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Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire

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An excellent one volume portrait of Napoleon III and the short-lived second French Empire which was brought to ruins by the 1870 Franco-Prussian war."ONCE again J. M. Thompson has given us a colorful, arresting, and interpretative account of a period of French history—this time of the Second Empire. In this instance, as in previous works, the author makes the biography of a man (Louis Napoleon) ... Read more

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An excellent one volume portrait of Napoleon III and the short-lived second French Empire which was brought to ruins by the 1870 Franco-Prussian war."ONCE again J. M. Thompson has given us a colorful, arresting, and interpretative account of a period of French history—this time of the Second Empire. In this instance, as in previous works, the author makes the biography of a man (Louis Napoleon)
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Robespierre

by J. M. Thompson ...

First published in 1935, this is widely regarded as the most definitive and comprehensive biography of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), the French lawyer and politician who would become one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.As a member of the Estates-General, the Constituent Assembly and the ... Read more

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First published in 1935, this is widely regarded as the most definitive and comprehensive biography of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), the French lawyer and politician who would become one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.As a member of the Estates-General, the Constituent Assembly and the
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My Grand Daughter

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by J.M. Thompson ...

Series Book 1 - My Grand Daughter
Jan owned a liquor store, he had two women working for him. He was a bitter man inside and he harboured hatred for people of colour. He joined a radical movement whose aim was to restore a white government. They caused havoc by creating faction wars in the rural areas. In the townships, they bombed essential plants, they planted explosives on railway lines causing unnecessary deaths. The police ... Read more

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Jan owned a liquor store, he had two women working for him. He was a bitter man inside and he harboured hatred for people of colour. He joined a radical movement whose aim was to restore a white government. They caused havoc by creating faction wars in the rural areas. In the townships, they bombed essential plants, they planted explosives on railway lines causing unnecessary deaths. The police
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Running Is a Kind of Dreaming

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A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life."Voluntary or involuntary?" asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that ... Read more

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A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life."Voluntary or involuntary?" asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that
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Leaders of the French Revolution

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1789-1795 were years of revolutionary drama in France—of struggle protest, war-fever, exasperation, terror, ambition and bloodshed. Few of the many who are remembered from the time were great men, but they lived under the microscope of great times, which gave to their most insignificant qualities portentous proportions. Perhaps, too, their age and country encouraged variety and extravagance of ... Read more

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1789-1795 were years of revolutionary drama in France—of struggle protest, war-fever, exasperation, terror, ambition and bloodshed. Few of the many who are remembered from the time were great men, but they lived under the microscope of great times, which gave to their most insignificant qualities portentous proportions. Perhaps, too, their age and country encouraged variety and extravagance of
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A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life.**“Voluntary or involuntary?” asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that ... Read more

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A powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life.**“Voluntary or involuntary?” asked the nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital in January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and therapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable darkness. He decided that
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Invisible People

by J.M. Thompson ...

Isaac grew up in the rural area near Queenstown.He had a problem with his speech, he could not finish a sentence without stuttering. His classmates always made fun of him. He wrote his final high school examinations and he passed with two distinctions.He was living with his grandma at the time. His mother passed on soon after he was born. No one ever mentioned his father. He never bothered to seek ... Read more

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Isaac grew up in the rural area near Queenstown.He had a problem with his speech, he could not finish a sentence without stuttering. His classmates always made fun of him. He wrote his final high school examinations and he passed with two distinctions.He was living with his grandma at the time. His mother passed on soon after he was born. No one ever mentioned his father. He never bothered to seek
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Is This Thing Real

by J.M. Thompson ...

This is a story about guys who grew up on the same farm. One guy was the son of the owner of the farm and the other was the son of the labourer. Petros was the son of the farm worker and he had a great love for farming. His mother was keen on having him become a full-fledged farmer but she did not have the means to educate him. God did not seem to help so she made a pact with the devil. Petros had ... Read more

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This is a story about guys who grew up on the same farm. One guy was the son of the owner of the farm and the other was the son of the labourer. Petros was the son of the farm worker and he had a great love for farming. His mother was keen on having him become a full-fledged farmer but she did not have the means to educate him. God did not seem to help so she made a pact with the devil. Petros had
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My Grand Daughter # 2

by J.M. Thompson ...

Marcia felt attracted to Austin even though she knew he was not mentally stable. Her friend, Pearl was also drawn to Austin and his father. She had sex with both of them in her consulting room. She had a weird attraction to people who had emotional problems. Marcia broke up with Austin after she realised that his parents were irrational. Austin began to use vulgar words at his workplace after ... Read more

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Marcia felt attracted to Austin even though she knew he was not mentally stable. Her friend, Pearl was also drawn to Austin and his father. She had sex with both of them in her consulting room. She had a weird attraction to people who had emotional problems. Marcia broke up with Austin after she realised that his parents were irrational. Austin began to use vulgar words at his workplace after
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Value of My Life

by J.M. Thompson ...

This is a story about two sisters who moved from the rural areas to the city of Johannesburg. The elder sister was already in the city when her younger sister joined her. The elder sister -Boniswa- was married to a wealthy white man. The man -Jose- offered the younger sister a sponsorship to allow her to further her education and graduate in law. Stella could not believe her luck and she vowed to ... Read more

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This is a story about two sisters who moved from the rural areas to the city of Johannesburg. The elder sister was already in the city when her younger sister joined her. The elder sister -Boniswa- was married to a wealthy white man. The man -Jose- offered the younger sister a sponsorship to allow her to further her education and graduate in law. Stella could not believe her luck and she vowed to
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The Wizard's Box: A Tale From the Royal Road

Royal Road Sketches and Stories, #1

by J.M. Thompson ...

Series Book 1 - Royal Road Sketches and Stories
What does one do with a wizard's discarded container of dubious functionality?The Royal Road in the kingdom of Kesteva runs nearly 1,000 miles from the southeastern marchlands to the northwest coast. A tavern tale sometimes told by upperclass engineering students at the Royal University in Roxen starts with the proposition that the Road's meandering path was laid hundreds of years before Kesteva's ... Read more

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What does one do with a wizard's discarded container of dubious functionality?The Royal Road in the kingdom of Kesteva runs nearly 1,000 miles from the southeastern marchlands to the northwest coast. A tavern tale sometimes told by upperclass engineering students at the Royal University in Roxen starts with the proposition that the Road's meandering path was laid hundreds of years before Kesteva's
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Value Of My Life 2

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Stella and Nomsa had been friends sine childhood days but Stella's sister does not trust Nomsa for whatever reason. by then Stella and her friend were living with Stella's sister, Boniswa and Jose her husband. he offered to pay the girls' tuition but Nomsa was not interested. All that she wanted was to have a husband and babies. Stella chose to go to university with the intention of becoming an ... Read more

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Stella and Nomsa had been friends sine childhood days but Stella's sister does not trust Nomsa for whatever reason. by then Stella and her friend were living with Stella's sister, Boniswa and Jose her husband. he offered to pay the girls' tuition but Nomsa was not interested. All that she wanted was to have a husband and babies. Stella chose to go to university with the intention of becoming an
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