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15_Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 1997-01-31 | Author:Terry Pratchett

Detritus sat and steamed. Now he felt hungry—not for food, but for things to think about. As the temperature sank, the efficiency of his brain increased even more. It needed ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
14_Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 1996-08-21 | Author:Terry Pratchett

Jason Ogg awoke, and wished he hadn’t. Let’s be clear. Many authorities have tried to describe a hangover. Dancing elephants and so on are often employed for this purpose. The ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
26_Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
mobi |eng | 2002-04-28 | Author:Terry Pratchett

Tick There was not, surprisingly, a great deal of blood. The head rolled into the snow, and the body slowly toppled forward. “Now you killed—” Lobsang began. “Just a second,” ...
( Category: Humor & Satire February 9,2015 )
Ye Gods! by Tom Holt
mobi, epub |eng | 1992-01-01 | Author:Tom Holt

In the newly-restored quiet of his study, Gelos was communicating with Prometheus. As usual, it wasn’t easy - the thoughtwaves are horribly congested these days, and if you aren’t careful ...
( Category: Paranormal & Urban February 3,2015 )
You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, but It Helps by Tom Holt
mobi |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Tom Holt

CHAPTER ELEVEN Cassie Clay picked up the phone, put it to her ear, reached out for the keypad and hesitated. A promise was a promise. Furthermore - well, furthermore, she ...
( Category: Humorous February 3,2015 )
May Contain Traces of Magic
mobi |eng | 2009-08-01 | Author:Tom Holt

CHAPTER EIGHT “Hello,’ Chris replied. ‘Thanks for driving me home,’ she said. ‘Would you like to come in for a coffee?’ Said the spider to the fly. He was still ...
( Category: Humorous February 3,2015 )
When it's a Jar by Tom Holt
mobi |eng | 2013-12-17 | Author:Tom Holt

So he stopped going to Sangreal Street. Instead, he spent the evenings sitting in his chair with the constant object sitting on a shoebox on the table in front of ...
( Category: Paranormal & Urban February 3,2015 )
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt
mobi |eng | 1988-01-01 | Author:Tom Holt

CHAPTER SEVEN ‘Have some more rabbit,’ said Ohtar kindly. Although Danny had done nothing but eat all night, he felt it would be rude to refuse. Obviously the strange men ...
( Category: Humorous February 3,2015 )
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2003-11-14 | Author:Alexander McCall Smith [Smith, Alexander McCall]

Intimate Accounts I am not at all sure whether I should be telling you this. My difficulty is that this is a grey area of professional ethics, and, quite frankly, ...
( Category: Contemporary February 2,2015 )
On the Road Bike: The Search For a Nation’s Cycling Soul by Boulting Ned
mobi |eng | 2013-05-29 | Author:Boulting, Ned [Boulting, Ned]

( Category: Cycling January 19,2015 )
It's Not Rocket Science by Ben Miller
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-12 | Author:Ben Miller [Miller, Ben]

I once met Francis Crick, one of the two men who famously figured out the structure and function of DNA. I was a graduate student at the Cavendish, and Rachel ...
( Category: Essays January 18,2015 )
The Complete Oscar Wilde Collection (95 total works)
azw |eng | 2009-03-30 | Author:Wilde, Oscar [Wilde, Oscar]

One of the greatest difficulties with which the modern historian has to contend is the enormous complexity of the facts which come under his notice: D'Alembert's suggestion that at the ...
( Category: British & Irish January 17,2015 )
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
epub, mobi |eng | 1969-01-01 | Author:George MacDonald Fraser [Fraser, George MacDonald]

I screamed as he swung the whip, and leaped as it struck me. God, I never knew such pain; it was like a fiery razor. He laughed and swung again ...
( Category: Historical January 16,2015 )
Sleepless Knights by Mark Williams
epub |eng | 2013-12-26 | Author:Mark Williams

III Geraint took the goblet back from me and held it up to the light. “Trouble is, Miss B, there’s no way of telling a Cup of Shame from an ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
(2010) Solar by Ian McEwan
epub |eng | 2010-01-01 | Author:Ian McEwan [McEwan, Ian]

By the time his taxi had swung round Trafalgar Square and paused to join in a traffic jam along the Strand, he was over an hour and a half late. ...
( Category: Technothrillers December 19,2014 )

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