Biographies & Memoirs
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-26 | Author:David Valdes Greenwood [Greenwood, David Valdes]

8 The Shoestring Santa Blues Socks. No other word from my childhood Christmases so instantly raises my hackles, even though I am now supposed to be a mature adult. By ...
( Category: Historical Study & Educational Resources March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-01-22 | Author:Iain Banks [Banks, Iain]

'I say, did you know that you can count up to over one thousand just using your fingers?' 'Really?' 'Yes. Can you guess how? I bet you can't.' 'You'd…use a ...
( Category: Technothrillers March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Natsume Soseki [Natsume, Sōseki]

VOLUME III I WHEN I WAS describing my fence trotting exercises,I must have mentioned that bamboo fence which encloses my master’s garden. Beyond that fence to the south of us ...
( Category: Japanese March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-05-01 | Author:Lancaster, Jen [Lancaster, Jen]

C·H·A·P·T·E·R S·I·X·T·E·E·N Ring of Fire “I’ve got it!” I dash down the stairs to the door, shoving pushy, barky dogs out of the way before grabbing money off the bookshelf. ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi | | 2010-06-21 | Author:Botham, Noel [Noel, Botham,]

The Book of Useless Information The three cardinal virtues are faith, hope, and charity. It was only after 440 C.E. that December 25 was celebrated as the birth date of ...
( Category: Trivia March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-12-15 | Author:Eric Thomas [Thomas, Eric]

14 “News time 1:18.” Without thought, I gave the report on the road construction around the Beltway and discussed the lack of incidents that could slow a driver down. I ...
( Category: Native American Studies March 26,2014 )
epub, pdf |eng | 1999-09-15 | Author:Evelyn Waugh [Waugh, Evelyn]

A train of porters carried William’s luggage from the Hotel Liberty. When it was all assembled, it seemed to fill the room. The men stood on the verandah waiting to ...
( Category: Satire March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1935-03-10 | Author:George Orwell [Orwell, George]

CHAPTER 3 1 [SCENE: Trafalgar Square. Dimly visible through the mist, a dozen people, Dorothy among them, are grouped about one of the benches near the north parapet.] CHARLIE [singing]: ...
( Category: Satire March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Denis Leary

(Pauses. Inhales deeply on four cigarettes. Stubs them out in ashtray. Exhales. Picks up pack. Plucks a cigarette from it and lights up. Inhales. Smiles. Exhales. Takes another cigarette from ...
( Category: Comedy March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-02-01 | Author:Mrs. Stephen Fry [Fry, Stephen]

Well-​known residents and natives: Herbert Hoover (31st President), Mamie Eisenhower, ‘Buffalo’ Bill Cody, Grant ‘American Gothic’ Wood, Meredith ‘Music Man’ Wilson, Bix Beiderbecke, Bill Bryson, Johnny Carson, George ‘Superman’ Reeves, ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-02-02 | Author:Juliette Sobanet [Sobanet, Juliette]

*** The feeling of Julien’s arms squeezing tighter around my waist startled me awake. Camille must’ve been taking another one of her extra sharp turns. I blinked my eyes, adjusting ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Nat Luurtsema

On my day off I couldn’t face any more of this and I was staying in bed. After I’d finished learning about words, I then found Kanye West’s new album ...
( Category: Biographies & Memoirs March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Joshua Slocum

CHAPTER XII Seventy-two days without a port—Whales and birds—A peep into the Spray’s galley—Flying-fish for breakfast—A welcome at Apia—A visit from Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson—At Vailima—Samoan hospitality—Arrested for fast riding—An ...
( Category: Narratives March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Edgar Wallace

CHAPTER XI THE CASE AGAINST FRANK MERRILL Mr. Saul Arthur Mann stood by the window of his office and moodily watched the traffic passing up and down this busy city ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2001-01-31 | Author:Rabindranath Tagore [Tagore, Rabindranath]

THE BABUS OF NAYANJORE I Once upon a time the Babus of Nayanjore were famous landholders. They were noted for their princely extravagance. They would tear off the rough border ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )