Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

Former US president John F Kennedy once got a flight attendant pregnant during an affair, then paid for an abortion, just months after his wife Jackie gave birth to their daughter, a new book claims.

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Guide to reference books by Sheehy, Eugene P. (Eugene Paul), 1922-2013. Publication date 1976 Topics Reference books -- Bibliography, Ouvrages de référence -- Bibliographie, Reference Books, ...

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The children’s biography also takes readers through her Oscar win for her performance in 1988’s Moonstruck. Fans of the singer can pre-order the book on Amazon now for $5.99 in a sturdy ...