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Bernard Shaw by A. M. Gibbs
epub |eng | 2014-05-05 | Author:A. M. Gibbs

* * * * Shaw’s choice of this musical instrument for Undershaft is an amusing recollection of his Irish childhood. A fondness for brass instruments such as the trombone ran ...
( Category: British & Irish May 5,2018 )
The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
epub |eng | 2018-04-17 | Author:Joanna Goodman

Chapter 28 She arrives at the Motel Maisonneuve on Ontario Street breathless with excitement. She has so much to tell him, starting with the news that she’s leaving Roland, that ...
( Category: Genre Fiction May 3,2018 )
The Laughter of Aphrodite by Peter Green
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Green [Green, Peter]

Strange and ironic prophecy. “Thank you,” she said, with a white little smile. “But it is you who need our prayers now, Sappho.” Then, with a formality that matched my ...
( Category: Contemporary May 2,2018 )
Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:E.F. Benson [Benson, E.F.]

* * * Miss Mapp by this fifth day of Lucia's illness was completely baffled. She did not yet allow herself to despair of becoming unbaffled, for she was certain ...
( Category: Humor & Satire April 30,2018 )
Miss Mapp by E. F Benson
epub |eng | 2010-11-19 | Author:E. F Benson [Benson, E. F]

Miss Mapp had been tempted when she went home that morning, after enjoying the autumn tints, to ask Diva to lunch with her, but remembered in time that she had ...
( Category: Humor & Satire April 30,2018 )
Lucia in London by E. F Benson
epub |eng | 2011-03-25 | Author:E. F Benson [Benson, E. F]

CHAPTER VI Lucia's guests went off by the early train next morning and she was left, like Marius among the ruins of Carthage. But, unlike that weak-hearted senator, she had ...
( Category: Humor & Satire April 30,2018 )
Trouble For Lucia by E. F Benson
epub |eng | 2011-03-26 | Author:E. F Benson [Benson, E. F]

CHAPTER VIII Lucia, followed by Georgie, and preceded by an attendant, swept along the corridor behind the boxes on the grand tier at Covent Garden Opera House. They had dined ...
( Category: Humor & Satire April 30,2018 )
Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Crimes Behind Our Romance with the Macabre by Michael Knox Beran
azw |eng | 2015-08-15 | Author:Michael Knox Beran [Beran, Michael Knox]

Nearly an hour passed before Greenacre’s body was cut down from the gallows and taken back into Newgate. It was buried, under cover of darkness, in Birdcage Walk. Sarah Gale ...
( Category: History & Criticism April 28,2018 )
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Gail Honeyman

I supposed it made sense, in a way, shortening the names. It was obvious who was addressing whom, after all. He replied quickly: No worries, good luck with your decision. ...
( Category: Women's Fiction April 27,2018 )
Imperial Purple by Gillian Bradshaw
epub |eng | 1988-11-01 | Author:Gillian Bradshaw [Bradshaw, Gillian]

Demetrias slept late next morning, and woke at about ten o’clock, muzzy-headed, dry-mouthed, and unrested. She lay still for a few moments, staring at the edge of her pillow. A ...
( Category: British & Irish April 27,2018 )
The Waves (Oxford World's Classics) by Virginia Woolf
epub |eng | 2014-12-03 | Author:Virginia Woolf

The sun had risen to its full height. It was no longer half seen and guessed at, from hints and gleams, as if a girl couched on her green-sea mattress ...
( Category: Classics April 27,2018 )
A Breath of French Air by Bates H. E
epub |eng | 1959-01-01 | Author:Bates, H. E. [Bates, H. E.]

6 Pop began to watch events on the plage with growing uneasiness, if not dismay. Things were not going well at all. It was clear as daylight that Mariette and ...
( Category: British & Irish April 26,2018 )
Books Of Blood II by Barker Clive
epub |eng | 1984-01-01 | Author:Barker, Clive [Barker, Clive]

Books of Blood II Aaron’s face was thrust into the stinking crotch of his father’s jeans. “Yes, sir.” “He stays with me, woman. You’re not taking him out into that ...
( Category: Genre Fiction April 26,2018 )
Emperor #4:The Gods of War by Conn Iggulden
epub |eng | 2011-02-06 | Author:Conn Iggulden [Iggulden, Conn]

Octavian did not hesitate. “I do, sir,” he said, saluting. He took up his reins and trotted back to the lines, leaving Julius alone. “My Tenth have brought new honor ...
( Category: Genre Fiction April 25,2018 )
The Dog by Joseph O’Neill
epub |eng | 2014-07-24 | Author:Joseph O’Neill [O’Neill, Joseph]

‘Bryan Adams sucks,’ he tells me. ‘He does?’ I say. I’m startled by this declaration out of the blue, which may be the first entirely voluntary utterance he’s made to ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense April 24,2018 )

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