British & Irish
epub |eng | | Author:Leslie Thomas

13 Inverted triangles of light from Hong Kong city showed through the clefts in the hills. The warmth of the day still pervaded the evening for the Oriental spring was ...
( Category: Historical February 18,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sophie Duffy

2016 Bognor Regis There’s an old bloke lives here, Frank, thinks he’s the cat’s whiskers, reminds me of Prince Charles, walking around with his hands behind his back like he’s ...
( Category: Historical February 16,2023 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-15 | Author:Saki [Saki]

The She-wolf LEONARD BILSITER was one of those people who have failed to find this world attractive or interesting, and who have sought compensation in an ‘unseen world’ of their ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 10,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-27 | Author:Christopher Harris

Gryllus was trembling with excitement. “Bring me a pot of honey,” he said, snapping his fingers loudly. “Honey? Where am I to find that?” “Don’t ask me. Just do it.” ...
( Category: Historical February 10,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kim M. Watt

13 AN IMPROMPTU SLEEPOVER Callum came back to the car clutching a packet of cigarettes, some nondescript tins of sardines, and a small bag of cat biscuits. “Any custard?” I ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2023 )
epub |eng | 2009-02-15 | Author:Dan Rhodes

GIUSEPPE, OR LEONARDO DA VINCI Timoleon Vieta killed and ate rats and rabbits and old, slow hares. He scavenged from bins outside houses, turning them over in the middle of ...
( Category: Contemporary February 8,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-16 | Author:Freda Jackson

Twelve The wind rattled the windowpanes enough to lift the blue-and-yellow curtains. They were sitting in the kitchen to conserve fuel, Elizabeth reading a novel and Ann poring over a ...
( Category: Historical February 8,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Rana Dasgupta

SECTION 7 7.1 There was a backlog of things that Yukio had to do, but working at home seemed different without Yukiko. He was distracted. He had not expected to ...
( Category: Contemporary February 7,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-15 | Author:Sam Eastland [Sam Eastland]

( Category: Historical February 7,2023 )
epub |eng | 2005-02-15 | Author:James Kelman

Sure he’s a guy. He wont stop for nothing and nobody. And no dogs, he dont stop for dogs, he goes over the top of dogs. Dogs dont like him, ...
( Category: British & Irish February 6,2023 )
epub |eng | 1963-02-15 | Author:Norah Lofts

For a long time Raleigh did not sleep. He lay on his back on a soft skin that one of the Indians had spread for him and stared at the ...
( Category: Historical February 5,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kim M. Watt [Watt, Kim M.]

15 Just Nice We drove back around the block, parked up, and sat there watching swallows nesting in the eaves of our building, because it suddenly had eaves. And swallows. ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 5,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-15 | Author:Penny Thorpe [Thorpe, Penny]

Chapter Twenty-Six ‘What was so urgent that you had to send a messenger girl? I was in the middle of my weekly accounts.’ Diana Moore didn’t come down to the ...
( Category: Historical February 5,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-12-07 | Author:Maggie Sullivan [Sullivan, Maggie]

She had just read the signature which was written in childish capital letters when the lights clicked off and she shuddered as she slid down under the flimsy blanket. She ...
( Category: Historical February 4,2023 )