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Early Stories of Jules Verne by Jules Verne
mobi, epub |eng | 2002-09-14 | Author:Jules Verne

CHAPTER XI – A CLOUD OF SMOKE THE next day, when the sailors awoke, they were surrounded by complete darkness. The lamp had gone out. Jean Cornbutte roused Penellan to ...
( Category: World Literature December 3,2017 )
Joseph Conrad by Heart of Darkness;Selected Short Fiction
mobi |eng | 2012-01-09 | Author:Heart of Darkness;Selected Short Fiction

- III - “I LOOKED AT HIM, lost in astonishment. There he was before me, in motley,di as though he had absconded from a troupe of mimes, enthusiastic, fabulous. His ...
( Category: Classics December 3,2017 )
Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom 02 - California Demon by Julie Kenner
mobi |eng | | Author:Julie Kenner

"I think once is enough," I said. And then, before he could think about that and decide to wail, I added, "Why don't you and Allie pick up the fuzzies ...
( Category: Fantasy December 3,2017 )
The Old Man and Me by Elaine Dundy
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Elaine Dundy [Dundy, Elaine]

10 No doubt because of my being an American (though possibly the strain of all the mixed emotions I’d been feeling that day might have had something to do with ...
( Category: Humor & Satire December 2,2017 )
Down From the Clouds by Grey Marilyn
epub |eng | 2013-08-08 | Author:Grey, Marilyn [Grey, Marilyn]

Honestly, what are the chances? I spent my entire life searching for my bride when most boys wanted one night stands. Lived in the building next to hers, probably passed ...
( Category: Contemporary December 2,2017 )
Memorist by M. J. Rose
epub |eng | 2008-02-22 | Author:M. J. Rose [Rose, M. J.]

Chapter 46 Vienna, Austria October 18th, 1814 Across the room the Tsar caught Margaux’s eye and smiled disarmingly. There were two men standing in front of him but the monarch ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense December 2,2017 )
Reincarnationist by M. J. Rose
epub |eng | 2007-02-22 | Author:M. J. Rose [Rose, M. J.]

Chapter 36 Sophia Lombardo interrupted before Malachai could stop her. “She’s always played this little game that she’s a woman named Claudia.” “For how long?” “Ever since she could talk.” ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense December 2,2017 )
Longing for Home by Sarah M. Eden
epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Sarah M. Eden [Eden, Sarah M.]

Chapter Twenty-Four Katie awoke in a panic. She smelled smoke. She tossed back her blanket and threw her legs over the side of the bed. Her heart raced in her ...
( Category: Western December 2,2017 )
Hope Springs by Sarah M. Eden
epub |eng | 2016-03-01 | Author:Sarah M. Eden [Eden, Sarah M.]

Chapter Twenty-Three Joseph was about a breath away from consigning all of Hope Springs to perdition and letting them happily take themselves there. Though the ranch owners out at the ...
( Category: Historical December 2,2017 )
Queenmaker by India Edghill
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:India Edghill [Edghill, India]

The summer that I first saw Bathsheba sitting on her housetop King David’s army was besieging Rabbah, chief city of the Ammonites. Another war—hardly worth a mention at the well. ...
( Category: Genre Fiction December 2,2017 )
Meant To Be by Edie Claire
epub |eng | 2011-04-10 | Author:Edie Claire [Claire, Edie]

Chapter 17 The antique bed squeaked with my every movement, and since I was tossing and turning more than I was still, the cacophony was almost laughable. But I was ...
( Category: Contemporary December 2,2017 )
Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense by Sam Eastland
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-04-26 | Author:Sam Eastland [Eastland, Sam]

“IF YOU COULD JUST BRING US TO IT,” ANTON INSISTED. “WE wouldn’t have to take it all.” “Enough,” said Pekkala. “Kirov doesn’t even need to know about it.” “Enough!” he ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense December 2,2017 )
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
epub |eng | 2009-09-02 | Author:Robert M. Edsel [Edsel, Robert M.]

CHAPTER 27 George Stout with His Maps Verdun, France March 6, 1945 Monuments Man George Stout looked at the battered packages, one stamped “Received in Defective Condition” by the army ...
( Category: Museum Studies & Museology December 2,2017 )
Playing Dirty by Jennifer Echols
epub |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:Jennifer Echols [Echols, Jennifer]

They spent the afternoon at a huge modern house tucked among shady trees along the lake. Sarah was apprehensive about changing into her bathing suit along with Erin in the ...
( Category: Contemporary December 2,2017 )
Once a Runner: A Novel by John L Parker
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-04-06 | Author:John L Parker [Parker, John L]

"All right, calm down. What happened exactly?" Cassidy finished his second glass with a grimace. He was still dehydrated from the run. "They're taking a hard line. Apparently what's got ...
( Category: Individual Sports December 2,2017 )

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