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Fateful Lightning by William R. Forstchen
mobi, epub |eng | 1992-12-15 | Author:William R. Forstchen

Chapter 8 It was midnight, the Great Wheel of heaven straight overhead, Shagta drifting low in the western sky, Borgta chasing after it. The day had been hot, and tomorrow ...
( Category: Alternate History March 25,2014 )
The Generals by Simon Scarrow; Simon
mobi |eng | 2008-02-07 | Author:Simon Scarrow; Simon

There were lights burning in the offices of the Governor and when Arthur entered the building and raced up the stairs he saw a number of officers and civil officials ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Mimi and Toutou go forth: the bizarre battle of Lake Tanganyika by Giles Foden
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-07-26 | Author:Giles Foden

TWELVE Mimi and Toutou’s great journey was over. Now they had to prepare for battle. Spicer had his Vice-Admiral’s flag—white with a red circle in the corner—run up a pole ...
( Category: World War I March 25,2014 )
Scribbling the Cat by Alexandra Fuller
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Alexandra Fuller

IT WAS ONLY AFTER we had crossed the border from Zambia into Zimbabwe that K remembered that he still had his revolver with him. “Shit,” he laughed, rooting around in ...
( Category: Memoirs March 25,2014 )
The Clinic (Alex Delaware) by Kellerman Jonathan
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-03-31 | Author:Kellerman, Jonathan [Kellerman, Jonathan]

When we returned to the office, both Storms were smoking cigars and an ashtray had appeared on the desk. “Panamanian?” said Milo. Senior nodded and blew enough smoke to hide ...
( Category: Police Procedurals March 25,2014 )
Monk's-Hood by Ellis Peters
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:Ellis Peters

Chapter Seven THE ABBEY PRISON WAS TWO LITTLE CELLS attached to the rear of the gatehouse, very clean, furnished with benchbeds no worse than the novices endured, and very rarely ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
Bright-sided: how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-10-13 | Author:Barbara Ehrenreich

FIVE God Wants You to Be Rich The most eye-catching religious development of the late twentieth century was the revival of fire-and-brimstone Calvinism known as the Christian right. But while ...
( Category: General March 25,2014 )
Leave It to Me by Bharati Mukherjee
mobi, epub |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Bharati Mukherjee

Ham and Larry. Larry and Ham. I spent a lot of time with each of them, because I wanted to. It wasn’t about sex, and it wasn’t about self-discovery as ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
The Franchiser by Stanley Elkin
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2010-10-26 | Author:Stanley Elkin

“…a disgrace,” the guy from Fort Worth said. “Fun is fun and boys will be boys and it’s all very well to live it up at a convention, but to ...
( Category: Multiple Sclerosis March 25,2014 )
Real Life & Liars by Kristina Riggle
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-05-22 | Author:Kristina Riggle

CHAPTER 35 Irina FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, IRINA FINDS HERSELF IN ENVY OF her older brother. The band plays “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” and at the ...
( Category: Breast Cancer March 25,2014 )
KnockOut by Catherine Coulter
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-06-16 | Author:Catherine Coulter

37 DR. HICKS, A TOP FBI forensic psychiatrist, was also an extremely competent hypnotist in his own right, and a huge Beatles fan. He didn’t wait for the rest of ...
( Category: Psychics March 25,2014 )
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner; Claire Harman
mobi |eng | 1936-01-28 | Author:Sylvia Townsend Warner; Claire Harman

III Well, Sophia?” “I was thinking,” answered Sophia, turning back from the window, “how odd it is to see houses, and be on land. For I feel exactly as though ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction March 25,2014 )
Blue Genes by Val McDermid
mobi, epub |eng | 1996-03-30 | Author:Val McDermid

I dragged my feet up the stairs to the office just after quarter past nine the next morning. I felt like I was fourteen again, Monday morning before double Latin. ...
( Category: Private Investigators March 25,2014 )
Cut to the Chase by Lisa Girolami
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-02-01 | Author:Lisa Girolami

Chapter Eleven Paige awoke to the squeal and wheeze of the street sweeper outside her apartment. When the quiet returned, recollections of the night before came slowly into focus and ...
( Category: LGBT Romance March 25,2014 )
Dingo Dilemma by Claire McNab
mobi |eng | 2011-01-06 | Author:Claire McNab

"So you don't see this as a long-term relationship?" Pauline hooted. "Oh, please! With Lonnie?” **** I left Pauline and Ursula still eating and set off for the Darken soundstage. ...
( Category: Mystery & Thrillers March 25,2014 )

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