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Carl Hiaasen by Star Island (2010)
mobi |eng | 2011-04-03 | Author:Star Island (2010)

17 Janet Bunterman summoned the twins to her suite for a meeting. Because it was almost 1:00 a.m., they assumed that Cherry Pye had snuck out of the hotel and ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 29,2017 )
Belinda by Maria Edgeworth
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-04-22 | Author:Maria Edgeworth [Edgeworth, Maria]

Chapter XIX A Wedding Belinda and Mr. Vincent could never agree in their definition of the-word flattery; so that there were continual complaints on the one hand of a breach ...
( Category: Classics November 29,2017 )
The Barrio Kings by William Kowalski
epub |eng | 2010-04-01 | Author:William Kowalski [Kowalski, William]

CHAPTER TEN The last time I was in a hospital was when Tomás got killed. I hate hospitals. They have that weird smell of medicine and sick people. The smell ...
( Category: Contemporary November 29,2017 )
Esprit De Corps: Sketches From Diplomatic Life by Lawrence Durrell
epub |eng | 1961-01-02 | Author:Lawrence Durrell [Durrell, Lawrence]

7 Drage’s Divine Discontent “Did I ever tell you about the time when Drage, the Embassy butler, began to suffer from visions? No? Well, it was dashed awkward for all ...
( Category: History & Criticism November 29,2017 )
Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut
azw3, epub |eng | 2004-10-15 | Author:Kurt Vonnegut

ADDRESS TO GRADUATING CLASS AT BENNINGTON COLLEGE, 1970 I hope you will be very happy as members of the educated class in America. I myself have been rejected again and ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence November 29,2017 )
Robinson Crusoe 2 by Daniel Defoe
epub |eng | 2010-02-01 | Author:Daniel Defoe [Defoe, Daniel]

CHAPTER XII—A CAVE RETREAT WHILE THIS WAS DOING, I was not altogether careless of my other affairs; for I had a great concern upon me for my little herd of ...
( Category: Classics November 29,2017 )
Music Through the Floor by Eric Puchner
epub |eng | 2005-10-10 | Author:Eric Puchner [Puchner, Eric]

In San Francisco, Desmond worked for an ad agency called Product: Reality. His job was to come up with founding myths for various household products. They told him it couldn’t ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies November 29,2017 )
How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays by Umberto Eco
epub |eng | 1995-09-15 | Author:Umberto Eco [Eco, Umberto]

How to Buy Gadgets The aircraft flies majestically over boundless prairies, immense deserts. This American continent can still offer moments of solitary, almost tactile encounter with nature. I am forgetting ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence November 29,2017 )
The Charmer by Flynn Avery
epub |eng | 2017-09-25 | Author:Flynn, Avery

Chapter Thirteen When her cell rang the next morning, Felicia was still dripping wet from the shower. It was only seven. There was only one person who’d call her this ...
( Category: Romantic Comedy November 28,2017 )
Belonging : A Culture of Place by hooks bell
epub |eng | 2015-10-10 | Author:hooks, bell [hooks, bell]

10 Earthbound: On Solid Ground Kentucky hills were the place of my early childhood. Surrounded by a wilderness of honeysuckle, wild asparagus, and sheltering trees, bushes shielding growing crops, the ...
( Category: Astronomy & Space Science November 28,2017 )
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
epub, azw3 |eng | 1904-01-02 | Author:Daniel Defoe [Defore, Daniel]

Chapter XII A Cave Retreat While this was doing, I was not altogether careless of my other affairs; for I had a great concern upon me for my little herd ...
( Category: Classics November 28,2017 )
Change Me Into Zeus's Daughter by Barbara Robinette Moss
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-01-27 | Author:Barbara Robinette Moss [Moss, Barbara Robinette]

The winter before, the Bells had gone to stay with their aunt. Their mother had cut their father with a knife, actually drawing blood this time. With the absence of ...
( Category: Memoirs November 28,2017 )
Hard Times (Collins Classics) by Charles Dickens
epub |eng | 2012-05-31 | Author:Charles Dickens [Dickens, Charles]

Chapter VI Fading Away IT WAS FALLING DARK when Stephen came out of Mr. Bounderby’s house. The shadows of night had gathered so fast, that he did not look about ...
( Category: Classics November 28,2017 )
Water Dogs by Lewis Robinson
epub |eng | 2009-01-13 | Author:Lewis Robinson [Robinson, Lewis]

The summer after Bennie graduated from Brunswick High, he and Littlefield spent a week on Cuxabexis Island in the middle of Penobscot Bay with their uncle Theo, working the stern ...
( Category: Contemporary November 28,2017 )
Parlor Games by Leda Swann
epub |eng | 2006-05-11 | Author:Leda Swann [Swann, Leda]

That night Sarah barely slept. Before it was yet dawn, she had risen from her bed and was contemplating her wardrobe in despair. Going walking with Tom was a far ...
( Category: Anthologies November 28,2017 )

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