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Seductress by Betsy Prioleau
epub |eng | | Author:Betsy Prioleau

The women who hated these sorcières weren’t just mustachioed Mrs. Grundys and village scolds; many, like George Eliot, Charlotte Brontë, and the ladies of Lyons and Restoration England, composed the ...
( Category: Sexuality August 14,2014 )
Inside Jihad by Tarek Mohamed Abdelhamid
epub |eng | | Author:Tarek Mohamed Abdelhamid

In this fatwa, what are we to make of the phrase “political cause”? What about religious causes? And are Israelis or Thai Buddhists “innocent”? Is it fine to use terrorism ...
( Category: Islam August 1,2014 )
Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty by Mitchell Elizabeth
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Mitchell, Elizabeth [Mitchell, Elizabeth]

In 1884, one could walk down rue de Vigny toward boulevard de Courcelles and hear hammers ringing in the street. In Parc Monceau, children chased pigeons beside the flower beds. ...
( Category: Europe July 31,2014 )
Big Gods by Norenzayan Ara
azw3 |eng | 2013-07-25 | Author:Norenzayan, Ara [Norenzayan, Ara]

We’re among Friends and Family (and Sometimes a Few Strangers) Why are interventionist and moralizing Big Gods rare in the supernatural worlds of the Hadza, the San, and most other ...
( Category: General July 31,2014 )
Treasure [Dirk Pitt 9] by Clive Cussler
mobi |eng | 1988-01-02 | Author:Clive Cussler

Chavez turned at the sound of running feet behind him. His crew had rushed out of the deckhouse and quickly crowded around him. "Can you make anything out?" asked Luis. ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense July 31,2014 )
Clive Cussler - Dirk Pitt 12 - Inca Gold by Clive Cussler
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Clive Cussler [Cussler, Clive]

Samson's face had a ghoulish grin. His brothers could not see inside his mind, see that he was happily imagining what Tupac Amaru would do to Henry Moore after the ...
( Category: Espionage July 31,2014 )
Inca Gold [Dirk Pitt 12] by Clive Cussler
mobi |eng | 1994-01-02 | Author:Clive Cussler

Samson's face had a ghoulish grin. His brothers could not see inside his mind, see that he was happily imagining what Tupac Amaru would do to Henry Moore after the ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense July 31,2014 )
Clive Cussler - Dirk Pitt 09 - Treasure by Clive Cussler
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-13 | Author:Clive Cussler [Cussler, Clive]

Chavez turned at the sound of running feet behind him. His crew had rushed out of the deckhouse and quickly crowded around him. "Can you make anything out?" asked Luis. ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense July 31,2014 )
100 of the Worst Ideas in History by Michael N. Smith
epub |eng | 2014-04-28 | Author:Michael N. Smith

From bad to worse: Caesar—known as a dedicated book-learner who rose to become an impressive legal advocate, orator, and military mind—accidentally sets it ablaze while torching his own ships in ...
( Category: Reference July 31,2014 )
The Albert Gate Mystery by Louis Tracy
epub | | | Author:Louis Tracy

CHAPTER XIII THE RELEASE "Now, who talks first?" Brett cried, once the door was fairly closed behind them. "I do," burst forth Fairholme. "My story will not take long to ...
( Category: Police Procedurals July 31,2014 )
Hill of Squandered Valour by Ron Lock
epub |eng | 2011-10-24 | Author:Ron Lock

Jubilant Boers wade the Tugela to carry off the abandoned British guns. (With the Flag to Pretoria) A Boer ‘Long Tom’, drawn by oxen, on the way to besiege Ladysmith. ...
( Category: Great Britain July 29,2014 )
The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer by Dean Baker
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Dean Baker [Baker, Dean]

13 These data are taken from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2006, Table 11). 14 This estimate is derived in Baker (2005a). 54 would eliminate the incentive to ...
( Category: Economic Conditions July 29,2014 )
Spiral Staircase by Armstrong Karen
epub |eng | 2004-12-18 | Author:Armstrong, Karen [Armstrong, Karen]

5. Desiring This Man’s Gift and That Man’s Scope The English department at Bedford College, located in a Regency house beside the Regent’s Park lake, was a haven of quiet ...
( Category: Religious July 28,2014 )
Islam by Karen Armstrong
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Karen Armstrong

4 ISLAM TRIUMPHANT IMPERIAL ISLAM (1500-1700) The discovery and exploitation of gunpowder led to the development of a military technology that gave rulers more power over their subjects than before. ...
( Category: Islam July 28,2014 )
Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong
epub |eng | 2011-06-07 | Author:Karen Armstrong [Armstrong, Karen]

The Dome of the Rock, built by Caliph Abd al-Malik and completed in 691. By restoring the Temple Mount and erecting the first major Islamic building there, Muslims expressed their ...
( Category: General July 28,2014 )

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