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Master & Commander (a-1) by Patrick O'Brian
epub |eng | 1969-03-18 | Author:Patrick O'Brian [O'Brian, Patrick]

The smoke cleared. The Sophie began to turn to starboard, moving to cross the enemy's wake and to bring her port broadside to bear on the Gloire's stern, raking her ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
Post captain by Patrick O'Brian
epub | | | Author:Patrick O'Brian [O'Brian, Patrick]

manoeuvres, no crossing under her stern - just as he dared not hide his men below, these raw hands who had never seen an angry gun. ‘Ease her half a ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
The surgeon's mate by Patrick O'Brian
epub | | | Author:Patrick O'Brian [O'Brian, Patrick]

Stephen was perfectly calm, in rather higher spirits than usual, and Jack had no doubt that he would sleep until the morning. He envied him. Although long training usually allowed ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
Desolation island by Patrick O'Brian
epub | | | Author:Patrick O'Brian [O'Brian, Patrick]

"Poor Michad Herapath,"wrote Stephen in his book, "he suffers much. I know the harrow's mark too well ever to mistake it, the harrow directed by a determined woman. Perhaps I ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
The fortune of war by Patrick O'Brian
epub | | | Author:Patrick O'Brian [O'Brian, Patrick]

'Pray tell me about him now. There is an hour to go before our supper.' Stephen did not very much wish to know about Captain Broke, but he did want ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (pm-9) by Erle Stanley Gardner
epub |eng | 1937-03-18 | Author:Erle Stanley Gardner [Gardner, Erle]

Chapter 10 Mason waited in front of the hotel apartment house and frowningly consulted his wristwatch. He lit a cigarette and nervously paced up and down a strip of pavement. ...
( Category: Mystery March 18,2018 )
The Silver Spoon (amc-3) by John Galsworthy
epub |eng | | Author:John Galsworthy [Galsworthy, John]

Chapter VII. CONTRASTS The land beyond the coppice at Lippinghall was a ten-acre bit of poor grass, chalk and gravel, fenced round, to show that it was property. Except for ...
( Category: Classics March 18,2018 )
The White Monkey (amc-1) by John Galsworthy
epub |eng | | Author:John Galsworthy [Galsworthy, John]

Chapter V. FLEUR’S SOUL “Mrs. Val Dartie, ma’am.” A name which could not be distorted even by Coaker affected her like a finger applied suddenly to the head of the ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 18,2018 )
Swan Song (amc-5) by John Galsworthy
epub |eng | | Author:John Galsworthy [Galsworthy, John]

Chapter IX. BUT—JON But Jon, who had over five miles to walk, started with the words of the old English song beating a silent tattoo within him: “How happy could ...
( Category: Physics March 18,2018 )
In Chancery (tfs-3) by John Galsworthy
epub |eng | | Author:John Galsworthy [Galsworthy, John]

Chapter VI. JOLYON IN TWO MINDS A little private hotel over a well-known restaurant near the Gare St. Lazare was Jolyon’s haunt in Paris. He hated his fellow Forsytes abroad—vapid ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
epub |eng | | Author:Xiaolu Guo [Guo, Xiaolu]

hero hero n. 1. the principal character in a film, book, etc.; 2. a man greatly admired for his exceptional qualities or achievements. You feel happy again, your mood is ...
( Category: Contemporary March 18,2018 )
Hell To Pay (n-7) by Simon R Green
epub |eng | | Author:Simon R Green [Green, Simon]

Eleanor drove the goon’s car back to Hecate’s Tea Room, where she called for a limousine to take Marcel back to Griffin Hall. I did suggest an ambulance might be ...
( Category: Fantasy March 18,2018 )
Katie Crouch by Girls in Trucks
mobi |eng | 2008-04-07 | Author:Girls in Trucks

You know what’s funny? My mother knew he would leave me from the start. I hated her for saying it. “He’s an honest-to-God old-fashioned man,” she said when she met ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Joyce Reardon by Ellen Rimbauer
mobi |eng | 2002-12-05 | Author:Ellen Rimbauer

123 27 september 1909—madame lu’s I can see now that John’s fascination with his heir is fading. He ?nds the smells, the crying, the spit-up, even the breast-feeding a bit ...
( Category: Literary March 18,2018 )
World's Fair by E. L. Doctorow
epub |eng | 2010-11-09 | Author:E. L. Doctorow [Doctorow, E. L.]

EIGHTEEN Of course I fell all the time, but that was different. I lived in proximity to the pavement, in front of my house I knew the topography of the ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 18,2018 )

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