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Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels: The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away, Prize Stock, Teach Us to Outgrow Our (Oe, Kenzaburo) by Oe Kenzaburo
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-16 | Author:Oe, Kenzaburo [Oe, Kenzaburo]

TEACH US TO OUTGROW OUR MADNESS In the winter of 196—, an outlandishly fat man came close to being thrown to a polar bear bathing in a filthy pool below ...
( Category: Contemporary September 10,2017 )
(2006) The Zero by Jess Walter
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jess Walter [Walter, Jess]

HE SAT in his car, disoriented, wondering if the gaps were somehow widening. Maybe it had to with the car, because the worst skips often occurred like this, when he ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 10,2017 )
Ray of the Star by Laird Hunt
epub |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Laird Hunt [Hunt, Laird]

The statues present were either in partial or complete costume, which gave the wonder-filled room, through the front window of which the Yellow Submarine was fully visible, the air of ...
( Category: Contemporary September 10,2017 )
Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1981-01-02 | Author:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Chapter 8 It was rather closer to four than three in the morning when le Comte de Saint-Germain at last strolled into the fine gambling rooms in the north wing ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 10,2017 )
The Trees by Conrad Richter
epub |eng | 2013-09-25 | Author:Conrad Richter [Richter, Conrad]

It was too far to know what the verse was about, but when she got to the chorus again, her voice sang out and you could catch every word. Oh, ...
( Category: Action & Adventure September 10,2017 )
The Writing on My Forehead: A Novel by Haji Nafisa
mobi |eng | 2009-02-20 | Author:Haji, Nafisa [Haji, Nafisa]

EIGHT I CAME HOME FROM that summer in Karachi and London—head swimming with the voices of a reconstructed past, full of a self-importance I couldn’t wait to share—only to find ...
( Category: Contemporary September 10,2017 )
The Storyteller Trilogy by Sue Harrison
epub |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Sue Harrison [Harrison, Sue]

Chapter Thirty K’OS WAITED UNTIL THE darkest part of the night. She knew the cycle of the moon, that it would hide its face until nearly dawn. She would have ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 10,2017 )
A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne
epub, mobi |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Suzanne Berne [Berne, Suzanne]

It now strikes me as strange that in the days and nights following Boyd Ellison’s murder, I never really felt afraid. But I suppose nothing changed very much in my ...
( Category: Contemporary September 10,2017 )
The Widow's Walk by Robert Barclay
epub |eng | 2014-03-26 | Author:Robert Barclay

Chapter 16 “I don’t mean to pry, honey,” Dale Richmond said to his wife, Virginia. “And I’m not asking you to betray any confidences. But I do have a question ...
( Category: Paranormal September 10,2017 )
Vintage by Susan Gloss
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Susan Gloss

After Monica left, April’s nerves were as tight and humming as a violin string. To calm herself, she turned to numbers. Amidst the jumbled uncertainty of her personal life, April ...
( Category: Women's Fiction September 10,2017 )
The Woman of Rome (Italia) by Moravia Alberto
azw3, mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-27 | Author:Moravia, Alberto [Moravia, Alberto]

3 I GAVE UP GIACOMO ALTOGETHER, deciding to think no more about him. I felt I loved him and if he were to return I would be happy and would ...
( Category: Contemporary September 10,2017 )
Funnymen by Ted Heller
epub |eng | 2002-09-10 | Author:Ted Heller

• • • REYNOLDS CATLEDGE IV: When Fountain and Bliss came to Omaha, I bought a ticket to the show. The nightclub, a modern but unspectacular place, was called the ...
( Category: United States September 10,2017 )
Bear v. Shark: The Novel by Bachelder Chris
azw3 |eng | 2002-02-19 | Author:Bachelder, Chris [Bachelder, Chris]

60 Bear v. Shark: The Quiz Test your knowledge of bears and sharks with this fun True or False quiz. The answers can be found in Chapter 82. Sharks do ...
( Category: Literary September 10,2017 )
Heartsong by James Welch
epub |eng | | Author:James Welch

But when Charging Elk entered Rue Sainte he began to have second thoughts. The street was crowded with men, mostly sailors enjoying their Saturday night on the town. The two ...
( Category: Contemporary September 10,2017 )
The Spring of Candy Apples (A Sweet Seasons Novel) by Viguie Debbie
epub |eng | 2009-08-30 | Author:Viguie, Debbie [Viguie, Debbie]

11 “Calm down, Tam, I can’t understand you,” Candace urged. “I won a Zone anniversary prize! I never win anything, but I went through the turnstile, and I won!” “Congratulations. ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 10,2017 )

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