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A Guest in my Own Country by George Konrad
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-03-08 | Author:George Konrad

I have presented these developments to give the reader a sense of the future trajectory of the man who sat to my right in the front seat of the car. ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
Pandaemonium by Christopher Brookmyre
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-08-15 | Author:Christopher Brookmyre

It’s getting on for lunchtime, or so Kane’s stomach tells him. His watch says it’s only eleven, though. Must be all the fresh air and exercise. He’s absolutely Hank, but ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Faulks on Fiction: The Secret Life of the Novel by Sebastian Faulks
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-14 | Author:Sebastian Faulks

Once more Miss Fairlie’s figure, bright and soft in its snowy muslin dress – her face prettily framed by the white folds of the handkerchief which she had tied under ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1997-09-15 | Author:Dana Stabenow

Silk and lace and bugle beads had the most demoralizing affect, but before she had time to identify it music sounded somewhere and Jack reappeared to grab her arm. "Let's ...
( Category: Mystery March 25,2014 )
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-01 | Author:Padma Viswanathan

26. The Son of a Son 1932 THERE IS A BOY ON SIVAKAMI’S STEP holding out a piece of paper. She doesn’t understand. He explains that it is a telegram. ...
( Category: India March 25,2014 )
The Story of the Stone by Barry Hughart
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-08-29 | Author:Barry Hughart

Prince Liu Pao was delighted to see us. At first I was delighted to see him too, but then Master Li introduced Grief of Dawn. The prince jumped a foot ...
( Category: Science Fiction March 25,2014 )
KBL by John Weisman
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-12-14 | Author:John Weisman

22 Kot Lakhpat Central Jail, Lahore, Pakistan March 16, 2011, 1535 Hours Local Time Mr. Wade lined up the three-car consular convoy so it could make a fast getaway from ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Domain by Alten Steve
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-05-12 | Author:Alten, Steve [Alten, Steve]

Aboard the Scylla. 8:40 P.M. “It’s a maelstrom!” Captain Furman is thrown over a control console, the floor twisting out from under him as twelve tons of steel drill pipe ...
( Category: Supernatural March 25,2014 )
Boon Island by Kenneth Roberts
mobi |eng | 1956-01-01 | Author:Kenneth Roberts

"Wreck her?" Captain Dean shouted. "In a northeaster? Are you crazy, Langman? Do you think I want to commit suicide? I took my bearings from Cape Porpoise! There's no place ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
The Glorious Cause by Shaara Jeff
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-28 | Author:Shaara, Jeff [Shaara, Jeff]

JANUARY 6, 1778 Franklin was polite to the extreme, welcomed Wentworth into his parlor with a smile, could not help thinking of the seductive graciousness of the spider. He did ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Looming Tower (Vintage) by Wright Lawrence
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-08-08 | Author:Wright, Lawrence [Wright, Lawrence]

“YOU ARE NOT UNAWARE OF THE INJUSTICE, repression, and aggression that have befallen Muslims through the alliance of Jews, Christians, and their agents, so much so that Muslims’ blood has ...
( Category: Specific Topics March 25,2014 )
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-19 | Author:Erik Larson

BOLIVAR POINT The Lost Train ABOUT NOON ON Saturday, two trains converged on Galveston, one from the north, the other from the east. The first train belonged to the Galveston, ...
( Category: Natural Disasters March 25,2014 )
Pilate's Wife: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Antoinette May
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-10-24 | Author:Antoinette May

IT TOOK A FEW DAYS TO BRIBE THE RIGHT SERVANT, BUT EVENTUALLY I learned Agrippina's whereabouts. Did Pilate imagine for a moment that I would not find her? Wrapped in ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Great Bridge by David McCullough
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-05-31 | Author:David McCullough

There are times when standing alone on this spot, one feels as completely isolated as if in a dungeon. Some three years ago I had an experience of this kind ...
( Category: Civil & Environmental March 25,2014 )
The Anti-Slavery Crusade (Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition) by Jesse Macy
mobi, epub | | 2008-10-02 | Author:Jesse Macy

CHAPTER IX. BOOKS AS ANTI-SLAVERY WEAPONS Whittier offered up "thanks for the fugitive slave law; for it gave occasion for 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'" Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe had been mistress ...
( Category: State & Local March 25,2014 )

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