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The Long Road West

The Oregon Trail and the Great American Migration, 1840-1870

by Douglas Clayton Everett ...

Narrated by Camila Norwood ...

Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

The Long Road West — Audiobook · Narrated by Camila Norwood. Listen time: 4 hours 45 minutes Oregon Trail history, westward expansion, overland migration — 300,000 emigrants, the Donner Party, Mormon handcart tragedies, and the Native peoples displaced by two thousand miles of ruts, 1840-1870. In the spring of 1843, approximately a thousand people gathered at the jumping-off towns — Independence, ... Read more

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The Long Road West — Audiobook · Narrated by Camila Norwood. Listen time: 4 hours 45 minutes Oregon Trail history, westward expansion, overland migration — 300,000 emigrants, the Donner Party, Mormon handcart tragedies, and the Native peoples displaced by two thousand miles of ruts, 1840-1870. In the spring of 1843, approximately a thousand people gathered at the jumping-off towns — Independence,
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The Long Road West

The Oregon Trail and the Great American Migration, 1840-1870

by Douglas Clayton Everett ...

Oregon Trail history, westward expansion, overland migration — 300,000 emigrants, the Donner Party, Mormon handcart tragedies, and the Native peoples displaced by two thousand miles of ruts, 1840-1870. In the spring of 1843, approximately a thousand people gathered at the jumping-off towns — Independence, St. Joseph, Council Bluffs — and set out into an emptiness of two thousand miles. They were ... Read more

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Oregon Trail history, westward expansion, overland migration — 300,000 emigrants, the Donner Party, Mormon handcart tragedies, and the Native peoples displaced by two thousand miles of ruts, 1840-1870. In the spring of 1843, approximately a thousand people gathered at the jumping-off towns — Independence, St. Joseph, Council Bluffs — and set out into an emptiness of two thousand miles. They were
... Read more

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SOE: The Scientific Secrets

by Fredric Boyce, Douglas Everett ...

The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom ... Read more

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The history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. This book explores the mysterious world of the tools SOE used for their missions of subversion and sabotage. An often grim reality is confronted that is more akin with the world of James Bond and Q's workshop than previously believed. Written by two scientists, one of whom
... Read more
The Child's Changing Consciousness

As the Basis of Pedagogical Practice (CW 306)

by Rudolf Steiner ...

Translated by Roland Everett ...

Series Book 16 - Education
8 lectures, Dornach, April 15-22, 1923 (CW 306);plus "Introductory Words to a Eurythmy Performance"Three and a half years after the founding of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany, these talks were given to an audience of Swiss school teachers, most having little knowledge of Anthroposophy. This is the context of these lectures, which are among Rudolf Steiner's most accessible talks on ... Read more

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8 lectures, Dornach, April 15-22, 1923 (CW 306);plus "Introductory Words to a Eurythmy Performance"Three and a half years after the founding of the first Waldorf school in Stuttgart, Germany, these talks were given to an audience of Swiss school teachers, most having little knowledge of Anthroposophy. This is the context of these lectures, which are among Rudolf Steiner's most accessible talks on
... Read more
The Junior Classics (Vol. 1-9)

Children's Literary Odyssey: Fables, Fairy Tales, and Animal Stories from Around the World

by Hans Christian Andersen, Louisa M. Alcott, Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, Nathaniel Hawthorne, H. R. Schoolcraft, Andrew Lang, Homer, William Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Washington Irving, Virgil, Livy, Geoffrey Chaucer, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, William Shakespeare, John Bunyan, E. Frere, Joseph Jacobs, Flora Annie Steel, Ramaswami Raju, P. C. Asbjörnsen, George Webbe Dasent, Paul Sébillot, Hermann R. Kletke, John T. Naaké, Lillian M. Gask, W. S. Karajich, Adele M. Fielde, Mary Pamela Milne-Horne, Mme. d'Aulnoy, E. M. Wilmot-Buxton, Constance Maud, Henry W. Longfellow, Elsie Finnimore Buckley, George W. Cox, Thomas Bulfinch, Annie Ker, Cornelius Mathews, Rebecca Harding Davis, Sophie May, Jean Ingelow, Frances Browne, Jacob Abbott, E. S. Brooks, Emerson Hough, Elizabeth Harrison, Frederick Orin Bartlett, Edward Everett Hale, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Albert Lee ...

The Junior Classics, edited by William Patten, is a captivating anthology of children's stories and tales that spans a wide array of genres and cultures. Table of Contents: Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales Tales of the American Indians Tales from India Tales from the Norseland Tales from France, Spain, and Poland Tales from Russia Tales from Serbia An Irish Tale Tales from China and Japan A Tale ... Read more

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The Junior Classics, edited by William Patten, is a captivating anthology of children's stories and tales that spans a wide array of genres and cultures. Table of Contents: Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales Tales of the American Indians Tales from India Tales from the Norseland Tales from France, Spain, and Poland Tales from Russia Tales from Serbia An Irish Tale Tales from China and Japan A Tale
... Read more
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Coffin, The - A Short Story Collection

Tales revolving around coffins

by Anton Chekov, H P Lovecraft, Alexander Pushkin, Willa Cather, Richard Middleton, Jessie Douglas Kerruish, H D Everett ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

2 hours 58 min

At the end of our days our bodies will usually either be cremated and placed in urns or laid out in long rectangular boxes of various materials and prices before being borne to eternal rest. In the case of the latter, our classic authors have made the coffin a feature of many stories. Here, in this volume, talents such as Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Alexander Pushkin and others write beautifully ... Read more

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At the end of our days our bodies will usually either be cremated and placed in urns or laid out in long rectangular boxes of various materials and prices before being borne to eternal rest. In the case of the latter, our classic authors have made the coffin a feature of many stories. Here, in this volume, talents such as Anton Chekhov, Willa Cather, Alexander Pushkin and others write beautifully
... Read more

Spies In The Sky

The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence during World War II

by Taylor Downing ...

SPIES IN THE SKY is the thrilling, little-known story of the partner organisation to the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. It is the story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photographs over Occupied Europe during the most dangerous days of the Second World War, and of the photo interpreters who invented a completely new science to analyse those pictures. They were ... Read more

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SPIES IN THE SKY is the thrilling, little-known story of the partner organisation to the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. It is the story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photographs over Occupied Europe during the most dangerous days of the Second World War, and of the photo interpreters who invented a completely new science to analyse those pictures. They were
... Read more
The Mystery of U-33: Hitler's Secret Envoy

Hitler's Secret Envoy

by Graddon Nigel ...

The incredible story of the mystery U-Boats of WWII! Graddon first chronicles the story of the mysterious U-33 that landed in Scotland in 1940 and involved the top-secret Enigma device. He then looks at U-Boat special missions during and after WWII including U-Boat trips to Antarctica; U-Boats with the curious cargos of liquid mercury; the journey of the Spear of Destiny via U-Boat; the "Black ... Read more

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The incredible story of the mystery U-Boats of WWII! Graddon first chronicles the story of the mysterious U-33 that landed in Scotland in 1940 and involved the top-secret Enigma device. He then looks at U-Boat special missions during and after WWII including U-Boat trips to Antarctica; U-Boats with the curious cargos of liquid mercury; the journey of the Spear of Destiny via U-Boat; the "Black
... Read more
All the Countries We've Ever Invaded

And the Few We Never Got Round To

by Stuart Laycock ...

Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, we've invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That's not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 per cent. Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do. Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer, hordes ... Read more

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Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, we've invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That's not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 per cent. Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do. Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer, hordes
... Read more
Hobart's 79th Armoured Division at War

Invention, Innovation & Inspiration

by Richard Doherty ...

This WWII history chronicles the remarkable career of a brilliant British Army commander and the innovative armored vehicles he created.Joining the Royal Tank Corps in 1923, Major-General Percy Hobart quickly established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on armored warfare. By 1938 he was GOC Mobile Division, later 7th Armored Division, in Egypt. He was also known for not suffering fools—a ... Read more

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This WWII history chronicles the remarkable career of a brilliant British Army commander and the innovative armored vehicles he created.Joining the Royal Tank Corps in 1923, Major-General Percy Hobart quickly established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on armored warfare. By 1938 he was GOC Mobile Division, later 7th Armored Division, in Egypt. He was also known for not suffering fools—a
... Read more
Run The Gauntlet

The Channel Dash 1942

by Ken Ford ...

Series Book 28 - Raid
In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet – the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen – stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany.Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships ... Read more

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In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet – the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen – stormed out of the harbour at Brest on a dramatic voyage back to Germany.Passing through the straights of Dover, the ships faced everything the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy could throw at them. In a dramatic running fight, the ships
... Read more
Mosquito Aces of World War 2

by Andrew Thomas ...

Series Book 69 - Aircraft of the Aces
The Mosquito developed into one of the most versatile aircraft of World War 2, entering service with Fighter Command in early 1942.The 'Mossie' was soon defending raids on Britain's Cathedral cities and became an integral part of the country's night defences. Its airborne radar gave it the ability to 'see' the enemy at night, and its speed and devastating fire power made it the finest nightfighter ... Read more

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The Mosquito developed into one of the most versatile aircraft of World War 2, entering service with Fighter Command in early 1942.The 'Mossie' was soon defending raids on Britain's Cathedral cities and became an integral part of the country's night defences. Its airborne radar gave it the ability to 'see' the enemy at night, and its speed and devastating fire power made it the finest nightfighter
... Read more

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