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Summer at Gaglow by Esther Freud
epub |eng | | Author:Esther Freud

Chapter 13 Bina had decided to become a nurse. Eva lay with her on the cool floor of the Gaglow nursery, leafing through her practical guide. There were illustrations of ...
( Category: Historical November 23,2014 )
Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-05-27 | Author:Janet Frame [Frame, Janet]

26 The hollow house will never be filled. The Christmas cards are propped along the mantelpiece; the sixpenny lights like blatant outsize boiled sweets, red, gold, and berry-blue, twist and ...
( Category: Domestic Life November 23,2014 )
Havoc, in Its Third Year: A Novel by Bennett Ronan
azw3 |eng | 2007-10-31 | Author:Bennett, Ronan [Bennett, Ronan]

Seventeen BRIGGE WROTE BUT DID NOT SEND HIS LET TER TO THE HIGH sheriff. His reluctance to do so was because of Katherine Shay; he could not rid himself of ...
( Category: Historical November 22,2014 )
Havoc, in Its Third Year by Ronan Bennett
epub |eng | 2007-11-21 | Author:Ronan Bennett

Seventeen BRIGGE WROTE BUT DID NOT SEND HIS LET TER TO THE HIGH sheriff. His reluctance to do so was because of Katherine Shay; he could not rid himself of ...
( Category: Historical November 22,2014 )
A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2012-06-11 | Author:Alexander McCall Smith [Smith, Alexander McCall]

36. An Unrevealed Source IF FREDDIE WAS about to venture into the unknown, then so too was Barbara Ragg. What she did next was nothing to do with her recent ...
( Category: Urban Life November 22,2014 )
Lola Montez Conquers the Spaniards by Kit Brennan
epub |eng | 2012-10-19 | Author:Kit Brennan

Meanwhile, I was still meeting with Donatella and pursuing my dancing lessons—one of the most enjoyable portions of my week. I carried on energetically in my role as Cupid, burning ...
( Category: Historical November 22,2014 )
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Penelope Fitzgerald [Penelope Fitzgerald]

7 EVENTUALLY Mrs Gamart did come to the Old House Bookshop. It was a fortnight after the library reopened, this time at a much calmer tempo, as though the subscribers ...
( Category: Booksellers & Bookselling November 22,2014 )
Arcanum by Simon Morden
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-11-07 | Author:Simon Morden [Morden, Simon]

51 Felix couldn’t help thinking how small Carinthia looked on the map, and how it wouldn’t take much movement of the lines that marked the border to erase it completely. ...
( Category: Historical November 21,2014 )
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Gideon Defoe

17 Men’s vocal cords tend to be thicker than women’s, so they produce a deeper tone in exactly the same way that a thick rubber band makes a deeper sound ...
( Category: Humorous November 21,2014 )
A Bespoke Murder by Edward Marston
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-11-14 | Author:Edward Marston [Marston, Edward]

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Herbert Stone would never win any awards for patience. Once his brother’s funeral was over, and once he felt that he’d convinced Ruth of the seriousness of her ...
( Category: Historical November 21,2014 )
Deeds of Darkness by Edward Marston
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-10-22 | Author:Edward Marston [Marston, Edward]

While she’d been quick to volunteer her help, Millie Duxford grew increasingly apprehensive when they reached the morgue. During his years in the family undertaking business, Joe Keedy had seen ...
( Category: Historical November 21,2014 )
Under Siege by Edward Marston
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-27 | Author:Edward Marston [Marston, Edward]

Amalia Janssen was constantly delighted by the novelty of England. Wherever she went, she marvelled at the architecture, took a close interest in what people were wearing and listened with ...
( Category: Historical November 21,2014 )
The Sound Of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Richard Flanagan [Flanagan, Richard]

‘Artie,’ she asked, ‘how much did it cost?’ ‘Don’t you worry. The salesman and I make a deal so that I don’t have to pay for it now.’ Bojan smiled ...
( Category: Contemporary November 20,2014 )
Falls by Ian Rankin
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-18 | Author:Ian Rankin

9 It had just gone seven thirty when the phone woke her up. She staggered from bed, padded through to the living room. She had one hand on her forehead; ...
( Category: Heist November 19,2014 )
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-11-05 | Author:Nick Hornby [Hornby, Nick]

13 When Bill had become used to the idea, and was no longer quite so dismissive of the first and depressed by the second, he liked to joke that Tony ...
( Category: Historical November 19,2014 )

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