Diaries & Journals
epub |eng | 2017-06-19 | Author:John Quincy Adams [Adams, John Quincy]

5. VI. The arrears of my Journal are a continual pressure upon me. I shall probably be very soon compelled to change my plan, and to notice the Events of ...
( Category: American Revolution July 25,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-07-23 | Author:John Sellars

Here Marcus draws a threefold division between (i) necessary fate (heimarmenê), (ii) providence (pronoia) that can assist, and (iii) blind chaos. He goes on to say that if fate is ...
( Category: Rome July 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-01-30 | Author:Craft, Samantha [Craft, Samantha]

87. Note to the Little One My wounded one, I see you . I see you there crying alone. I see you with your hands pressed against your fragile skin; ...
( Category: Diaries & Journals July 22,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-01-31 | Author:

[From notebook 23] Sunday, September 11. Went to the farmer’s market. Bought some bread and milk. Went with A. I. to Mostorg, got a price for my cigarette case (33 ...
( Category: Surrealism July 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 1941-07-15 | Author:Shirer, William L [Shirer, William L]

BERLIN, April 10 It is plain from what I have heard today that Hitler and the High Command expected Norway to give up without a scrap. Now that it hasn’t, ...
( Category: World War II July 8,2020 )
epub |eng | 1941-06-15 | Author:Shirer, William L. [Shirer, William L.]

BERLIN, April 10 It is plain from what I have heard today that Hitler and the High Command expected Norway to give up without a scrap. Now that it hasn’t, ...
( Category: World War II July 8,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Gail Godwin [Godwin, Gail]

And that’s about it. James came by bringing a Christmas gift, a Scots beret. We spent Xmas Eve Day together, inflicting our silences on each other. The upshot of all ...
( Category: Journalists July 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-24 | Author:Hans Fallada [Fallada, Hans]

Notes 1. Incorrectly dated: the Reichstag burned down on 27 February 1933. Fallada had to rely entirely on memory when writing these reminiscences, so there are occasional errors and misdatings. ...
( Category: World War II July 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-07-15 | Author:Christian, Royal A.; McDaniels III, Pellom;

Royal A. Christian’s Consular registration card dated September 23, 1918. As a US citizen living in England, Christian had to provide information related to his occupation, his employer, and the ...
( Category: World War I July 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Suad Amiry

9 A Dog’s Life 1987–95 It was one of those rare moments when I could easily have killed someone. But to kill Dr. Hisham, the only vet in Ramallah (probably ...
( Category: Women in History July 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-15 | Author:Gideon Welles [Welles, Gideon]

1. The article in the Chronicle was entitled “Deficiency of Men in the Service.” In his letter, Welles claimed that the recent enrollment act passed by Congress was operating to ...
( Category: Diaries & Journals June 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-20 | Author:Jean Giono & Jody Gladding

January 28 Our Communist revolutionaries are also aesthetes, although they’ll join the fight if necessary (Malraux in Spain); fighting is part of their aesthetic. They have intelligence but not conviction. ...
( Category: Diaries & Journals June 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-20 | Author:Anais Nin

( Category: Women April 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-11-09 | Author:Elisha Hunt Rhodes [Rhodes, Robert Hunt]

Capt. Joseph McIntyre Assistant Surgeon William F. Smith May 7th 1864—Today we have had comparative quiet with only skirmishing going on in our front. We have entrenched ourselves the best ...
( Category: Diaries & Journals March 24,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-11-04 | Author:Michael Palin [Palin, Michael]

Monday, October 4th: Ventnor This morning I’m much more on top of things. We drive back to Ventnor to film around the Botanical Gardens – meet Simon Goodenough – the ...
( Category: History & Criticism March 22,2020 )