]

What was left of the morning passed quickly and soon we were tucking into our lunch and savouring the unusual experience of sitting down at table to do so. One ...
( Category: Historical Biographies October 24,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-09-21 | Author:Beatrix Brice [Brice, Beatrix]

Near Gheluvelt Château, 19141 “The 1/Battalion Scots Guards had been holding the line near Gheluvelt Château since the night of the 26th October. The night of the 27th to 28th ...
( Category: Engineering October 24,2020 )