Historical Study & Educational Resources
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-20 | Author:Candice Millard

PART FOUR TORTURED FOR THE REPUBLIC • CHAPTER 16 • NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE I love to believe that no heroic sacrifice is ever lost, that the characters of men ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-01 | Author:Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick [Stone, Oliver & Kuznick, Peter]

Augusto Pinochet greeting Kissinger, June 1976. After overthrowing Allende in a CIA-aided coup ordered by Nixon himself, Pinochet seized power and proceeded to murder more than 3,200 opponents and jail ...
( Category: History & Theory March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-03-01 | Author:Mortimer, Ian [Mortimer, Ian]

poultry (8s) nineteen acres of wheat (£27 10s) three horses (£6 10s) four acres of rye (£5) six pigs (£2 13s 4d) thirty-two acres of barley (£32) eight cows (£16) ...
( Category: Reference March 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-11-01 | Author:Michael Gross [Gross, Michael]

Beverly Hills Grayhall (1100 Carolyn Way) Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner bought what had once been Arthur Letts Jr.’s estate in Holmby Hills for the record-setting price of $1.05 million ...
( Category: City Planning & Urban Development March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-09-27 | Author:Cawthorne, Nigel [Cawthorne, Nigel]

'I went out to Charing Cross to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered, which was done there, he was looking as cheerful as any man could do in that ...
( Category: Criminology March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-01-17 | Author:Abbott, Geoffrey [Abbott, Geoffrey]

‘The crowd which assembled to witness the executions was unparalleled, being, according to the best calculation, nearly 40,000, and the fatal catastrophe which happened in consequence will cause this day ...
( Category: True Crime March 25,2014 )
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:David Remnick

The killing of Fred Hampton initiated the decline of the Black Panthers but became an emblematic moment in the history of race relations in Chicago. The murder thrust Bobby Rush, ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jacqueline Jones [Jones, Jacqueline]

As whites shifted their depictions of blacks in the wake of Reconstruction, so, too, did black leaders remake their own political message. Vardaman’s virulent antiblack rhetoric played well among poor ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2013-02-14 | Author:Cummings, Alex Sayf [Cummings, Alex Sayf]

The Politics of Enforcement The Sound Recording Act took effect on February 15, 1972, but tangible results did not materialize right away. Offenders had to have the opportunity to break ...
( Category: World March 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-01 | Author:Bryson, Bill [Bryson, Bill]

Considering that Willis Blakeley had three thousand workers at his disposal, his achievements were slight. A small section of road was graded and paved. A clinic and dining hall were ...
( Category: Women in History March 25,2014 )
epub | | 2010-05-08 | Author:Isaac Asimov [Asimov, Isaac]

CHAPTER 9 AMNEMONIC PLAGUE To Derec’s dismay, Ariel did not reappear that afternoon, and the next morning she arose late and looked terrible. R. David became alarmed. “Miss Avery, you ...
( Category: Adventure March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |rus | 2011-03-20 | Author:Patrick Major [Major, Patrick]

160 Behind the Berlin Wall Others have compared the numbing process to that of an amputee, as Berliners developed a ‘phantom pain’ and symptoms of ‘hospitalism’.³⁵ One of the rather ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1989-11-04 | Author:gail maccoll [maccoll, gail]

* * * When he finally inherited Kedleston in 1916, George Curzon embarked on a renovation program that included installing bathrooms. With characteristic attention to detail, he lay down in ...
( Category: Great Britain March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2000-01-02 | Author:Mark Pendergrast [Pendergrast, Mark]

During the fifties, coffee became an accepted part of American life, sanctioned by the police as an aid to safety. In 1954, when outraged Americans blamed Brazil for artificially boosting ...
( Category: Coffee & Tea March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Orlando Figes [Figes, Orlando]

Natalia Gabaeva with her parents, 1934 Marianna Fursei was four years old in 1941. She came from an intelligentsia home in Arkhangelsk. Her father Nikolai was an artist and a ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 25,2014 )