Historical
epub |eng | 2000-12-31 | Author:Manu Herbstein

CHAPTER 22 A passing ship brought news that the Dutch factor at Axim was seriously ill. “I’d have to go even if it weren’t for this crisis,” De Bruyn told ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage January 29,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2008-08-26 | Author:Donald McCaig [McCaig, Donald]

Tara had been Gerald O’Hara’s dream. Tara’s whitewashed brick walls and broad roof would shelter the children, kinfolks, and guests enjoying Gerald’s hospitality. “No foofaraw,” Gerald had told his wife, ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-12-16 | Author:Victor Serge [Serge, Victor]

Varvara reads aloud, smiling, looks at Katia’s picture, puts the poetry book down on the bread. “And yet I don’t understand.” Lightning-bolts, forever momentary. Come illuminate these bright recesses of ...
( Category: Military January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-12-02 | Author:Rochester, Miriam [Rochester, Miriam]

Chapter 12 Felicity Inadvertently Diverts the Hunt The following day was the day of the hunt and Alex invited all of the party to join them. Much to his disappointment ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:Harry Harrison

A FIERCE DESTRUCTION There was a yellow puff of smoke from the Indiaman to port, the only resistance, but the cannonball screamed over the Hartford’s deck, missing completely. Not so ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-30 | Author:Tabor Evans

Chapter 29 Longarm had not thought to rent a post office box. Perhaps he should have. It would have made things much more convenient for the local shakedown artists. Instead ...
( Category: Westerns January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2010-09-09 | Author:Rachel Hauck

20 Scott Saturday, July 21 For the first time since Rafe and I left Nashville in the twilight dawn, I allow myself to think about what I’m doing. “Her brother ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-08 | Author:Nguyen Nhat Anh [NHAT ANH, NGUYEN]

7. How long can I be a good boy? So, next question: What else, besides soul-crushing conformity, do adults expect from kids? Or more specifically, what did my parents expect ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-31 | Author:Crumey, Andrew [Crumey, Andrew]

Chapter Five Paige is in Starbucks with Ella when she gets the call. “It’s David Conroy. There’s something we need to discuss. Could we meet?” She’s seen him only once, ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 1980-01-01 | Author:Sharan Newman

Chapter Ten The room in which Flora lay was white and the ceiling low. From her bed, she could only turn her eyes from one empty surface to another. She ...
( Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Marcel Beyer [Beyer, Marcel]

IV 1 FRIDAY THE SIXTH of March. In the morning the news of Stalin’s death had been announced. In the evening I was due to visit the Hagemanns with Ludwig ...
( Category: Coming of Age January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-08-07 | Author:Emerson, Kate [Emerson, Kate]

27 We were still at Beaulieu in June. I had been for a walk in the gardens, enjoying an hour of solitude, and had stopped on a little footbridge to ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1990-06-15 | Author:Richard Woodman [Woodman, Richard]

'He doesn't want to hang 'em,' said Quilhampton to the lounging officers in the wardroom. 'He'll have to. A court martial at Prince of Wales Island will condemn them without ...
( Category: Military January 29,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2011-11-16 | Author:Petrek, Soren [Petrek, Soren]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR “The der Fuhrer regiment, Horsty? You think they have something to do with stolen gold?” Willi asked, flicking the ash from his cigarette as Stenger drove along the ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:Philippa Carr [Carr, Philippa]

The Return THE NEXT DAY BELINDA and I went up to London. We went first to Celeste who was delighted to see us. “Lucie as well,” she said. “This is ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )