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Evan and Elle (Constable Evan Evans Mysteries)


Free Download Rhys Bowen, "Evan and Elle (Constable Evan Evans Mysteries)"
English | 2000 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 0312252447 | EPUB | 1,2 mb
There is both excitement and dismay in Llanfair when a new French restaurant opens. The glamorous owner, Madame Yvette, tries to win over the locals, and everything seems to be going well until a string of fires plagues the town. One night the restaurant burns down, and a body is found in the rubble.

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Destroyer Captain The Life of Ernest E. Evans (American War Heroes) [Audiobook]


Free Download Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans (American War Heroes) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D4ZKBJ7K | 2024 | 8 hours and 00 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 232 MB
Author: James D. Hornfischer, David J. Hornfischer
Narrator: David J. Hornfischer, Lou Del Bianco

From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar. For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, "the dean of World War II naval history," writing with his son David J. Hornfischer, explores Capt. E. Evans’s incredible story, from his humble upbringing as a child of a Cherokee and Creek family in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, to his service on fighting ships during the Pacific War and his selfless bravery and cool command during a valiant faceoff with the pride of the Japanese Navy. Interspersed with impeccable research, interviews with men who fought alongside Capt. E. Evans, and thrilling anecdotes about United States Navy experiences during WWII.

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Destroyer Captain The Life of Ernest E. Evans (American War Heroes)


Free Download Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans (American War Heroes) by James D. Hornfischer, David J. Hornfischer
English | August 27th, 2024 | ISBN: 059318467X | 256 pages | True EPUB | 1.28 MB
From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar.

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Arthur Machen and Montgomery Evans Letters of a Literary Friendship, 1923-1947


Free Download Sue Strong Hassler, Donald M. Hassler, "Arthur Machen and Montgomery Evans : Letters of a Literary Friendship, 1923-1947"
English | 1994 | ISBN: 087338489X | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.4 mb
Arthur Machen (1863-1947), who achieved significant fame in the 1920s, was a general man of letters with echoes of Samuel Johnson, an important influence on later fantasy writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Ray Bradbury, and a great adventurer of the spirit. Montgomery Evans II, a wealthy book collector and one of a small circle of Machen’s friends and benefactors, carefully collected and mounted in two notebooks nearly 200 letters he had received from the Welsh writer. Sue Strong Hassler and Donald M. Hassler have arranged and edited material from the notebooks to reveal the wonderful story of a literary friendship between an old master, who knew he was a "master" and who continually valued what he called the "ecstasy" of fine writing, and a would-be writer and believer.

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