Historical
epub |eng | 2015-09-14 | Author:William Boyd [Boyd, William]

The Vertical Poets, Oxford, 1942. Left to right, Herbert Percy, V. L. Lindon and Xan Clay. ‘Premonitions’ by Xan Clay Stars foretell the fall of czars. Strummed guitars lead to ...
( Category: Historical November 24,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2010-05-08 | Author:Laila Lalami [Lalami, Laila]

Bottom line, business outcomes, event marketing, event legacy—Youssef began to imitate the terminology that Benjelloun frequently used. The words filled his mouth, satiating any need he may have had for ...
( Category: Historical November 23,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-06-18 | Author:Elana Dykewomon [Dykewomon, Elana]

Rose told me I could make more money if I sewed. But I didn’t want to sew. She kept trying to show me anyway, just like Esther used to. “No, ...
( Category: Jewish November 22,2015 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2015-04-13 | Author:Lindsay Jayne Ashford [Ashford, Lindsay Jayne]

The following Saturday Eddie took Louisa to a matinee at the cinema. They walked into town, pausing by the Midland Counties Dairy to watch the never-ending procession of milk bottles ...
( Category: Family Saga November 20,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-09-01 | Author:Shilpi Somaya Gowda

19 IN THE AMBULANCE, THEY GAVE BALDEV OXYGEN AND IV FLUIDS, but he remained unresponsive except for a few muted groans escaping from the back of his throat. When they ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage November 19,2015 )
azw3 |eng | 2015-11-02 | Author:Shapiro, B. A. [Shapiro, B. A.]

27 ALIZÉE, 1940 1 July 1940 Arles Ma douce nièce, Oncle has not returned and now Henri is gone, too. We have had no word from Babette. Alain and I ...
( Category: Political November 19,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-11-02 | Author:B.A. Shapiro [Shapiro, B.A.]

27 ALIZÉE, 1940 1 July 1940 Arles Ma douce nièce, Oncle has not returned and now Henri is gone, too. We have had no word from Babette. Alain and I ...
( Category: Historical November 19,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 1984-12-11 | Author:Michael Moorcock [Moorcock, Michael]

TWELVE I ATTAINED MY majority on the day snow fell heavily to smother the shed of my Rose of Kiev and I received at last a letter from Mrs Cornelius. ...
( Category: Historical November 18,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Eka Kurniawan

Four Margio seldom saw his mother happy, and often thought of doing things to cheer her up. He would go back to their kampong and look for gifts for her. ...
( Category: Historical November 17,2015 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-27 | Author:Ronald Watkins [Watkins, Ronald]

CHAPTER FIVE In February, 1945, the war news was catastrophic. Krakow had fallen the previous month. Though the Russian offensive was not directed towards the KZ, the enemy was now ...
( Category: Military November 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-09 | Author:Toby Clements [Toby Clements]

21 THE NEXT MORNING, when Sir John emerges from his drink-induced slumber, they tell him of Richard, Duke of York’s arrival in England. ‘I must get up,’ he says. ‘We ...
( Category: Historical November 16,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-11-13 | Author:Smith, George [Smith, George]

The Chaldean Account Of Genesis By George Smith CHAPTER X.FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS Atarpi.—Sin of the world.—Mother and daughter quarrel.—Zamu.—Punishment of world.—Hea.—Calls his sons.—Orders drought.—Famine.—Building.—Nusku.—Riddle of wise man.—Nature and universal ...
( Category: Historical November 15,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-21 | Author:Catherine Coulter [Coulter, Catherine]

Sinjun awoke with a start to pale evening light. For a moment she was confused, then memory righted and she closed her eyes against it. It seemed impossible, but it ...
( Category: Suspense November 13,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-11-10 | Author:Andersen, Laura [Andersen, Laura]

Ailis pointed to Askeaton, fifty miles northwest of Cahir. “You know the Earl of Desmond?” “Not personally.” “The English think he cannot hold at Askeaton any longer. We are expecting ...
( Category: Historical November 12,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Suzannah Dunn

For once, and despite the sleet, he didn’t cower resentfully on the wherry but was keen to take it all in: London, crowding down to the river as if to ...
( Category: Historical November 12,2015 )