Historical
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-08-11 | Author:Martha Conway

The woods lead to a small dry clearing scattered with mounds that look almost like sand. After they set down the boat, Susanna bends down to touch one. It is ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Doris Lessing

The Antheap BEYOND the plain rose the mountains, blue and hazy in a strong blue sky. Coming closer they were brown and grey and green, ranged heavily one beside the ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2003-12-26 | Author:Gary Jennings

LORD BYRON’S ODE TO THE MAID OF ZARAGOZA LORD BYRON WAS in Spain during part of the Spanish war against the French. After he heard the story of how María ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-07-21 | Author:Delderfield, R. F. [Delderfield, R. F.]

II Celia’s second letter arrived towards the end of January, more than six months after Grace had left. Her first, replying to his angry demands for news of his wife’s ...
( Category: Military December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-21 | Author:Delderfield, R. F.

II Celia’s second letter arrived towards the end of January, more than six months after Grace had left. Her first, replying to his angry demands for news of his wife’s ...
( Category: Military December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-07-08 | Author:Bánffy, Miklós [Bánffy, Miklós]

Laszlo was a great success as dance leader for he was exceptionally good at the job. He could bring any party to life, invented new figures for the quadrille and ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:L. Ron Hubbard

When Gilhooly Was in Flower Chapter One JIGSAW GILHOOLY was a thousand miles deep in thought, which fact was not particularly endearing him to Mary Ann Marlow. He sat on ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-15 | Author:Charles Kenney [Kenney, Charles]

The Blackthorn was an Irish pub a few blocks out past the hospital district near the Fens. It drew hospital workers from Beth Israel, Children’s, Deaconess, and Brigham & Women’s, ...
( Category: Suspense December 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Sharyn McCrumb

BURGESS GAITHER Appeal My carefully written appeal went off to Raleigh on Newland’s stagecoach, as did Judge Donnell himself. Both would reach the state capital in three days’ time, but ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 27,2014 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Shayne Parkinson

20 February 1884 ‘There’s a lot of mushrooms in some of the paddocks,’ Harry mentioned at breakfast the following Thursday. ‘I haven’t had mushrooms for ages.’ ‘Mmm, I just fancy ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-21 | Author:Delderfield, R. F.

II The gull, being no fisherman, did not venture across the tidal lagoon to the sandbars where the one landing craft the Americans had left behind lay wrecked and rusting, ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-05-19 | Author:Luo Guanzhong

Lu Su hastened back to Zhou Yu to tell him that all was going as he desired and Liu Bei would come out to welcome the army. Zhou Yu laughed ...
( Category: Chinese December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2002-12-26 | Author:Richard B. Wright [Wright, Richard B.]

Tuesday, December 8 I have to do something about all this. When I arrived in the classroom this morning, I saw the piece of paper sticking out of the dictionary ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-25 | Author:Jon Stafford

Preface to “Battle for Huon Gulf” Ship Types In World War II, there were three types of surface warships: battleships, cruisers (heavy and light), and destroyers. The general rule was ...
( Category: War December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-28 | Author:Stephen L. Carter [Carter, Stephen L.]

THIRTY-TWO Checks and Balances I In his mind, McGeorge Bundy followed GREENHILL’s progress up the avenue. He had only imagination to guide him. He knew she was going to the ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense December 27,2014 )