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The Belgariad 1 - Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
epub |eng | 1982-01-02 | Author:David Eddings [Eddings, David]

Chapter Eleven THEY WERE NINE DAYS on the coast road from Camaar to the capital at Sendar, though it was only fifty-five leagues. Captain Brendig measured their pace carefully, and ...
( Category: Fantasy September 13,2017 )
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E Feist
epub |eng | 2012-05-30 | Author:Raymond E Feist [Feist, Raymond E]

'Mara!' The shout reverberated through the house. The Lady of the Acoma rose with the aid of her maids. She was halfway to the door of her quarters when the ...
( Category: Fantasy September 13,2017 )
A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E Feist
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-05-30 | Author:Raymond E Feist

Martin sat resting against a tree. He kissed Briana’s hair as she sank deeper into his arms. She stared off into some unseen place. Before them a small brook wound ...
( Category: Fantasy September 13,2017 )
At Bertrams Hotel by Agatha Christie
epub |eng | 1965-01-02 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

At Bertram's Hotel Chapter 14 “You know,” said Chief Inspector Davy thoughtfully, “I don't much like that chap Humfries.” “Think there's something wrong with him?” asked Campbell. “Well -” Father ...
( Category: Mystery September 13,2017 )
A Passage to India by E M Forster
epub |eng | 1924-01-01 | Author:E M Forster [Forster, E M]

Chapter 18 MR. McBRYDE, the District Superintendent of Police, was the most reflective and best educated of the Chandrapore officials. He had read and thought a good deal, and, owing ...
( Category: Classics September 13,2017 )
Full Moon by P G Wodehouse
epub |eng | 1947-01-01 | Author:P G Wodehouse [Wodehouse, P G]

II On the occasions of his intermittent visits to Blandings Castle, the mental attitude of the Hon. Galahad Threepwood, as has been said, resembled that of a genial monarch pottering ...
( Category: Contemporary September 13,2017 )
The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
epub |eng | 2014-04-08 | Author:Joseph Conrad [Conrad, Joseph]

CHAPTER TWELVE I was at the Hôtel de Luynes—or Granger—early on the following morning. The mists were still hanging about the dismal upper windows of the inscrutable Faubourg; the toilet ...
( Category: British & Irish September 13,2017 )
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets by P G Wodehouse
epub |eng | 1940-01-02 | Author:P G Wodehouse [Wodehouse, P G]

In Anselm’s deportment and behaviour on the following morning there was nothing to indicate that his soul was a maelstrom of seething emotions. Most curates who find themselves unexpectedly allowed ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 13,2017 )
Emily Goes to Exeter by Marion Chesney
epub |eng | 1989-12-31 | Author:Marion Chesney [Chesney, Marion]

6 Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast Is that portentous phrase, ‘I told you so.’ Lord Byron Mr Fletcher’s leg proved ...
( Category: Regency September 12,2017 )
Belinda Goes to Bath by Marion Chesney
epub |eng | 1990-12-31 | Author:Marion Chesney [Chesney, Marion]

The marquess, next day reviewing the events of the night, began to wonder if he had been drunk. He convinced himself that the repairs begun on the roof of a ...
( Category: British & Irish September 12,2017 )
Confessions of a Domestic Failure: A Humorous Book About a not so Perfect Mom by Bunmi Laditan
epub |eng | 2017-05-01 | Author:Bunmi Laditan [Laditan, Bunmi]

8 P.M. Grocery stores should have signs in front of them for new moms that read like this: Dear valued shopper, if you are entering this store with a young ...
( Category: British & Irish September 12,2017 )
Quiller: The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall
epub, mobi |eng | 1965-01-02 | Author:Adam Hall [Hall, Adam]

I phoned the police first thing and reported a grey Volkswagen abandoned near the Grunewald Bridge. If Phoenix were keeping watch on it for any reason unknown to me they ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 12,2017 )
AD 33 by Colin Duriez
epub |eng | 2016-12-23 | Author:Colin Duriez

SUNDAY , 5 APRIL (16 NISAN) According to the New Testament Gospels, the first resurrection appearances took place very early on the Sunday morning of 5 April. We must picture ...
( Category: Arts & Literature September 12,2017 )
The Dedalus Book of Decadence: (Moral Ruins) by Brian Stableford
epub |eng | | Author:Brian Stableford

If there is any European water where I long to be, It is a dark cold pool where a sad child might play Launching into the scented twilight, upon an ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies September 12,2017 )
08- A Summer of Discontent by Susanna Gregory
epub |eng | 2002-01-01 | Author:Susanna Gregory [Gregory, Susanna]

Chapter 8 WHILE HENRY WENT TO CALM HIS ELDERLY PATIENTS, AND Alan redoubled the fervour of his prayers over Thomas’s bloated corpse, Bartholomew and Michael sat in the infirmary chapel, ...
( Category: Mystery September 11,2017 )

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