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Nero Wolfe (12): Too Many Women by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1947-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

21. Gwynne Ferris entered, not aware or not caring that a detective sergeant was right behind her elbow, halted a moment to survey the big room, and then approached us ...
( Category: Mystery November 11,2018 )
Tattooed Girl, The by Oates Joyce Carol
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Oates, Joyce Carol [Oates, Joyce Carol]

9 IN THE NEW YEAR. She moved into the guest room on the ground floor of Seigl’s house. For now she was a full-time assistant to the man. Her salary ...
( Category: Contemporary November 11,2018 )
Ghost Writer, The by Roth Philip
epub |eng | 1979-01-01 | Author:Roth, Philip [Roth, Philip]

P.S. If you have not yet seen the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank, I strongly advise that you do so. Mrs. Wapter and I were in the ...
( Category: Literary November 11,2018 )
Levant Trilogy, The by Manning Olivia
epub |eng | 2013-01-31 | Author:Manning, Olivia [Manning, Olivia]

Eight On the fourth day of battle, relays of exhausted men came into the camp to be replaced by reserve troops. These men, most of them from tanks, had been ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 11,2018 )
Sister Carrie (B&N) by Dreiser Theodore
epub |eng | 1900-01-01 | Author:Dreiser, Theodore [Dreiser, Theodore]

CHAPTER XXVII WHEN WATERS ENGULF US WE REACH FOR A STAR IT WAS WHEN HE returned from his disturbed stroll about the streets, after receiving the decisive note from McGregor, ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Frenchman's Creek by Maurier Daphne Du
epub |eng | 1943-01-01 | Author:Maurier, Daphne Du [Maurier, Daphne Du]

14 There were two ships in mid-channel, sailing in company about three miles distant from each other, and the leading ship had a curious rakish air about her, with her ...
( Category: Historical November 11,2018 )
Entity, The by Felitta Frank De
epub |eng | 1978-01-03 | Author:Felitta, Frank De [Felitta, Frank De]

“These demons,” he said, “were very strong. They abused people sexually. Sometimes they were said to impregnate women. Do you see how strong these fantasies were?” “I’m not stupid, Doctor.” ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 11,2018 )
Collected Stories, The by Singer Isaac Bashevis
epub |eng | 1964-01-02 | Author:Singer, Isaac Bashevis [Singer, Isaac Bashevis]

At the restaurant, I hardly recognized Liebkind Bendel. Even though he wore a yellow jacket, a red shirt, and a tie with golden dots, his face looked as pale as ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies November 11,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (26): Three Witnesses by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1956-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

IV Since this is a democracy, thank God, please prepare to vote. All those in favor of my describing in full detail my efforts to the utmost, lasting a good ...
( Category: Mystery November 11,2018 )
Kitchen God's Wife, The by Tan Amy
epub |eng | 1991-01-01 | Author:Tan, Amy [Tan, Amy]

That same morning, Hulan and I went into town. I put on my long green coat and everyday shoes, because it was three or four li to get to the ...
( Category: Contemporary November 11,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (08): Where There's a Will by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1940-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 10 Evidently I lost my aplomb. I may even have stared with my jaw hanging open. Anyhow, I came to when Wolfe fired at me: “What’s the matter with ...
( Category: Mystery November 11,2018 )
Remains of the Day, The by Ishiguro Kazuo
epub |eng | 1988-01-02 | Author:Ishiguro, Kazuo [Ishiguro, Kazuo]

DAY THREE · MORNING Taunton, Somerset I lodged last night in an inn named the Coach and Horses a little way outside the town of Taunton, Somerset. This being a ...
( Category: Classics November 11,2018 )
Narrator, The by Cisco Michael
epub |eng | 2015-05-02 | Author:Cisco, Michael [Cisco, Michael]

* We are standing on a streetcorner in the wan light from the windows above us, glowing through dimity curtains. “Do you smell that?” Thrushchurl asks suddenly, turning his head ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 11,2018 )
New York Trilogy, The by Auster Paul
epub |eng | 1990-04-15 | Author:Auster, Paul [Auster, Paul]

But ball games are only the beginning. On certain nights, when it is clear to Blue that Black will not be going anywhere, he slips out to a bar not ...
( Category: Contemporary November 11,2018 )
Cat's Pajamas, The by Bradbury Ray
epub |eng | 2004-01-01 | Author:Bradbury, Ray [Bradbury, Ray]

THE CAT’S PAJAMAS 2003 IT IS NOT EVERY NIGHT driving along Millpass, California’s Route 9, that one expects to spy a cat in the middle lane. For that matter, it ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies November 11,2018 )

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