Historical Study & Educational Resources
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Dabhoiwala, Faramerz

13. The London Magdalen House: the first refuge for penitent prostitutes to be founded in the English-speaking world. The foundation of charities to rescue poor women from sexual suffering was ...
( Category: Reference March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Hanne Blank

DATING AND RATING Around 1914, it became possible to go out on a date.[20] As the Victorian era drew to a close, and the cult of true love trickled down ...
( Category: LGBT March 26,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-10-01 | Author:Bekka Black

From: Mina Murray To: Abraham Van Helsing Subject: Can we meet? Sent: June 24 8:25 AM * * * Abe, Thank you for the things you said about Lucy. I ...
( Category: Drawing March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2008-11-13 | Author:Iain M. Banks

He grimaced into the mirror, snorting back a mixture of blood and warm water. The black porcelain basin swirled with gently steaming suds, pink-flecked. He touched his nose with great ...
( Category: Adventure March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2008-02-25 | Author:Iain M. Banks

Before she left the Seed Drill she researched what was known about recent events on the Eighth, Sursamen. She did some of the investigating herself and sent agents – crude, ...
( Category: Adventure March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2009-11-23 | Author:Iain M. Banks

Victory! Commander Risingmoon Parchseason IV of the Farsight tribe nudged the suit forward, floating out through the torn doors of the airlock and into the hangar space. The ships were ...
( Category: Adventure March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1993-01-01 | Author:Matt Ridley

The Rewards of Violence If reproduction has been the reward and goal of power and wealth, then it is little wonder that it has also been a frequent cause, and ...
( Category: Organic March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Lisa Jackson

UNTIL THE TWELFTH, NO ONE CAN BE SURE. She was suddenly as cold as if she’d been dropped into the North Atlantic. What the hell did the message mean? Was ...
( Category: Murder March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-03-31 | Author:Kellerman, Jonathan [Kellerman, Jonathan]

“What’s so urgent?” he said, flicking the lights on in the bungalow. The newspaper clippings were gone from his desk. So were all his other papers; the wood surface gleamed. ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub | | 2009-12-26 | Author:Johnathan Kellerman

Claire smiled. "Not enough talent." "Sometimes we're not our own best judges." "I am, Dr. Picker." "She's the only one who feels that way," said Ben. "She was a child ...
( Category: Murder March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-12-21 | Author:Amitav Ghosh

STORMS I would have gone back to Morichjhãpi the very next week but was prevented by the usual procedures and ceremonies that accompany a schoolmaster’s retirement. At the end, however, ...
( Category: Indian March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-03-31 | Author:Jeremy Robinson

28. “Stay close. Stay quiet. And Bray”—Hawkins pointed to the fire ax lying on the floor next to Drake—“I don’t think the captain’s going to get much use out of ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2012-04-15 | Author:1

Chapter Seven Ydella and Linorial cornered her after the guests had left. “Silari, we have a question to put to you.” The women’s quarters were completely empty except for their ...
( Category: Historiography March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Albert Hourani

PART IV THE AGE OF EUROPEAN EMPIRES (1800–1939) The nineteenth century was the age when Europe dominated the world. The growth of large-scale factory production and the changes in methods ...
( Category: Middle Eastern March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-12-15 | Author:Katherine Ashenburg

The poor were not the only ones who found bathing suspect. Earnest and self-denying, the middle class and the more religious circles of the upper class distrusted the self-indulgence of ...
( Category: Social Work March 25,2014 )