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Flesh and Blood So Cheap by Albert Marrin
epub |eng | 2011-11-14 | Author:Albert Marrin [Marrin, Albert]

An illustration of the workhouse on Blackwell’s Island, 1866. (picture credit 4.12) Enter the Mink Coat Brigade Still others saw the Uprising of the Twenty Thousand as more than a ...
( Category: 1900s November 24,2014 )
Keeker and the Sneaky Pony by Hadley Higginson
epub |eng | | Author:Hadley Higginson

Chapter 5 Keeker raced back the way she’d come, found the trail and hurried up it. She burst onto the clearing, and there was Plum, standing in a blackberry bramble. ...
( Category: Chapter Books November 24,2014 )
The Mystery of the Missing Lion by Alexander McCall Smith
epub |eng | 2014-10-20 | Author:Alexander McCall Smith [Smith, Alexander McCall]

“Lions,” he whispered. “A whole pride of them.” “Sit down,” whispered Precious. “We don’t want them to see us.” They remained quite still as the pride of lions made its ...
( Category: Africa November 23,2014 )
Seven Bundle by Various Orca
epub |eng | 2012-10-09 | Author:Various Orca

BEENS WENT INTO THE MALL AND CAME OUT WITH COFFEES for him and Snocone and cokes for me and Jaden. Snocone wasnt much older than us but he got the ...
( Category: Explore the World November 23,2014 )
Bracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-06 | Author:Kevin Crossley-Holland [Crossley-Holland, Kevin]

When Torsten untethered the boat, the port oarsmen eased her away from the quay with their blades. The whole crew cheered, and on board their barrel-shaped boat, the Bulgars waved ...
( Category: Europe November 22,2014 )
Five Thousand Years of Slavery by Marjorie Gann
epub |eng | 2011-01-10 | Author:Marjorie Gann [Gann, Marjorie]

NEW HOME, NEW NAME Owners considered it their right to name their slaves. The name might sound mighty, like “Hercules,” the Greek hero, or silly, like “Jumper.” Either way, it ...
( Category: Customs, Traditions, Anthropology November 21,2014 )
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Isabel Allende [Allende, Isabel]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Sacred Mountain BATHED IN SWEAT, battered, and burning with fever, Alexander—Jaguar—walked down a long green corridor, stepped across an aluminum threshold, and saw his mother. Lisa was ...
( Category: Central & South America November 20,2014 )
Sleeper: The Seven Sequels by Eric Walters
epub |eng | 2014-07-31 | Author:Eric Walters

“If anybody has any question about you being good enough for him, they obviously don’t know you.” “That is such a kind thing to say,” she said. She offered another ...
( Category: Europe November 19,2014 )
The Third Chimpanzee for Young People by Jared Diamond
epub |eng | 2014-04-07 | Author:Jared Diamond

Class Divisions Farming brought another curse to humanity: class divisions. Hunter-gatherers have little or no stored food, and no concentrated food sources such as orchards or herds of cows. They ...
( Category: Customs, Traditions, Anthropology November 19,2014 )
Broken Arrow: The Seven Sequels by John Wilson
epub |eng | 2014-07-31 | Author:John Wilson

“Aaaahhh,” I said, taking a deep breath. “Don’t you just love the energizing smell of plutonium in the evening air?” We were standing by a high chain-link fence that encircled ...
( Category: Europe November 19,2014 )
Last Message by Shane Peacock
epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Shane Peacock [Peacock, Shane]

The next day I received a call on my cell from the man at the diving place. He had talked to his friend, who he described first as an oceanographer ...
( Category: Europe November 17,2014 )
Rebeldes(c.1) by Susan E. Hinton
mobi |es | 2011-12-05 | Author:Susan E. Hinton

CAPÍTULO 7 Allí estábamos los tres sentados una sala, a la espera de saber cómo estaban Dally y Johnny. En ese momento llegaron los periodistas y la Policía. Empezaron a ...
( Category: Spanish November 11,2014 )
Walking Home by Eric Walters
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Eric Walters [Walters, Eric]

Jata finished the serving I had put in her bowl. The walking had made us both hungry. Very hungry. I would have to rethink how many days of food we ...
( Category: Africa November 7,2014 )
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
epub |eng | 2007-11-05 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

Three times Philip had avoided what seemed like certain capture, but he had been driven from his homeland. His original fighting force of approximately 250 warriors was down to 40, ...
( Category: Colonial Period November 6,2014 )
Krabat (German Edition) by Preußler Otfried
epub |deu | 2012-06-14 | Author:Preußler, Otfried [Preußler, Otfried]

Tondas Grab hatte Krabat noch immer nicht aufgesucht. Einmal in diesen Wochen, als er beim ersten Morgengrauen erwachte, stahl er sich aus der Mühle und lief in den Koselbruch. Tautropfen ...
( Category: Europe November 3,2014 )

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