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The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Tarquin Hall

Sixteen Mummy, like so many Indians, had a gift for remembering numbers. She didn’t need a telephone directory; the Rolodex in her mind sufficed. The late Om Chander Puri had ...
( Category: Suspense December 8,2014 )
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
epub |eng | 2006-12-31 | Author:Paul Torday

17 Extract from Hansard House of Commons Thursday 9th October The House met at half past eleven o’clock PRAYERS (Mr Speaker in the Chair) Oral Answers to Questions The Prime ...
( Category: Humorous December 8,2014 )
Maru by Bessie Head
epub |eng | 1970-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

Part Two The rhythm of sunrise, the rhythm of sunset, filled her life. In the distance, a village proceeded with its own life but she knew not what it was ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 8,2014 )
A Story Like the Wind by Laurens van der Post
epub |eng | 1971-12-31 | Author:Laurens van der Post

Seven James Archibald Sinclair Monckton, K.C.M. G., D.S.C., B.A. (Cantab.), and daughter François never cried over Ouwa’s death again. This was not because he had, by the long uncontrolled crying ...
( Category: General December 8,2014 )
The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert van Gulik
epub, mobi |eng | 1958-12-31 | Author:Robert van Gulik

Eleven Judge Dee remained silent all the way to the east gate. Only when they were being carried across the creek over the Rainbow Bridge did he comment to Hoong ...
( Category: Police Procedurals December 8,2014 )
The Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton
epub |eng | 1999-12-31 | Author:M.C. Beaton

6 Lizzie Findlay came in, blinking in the light. She looked small and faded and scared. “Are you going to blackmail me?” she asked. “Not at all,” said Charles. “Take ...
( Category: Cozy December 8,2014 )
The Road to Mars by Eric Idle
epub |eng | 1998-12-31 | Author:Eric Idle

The Person From Porlock Is comedy endemic in intelligent life? Would evolution be possible without it? Do ants have a sense of humor? —De Rerum Comoedia In a perfect universe ...
( Category: Humorous December 8,2014 )
The True Confessions by Sue Townsend
epub |eng | 1988-12-31 | Author:Sue Townsend

Wednesday June 15th When I got home from work, where I was shunned and vilified (it turned out that all the library staff like Jane Austen), I went to my ...
( Category: Coming of Age December 8,2014 )
The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert van Gulik
epub, mobi |eng | 1957-12-31 | Author:Robert van Gulik

Fifteen The next day, after the noon session of the tribunal, Judge Dee changed into an informal blue robe and put on a small black cap. Then he proceeded to ...
( Category: Police Procedurals December 8,2014 )
Elizabeth Haydon - Symphony of Ages 06 by The Assassin King
epub, pdf |eng | 2012-09-14 | Author:The Assassin King [King, The Assassin]

Ashe choked back the bile that had risen in his throat. As much as he had struggled against his deep dislike of Tristan Steward in general since they had been ...
( Category: Epic December 8,2014 )
Beggarman, Thief by Irwin Shaw
azw3, mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1978-12-15 | Author:Irwin Shaw

CHAPTER 2 He did not talk to his uncle for almost two months after the telephone call from Chicago. When he got to New York he went directly to Alice ...
( Category: Family Saga December 7,2014 )
The Troubled Air by Irwin Shaw
azw3, epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Irwin Shaw

16 “YOU CAN GO IN NOW,” MISS WALSH SAID. “MR. HUTT IS READY FOR you now.” There was a frost on Miss Walsh this morning. Like a sensitive pet, she ...
( Category: Historical December 7,2014 )
Bread Upon the Waters by Irwin Shaw
azw3, epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Irwin Shaw

Strand’s hand trembled and he stopped writing and stared at the last paragraph. His usual neat handwriting had suddenly degenerated into an almost unreadable scrawl. He put the pen down ...
( Category: Contemporary December 7,2014 )
The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
epub |eng | 2013-02-26 | Author:Irwin Shaw [Shaw, Irwin]

( Category: War December 7,2014 )
Mutant Message Down Under by Morgan Marlo
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2013-12-01 | Author:Morgan, Marlo [Morgan, Marlo]

14 TOTEMS DURING THE day the wind shifted and gained in intensity, and we struggled as sand pelted against our bodies. Our tracks on the earth surface vanished the moment ...
( Category: Women's Adventure December 7,2014 )

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