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#1 The Bulger family was not particularly Irish, as they were poor immigrants who worked for the government. Their father, James, was a third-generation laborer who was injured in a railyard accident, and his arm was amputated. They then moved to Dorchester and later to South Boston, where they heard about a new public housing project called Old Colony Harbor.
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#1 The change in the legal status of water was immediate. We could drink from streams and build fires without getting caught, and sleep anywhere we wanted. The Pennsylvania fields were bare and hard in the cold, but there were seams and folds in the country where a man could easily pass the night unnoticed.
#2 We walked between the ridges and the river, and heard...
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Gunsite was founded in 1976 by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, author, columnist, professor, WW II and Korean War combat veteran.
Col. Cooper intended Gunsite to be the vehicle for spreading the Modern Technique of the Pistol, which he created during his years in Big Bear Lake, CA.Jeff Cooper built the facility which was known then as the American Pistol Institute (API), just west of Paulden, Arizona, north of Prescott AZ. Cooper began teaching pistol, shotgun...
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#1 In 1814, the American lookout at the Pleasure House near Cape Henry saw 46 sails heading up the Chesapeake Bay. The ships were the third year of war with Britain, and now the fighting was moving south from the Canadian border to the nation's front door.
#2 When the British sent a letter to President Madison in June 26 supporting his fears that the war would...
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Un recorrido histórico por los aspectos del arte y la sociedad azteca más destacados. La historia de sus dioses, sus templos, costumbres, mitos… Descubra la historia y las últimas investigacions sobre la cultura azteca. Desde sus orígenes, la creación de Tenochtitlán y sus míticos calendarios, hasta la llegada de Hernán Cortés y su debacle final.
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#1 Fitz and I had arrived in Pucallpa, Peru, three days earlier than expected. We were ready to go around the world, but I was nervous about how we were going to afford it. We had a rough itinerary in our hands.
#2 When we returned to Pucallpa, the airport had dried enough for use the next morning. We were first in line, but were quickly pushed aside when the...
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Book Preview: #1 The Italian airship Italia crashed into the ice in 1928, and the crew members survived by huddling on the ice. They were never seen again.
#2 The Norwegian government was planning a rescue expedition, but Mussolini refused all assistance from Norway. The French government approved the use of a Latham twin-engine biplane equipped with pontoons, and a crew, to be...
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#1 Rudy Giuliani, who would become the mayor of New York, was obsessed with John F. Kennedy during high school, and as an adult, he romanticized his upbringing as something close to perfect.
#2 Rudy Giuliani, who would become the mayor of New York, was obsessed with John F. Kennedy during high school, and as an adult, he romanticized his upbringing as something...
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This work tells the history of the Incan army from its origins until its destruction in 1572 A.D. It describes how, thanks to the organization and discipline of the army, the Incas were able to expand their borders and become one of the largest empires in the world. The events of this ancient empire are explored from a military and historical viewpoint, highlighting wartime activities and major battles, and the main heroes who fought against the Spaniards....
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#1 The Colorado Plateau is a 150,000-square-mile blister of land that rises across the dry confluence of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Its surface is incised with countless canyons and wrinkled into isolated mesas and mountain ranges that stand suddenly from the desert floor up to 13,000 feet in elevation.
#2 The Anasazi, a tribe that lived in the Colorado...
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#1 The Atlanta Race Riot occurred in September 1906, when a political battle between two candidates, Hoke Smith and Clark Howell, resulted in seven men being killed. The White family, who were mail carriers, were afraid to go out that day.
#2 As the sun set, gunshots were heard. For the first time in Atlanta's history, a riot call was sounded at 11 p. m. The next morning, newspapers...
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Este volumen recoge una serie de artículos, fruto del esfuerzo de colaboración de algunos de los principales historiadores argentinos y brasileños sobre Estados Unidos de América. Esto no quiere decir que sean los únicos que estudian este país, pero sí que ellos lo hacen desde la Historia y desde posturas independientes. A pesar de que sus visiones no representan la verdad absoluta de los hechos narrados, sus aproximaciones históricas se apoyan...
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The land of the free and home of the brave. How much do you know of the history of modern-day America? From its discovery by Columbus to its participation in World war 1 and 2 we can see that America has left its mark on the world. It hasn't all been plain sailing and nobody should dare say otherwise, but has it been a success? Jump into this concise retelling of American history and judge for yourself as we attempt to take a neutral approach to the...
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#1 The F-105 was a powerful and big aircraft designed to fly fast and dangerously low. It was used in a different war for completely different reasons. The pilots were tasked with obliterating the SAM sites that killed Ross Fobair three days earlier.
#2 The Thud was a well-designed and roomy plane. It was set up around a T-shaped center console. Every few seconds Vic...
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#1 In the summer of 1950, more than ten divisions of the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38th Parallel in Korea. The 231,000 North Koreans launched a blitzkrieg-like attack that led to the complete capture of Seoul in three days.
#2 The United States, prosperous and victorious from World War II, had largely shed its military might and had turned its attention...
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#1 George McClellan was the commander of the Union forces during the Civil War. He was chosen to lead the army because he was believed to be a divinely appointed instrument to save the country. He had climbed life's ladder with ease and without pause.
#2 McClellan was a great general, but he was also very successful in forging the Army of the Potomac into a fighting...
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Un proverbio aimara dice "Hay que mirar el futuro, viviendo el presente. Pero sin olvidar el pasado", una forma de pensar y de actuar de los pueblos uru, aimara y quechua que les ha permitido enfrentarse a las distintas formas de dominación impuestas en la región andina boliviana. A su vez, el concepto andino de Pachakuti, o revuelta del tiempo-espacio, ha infundido en la sociedad indígena el convencimiento de que se ha cumplido un ciclo y ha llegado...
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Book Preview: #1 Dusko Popov and Johann Johnny Jebsen were friends who met in 1936 at the University of Freiburg in southern Germany. Popov was a law student, while Jebsen was taking an economics degree. They were both Spoilt, Charismatic, and Irresponsible.
#2 Jebsen was a rich, rootless orphan who had visited Britain as a teenager. He spoke English in preference to German, and...
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#1 The baseball game on May 11, 1943, between the Cloudbuster Nine and the Tar Heels was the talk of the base for weeks. It was the most popular sport in America for civilians and millions of men and women in uniform. But the best players didn't wear jerseys for the New York Yankees or the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the 1942 World Series.
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#1 The couple had planned their escape for months. On a Wednesday or a Sunday night, when everyone was in church for the 6:30 p. m. service, they would leave the house and start loading up their car. They had only ten minutes to get out.
#2 The Coopers were members of Word of Faith Fellowship, an independent evangelical Christian church in North Carolina. The church...
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