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Hawaii: A Novel by Michener James A
mobi |eng | 2013-11-26 | Author:Michener, James A. [Michener, James A.]

These were evil years, indeed, in Hawaii. Before the coming of the white man, leprosy had been unknown. Then, in some unfathomable way, the alii contracted it, possibly from a ...
( Category: Action & Adventure January 8,2016 )
Centennial: A Novel by Michener James A
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-01-21 | Author:Michener, James A. [Michener, James A.]

Now came the days of respite, the days of grass and water before the waterless desert. The longhorns were settling down; they were sufficiently far from home to have ceased ...
( Category: Westerns January 8,2016 )
The Cruise of the Snark by London Jack
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-30 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

CHAPTER XI The Nature Man I FIRST met him on Market Street in San Francisco. It was a wet and drizzly afternoon, and he was striding along, clad solely in ...
( Category: Classics January 8,2016 )
Lord Tony's Wife by Orczy Emmuska
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-12-21 | Author:Orczy, Emmuska [Orczy, Emmuska]

V Martin–Roget rose from his seat and began pacing up and down the narrow room. His nerves were obviously on edge. It was difficult for any man—let alone one of ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
Grey Weather by John Buchan
epub |eng | 2015-04-21 | Author:John Buchan [Buchan, John]

Summer Weather IN a certain year the prices of sheep at Gledsmuir sank so low that the hearts of the farmers were troubled; and one—he of Clachlands—sought at once to ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
Inheritance Cycle Omnibus by Paolini Christopher
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-06-28 | Author:Paolini, Christopher [Paolini, Christopher]

JEOD LONGSHANKS f Roran had known how to read, he might have been more impressed by the treasure trove of books that lined the study walls. As it was, he ...
( Category: Fantasy January 8,2016 )
The Half-Hearted by John Buchan
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-09 | Author:John Buchan

CHAPTER XVII The Brink of the Rubicon The next evening Wratislaw drove in a hired dogcart up Glenavelin from Gledsmuir just as a stormy autumn twilight was setting in over ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Willa Cather [Cather, Willa]

V Father Hector Saint–Cyr was not long in following his messenger. On the day of his arrival in Kebec he stopped at the apothecary shop, but, Auclair being out, he ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
John Burnet of Barns by John Buchan
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-05 | Author:John Buchan

CHAPTER V I Claim a Promise, and We Seek the Hills And now I set myself resolutely to think out something that might be the saving of my life and ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
Lord John and the Custom Of The Army 3.6 by Diana Gabaldon
mobi |eng | 2012-05-20 | Author:Diana Gabaldon

Normally, it was not difficult to discover the whereabouts of a particular soldier, but Malcolm Stubbs seemed to have disappeared into thin air. Over the course of the next week, ...
( Category: War & Military January 8,2016 )
Burning Shore by Smith Wilbur
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Smith, Wilbur [Smith, Wilbur]

Drop it! Get away, you brute! Leave it! She sensed that the hyena was perplexed by her aggressive attitude, and though it growled again, it backed up a few steps ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
Before Adam by London Jack
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2014-05-30 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

Chapter X After we had had out our laugh, Lop–Ear and I curved back in our flight and got breakfast in the blueberry swamp. It was the same swamp to ...
( Category: Adventure January 8,2016 )
Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-02 | Author:Percy Fitzpatrick

* * * Chapter Sixteen. The Tiger and Baboons. No one had doubted Jess’s courage, even when we saw her come back alone: we knew there was something wrong, but ...
( Category: General January 8,2016 )
Sparrow Falls by Smith Wilbur
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-16 | Author:Smith, Wilbur [Smith, Wilbur]

The man grunted an acknowledgement and was gone. Fergus had his pickets on every possible approach to the town centre. The police might have split into a number of columns, ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London Jack
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-03-13 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

"No, no, begone! The merry bowl Again shall bolster up my soul Against itself. What, good man, hold! Canst tell me where red wine is sold? Nay, just beyond yon ...
( Category: Classics January 8,2016 )

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