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Free Download Elizabeth Norton, "She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of Medieval England"
English | ISBN: 0750947365 | 2010 | 288 pages | AZW3, EPUB | 405 KB + 698 KB
A history of the "bad girls" of England’s medieval royal dynasties, this book covers the queens who earned themselves the reputation of being somehow notorious. Some of them are well known and have been the subject of biographies-Eleanor of Aquitaine, Emma of Normandy, Isabella of France, and Anne Boleyn, for example-while others have not been written about outside academic journals. The appeal of these notorious queens, apart from their shared taste for witchcraft, murder, adultery, and incest, is that, because they were notorious, they attracted a great deal of attention during their lifetimes. She Wolves reveals much about the role of the medieval queen and the evolution of the role that led, ultimately, to the reign of Elizabeth I, and a new concept of queenship.

Free Download John O’Brien, "Notorious Antebellum North Alabama "
English | ISBN: 1467141119 | 2020 | 112 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Before the Civil War, North Alabama was infamous for lawlessness. The era saw courts filled with defendants who spanned the socioeconomic gamut-farmers, merchants and politicians. In 1811, John B. Haynes tore apart William Badger’s house with his bare hands. Rodah Barnett ran a series of ill-reputed brothels in the early 1820s. In 1818, Rebecca Layman "accidentally" gave her husband sulfuric acid instead of rum. There is even a case of assault with frozen corn. Author John O’Brien relays these and more stories of the shady side of North Alabama during the antebellum period.

Free Download Judgment on Erebus: A Notorious Air Disaster on Antarctica’s Mount Erebus Tests a Nation’s Conscience
by Joey Sheehan
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1647046629 | 404 Pages | True ePUB | 6.7 MB

Free Download The Curse of the Marquis de Sade: A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History by Joel Warner
English | February 21, 2023 | ISBN: 0593135687 | 304 pages | PDF | 4.19 Mb
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Free Download Timothy W. Lake, "The Bergdoll Boys: America’s Most Notorious Millionaire Draft Dodgers"
English | ISBN: 1955041083 | 2023 | 384 pages | EPUB | 26 MB
A biography of a German American family who grew wealthy from their Philadelphia beer brewing company in the late nineteenth century.

Free Download On a MOVE: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCW7Z4HK | 2024 | 10 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Mike Africa Jr., D. Watkins
Narrator: Mike Africa Jr.
The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians-by one of the few people born into the organization, raised during the bombing’s tumultuous aftermath, and entrusted with repairing what was left of his family. Before police dropped a bomb on a residential neighborhood on May 13, 1985, few people outside Philadelphia were aware that a Black-led civil liberties organization had taken root there. Founded in 1972 by a charismatic ideologue called John Africa, MOVE’s mission was to protect all forms of life from systemic oppression. They drew their ideology from the Black Panther Party and pre-dated animal and environmental rights groups like PETA and Earth First. MOVE emerged in an era when Black Philadelphians suffered under devastating policies brought by the long, doomed war in Vietnam, Mayor Frank Rizzo’s overtly racist police surveillance, and, eventually, President Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs. MOVE members lived together in a collection of West Philadelphia row houses and took the surname Africa out of admiration for the group’s founder. But in MOVE’s lifestyle, city officials saw threats to their status quo.

Free Download Angus Konstam, "The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers"
English | ISBN: 1472830970 | 2019 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 32 MB
Often romanticized in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to the Viking raids and on to the era of privateers. He discusses the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy" and colorful characters such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, before examining the West’s initial encounters with Eastern pirates off the Chinese coast and the phenomenon of the modern pirate. Highly illustrated with color images and specially commissioned maps throughout, this is a unique exploration of the pirate world.

Free Download On a Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice by Mike Africa Jr.
English | August 6, 2024 | ISBN: 0063318873 | 304 pages | EPUB | 32 Mb
The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians-by one of the few people born into the organization, raised during the bombing’s tumultuous aftermath, and entrusted with repairing what was left of his family.

Free Download Shana Knizhnik, "Notorious RBG Young Readers’ Edition: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 006274853X | EPUB | pages: 208 | 28.0 mb
"A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that does more than catalog her achievements; it conveys her spirit, one that will leave readers in awe."*

Free Download Carol Turner, "Notorious Telluride:: Wicked Tales from San Miguel County"
English | 2010 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 160949086X | EPUB | 1,4 mb
While today’s Telluride might bring to mind a hot tourist spot and upscale ski resort, the earliest days of the town and surrounding San Miguel County were marked by an abundance of gamblers, con men and murderers. From Bob Meldrum, a deputized killer who prowled the streets during times of labor unrest, to the author’s own ancestor, Charlie Turner, a brash young man killed in a shooting in Ophir, Carol Turner’s Notorious Telluride offers a glimpse at some of the shocking and sad pioneer tales of the era.