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Thinking the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder & Tony Judt
azw3 |eng | 2013-02-07 | Author:Timothy Snyder & Tony Judt [Snyder, Timothy]

7. UNITIES AND FRAGMENTS: EUROPEAN HISTORIAN I LEFT OXFORD in 1987 and took up a job in New York. Within two years, I found myself caught up in the marvelous ...
( Category: Americas March 12,2018 )
The Great Arab Conquests by Kennedy Hugh
epub, mobi |zho | 2008-11-10 | Author:Kennedy, Hugh [Kennedy, Hugh]

This land was peopled by at least three different groups. There were no doubt Greek-speaking soldiers and administrators in Carthage and other garrisons, but there is no reason to suppose ...
( Category: Middle East March 12,2018 )
Steam Titans: Cunard, Collins, and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic by William M. Fowler Jr
azw3 |eng | 2017-08-08 | Author:William M. Fowler Jr. [Fowler Jr., William M.]

Collins Cunard Payroll for two months $9,000 $5,400 Consumption coal, one round Trip @$5 per ton 10,000 7,000 Insurance, depreciation For two months 23,333 16,068 While each side conjured up ...
( Category: Industries March 12,2018 )
The Gender of Crime (Gender Lens) by unknow
azw3, epub |eng | 2017-08-03 | Author:unknow

Table 4.3. Victim–Offender Relationships by Offense, NCVS 2014 Violent Crime Total Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Simple Assault Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Male Victims Total ...
( Category: Historical March 12,2018 )
Cities of Gold by Bill Yenne
epub |eng | 2016-07-04 | Author:Bill Yenne

But could he continue? Provisions were running short, most of all their water. In May, they had started out from New Mexico worried about rivers too swollen to cross. Two ...
( Category: World March 12,2018 )
Monty's Men : The British Army and the Liberation of Europe by John Buckley
azw3 |eng | 2013-10-15 | Author:John Buckley [Buckley, John]

Crocker was not the only British commander to grumble about the Canadians. In early September Major General ‘Bubbles’ Barker, commanding 49th Division, complained about how the British role in First ...
( Category: Military March 12,2018 )
THE PIRATE HUNTER by The Pirate Hunter (V1.0)
epub |eng | 2010-12-24 | Author:The Pirate Hunter (V1.0) [htm] [Hunter, The Pirate]

Thick slices of bread with plenty of goat’s cheese. Oranges still bright from the trees in the garden. Early berries made into jam. Dried cuts of pork fried like bacon. ...
( Category: Action & Adventure March 12,2018 )
THE PIRATE NEXT DOOR by The Pirate Next Door (V1.0)
epub |eng | 2010-12-24 | Author:The Pirate Next Door (V1.0) [htm] [Door, The Pirate Next]

“Don’t know, madam.” Alarm touched her. She recalled Grayson’s warnings about Burchard. She thought about Mr. Ardmore and his dangerous rage, which had already caught her in its crossfire twice. ...
( Category: Action & Adventure March 12,2018 )
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2017-08-22 | Author:James C. Scott [Scott, James C.]

Figure 12. Prisoners in neck fetters. Photo courtesy of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Dr. Ahmed Kamel A curious confirmation of the conditions of slave and enslaved debtors in Ur III ...
( Category: Evolution March 12,2018 )
St. Petersburg by Jonathan Miles
epub |eng | | Author:Jonathan Miles

Massacre in Palace Square on ‘Bloody Sunday’, 1905. Kokovtsov managed to get out by mid-afternoon and noted that the demonstration had been effectively broken up. There were stragglers rioting and ...
( Category: Russia March 12,2018 )
The World of Stephanie St. Clair: An Entrepreneur, Race Woman and Outlaw in Early Twentieth Century Harlem (Black Studies and Critical Thinking) by Shirley Stewart
azw3 |eng | 2013-11-01 | Author:Shirley Stewart [Stewart, Shirley]

← 98 | 99 → CHAPTER FOUR: ACTIVISM, SUFI AND SURVIVAL Activism St. Clair’s advertisements informed the Harlem community of the importance of becoming part of the political process. In ...
( Category: World March 12,2018 )
Empire of Crime by Tim Newark
epub |eng | 2018-02-21 | Author:Tim Newark

Cut-down shotguns were also popular. ‘Some of these men were real killers,’ said Onraet, ‘shooting dead unresisting victims simply to terrorise or make a name for themselves. When cornered, they ...
( Category: Europe March 12,2018 )
Blindsided by the Taliban by Carmen Gentile
epub |eng | 2018-02-21 | Author:Carmen Gentile

It’s not as if I never get out of bed now. Why just moments ago I was upright and outside, willingly enduring the biting January cold. The tip of my ...
( Category: World March 12,2018 )
In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea by Michael Brenner
epub, pdf |eng | 2018-03-12 | Author:Michael Brenner

FIGURE 15. Jews pray at the Western Wall before 1948, when it was accessible only through a narrow alley. FIGURE 16. Jewish men and women (separated by a barrier) pray ...
( Category: Judaism March 12,2018 )
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms by Gerard Russell
epub |eng | 2014-11-19 | Author:Gerard Russell [Russell, Gerard]

The Samaritans have preserved carefully over the generations their ancient scrolls, which record a Torah that differs somewhat from the Jewish one. Here in 1905 a Samaritan priest displays one ...
( Category: Middle East March 12,2018 )

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