Historical
epub |swe | 1800-03-15 | Author:Vasily Grossman; [Grossman;, Vasily]

The Elk* As she was leaving for work, Aleksandra Andreyevna would spread a napkin on a chair. On it she would put a glass of milk, along with a white ...
( Category: Russian July 18,2019 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-02 | Author:Lindsey Davis [Davis, Lindsey]

XXXI LAST NIGHT Petro and I had summoned Lucrio to an interview today. Although Petro had given him an hour at which to arrive, we were prepared for him not ...
( Category: Historical July 17,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-10 | Author:Leila Meacham [Meacham, Leila]

CHAPTER FIFTY At the head of the stairs Colonel Derrick Albrecht demanded, “What is going on down there?” but a narrowed glance at Victoria’s unbuttoned blouse, the trickle of blood ...
( Category: Espionage July 16,2019 )
epub |eng | 2016-07-13 | Author:Martin J. Dougherty

The Disir and Fylgja The Norse tales contain references to spirits called Disir, whose nature is not clear. It is possible that the Disir are ancestral spirits or perhaps Elves, ...
( Category: War July 14,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-29 | Author:Lindsey Davis [Davis, Lindsey]

31 When I left Alichsantre, I saw Scorpus. That saved me having to find him, but now the inquiry chief was in conference with Nestor. They were standing at the ...
( Category: Murder July 14,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Clare Clark

When Emmeline told Dora about Julius, Dora gave a high little cry and flung her arms around her before she remembered herself and backed stiffly away. When she thanked Emmeline ...
( Category: Historical July 14,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Karen Kelly

* * * Susannah reentered the ballroom to the strains of the orchestra—back on the bandstand again—playing “I Cried for You.” She had no idea what would happen next. She ...
( Category: Family Saga July 14,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-07-08 | Author:Sean Dietrich

Fifty-One Men of Fortune Coot was awoken by a foul smell. The smell of manure. And when he opened his eyes, he saw the source of it. The stare of ...
( Category: Small Town & Rural July 14,2019 )
epub |eng | 2010-06-15 | Author:Larry McMurtry [McMurtry, Larry]

55 MONKEY JOHN HATED IT that she wouldn’t talk. “By God, I’ll cut your tongue out if you ain’t gonna use it,” he said once, and he knocked her down ...
( Category: Westerns July 14,2019 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Andrew Wilson

16 Nobody cared for lunch, and so all of us drifted back to our rooms. I went through my notes, assessing the case from the very beginning. Despite hours of ...
( Category: Ancient July 14,2019 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-21 | Author:Meg Keneally

But someone else had a similar idea. A crew of five men, most of them from the second fleet, sailed by moonlight down the river from the government farm on ...
( Category: Historical July 14,2019 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-06-02 | Author:Nelson Algren

Out in the lake-palmed suburbs, far from the dong and the glare, in a house that had once been human, Dove climbed a soundless stair. The stilly stair to O-Daddyland ...
( Category: Historical July 13,2019 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2019-07-15 | Author:Colson Whitehead;

CHAPTER TEN Miscreants had bashed in the reindeers’ heads. They expected a certain amount of wear and tear after the holiday, when the boys gathered to pack the delicate Christmas ...
( Category: African American July 13,2019 )
epub |eng | 2005-05-31 | Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]

MONUMENT ROCK Chapter I Lona was afraid of him. She was afraid of Frank Mailer, the man whom she was to marry. She realized that it was not size alone ...
( Category: Short Stories July 13,2019 )
epub |eng | | Author:Helen Mort

* * * Dave picked Alexa up on Hinde Street. ‘You look like you’ve seen a ghost. I’m taking you back.’ She spoke to him without knowing what she was ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage July 13,2019 )