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Drawing of the Dark (F.M.) by Powers Tim
epub |eng | 1979-01-01 | Author:Powers, Tim [Powers, Tim]

* * * Chapter Thirteen 'Insensibly drunk! I expected it, of course. And on my beer, which I daresay you neglected to pay for, eh?' Duffy opened his eyes and ...
( Category: Fantasy November 11,2018 )
Treasure Island (B&N) by Stevenson Robert Louis
epub |eng | 1982-01-15 | Author:Stevenson, Robert Louis [Stevenson, Robert Louis]

XVII Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip THIS FIFTH TRIP WAS quite different from any of the others. In the first place, the little gallipotad of a ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Lankhmar 06: Swords and Ice Magic by Leiber Fritz
epub |eng | 1977-01-06 | Author:Leiber, Fritz [Leiber, Fritz]

* * * * Inside Its icy sphere, which would have cramped a taller being, Khahkht roused, muttering. "Rime Isle's new gods are treacherous ― betray and re-betray ― yet ...
( Category: Fantasy November 11,2018 )
Holcroft Covenant, The by Ludlum Robert
epub |eng | 1978-01-30 | Author:Ludlum, Robert [Ludlum, Robert]

24 He paid the driver and got out of the cab, making sure he could be seen by the man on the motorbike, who had stopped down the block. Noel ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 11,2018 )
Foe by Coetzee J. M
epub |eng | 1986-01-10 | Author:Coetzee, J. M. [Coetzee, J. M.]

III The staircase was dark and mean. My knock echoed as if on emptiness. But I knocked a second time, and heard a shuffling, and from behind the door a ...
( Category: World Literature November 11,2018 )
Duke De Richleau (08): Prisoner in the Mask, The by Wheatley Dennis
epub |eng | 1957-01-16 | Author:Wheatley, Dennis [Wheatley, Dennis]

17 THE ONLY WAY It had been arranged that the brougham should wait for them a hundred yards down the Avenue Messine, which was only just across the Rue de ...
( Category: Action & Adventure November 11,2018 )
Jungle Books, The (B&N) by Kipling Rudyard
epub |eng | 1894-01-01 | Author:Kipling, Rudyard [Kipling, Rudyard]

THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE Just to give you an idea of the immense variety of the Jungle Law, I have translated into verse (Baloo always recited them in a ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, The by Pyle Howard
epub |eng | 1883-02-01 | Author:Pyle, Howard [Pyle, Howard]

Quoth Robin, “I understand not why those of thy kind live in such a manner that all their wealth passeth from them like snow beneath the springtide sun.” “Thou wrongest ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Moonfleet by Falkner John Meade
epub |eng | 1898-04-15 | Author:Falkner, John Meade [Falkner, John Meade]

Chapter 12 A FUNERAL How he lies in his rights of a man! Death has done all death can —Browning We stood for a moment holding one another's hands; then ...
( Category: Action & Adventure November 11,2018 )
Lost World (03): Man who Missed the War, The by Wheatley Dennis
epub |eng | 1945-01-20 | Author:Wheatley, Dennis [Wheatley, Dennis]

12 The Dark Prince Philip was quite convinced that he was suffering from an hallucination. Somehow, when the Canon’s ghost had actually been talking to him there had not seemed ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 11,2018 )
Frenchman's Creek by Maurier Daphne Du
epub |eng | 1943-01-01 | Author:Maurier, Daphne Du [Maurier, Daphne Du]

14 There were two ships in mid-channel, sailing in company about three miles distant from each other, and the leading ship had a curious rakish air about her, with her ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2018 )
Roger Brook (06): Rape of Venice, The by Wheatley Dennis
epub |eng | 1959-01-15 | Author:Wheatley, Dennis [Wheatley, Dennis]

17 In Desperate Straits At the sight of the Venetian Roger’s heart missed a beat. For a second the blood hammered in his ears and he thought he was about ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 11,2018 )
Roger Brook (01): Launching of Roger Brook, The by Wheatley Dennis
epub |eng | 1947-01-14 | Author:Wheatley, Dennis [Wheatley, Dennis]

15 The Dream For a long moment she lay passive in his arms, then she wrenched herself away and stood staring at him. Her eyes were round, not with fright, ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 11,2018 )
Gone South by McCammon Robert R
epub |eng | 1992-01-15 | Author:McCammon, Robert R. [McCammon, Robert R.]

15 The Truth DAN HAD STEPPED OUT OF the shower and was toweling off when he heard someone speak his name. He looked at the television set. His face — ...
( Category: Action & Adventure November 11,2018 )
Last of the Mohicans (B&N) by Cooper James Fenimore
epub |eng | 1826-01-01 | Author:Cooper, James Fenimore [Cooper, James Fenimore]

CHAPTER XVIII “Why, anything: An honorable murderer, if you will; For naught I did in hate, but all in honor.” OTHELLO. The bloody and inhuman scene rather incidentally mentioned than ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )

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