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Autobiography of Mark Twain: Volume 1, Reader's Edition by Twain Mark
epub |eng | 1924-01-01 | Author:Twain, Mark [Twain, Mark]

Susy’s Biography mentions little Langdon—The change of residence from Buffalo to Hartford—Mr. Clemens tells of the sale of his Buffalo paper to Mr. Kinney—Speaks of Jay Gould, McCall, and Rockefeller. ...
( Category: United States August 5,2020 )
Silver Like Dust: One Family's Story of America's Japanese Internment by Kimi Cunningham Grant
mobi |eng | 2012-01-10 | Author:Kimi Cunningham Grant [Grant, Kimi Cunningham]

Chapter 8 THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SYSTEM FOR ARRANGING A marriage was complicated, so my grandmother’s decision to say yes to my grandfather was only the first in a series of ...
( Category: Ethnic & National August 5,2020 )
The Tyrants Tomb by Rick Riordan
mobi |eng | 2019-09-24 | Author:Rick Riordan

In my pickup truck With my dogs and my weapons And this fool, Lester REYNA AND MEG WERE waiting for me at the camp’s front gates, though I barely recognized ...
( Category: Action & Adventure August 5,2020 )
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox: 1882–1940 by James MacGregor Burns
mobi |eng | 2012-05-07 | Author:James MacGregor Burns [Burns, James MacGregor]

PART 4 The Lion at Bay FIFTEEN Court Packing: The Miscalculated Risk WAS IT AN OMEN? The famous Roosevelt luck seemed to forsake the President on the January day in ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents August 4,2020 )
Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler
epub |eng | 2020-07-14 | Author:Bruce Feiler [Feiler, Bruce]

A Light in the Window In my interviews, I asked everybody whether they marked the moment they entered a life transition. I was pretty open-ended about what might qualify as ...
( Category: Applied Psychology August 4,2020 )
New Orleans Travel Guide by Lonely Planet
epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

New Orleans Music ExchangeMUSIC ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; %504-891-7670; 3342 Magazine St; h10:30am-6pm Mon-Sat, 1-5pm Sun) Ladies might get a ‘Can I help you, baby?’ when exploring this large ...
( Category: Education & Reference August 4,2020 )
Losing Eden by Lucy Jones
epub |eng | 2020-03-25 | Author:Lucy Jones

7. Ecological Grief monachopsis, noun. The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place, as maladapted to your surroundings as a seal on a beach. The word ‘ecology’ comes ...
( Category: Nature Writing & Essays August 4,2020 )
The Fun Stuff by James Wood
epub |eng | | Author:James Wood

CONTAINMENT: TRAUMA AND MANIPULATION IN IAN MCEWAN In different ways, most of Ian McEwan’s novels and stories are about trauma and contingency, and he is now best known as the ...
( Category: Essays August 4,2020 )
Novels and Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte
epub |eng | 2006-05-18 | Author:Bret Harte [Harte, Bret]

WHEN THE WATERS WERE UP AT "JULES'" When the waters were up at "Jules'" there was little else up on that monotonous level. For the few inhabitants who calmly and ...
( Category: Westerns August 3,2020 )
Death and Destruction (The Death and Destruction series Book 1) by Patricia Logan
epub |eng | 2016-05-26 | Author:Patricia Logan [Logan, Patricia]

**** “Please have a seat, Tom.” Thayne sank onto the cushion covering the white wrought iron chair on Mills Lang’s shaded pool deck. Noah was swimming laps in the large ...
( Category: LGBT August 3,2020 )
Discovery by Vivien Dean
epub | | | Author:Vivien Dean

* * * Chapter 4 * * * "I cannot believe you're disappointed nobody else is here." Derek slid the key into his office door. "Are you trying to kill ...
( Category: Arts & Literature August 3,2020 )
One Day - David Nicholls by David Nicholls
mobi |eng | 2009-11-06 | Author:David Nicholls

Part Three 1996–2001 Early Thirties ‘Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it’s the same with people.’ James Salter, ...
( Category: Family Life August 3,2020 )
The Red Seven by Robert Dean
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2016-01-25 | Author:Robert Dean

«« — »» He slipped out of the house without saying a word. Neither Simon nor Annabelle heard a peep as he made his way out. The sun wasn’t up ...
( Category: Action & Adventure August 3,2020 )
Robert A. Heinlein by unknow
epub |eng | 2012-01-04 | Author:unknow

As with all these early novellas, the opening scene of “Universe” plunges us less into intrigue or action than an alien and problematic world. This story is one of Heinlein’s ...
( Category: Arts & Literature August 3,2020 )
Rob Grant by Colony
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-04 | Author:Colony

21 ‘You are talking about the sign on the door, yes?’ Lewis nods. ‘The sign that says: “Fire Exit”?’ Lewis and Oslo look at each other sideways. ‘Are you telling ...
( Category: Science Fiction August 3,2020 )

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