Biographical
epub |eng | 2014-07-07 | Author:Emma Campion [Campion, Emma]

“SIR, SHE IS TRUE.” HUGH HELD THE CLOTH OUT TO THOMAS. “SHE kissed it and handed it back, saying you have every right to this, you are her husband, and ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2008-09-30 | Author:Carolly Erickson [Erickson, Carolly]

Twenty-nine May I escort you and your daughter, Your Imperial Highness?” Mr. Schmidt spoke with a kindly gravity, and mama, as she had in the past, responded gratefully, her tense ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-14 | Author:Hugh Howey [Howey, Hugh]

5 * * * We are on the dock, gazing up at the smoking building. My boss Kevin is there. And so is Andrew, the engineer. The first sign that ...
( Category: Biographical March 22,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-11 | Author:Cecelia Holland

16 In the morning the City still seemed to be trembling. The streets were full of people, standing in clumps, talking, their eyes whining with excitement and fear; every church ...
( Category: Biographical March 21,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:John Edgar Wideman

1988 UNCLE MOUSTAPHA'S ECLIPSE Reginald McKnight Idi, my very best friend here in Senegal, was suffering from a very strange eye malady. He didn't know precisely what had caused his ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-02 | Author:Dale Peck [Peck, Dale]

6 Covered wagons must have gone this slow, the boy thinks. Third gear, hauling a full load—a half ton of tarp-covered manure capped by the fifty-pound bundle of Flip Flack—and ...
( Category: Coming of Age March 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-05 | Author:Andrea Chapin [Chapin, Andrea]

17 ou are raw-nerved,” said Isabel. Katharine had not realized that her left hand was tapping the table. “I am sad, as you are, gentle Isabel.” Isabel nodded and sighed. ...
( Category: Biographical March 21,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-12-31 | Author:Gloria Goldreich

Chapter Twenty-Seven Bella’s sadness deepened as the seasons drifted by and the war in Europe continued unabated. She remained indoors except when Ida persuaded her to leave the apartment for ...
( Category: Biographical March 21,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-03-03 | Author:Chiaverini, Jennifer [Chiaverini, Jennifer]

Chapter Sixteen MARCH–APRIL 1864 Julia’s first glimpses of the capital through the carriage window revealed a startling juxtaposition of elegance and squalor. The tall marble dome of the Capitol, still ...
( Category: Biographical March 7,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-02-18 | Author:Thorland, Donna [Thorland, Donna]

Fourteen Severin watched Jenny leave the cellar at John Street, taking the scent of oranges with her. Then Hallam shut the door and said, “I would not have her distressed, ...
( Category: Biographical March 7,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-24 | Author:Moser, Nancy [Moser, Nancy]

Ten “Sold! To Mr. Washington.” From the seat beside him, I shook my head. “I know, I know. But you and I have seen Sally use that serving cart a ...
( Category: Biographical March 4,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2012-09-13 | Author:Albert Vigoleis Thelen

For a few pages now I must leave Don Matías out of sight, but not the cause of Honduran independence, as I introduce my reader to another exiled combatant from ...
( Category: Biographical March 4,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2013-10-29 | Author:Gilbert, Heather Day [Gilbert, Heather Day]

Chapter Twenty-Three Freydis sits on the cold rock floor of the cave, unwilling to go back to camp. But Ref has determined to get her there, and he’ll carry her ...
( Category: Christian Historical Fiction March 4,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-01-01 | Author:Moran, Michelle [Moran, Michelle]

W hen the news came a week later that the rani was in labor, Sundari took me aside and asked what had happened between us. “Why hasn’t the rani asked ...
( Category: Biographical March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2002-07-14 | Author:Margaret George [George, Margaret]

It was late before they returned safely to the spot where they had camped the night before. Another night in the open fields. Mary was growing used to them. It ...
( Category: Biographical March 3,2015 )

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