Biographical
epub, azw3 |eng | 2020-02-17 | Author:Anna Kavan

VII Our city is full of the troops of a foreign army. When I first arrived here from the other side of the world I couldn’t tell whether these soldiers ...
( Category: Short Stories March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-07-23 | Author:Mogan, A. G. [Mogan, A. G.]

2 The Abyss Gazes Back T he agonizing nights that follow instill in me an urgent need to see Doctor K again. With all my hate for doctors and hospitals, ...
( Category: War March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-03-02 | Author:Sharon Kay Penman

CHAPTER 28 September 1180 Jerusalem, Outremer Asad had begun to nuzzle his master’s tunic and Baldwin pushed him away with a laugh. “Sorry, boy, nothing for you to eat.” Taking ...
( Category: Biographical March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2009-07-15 | Author:Paul Malmont

Part 3 “NO MENTOR BUT MYSELF” —FROM A LETTER BY JACK LONDON CHAPTER NINETEEN “I HAD ANOTHER VISION,” Jack said, sneaking observant glances over Professor Homer’s snug university office, a ...
( Category: Biographical March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-02 | Author:Anne Clinard Barnhill [Barnhill, Anne Clinard]

Twenty-five Madge’s tussle with Norris in Savernake Forest had frightened her completely, but she told no one about it. She also begged the king to keep her secret as she ...
( Category: Biographical March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:James Boswell [Boswell, James]

On Sunday, March 24, we breakfasted with Mrs. Cobb, a widow lady, who lived in an agreeable sequestered place close by the town, called the Friary, it having been formerly ...
( Category: Authors March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:The Lady Elizabeth(z-lib.org) [Elizabeth, The Lady]

CHAPTER15 1549 On the eve of Twelfth Night, Kat Astley and Thomas Parry sat by the fire sharing a pitcher of mead. “I wonder when the Admiral will press his ...
( Category: Biographical March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Varley O’Connor

( Category: Biographical March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-08 | Author:Lee Durkee

MISSISSIPPI! As I drive toward Country Club Road, I’m half expecting Stanton to come over the seat back and start stabbing my neck with a syringe. He has said nothing ...
( Category: Psychological March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Hilary Mantel [Mantel, Hilary]

II The Image of the King Spring–Summer 1537 Hans does not like the pavonazzo. You cannot have a king who is purple from one angle, blue from another, green from ...
( Category: Renaissance March 9,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-08-04 | Author:Nazim Hikmet [Hikmet, Nazim]

The organization in Ankara sent Kerim to the university. He’s my closest friend in Moscow. He’s the mortal enemy of two things: cigarettes and lies. He won’t let me smoke ...
( Category: Middle Eastern March 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 1850-03-15 | Author:Sojourner Truth [Truth, Sojourner]

'Your son, PETER VAN WAGENER.' Another letter reads as follows, dated 'March 22, 1841':– 'MY DEAR MOTHER: 'I take this opportunity to write to you, and inform you that I ...
( Category: Biographical March 8,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-05-03 | Author:Jonathan D. Spence [Spence, Jonathan D.]

MONDAY, 8 MARCH 1723. ORLÉANS Letter from Gramain to Foucquet: “Up to now I have been doing everything I can to make our Chinese wait here patiently, but I don’t ...
( Category: Biographical March 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-22 | Author:Herbert J. Stern [Stern, Herbert J.]

Chapter 34 Upon my return from Munich, my relationship with Lilian was as icy as the day I left. I tried flowers, her favorite candy, even a piece of fine ...
( Category: Military March 6,2020 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2020-02-24 | Author:Colum McCann

499 The engine takes a moment to catch. The evening has grown cold and dark. The windshield fogs with his breath. Bassam reaches to turn on the heater, glances out ...
( Category: Biographical February 28,2020 )

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