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Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, and other American stories by Thompson Hunter S
epub |eng | 1971-01-15 | Author:Thompson, Hunter S. [Thompson, Hunter S.]

3. Savage Lucy . . . ‘Teeth Like Baseballs, Eyes Like Jellied Fire’ I gave my bag to the boy who scurried up, and told him to bring a quart ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers November 12,2018 )
Common Sense and Other Writings (B&N) by Paine Thomas
epub |eng | 1775-01-01 | Author:Paine, Thomas [Paine, Thomas]

CHAPTER II. Of the Origin of the Present Old Governments. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT such governments as have hitherto existed in the world, could have commenced by any other means ...
( Category: Philosophy November 12,2018 )
Matthew Scudder (08): Ticket to the Boneyard, A by Block Lawrence
epub |eng | 1990-01-01 | Author:Block, Lawrence [Block, Lawrence]

On the phone with her, talking with her, I had to fight the urge to grab a cab to Lispenard Street and set about the business of protecting her. We ...
( Category: Mystery November 11,2018 )
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (B&N) by Douglass Frederick
epub |eng | 1845-01-01 | Author:Douglass, Frederick [Douglass, Frederick]

CHAPTER IX I HAVE NOW REACHED a period of my life when I can give dates. I left Baltimore, and went to live with Master Thomas Auld, at St. Michael‘s, ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2018 )
Ghostland: American history in haunted places by Dickey Colin
epub |eng | 2016-09-06 | Author:Dickey, Colin [Dickey, Colin]

No matter your crime, once you were in Moundsville, your life was pretty much forfeit. The place was underfunded and understaffed, and there was no room for pity. The world ...
( Category: Americas November 11,2018 )
The Language of Horse Racing by Gerald Hammond
epub |eng | | Author:Gerald Hammond

Charles Sidney’s account of the rise and practice of modern book-making is titled The Art of Legging. He traces the rise of the leg and his development towards what we ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar November 11,2018 )
Franklin Pierce by Michael F. Holt
epub |eng | | Author:Michael F. Holt

Signing off on the Kansas-Nebraska bill, which the administration’s newspaper in Washington quickly made clear was now a measure that all loyal Democrats were expected to support, was the biggest ...
( Category: Historical November 10,2018 )
Enemy of the People by Kalb Marvin
epub |eng | 2018-09-24 | Author:Kalb, Marvin

Would No One Rise to Clip His Wings? In less than a year after his Wheeling speech, McCarthy was widely seen as a major politician who placed the “danger” of ...
( Category: Social Sciences November 9,2018 )
The Gettysburg Gospel by Gabor Boritt
epub |eng | | Author:Gabor Boritt

Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop ...
( Category: Americas November 8,2018 )
Civil War Ghosts of Atlanta by Jim Miles
epub |eng | 2013-11-06 | Author:Jim Miles

The Bulloch House In 1838, James and Martha Bulloch left the coast for Roswell with six children and six slaves. They bought a ten-acre lot and secured a noted architect, ...
( Category: Americas November 7,2018 )
Life Laid Bare by Jean Hatzfeld
epub |eng | 2013-03-25 | Author:Jean Hatzfeld [Hatzfeld, Jean]

MARIE-LOUISE KAGOYIRE, 45 Years Old, Shopkeeper The Main Street of Nyamata My parents were small farmers and livestock breeders. They gave me permission to finish my first year in secondary ...
( Category: Social Sciences November 7,2018 )
1501119478 (N) by Andres Ruzo
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Andres Ruzo

The 2012 Boiling River Expedition Team: Andrés, Sofía, Peter, Whitney, Maria, Basil, Carlos, and Poncho. The large pool behind us is about 60°C (140°F). “This place is sacred and should ...
( Category: South America November 7,2018 )
Little History of Archaeology by Brian Fagan
epub |eng | | Author:Brian Fagan

CHAPTER 22 A Palace Fit for a Chief I slipped through a narrow entrance in the high stone enclosure and found myself in a tight passageway between an outer and ...
( Category: Archaeology November 7,2018 )
Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America by John Sides & Michael Tesler & Lynn Vavreck
epub |eng | 2018-10-30 | Author:John Sides & Michael Tesler & Lynn Vavreck [Sides, John]

That is what happened in 2016. Among men, the measure of “modern sexism” introduced in chapter 6 was more strongly correlated with vote choice in 2016 than it was in ...
( Category: Politics & Government November 7,2018 )
Civil War Barons by Jeffry D. Wert
epub |eng | 2018-11-05 | Author:Jeffry D. Wert

Chapter Nine THE DREAMERS “WAR IS OUR ONLY COURSE,” READ THE PROCLAMATION OF the Committee of Safety. “There is no other remedy but to defend our rights, ourselves and our ...
( Category: Americas November 7,2018 )

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