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The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith
epub |eng | 2007-11-08 | Author:Dominic Smith

twenty-nine The weight of the news tortured me for a week before I told my father in early April 1988. Several times, after the talent show, I called home and ...
( Category: Literary November 8,2017 )
The Pledge, Value by Jane Peart
epub |eng | | Author:Jane Peart

The letters had no dates, so JoBeth could not be sure when Wes had written them or where he might possibly have been at the time. Long march today, feet ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl by Tracy Quan
epub |eng | | Author:Tracy Quan [Tracy Quan ]

LATER Eileen is thrilled to hear that I finally got around to seeing her client “Steven Stockings.” “Do you want the cut or a new date?” I asked. “Well, I’d ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
Island in the Sun by Alec Waugh
epub |eng | 1955-11-08 | Author:Alec Waugh

Chapter Fifteen 1 Maxwell woke with the room filled with daylight. Sylvia was turned toward him. He raised himself upon his elbow. She had never looked lovelier than now, in ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
The Fourth Angel by John Rechy
epub |eng | | Author:John Rechy

10 Suddenly for Jerry the magic retreats like a wave from the seashore, and he's marooned again in reality, sorrow, death. Even the severed branch grows again! He grasps desperately ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
Head Start by Judith Cutler
epub |eng | 2016-11-08 | Author:Judith Cutler [Judith Cutler]

‘Sleeping with the enemy, I hear,’ Diane said, pouring me a glass of Malbec. ‘Look at your face! Only joking, Jane. Try this – on the house. It’s a new ...
( Category: Mystery November 8,2017 )
Suite for Barbara Loden by Nathalie Leger
epub |eng | 2016-11-08 | Author:Nathalie Leger

ABOUT THE AUTHOR NATHALIE LÉGER is an award-winning French author, as well as an editor, archivist, and curator. Supplément à la vie de Barbara Loden won the prestigious Prix du ...
( Category: Literary November 8,2017 )
The Iron Tracks by Aharon Appelfeld
epub, pdf |eng | 1998-11-08 | Author:Aharon Appelfeld [Appelfeld, Aharon]

CHAPTER 14 On the train north from Gruendorf I learned of Stark’s death. One of my rivals approached and informed me. “No!” I cried out without thinking. He was a ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 8,2017 )
Ha'Penny Chance (Ivy Rose Series Book 2) by Gemma Jackson
azw3 |eng | 2014-06-10 | Author:Gemma Jackson [Jackson, Gemma]

“Old Misery Guts Parker,” Ivy named the family butler, “would have a heart attack.” She wasn’t willing to get into trouble. She needed the goods she received from the houses ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 8,2017 )
Blue White Red by Alain Mabanckou
epub |eng | | Author:Alain Mabanckou

PART TWO Paris It seems that the gates of hell border those of heaven. The great joiner designed them in the same coarse wood. —Abdellatif Laabi, Le Spleen de Casablanca ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
Through Streets Broad and Narrow (Ivy Rose Series Book 1) by Gemma Jackson
azw3 |eng | 2014-01-08 | Author:Gemma Jackson [Jackson, Gemma]

“Oh! What did the teachers at school say was wrong with you?” Liam asked with not a great deal of tact. “In the name of God, Liam,” Conn wanted to ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 8,2017 )
A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe
epub |eng | 2016-09-29 | Author:Chinua Achebe

9 I returned to Anata on 23rd December after Max and his fiancée, Eunice, had tried in vain to make me spend Christmas in Bori. The lorry dropped me at ...
( Category: Literary November 8,2017 )
Dangerous Men by Geoffrey Becker
epub |eng | | Author:Geoffrey Becker

It went on, a slow game, a game of nerves and of strategy. Money kept trying to distract him. “Are you worried? I know I would be. You’ve got a ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
Three In a Bed by Carmen Reid
epub |eng | 2007-07-02 | Author:Carmen Reid [Carmen Reid]

Chapter Twenty-three ‘OK, BELLA, WE’VE still got some work to do here.’ Declan sounded brisk. The cord was cut, then Declan handed Markie over to Annie for a wash while ...
( Category: Contemporary November 8,2017 )
Collected Stories by Elizabeth Bowen
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth Bowen

Maria ‘WE HAVE GIRLS of our own, you see,’ Mrs Dosely said, smiling warmly. That seemed to settle it. Maria’s aunt Lady Rimlade relaxed at last in Mrs Dosely’s armchair, ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies November 8,2017 )

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