Historical
epub |eng | 2022-09-06 | Author:Maggie O'Farrell [O'Farrell, Maggie]

* * * During her days at the delizia, nothing is asked of her; at night, however, a great deal is expected. She has to give and surrender herself, to ...
( Category: Renaissance October 5,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-10-18 | Author:James Kestrel [Kestrel, James]

*** Later on, McGrady went barefooted across the yard carrying his bamboo tray of gifts. In his other hand, he had an iron kettle filled with boiling water. He bathed, ...
( Category: World War II October 4,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-10 | Author:Kim Kelly

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY ‘Got anything planned for today?’ Dr Yu asked, as she looked at John’s chart. ‘Planned?’ He might have laughed at her offbeat wit and her gold shoes ...
( Category: Historical October 4,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-09-13 | Author:Ian McEwan [McEwan, Ian]

* * * A little before 5 a.m. on a Saturday in mid-February, Lawrence brought two stuffed toys into his father’s bed and, eager for the day, sitting upright in ...
( Category: Historical October 4,2022 )
epub | | | Author:Mexican Gothic (2021)

( Category: Historical October 3,2022 )
epub |eng | 2018-07-28 | Author:dailyBooks

Discussion Questions question 1 When he arrived at the camp, he was given the identity number 32407. Under Nazi orders, he worked constructing houses until he contracted typhoid. A fellow ...
( Category: Historical October 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-04-04 | Author:Joseph Han

Grace The worst thing to happen would be getting found out. Better to stay on the floor, hidden from the public eye. Her parents, even, who were beginning to suspect, ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 30,2022 )
epub |ita | 2022-05-27 | Author:Luigi Barnaba Frigoli [Barnaba Frigoli, Luigi]

( Category: Medieval September 30,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-06-07 | Author:Joanne Burn

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Leah From the doorway of the parlour I caught a glimpse of dark hair at the pale flesh of Isabel’s briefly exposed breast. Her shawl must have slipped ...
( Category: Medieval September 30,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-06-20 | Author:Oriana Ramunno [Ramunno, Oriana]

19 Hugo went to his room, the whole day’s exhaustion on his shoulders. The pain radiated into his lower back again and his numb arm caused him to swear through ...
( Category: World War II September 29,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-09-15 | Author:Margaret Rodenberg

TWO HOURS LATER, MARCHAND RUSHED into the Emperor’s quarters. “Your Majesty, Dr. O’Meara is riding up—he’s under military escort.” The Emperor flinched. An unforeseen casualty. “So we move from skirmishes ...
( Category: Biographical September 28,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Anton Du Beke

Chapter Fifteen HMS EXETER VICTORY PARADE A Parade is Announced in Celebration of the HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax’s Triumphant Return from the Battle of the River Plate 21st February ...
( Category: World War II September 28,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Diney Costeloe [Costeloe, Diney]

25 The next morning Stella went along to Maggie’s house. She wanted to have had a look inside to make sure everything was shipshape before she handed over the keys ...
( Category: World War II September 28,2022 )
epub |eng | 2022-08-29 | Author:Cade Bentley [Bentley, Cade]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Twenty Years Ago Jasper Davenport had lost his daughter trying to save her. Chicago, where he’d gone to collect Nona, might have been somewhere he would have run ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 27,2022 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-07 | Author:Kirsty Manning

At the Cathay, the doormen were waving the locals back behind the barricades. ‘Mrs Bernfeld, Miss Bernfeld, what are you doing out here?’ asked Mr Khaira as they squeezed to ...
( Category: Jewish September 27,2022 )