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Mauve Gloves and Madmen, Clutter and Vine by Tom Wolfe
epub |eng | 2011-05-24 | Author:Tom Wolfe

In 1974, in one of his last speeches, the late Lionel Trilling, who was probably the most prestigious literary critic in the country and had been a professor of English ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence June 13,2018 )
Alex Kava by A Necessary Evil
mobi |eng | 2010-05-02 | Author:A Necessary Evil

CHAPTER 42 Omaha, Nebraska Gibson tried to remember the last time he had invited someone over to his house. He did it all the time when his dad was alive. ...
( Category: Mystery June 10,2018 )
Alex Flinn by Diva
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-29 | Author:Diva

In the morning, I find an e-mail from an address I don’t know. I open it. Subj:Duets Date: 9/24, 2:35 a.m., Eastern Standard Time To: [email protected] From:[email protected] found these online ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction June 10,2018 )
Star Trek by James Swallow
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-06-09 | Author:James Swallow

8 * * * When they reentered the cargo modules, Saru sensed immediately that something had changed. Before, the prickle of the Gorlan sensory fields had washed over him like ...
( Category: Science Fiction June 9,2018 )
The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
epub, azw3 |eng | 2017-02-23 | Author:Robert Musil [Musil, Robert]

109 BONADEA, KAKANIA; SYSTEMS OF HAPPINESS AND BALANCE If there was anyone in Kakania who understood nothing of politics, and was quite happy that way, it was Bonadea; and yet ...
( Category: Contemporary June 8,2018 )
Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson
epub |eng | 2016-03-17 | Author:Morton Thompson [Thompson, Morton]

At seven-thirty Dr. Runkleman came in. He stared at Lucas, amazed. His mouth opened. “Hey! What—what—” “Pneumonia,” Lucas croaked. He cleared his throat. “Pneumonia,” he said clearly. Dr. Runkleman glanced ...
( Category: Contemporary June 8,2018 )
The Quiet American by Graham Greene & Robert Stone
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-09-28 | Author:Graham Greene & Robert Stone [Greene, Graham & Stone, Robert]

4 “Are you hurt?” Pyle said. “Something hit my leg. Nothing serious.” “Let’s get on,” Pyle urged me. I could just see him because he seemed to be covered with ...
( Category: Humor June 8,2018 )
Marriage Vacation by Pauline Brooks
epub |eng | | Author:Pauline Brooks

Chapter Seven * * * I made my bed and now I had to lie in it. I made a choice to stay and now I had to face the ...
( Category: Humor & Satire June 8,2018 )
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
epub |eng | 2018-06-05 | Author:Aminatta Forna [Forna, Aminatta]

They re-crossed the water by way of Southwark Bridge. Attila had a briefing with the lawyers to discuss the case for which he had agreed to act as a professional ...
( Category: Literary June 5,2018 )
The Seasonaires by Janna King
epub |eng | | Author:Janna King

TWENTY-EIGHT Mia walked on the beach all morning, thinking about the paperwork for her dress. Stepping back onto the estate’s deck, she washed her sandy feet off with the hose ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense June 5,2018 )
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 5 by Hiro Ainana
epub |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:Hiro Ainana [Ainana, Hiro]

Sir Heath brought thirty of the viceroy’s knights and yeomen. Twenty-four of them set off into the mountains to hunt down the remaining criminals. “Well, I’ll leave the rest to ...
( Category: Fantasy June 5,2018 )
Shamans and Kushtakas by Mary Giraudo Beck
epub |eng | | Author:Mary Giraudo Beck

DEAD MAN’S BRIDE A young girl who was just out of seclusion was walking along the beach with one of her aunts. She was still pale and tired easily from ...
( Category: Social Sciences June 2,2018 )
Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story by Jonathan Ames
epub |eng | 2009-10-06 | Author:Jonathan Ames [Ames, Jonathan]

Near a deli on Seventh Avenue and Twenty-eighth was a pay phone. It didn’t work. I walked a few blocks south and found one that did work. It had been ...
( Category: Television June 2,2018 )
You only live twice: a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming
epub, pdf | | 2003-09-02 | Author:Ian Fleming [Twice, You Only Live]

Part Two ... than to arrive' 12 APPOINTMENT IN SAMARA AT six in the morning, a car from the Prefect of Police in Fukuoka came for them. There were two ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense June 2,2018 )
Little Disasters by Randall Klein
epub, mobi |eng | 2018-05-22 | Author:Randall Klein

Michael Gould Present Day: July 19, 2010 12:16 PM I cut across 112th Street, walking in between car lanes. They aren’t going anywhere, sitting and honking, trying to get to ...
( Category: Literary June 1,2018 )

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