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Kydd #02 - Artemis by Julian Stockwin
epub |eng | 2003-05-19 | Author:Julian Stockwin [Stockwin, Julian]

Panay was left astern, but other islands large and small were scattered about on all sides. By early afternoon one in particular loomed across their path, and in the background ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 18,2017 )
Kydd #08 - The Admiral's Daughter by Julian Stockwin
epub |eng | 2011-07-31 | Author:Julian Stockwin [Stockwin, Julian]

( Category: Genre Fiction October 18,2017 )
Kydd #04 - Mutiny by Julian Stockwin
epub |eng | 2005-09-30 | Author:Julian Stockwin [Stockwin, Julian]

They were waiting for him at the fore jeer bitts, hanking down after re-reeving a foreyard clew-line block, making a show of it in the process. Standing in deliberate, staged ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 18,2017 )
The Final Passage by Caryl Phillips
epub |eng | 2004-04-01 | Author:Caryl Phillips [Phillips, Caryl]

* Thursday morning and the restless sun rose particularly early, or so it seemed. Michael opened his eyes and reached over to touch his wife, but his blind hand slid ...
( Category: Contemporary October 18,2017 )
The Thief Taker [02] Fire Catcher by C. S. Quinn
epub |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:C. S. Quinn [Quinn, C. S.]

Chapter 69 ‘We must get to the side of the bridge,’ said Charlie, shouting above the fire’s roar. ‘See there? On the other side of those flaming eaves? There’s a ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense October 18,2017 )
1 - crosscurrent by Unknown
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Unknown

"Understood." "Nearing the rings," Marr said. "The fighters are fast, Captain." "They're kriffin' antiques! How can they be fast?" "Antiques? I don't under—" "Never mind, Marr. Jaden is on his ...
( Category: Individual Artists October 18,2017 )
Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary by Joseph Conrad
epub |eng | 2008-10-17 | Author:Joseph Conrad

III “I looked at him, lost in astonishment. There he was before me, in motley, as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His very existence ...
( Category: Classics October 17,2017 )
Futility by William Gerhardie
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:William Gerhardie [Gerhardie, William]

IV MUCH OF MY EXPERIENCES MUST NOW APPEAR IN the nature of a farce. This is not my fault. A good deal of life is a hilarious farce, and yet, ...
( Category: Contemporary October 17,2017 )
The Polyglots by William Gerhardie
mobi, epub |eng | 1925-01-01 | Author:William Gerhardie

37 EXODUS OF THE POLYGLOTS AFTER THE BALL COUNT VALENTINE CALLED TO TENDER his congratulations on the occasion of the birthday of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and ...
( Category: British & Irish October 17,2017 )
Swan Song by Crispin Edmund
epub |eng | 2009-02-05 | Author:Crispin, Edmund [Edmund Crispin]

CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE REHEARSAL, WHEN they reached it, was in a state of confusion which really amounted to total deadlock. It had been called, rather suddenly, for five o’clock; and ...
( Category: Mystery October 17,2017 )
Mrs. Tim of the Regiment by D. E. Stevenson
epub |eng | | Author:D. E. Stevenson

‘In dark Loch-an-Darroch, beneath the stark crags, Our Seónaid found no rest. How should MacQuill sleep in MacArbin water? How should a lioness find peace in the lair of a ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 17,2017 )
On Murder (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas De Quincey
epub, pdf |eng | 2006-01-12 | Author:Thomas De Quincey [Quincey, Thomas De]

POSTSCRIPT [TO ON MURDER CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE FINE ARTS] IT IS impossible to conciliate readers of so saturnine and gloomy a class, that they cannot enter with genial ...
( Category: Mystery October 17,2017 )
Lost Illusions (Penguin Classics) by Honore de Balzac
epub |eng | 2005-01-27 | Author:Honore de Balzac [Balzac, Honore de]

20. Last visit to the Cénacle WHO, unless he were a Diogenes, would not understand Lucien’s feelings as he climbed the muddy, smelly stairs of his hotel, as the key ...
( Category: Classics October 17,2017 )
The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes
epub |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Miguel de Cervantes [Cervantes, Miguel de]

Scipio: What your master’s flimflammery can do, is more like it. Berganza: Just you listen, because there’s more—though, naturally, it pains me to speak ill of constables and notaries. Scipio: ...
( Category: World Literature October 17,2017 )
The Christmas Wassail by Kate Sedley
epub |eng | 2013-03-06 | Author:Kate Sedley [Kate Sedley]

ELEVEN There was a moment’s complete silence while we all stood, rigid with shock, staring upon the poor man as if he were holding the head of the Medusa. I ...
( Category: Mystery October 17,2017 )

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