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Road Through the Wall, The by Jackson Shirley
epub |eng | 1948-01-01 | Author:Jackson, Shirley [Jackson, Shirley]

CHAPTER FOUR It was dreadful; they moved in during a hot morning and everyone was there. Harriet Merriam and Marilyn Perlman walked arm in arm up and down the block, ...
( Category: Literary November 12,2018 )
Master, The by Tóibín Colm
epub |eng | 2008-01-01 | Author:Tóibín, Colm [Tóibín, Colm]

CHAPTER EIGHT June 1898 HE WATCHED HIS FRIEND the novelist moving towards the window in the drawing room, but did not suggest to her that she might be more comfortable ...
( Category: Literary November 12,2018 )
Man Who Loved Children, The by Stead Christina
epub |eng | 1940-01-24 | Author:Stead, Christina [Stead, Christina]

Jo waited till they paused and sniffed good-humoredly, “Well, you’re too glad to see your Daddy back to think of me: it’s Father’s Day.” She left them there, a handsome ...
( Category: Literary November 12,2018 )
Double Tongue, The by Golding William
epub |eng | 1995-01-04 | Author:Golding, William [Golding, William]

They sounded the shawms outside the palace of the Pythias. I went, shrouded, to the vehicle which by tradition I never saw. I was helped into it and supported. It ...
( Category: Contemporary November 12,2018 )
Texas by Michener James A
epub |eng | 1985-01-21 | Author:Michener, James A. [Michener, James A.]

Panther stood rigid, but many Rangers, including Captain Garner, shouted ‘No! No!’—for there was no greater disgrace in the armed services than for a man to stand at his final ...
( Category: Contemporary November 12,2018 )
Time and Again (F.M.) by Finney Jack
epub |eng | 1970-01-01 | Author:Finney, Jack [Finney, Jack]

It was my fault, of course, for not thinking of the obvious: that a man like Jake Pickering, hating his job and status as a clerk, would walk back to ...
( Category: Science Fiction November 12,2018 )
Death of Grass, The by Christopher John
epub |eng | 1956-01-06 | Author:Christopher, John [Christopher, John]

The sky had remained cloudless, and as they drove to the north the stars appeared overhead. But the moon would not be up until after midnight; they drove through a ...
( Category: Action & Adventure November 12,2018 )
Black Water by Oates Joyce Carol
epub |eng | 1993-03-15 | Author:Oates, Joyce Carol [Oates, Joyce Carol]

Acne can occur at any time not just adolescence! Extra cells are produced in the skin pore lining, which blocks the exit of oils causing oil and bacteria to build ...
( Category: Contemporary November 12,2018 )
Frankenstein (B&N) by Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft
epub |eng | 1819-01-01 | Author:Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft [Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft]

CHAPTER XIII I NOW HASTEN TO the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I had been, have made ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 12,2018 )
Secret History, The by Tartt Donna
epub |eng | 1992-09-26 | Author:Tartt, Donna [Tartt, Donna]

When we got back to the car it had not begun to snow, but already the woods shrank beneath the sky, hushed and waiting, as if they could sense the ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 12,2018 )
Crow Road, The by Banks Iain
epub |eng | 1992-01-01 | Author:Banks, Iain [Banks, Iain]

‘You mean you haven’t read them all?’ ‘I went off the idea,’ I said. I was sitting in what had effectively become my boudoir; our living room. Aunt Janice seemed ...
( Category: Contemporary November 12,2018 )
I'll Never Be Young Again by Maurier Daphne Du
epub |eng | 1932-01-07 | Author:Maurier, Daphne Du [Maurier, Daphne Du]

2 Seventy-five francs I spent on drink. At that time it did not seem to me that there was any point in saving money. I had left the Rue Vaugirard, ...
( Category: Europe November 12,2018 )
Summer Book, The by Jansson Tove
epub |eng | 1972-01-14 | Author:Jansson, Tove [Jansson, Tove]

The Neighbour A BUSINESSMAN BUILT A HOUSE on Blustergull Rock. At first, no one mentioned it. They had developed a habit, over the years, of not talking about painful things, ...
( Category: Contemporary November 12,2018 )
Bluest Eye, The by Morrison Toni
epub |eng | 2007-07-24 | Author:Morrison, Toni [Morrison, Toni]

SEEMOTHERMOTHERISVERYNICEMO THERWILLYOUPLAYWITHJANEMOTH ERLAUGHSLAUGHMOTHERLAUGHLA The easiest thing to do would be to build a case out of her foot. That is what she herself did. But to find out the truth ...
( Category: Literary November 12,2018 )
God of Small Things, The by Roy Arundhati
epub |eng | 1997-11-15 | Author:Roy, Arundhati [Roy, Arundhati]

CHAPTER 8 WELCOME HOME, OUR SOPHIE MOL It was a grand old house, the Ayemenem House, but aloof-looking. As though it had little to do with the people who lived ...
( Category: Literary November 12,2018 )

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