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Gilded Age by Mark Twain; Charles Dudley Warner; Ron Powers
mobi |eng | 1972-01-02 | Author:Mark Twain; Charles Dudley Warner; Ron Powers

An Unmistakable Potato Mouth. Mrs. O.—“Not by any means, Miss Hawkins! French society is much more elegant—much more so.” Laura—“I am sorry to hear that. I suppose ours has deteriorated ...
( Category: Political March 25,2014 )
Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
mobi, epub |eng | 1994-01-02 | Author:William Trevor

‘Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.’ They go, and Felicia watches them ...
( Category: Psychological March 25,2014 )
The Age of Grief by Jane Smiley
mobi, epub |eng | 1987-01-01 | Author:Jane Smiley

I remember when I first had the idea of making bombs. That is, I don’t remember the circumstances, but I remember the feeling. I remember putting my hands out, palms ...
( Category: Family Life March 25,2014 )
Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Douglas Coupland

46O the brief, urbane speeches they gave while donating comically large checks to well-researched and cutting-edge charities. Vanessa was quite obviously some freak of nature marooned on the shores of ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
The Miniature Wife: And Other Stories
mobi |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:MANUEL GONZALES

9 Barbara likes birds. She watches them. She’s a bird-watcher. She attends birdwatching events. She’s rather devoted to them. She donates money and time to the Audubon Society. For a ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
Wilt by Tom Sharpe
mobi, epub |eng | 1972-09-30 | Author:Tom Sharpe

Chapter 12 On Eel Stretch–Gaskell’s map-reading had misled him and they were nowhere near Frogwater Reach or Fen Broad–the situation was getting on everyone’s nerves. Gaskell’s attempts to mend the ...
( Category: Satire March 25,2014 )
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-11 | Author:Carl Hiaasen

"OK." He eased off the gas. The cobalt Lexus began to pull away, and as it did a can of Sprite flew out the window and bounced into the scrub. ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 25,2014 )
Undead and Unpopular by Davidson Maryjanice
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-06-06 | Author:Davidson, Maryjanice [Davidson, Maryjanice]

We’d put our coats on; he had put back on the slightly muddy but still meticulously crafted black wingtips he had left in the hallway upon his entrance. For myself, ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
The Photograph by Penelope Lively
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-28 | Author:Penelope Lively

There is a further task which is ancillary to the fact-finding process and the pursuit of witnesses. You could call it the examination of motive, Glyn supposes. Several motives. Why ...
( Category: Psychological March 25,2014 )
Men and Cartoons by Jonathan Lethem
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Jonathan Lethem

I ONLY had an hour's warning. He got my number from information, he explained on the phone. I gave him the address. An hour later he knocked on my door. ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
Darcy's Utopia: A Novel by Weldon Fay
mobi |eng | 2013-04-15 | Author:Weldon, Fay [Weldon, Fay]

Hugo’s further interview with Eleanor Darcy Q: IT’S GOOD OF you to see me this evening. I’m very sorry about the disturbance at the restaurant and that we had to ...
( Category: Political March 25,2014 )
Stark by Ben Elton
mobi, azw, epub |eng | 2006-07-14 | Author:Ben Elton

116: MISSILE FUEL As they drove slowly towards town, Zimmerman was in a reflective mood. ‘It just goes to show,’ he remarked, ‘that sometimes it ain’t worth trying to do ...
( Category: Assassinations March 25,2014 )
Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1998-11-01 | Author:Mordecai Richler

“Boogie,” I said, “I’m in love. For the first time in my life I am truly, seriously, irretrievably in love.” Of course I didn’t realize at the time that The ...
( Category: Humorous March 25,2014 )
Our Story Begins by Wolff Tobias
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-03-24 | Author:Wolff, Tobias [Wolff, Tobias]

The next night they went bowling. This was Mary Ann’s idea. She was a good bowler and frankly out to win. Whenever she got a strike she threw her head ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
mobi, epub, pdf | | 1998-08-15 | Author:Hugh Laurie

Fourteen Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. THOMAS MOORE There were two things ...
( Category: Espionage March 25,2014 )

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