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Moment of Battle by James Lacey
epub |eng | 2013-05-21 | Author:James Lacey [Lacey, James]

When this was written, he was just thirty-nine and his great battles at the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar were all before him. When he appeared off Cádiz, every British sailor ...
( Category: World June 25,2018 )
The Road to Rescue: The Untold Story of Schindler's List by Mietek Pemper
mobi |eng | 2018-05-15 | Author:Mietek Pemper

Helena Hirsch, a former domestic servant in Göth’s villa in the camp, testified about his hubris at his 1946 trial. He had told her more than once that “when he ...
( Category: World June 25,2018 )
L'Chaim! by Seth H. Bramson
epub |eng | | Author:Seth H. Bramson

She unquestionably ran one of the best—if not the best—big whorehouses in Miami and the South. Her business name was Madam Sherry, and she operated in Miami from 1929 until ...
( Category: World June 24,2018 )
Faith and Power by Lewis Bernard;
epub |eng | 2010-06-24 | Author:Lewis, Bernard;

SEVEN Democracy and Religion in the Middle East FOR MOST OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, TWO IDEAS dominated political debate in the Middle East: nationalism and socialism. Sometimes the one, sometimes ...
( Category: Middle East June 24,2018 )
The Great Horse or The War Horse: from the time of the Roman Invasion till its development into the Shire Horse. by Sir Walter Gilbey
epub |eng | 2018-06-18 | Author:Sir Walter Gilbey [Gilbey, Walter, Sir]

FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO WILLIAM III.’s TIME. During the Commonwealth (1649-1659) three seals were in use, each of which shows on the reverse side a Great Horse of well defined ...
( Category: Pets & Animal Care June 23,2018 )
The Last Days of the Sioux Nation by Robert M. Utley
epub, pdf |eng | 1963-06-23 | Author:Robert M. Utley

News of Sitting Bull’s death had no discernible effect either upon the friendlies at Pine Ridge or upon the dancers in the Stronghold. Small parties of warriors from the Stronghold ...
( Category: Americas June 23,2018 )
Ancient Mysteries by Peter James
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Peter James

Church ley lines in Oxford, as envisaged by Alfred Watkins. While he has collected some intriguing snippets of British folklore in support of his theory, Devereux has yet to prove ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations June 23,2018 )
An Unsung Hero by Michael Smith
epub |eng | 2009-06-23 | Author:Michael Smith [Smith, Michael]

Crean was also a popular member of the party and Wright described him as ‘very good natured’. Debenham remembered that his ‘quips and brogue kept the mess-deck part of the ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers June 23,2018 )
Nazi Nexus by Edwin Black
epub |eng | | Author:Edwin Black [BLACK, EDWIN]

Sources: Primary documentation for this chapter is drawn exclusively from War Against the Weak by Edwin Black. CHAPTER FOUR GM and the Motorization of the Reich suddenly the dull camouflage ...
( Category: World June 21,2018 )
Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin
epub |eng | 2009-01-13 | Author:Russell Martin

33 BEETHOVEN (LUDWIG VAN) LOCK OF BEETHOVEN’S HAIR, with autograph note of authentication signed by Paul Hiller, son of Ferdinand Hiller, who took the cutting (“Diese Haare hat meine Vater ...
( Category: Art, Music & Photography June 21,2018 )
Wild Women of Washington, D.C. by Canden Schwantes
epub |eng | 2014-06-21 | Author:Canden Schwantes

FULL-FLEDGED LAWYERS In March 1919, the front page of the Washington Times shared the story of a “Pretty D.C. ‘Stenog’ Now a Full Fledged Lawyer.” There are few instances in ...
( Category: World June 21,2018 )
Shtetl by Eva Hoffman
epub |eng | 2011-03-01 | Author:Eva Hoffman

In Brańsk, one Jew gave his life to the cause, a delicate youth who showed great promise as a scholar until he was recruited to fight in Warsaw. Sent to ...
( Category: Europe June 20,2018 )
And a Bottle of Rum, Revised and Updated by Wayne Curtis
epub |eng | 2018-06-05 | Author:Wayne Curtis

* * * — The temperance crusade was more of a guerrilla uprising than a traditional battle with a well-defined front. Scattered, far-flung groups went after the local and state ...
( Category: Americas June 20,2018 )
Last Girl Standing by Robbins Trina
azw3 |eng | 2017-08-01 | Author:Robbins, Trina [Robbins, Trina]

( Category: World June 20,2018 )
Sin, Sex & Subversion by David Rosen
epub |eng | 2016-01-11 | Author:David Rosen

Over time, Reich fashioned a variety of orgone accumulators, ranging from the famous “box” to a blanket. The resulting orgone therapy would help treat a patient’s “body armor,” freeing him ...
( Category: Psychology & Counseling June 20,2018 )

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