Historical
mobi |eng | 2005-08-31 | Author:Lambdin, Dewey [Lambdin, Dewey]

Chapter 20 THE WIDOW had come from Tuscarora. Matthew Livesey had been surprised when a liveried, black house slave had delivered an invitation to attend her at the townhouse. He ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-01-22 | Author:Ellen Cooney

Mrs. Alcorn had her own housekeeper, Miss Blanchette. The dominant impression one had of Miss Blanchette was that she was as sturdy and hardy as a tree. She was as ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-02-04 | Author:Nan Ryan

Twenty-Four IT WAS EARLY MORNING. Dawn was creeping over the Chihuahuan desert. Luiz Quintano, alone out on the far northern reaches of the ranch, sat unmoving, astride his saddleless black ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Howard Frank Mosher

35 THE ANASAZI CHIEF and his outriders sat immobile in the twilight, watching my uncle and me ride slowly up the river valley as if in the final stages of ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Fred Lawrence Feldman [Feldman, Fred]

Chapter 27 The grenades’ destructive power was contained by the thick walls, but the resultant panic made a shambles of the marketplace. Fleeing bystanders toppled the charcoal cooking brazier in ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-06-05 | Author:Michael Arnold [Arnold, Michael]

The drawing room was on the far side of the house, looking out onto the front courtyard via a pair of large, rectangular windows that were crammed full of diamond-shaped ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-03 | Author:Suzanne Hayes

Empire House June 7 (or maybe 8?), 1925 Dear Mr. Lawrence, Wasn’t it Friar Lawrence the wise monk who sagely advised Romeo and Juliet in a fruitless effort to avoid ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Paula McLain

The next morning as we walked home from Claudia’s, Fawn said, “You’re awfully quiet.” “I’m just thinking.” “Really? About what? What has our witto Jamie got to think about?” she ...
( Category: Coming of Age March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-04 | Author:Brown, Nick

Cassius felt numerous eyes upon him as he walked across the oasis. Khalima’s men were repairing the tents, the women preparing a fire. Perhaps still upset by the storm, the ...
( Category: Crime March 4,2015 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-06-09 | Author:Waguih Ghali [Ghali;, Waguih]

I was wrong to think caressing Shirley’s body was the climax to that day. There was another end to it when I returned to the hotel. I slipped away from ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-17 | Author:Brown, Nick

XIX Cassius intended to sleep for most of the next morning, so was somewhat annoyed to be woken at the second hour. Reaching for his mug of water – which ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-02 | Author:Arnold, Michael

CHAPTER 15 The English Channel, 15 October 1643 The rugged shore climbed out to port, a grey crescent above the evening sea like the spine of an unfathomably vast whale. ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-08-19 | Author:Sujata Massey

CHAPTER 23 A well-known Brahmin doesn’t need to wear a sacred thread. Bengali proverb When Mr. Lewes returned, he was pleased that I’d saved some money overseeing the household expenses; ...
( Category: Historical March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 1998-05-13 | Author:Gish Jen

sight. Theresa looked away, noticing that though the girl's jewelry, like her clothes, had been removed, her nail polish remained. This was a summery, watermelon pink, just the sort of ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 4,2015 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-07 | Author:Nick Brown [Brown, Nick]

XX Cassius had seen his share of luxurious villas: scores in Cyzicus and his native Ravenna, even a few in Rome; but nothing could have prepared him for the House ...
( Category: Military March 4,2015 )