England
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Ian Mortimer [Mortimer, Ian]

Noble Households When it comes to good food, the nobleman’s table is the place to be. The very best cuisine, and the greatest variety, is served directly to the lord ...
( Category: England February 13,2015 )
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-03 | Author:Adam Nicolson

For these Puritans, and in a way we can scarcely understand now, the words of the scriptures were thought to provide a direct, almost intravenous access to the divine. Listen, ...
( Category: European January 24,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-12-31 | Author:Kate Fox

Sit-com Rules Much the same warty-realism rules apply to English situation-comedy programmes. Almost all English sit-coms are about ‘losers’ – unsuccessful people, doing unglamorous jobs, having unsatisfactory relationships, living in, ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-10-06 | Author:Helen Humphreys [Humphreys, Helen]

1684 — An entire village has been built upon the ice. Booths have been made from blankets and the oars of the watermen. The main thoroughfare between the booths has ...
( Category: Short Stories October 15,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-17 | Author:Weir, Alison [Weir, Alison]

Mary was delighted and moved to see them. After greetings were exchanged, the conversation was mainly about Henry Dudley’s arrest at Calais with incriminating evidence. Later, however, the Queen sent ...
( Category: Royalty July 19,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2008-05-31 | Author:Spence, Richard B. [Spence, Richard B.]

2 Dwight Messimer, The Merchant U-Boat: The Adventures of the Deutschland, 1916-1918 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1988). 3 NYT (1 Nov. 1916), 1:5 ff. 4 Ibid., (14 Nov. 1916), 2:6. ...
( Category: Occultism June 20,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-11-28 | Author:Deric Longden [Longden, Deric]

CHAPTER TWELVE Thermal jammed his hip up against the wall to steady himself while he tried to get his bearings. Then somebody moved the skirting-board and he was off, lurching ...
( Category: Cats June 20,2014 )
epub |eng | 1991-06-01 | Author:Marion Meade [Meade, Marion]

In London, Eleanor had followed developments on the Continent between her present and former husbands with interest and possibly a touch of amusement. Whatever other emotions she may have had ...
( Category: Women in History May 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-20 | Author:Philippa Jones [Jones, Philippa]

Sir John’s gift for making enemies was not helped by foolish actions on behalf of the families of his officers. In November, Sir Nicholas White reported to Burghley of a ...
( Category: England May 11,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-19 | Author:Philippa Jones [Jones, Philippa]

After the determination of the inquest, with Amy’s reputation safe from the taint of suicide, Robert was free to arrange a grand funeral and burial for his 28-year-old wife. On ...
( Category: England May 11,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-02 | Author:Begg, Paul [Begg, Paul]

Notes 1. Sheppard, F.H.W. (1979) Survey of London. Vol. XXVII. Spitalfields and Mile End New Town. The Parishes of Christ Church and All Saints and the liberties of Norton Folgate ...
( Category: Murder & Mayhem April 11,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2012-08-27 | Author:Mayhew, Henry [Mayhew, Henry]

HOUSEBREAKERS AND BURGLARS. THE EXPERT burglar is generally very ingenious in his devices, and combines manual dexterity with courage. In his own sphere the burglar in manual adroitness equals the ...
( Category: Poverty April 11,2014 )
epub | | | Author:Life of Pi

( Category: Psychological March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-03 | Author:Jan Karon [Karon, Jan]

“This, Timothy, is New York!” Walter yelled above the clamor of the restaurant. He held up an enormous deli sandwich as evidence and bit into it with conviction. “Powerful attorneys ...
( Category: Small Town & Rural March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Juliet Nicolson [Nicolson, Juliet]

The writer Rudyard Kipling promoted two views: cherishing the values of the past, he also welcomed the exciting opportunities of the new. It was in 1902 that he moved into ...
( Category: England March 26,2014 )