One Summer

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A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book A GoodReads Reader's Choice In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life. The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the Atlantic by plane nonstop, and when he landed in Le Bourget airfield near Paris, he ignited an explosion of worldwide rapture and instantly became the most famous person on the planet. Meanwhile, the titanically talented Babe Ruth was beginning his assault on the home run record, which would culminate on September 30 with his sixtieth blast, one of the most resonant and durable records in sports history. In between those dates a Queens housewife named Ruth Snyder and her corset-salesman lover garroted her husband, leading to a murder trial that became a huge tabloid sensation. Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly sat atop a flagpole in Newark, New Jersey, for twelve days—a new record. The American South was clobbered by unprecedented rain and by flooding of the Mississippi basin, a great human disaster, the relief efforts for which were guided by the uncannily able and insufferably pompous Herbert Hoover. Calvin Coolidge interrupted an already leisurely presidency for an even more relaxing three-month vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The gangster Al Capone tightened his grip on the illegal booze business through a gaudy and murderous reign of terror and municipal corruption. The first true “talking picture,” Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer, was filmed and forever changed the motion picture industry. The four most powerful central bankers on earth met in secret session on a Long Island estate and made a fateful decision that virtually guaranteed a future crash and depression. All this and much, much more transpired in that epochal summer of 1927, and Bill Bryson captures its outsized personalities, exciting events, and occasional just plain weirdness with his trademark vividness, eye for telling detail, and delicious humor. In that year America stepped out onto the world stage as the main event, and One Summer transforms it all into narrative nonfiction of the highest order.

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Genre : History
Author : Bill Bryson
Publisher : Anchor
Release : 2013-10-01
File : 637 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780385537827


One Summer In Santa Fe

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People say that Dr. Taylor Jenkins is the best there is. Devoted to his patients, he has given his life to the hospital. But any free time he has is spent searching out his latest high-adrenaline adventure--and successfully shielding his heart! So now he's in a fix. Not only has he been left in charge of his nephew, he's also been thrown for a loop by the new nurse who's arrived in Santa Fe. Beautiful, talented Piper is a natural with kids, but she's also only temporary. They have one summer and the clock is ticking. The adventure is only just beginning....

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Molly Evans
Publisher : Harlequin
Release : 2010-04-01
File : 185 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781426852626


One Summer Night

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In 1801, Martin Dunne spends his days as a hardworking clerk at the War Office in London’s Whitehall. One summer evening, after a drink in a Fleet Street tavern, he has an unexpected passionate encounter with a seducer who haunts his dreams. But when they accidentally meet at a society function, the alluring stranger not only turns out to be the son of one of Martin’s superiors but also betrothed to a trusting young lady. Martin’s hopes are dashed as he imagines the Hon. William Grant is a cynical rake of the worst kind. But has he misunderstood the situation? And might he allow Will to explain and give their fleeting connection a chance to develop into a fully-fledged romance?

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Ellie Thomas
Publisher : JMS Books LLC
Release : 2022-08-20
File : 57 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781685501938


One Summer Weekend

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Best friends. A fake relationship. And only one bed. New York Times bestselling author Shannon Stacey delivers the feel-good beach read you’ve been waiting for. Noah Stafford loves his life—his happy, single life. So what if he made up a fake girlfriend to stop his boss’s matchmaking? He kept things close to the truth—Carly really does have long, sexy legs and a killer sense of humor. She just happens to be his best friend. His wicked awesome and completely platonic best friend. But now his boss is having a destination wedding, and Noah is expected to attend…with Carly, his girlfriend. Carly Randall has no interest in living out a rom-com plot. But Noah is her best friend, so she agrees to help. Still, once they arrive on Cape Cod, she can’t explain the sudden butterflies she feels when he looks at her that way. Or why she doesn’t mind when Noah’s hands stray a little south of her back. What happens on the Cape stays on the Cape. Except not really, not at all, and once their sexy faux-cation is over, Noah and Carly return to a reality where everything’s changed. Going for it would mean risking their friendship…but forgetting how good they were together just isn’t an option. This book is approximately 27,000 words One-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Shannon Stacey
Publisher : Carina Press
Release : 2019-08-05
File : 123 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781488059759


The Medical Directory For 1873 And General Medical Register Including The London And Provincial Medical Directory

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Author : John Churchill (Londres)
Publisher :
Release : 1874
File : 1280 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCM:5323247281


The Monthly Review Of Dental Surgery

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Genre : Dentistry
Author :
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Release : 1876
File : 584 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32436010316451


Trade Circular And Publishers Bulletin

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Genre : American literature
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Publisher :
Release : 1889
File : 482 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105028010739


The Poetical Works Of Alice And Phoebe Cary

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Genre : American poetry
Author : Alice Cary
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Release : 1882
File : 392 Pages
ISBN-13 : PRNC:32101068176302


Annual Meeting Of The Missouri State Horticultural Society

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Genre : Fruit-culture
Author : Missouri State Horticultural Society
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Release : 1897
File : 432 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32435021744388


Child Garden Of Story Song And Play

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Genre : Kindergarten
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Release : 1898
File : 462 Pages
ISBN-13 : SRLF:A0006411557