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Mary Astor's Purple Diary by Edward Sorel
epub |eng | | Author:Edward Sorel

Mary’s worried attorney read the tabloids and asked her whether there were going to be any more surprises at the trial. Mary swore the revelations were bogus. Woolley believed her, ...
( Category: Rich & Famous January 9,2017 )
The Word Detective by John Simpson
epub |eng | 2016-08-26 | Author:John Simpson

I’m sorry to say that that Cham was where our ingenuity ended as regards appropriate catchwords for each volume. Volume Four of the Second Edition of the OED started with ...
( Category: Lexicography January 8,2017 )
Looking for Strangers: The True Story of My Hidden Wartime Childhood by Dori Katz
epub |eng | 2013-01-07 | Author:Dori Katz [Katz, Dori]

CLOSE CALLS, 1942 “Don’t ask how I managed after your father’s arrest,” said Golda. “We went to my brother Fischel, and we stayed there for a while. I was afraid ...
( Category: World January 8,2017 )
Medieval Europe by Chris Wickham
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | | Author:Chris Wickham

CHAPTER TEN Defining society: gender and community in late medieval Europe When we get into the later middle ages, the information we have about Europeans, particularly western Europeans, increases exponentially. ...
( Category: Europe December 8,2016 )
Just Enough by Azby Brown
epub |eng | | Author:Azby Brown

Like their counterparts around Japan, these town-houses are models of natural climate control for high-density urban areas. Most have been designed with tiny gardens in back, and quite a few ...
( Category: Residential December 8,2016 )
The Indus by Andrew Robinson
epub |eng | | Author:Andrew Robinson

Impression of a cylinder seal from Kalibangan showing two men apparently fighting over a woman. Violent scenes are extremely uncommon in Indus art. Further evidence for a central Indus authority ...
( Category: Archaeology December 8,2016 )
Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History by Schiot Molly
epub |eng | 2016-10-17 | Author:Schiot, Molly [Schiot, Molly]

LISA OLSON Though Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke won equal access for female reporters to team locker rooms in 1978, change was slow to come. Harassment and humiliation by male ...
( Category: Women in History December 8,2016 )
When Homosexuality Hits Home by Joe Dallas
epub |eng | | Author:Joe Dallas

The Spouse in Rebellion He is, as the word rebellion suggests, unwilling to abandon the sin he has brought into the marriage. So when it’s discovered, he’ll defend it, protect ...
( Category: LGBT December 8,2016 )
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
epub |eng | 2016-11-02 | Author:Dava Sobel

PART THREE In the Depths Above I saw in the stars a chance to observe phenomena beyond terrestrial scope. Nothing seemed impossible in those early days; we were going to ...
( Category: State & Local December 8,2016 )
The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-12-06 | Author:Herbert Croly

III Nationality and Democracy in England It has already been observed that England was the first European state both in mediæval and modern times to reach a high degree of ...
( Category: History & Theory December 7,2016 )
Empire and Revolution by Richard Bourke
epub |eng | 2015-12-06 | Author:Richard Bourke

X A DREADFUL STATE OF THINGS MADRAS AND BENGAL, 1777–1785 10.1 Introduction As Burke pondered the implications of a formal pact with the American colonies that might help bring to ...
( Category: History & Theory December 7,2016 )
An Extraordinary Time by Marc Levinson
epub |eng | 2016-09-15 | Author:Marc Levinson

CHAPTER 11 Thatcher In the warm glow of memory, cherished by generations of conservative acolytes, the global ascendancy of the right brought an end to the economic crisis that had ...
( Category: History & Theory December 6,2016 )
Ray & Joan by Lisa Napoli
epub |eng | 2016-10-17 | Author:Lisa Napoli

10 “Dear World, I Really Love You” An hour into the invitation-only National Women’s Conference to Prevent Nuclear War, a siren wailed, startling the two hundred A-list attendees, many of ...
( Category: World December 3,2016 )
Six Memos from the Last Millennium by Joseph Skibell
epub |eng | 2016-11-30 | Author:Joseph Skibell [Skibell, Joseph]

Chapter 4 The Gate of a Broken Heart THESE THINGS ARE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE, BUT I imagine I’ve spoken enough about rock ’n’ roll in a book about the tales ...
( Category: Jewish December 1,2016 )
When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank by Giles Milton
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Giles Milton

5. How to Catch a Spy Howe, Russell Warren, Mata Hari: The True Story (Dodd Mead, 1986). Shipman, Pat, Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari ...
( Category: World November 30,2016 )

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