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The Land of The Blessed Virgin by W. Somerset Maugham
epub |eng | 2010-02-17 | Author:W. Somerset Maugham [Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)]

XXIII Before the Bull-fight If all Andalusians are potential gaol-birds they are also potential bull-fighters. It is impossible for foreigners to realise how firmly the love of that pastime is ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 27,2014 )
Year in the World by Frances Mayes
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-03-14 | Author:Frances Mayes [Mayes, Frances]

Standing in front of 8, rue de Colette (formerly rue de l’Hospice), with her inspired, passionate descriptions in mind, I confront a tall dun-colored house with white shutters. It looks ...
( Category: Memoirs March 27,2014 )
Various Positions by Martha Schabas
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Martha Schabas [Schabas, Martha]

TEN There were two weeks of school left before the Christmas holiday and I had my work cut out for me. I needed to find the perfect balance of focus, ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction March 27,2014 )
Journal of Researches by Charles Darwin
epub |eng | 1845-03-26 | Author:Charles Darwin [Darwin, Charles]

One day I rode up the valley to the farthest inhabited spot. Shortly above that point, the Cachapual divides into two deep tremendous ravines, which penetrate directly into the great ...
( Category: Marine Biology March 27,2014 )
Embarcadero by Richard Dillon
epub |eng | 2012-06-01 | Author:Richard Dillon [Dillon, Richard]

Wakeman sailed up the Mississippi River on the second seagoing vessel to reach Vicksburg. Here he engaged in sundry duels and romances before hurrying off to the Mexican War. He ...
( Category: United States March 27,2014 )
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain
epub, azw |eng | | Author:Mark Twain

CHAPTER XXXII. Home, again! For the first time, in many weeks, the ship's entire family met and shook hands on the quarter-deck. They had gathered from many points of the ...
( Category: Classic Literature & Fiction March 27,2014 )
The American Scene by Henry James
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Henry James

She has meanwhile probably her hours of amazement at the size of her windfall; she cannot quite live without wonder at the oddity of her so "sleeping" partner, the strange ...
( Category: Anthologies March 27,2014 )
The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Joseph Conrad

* * * XXXI. * * * The Nore sand remains covered at low-water, and never seen by human eye; but the Nore is a name to conjure with visions ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
Yondering by Louis L'Amour
epub |eng | 1980-10-01 | Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]

AND PROUDLY DIE * * * In 1983 dad and I took an afternoon off, he from writing and I from editing a student film, and drove down to San ...
( Category: Authors March 26,2014 )
The State Of The Art by Iain M. Banks
epub |eng | 1997-09-15 | Author:Iain M. Banks [Banks, Iain]

A module dropped me in woods near Sandvika in the bright, early morning. I caught a bus to the centre and walked up to the Frogner park. I found the ...
( Category: Anthologies March 26,2014 )
The Explorer
epub | | | Author:W. Somerset Maugham

6 Guy acts as if everything is normal, not telling any of the crew about his conversation. He doesn’t mention anything even related to it until after lunch, when he ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 26,2014 )
The Mutiny of the Bounty by Sir John Barrow
epub |eng | | Author:Sir John Barrow

CHAPTER VI THE COURT-MARTIAL If any person in or belonging to the fleet shall make, or endeavour to make, any mutinous assembly, upon any pretence whatsoever, every person offending herein, ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 26,2014 )
On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham
epub |eng | 2011-12-10 | Author:W. Somerset Maugham [Maugham, W. Somerset]

XXXV THE STRANGER IT was a comfort in that sweltering heat to get out of the city. The missionary stepped out of the launch in which he had dropped leisurely ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
Yoda by Dark Rendezvous (Sean Stewart)
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-03-10 | Author:Dark Rendezvous (Sean Stewart) [Rendezvous, Dark]

“Stars,” she murmured. “What happened to the soldiers? The ones who caught your family?” “I don’t remember,” Solis said blandly. Yeah, right, Scout thought. She gulped, wondering exactly how the ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 26,2014 )
Book 7 - Yoda Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-11-23 | Author:Sean Stewart [Stewart, Sean]

Back in the cafeteria, long lines of bored passengers were still queued up for food. Children dabbled designs on the plastic cafeteria tables with bits of dipping sauce, or tried ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 26,2014 )

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