Historical
epub |eng | 2011-06-18 | Author:James D. Best [Best, James D.]

Chapter 25 “Maggie! Wow, ya’ve grown!” Sharp looked to be in a good mood, considering the circumstances. He leaned his cheek against the bars, and Maggie gave him a passing ...
( Category: Westerns November 10,2019 )
epub |eng | 2009-12-29 | Author:Jack Higgins [Higgins, Jack]

168 He put on his raincoat and hat, opened the case and found the steel-rimmed spectacles which he carried in there for safety. Underneath the neatly folded uniform was a ...
( Category: Espionage November 10,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Shelley Noble

15 Thirty minutes later, Philomena Amesbury, Countess of Dunbridge, stepped off the elevator into the Plaza lobby. She wasn’t dressed for an evening’s soirée or drinks party but in a ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths November 7,2019 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2019-11-04 | Author:Martin Cruz Smith

23 Kuznetsov was the last person Arkady expected to admire. However, he had a certain perspective on life—the long view, some would call it. His book, Prisoners, was not a ...
( Category: Espionage November 6,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-20 | Author:Antoine Laurain [Laurain, Antoine]

She smiles enigmatically against a background of lakes and mountains. She smiles, her small hands resting in front of her, and you almost want to look behind you to see ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage October 29,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-09-11 | Author:Shilpi Somaya Gowda [Gowda, Shilpi Somaya]

27 | karina NOVEMBER 2014 The community of Rancho Paraiso featured single-lane roads winding through gently rolling hills surrounded with thick foliage. Every so often, there was a driveway leading ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage October 27,2019 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-11 | Author:Heldt, John A. [Heldt, John A.]

CHAPTER 49: NATALIE Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Saturday, September 7, 1918 Natalie watched with interest and amusement as Emma Bauer Jackson carried a bottle of whiskey and four tumblers to her ...
( Category: Historical October 26,2019 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-07 | Author:Matt Tomerlin [Tomerlin, Matt]

CALLOWAY The fire sizzled and steamed as waves lapped at what little of Crusader’s keel remained above water. The sea around the ship churned and bubbled like a witch’s cauldron ...
( Category: Sea Stories October 26,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-14 | Author:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni [Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee]

‘What do you want now?’ he said in a gruff voice. ‘Can’t you see that I have my hands full?’ Clearly, he had no idea who I was. ‘I am ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage October 26,2019 )
epub |eng | 2006-10-25 | Author:Baingana, Doreen

pie we would never know, we didn't want to know: we were the center of the universe. We were fully alive and knew it. The unspoken threat made the moment ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage October 26,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-02 | Author:Bernard Cornwell [Cornwell, Bernard]

PART THREE The Field of Barley Eight It was late morning and Immar was standing as sentry on the western wharf, or rather he was sitting in the summer sunlight ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense October 24,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2019-09-24 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

‘The church,’ Father Oda said to me when we reached the bottom of the two stairways, ‘does not condone slavery, lord.’ ‘Yet I’ve known churchmen own slaves.’ ‘It is not ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense October 24,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-06-05 | Author:Daniel V. Jr. Meier

CHAPTER 21 SISTER ANGELINA I had been in Liberia long enough to feel the novelty wearing off. When I first arrived, there was something new every day. My senses were ...
( Category: Historical October 20,2019 )
epub |eng | 2001-10-19 | Author:Ōoka, Shōhei, 1909-1988

t£ 122 ^t Fires on the Plain "Hey! Hey!" I shouted, waving my arms and running toward them. They all turned in my direction, like a group of automatic dolls; ...
( Category: Japanese October 20,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-02 | Author:Karl Marlantes [Marlantes, Karl]

“Saatana,” Aksel whispered, upon hearing the deal. Matti said nothing. They were standing on top of the ridge running north and south on the west side of Grays Bay. Between ...
( Category: Historical October 19,2019 )