Historical
epub |eng | 2005-12-31 | Author:Dave Eggers

18 Most prophecies go unfulfilled. It’s just as well. The expectations Father Matong put upon me took many years to fade from the forefront of my mind. But thank God ...
( Category: Curricula December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-12-31 | Author:Shamini Flint

Eleven “What did you just say? Huon killed your father?” Singh’s tone was incredulous. All of them remembered the witness statement. Sovann Armstrong’s father had been bludgeoned to death by ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2005-12-31 | Author:Matthew Pearl

Seventeen Dear Sir,—There is a gentleman, rather the worse for wear, at Ryan’s 4th Ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Thomas Holt

TEN ‘What’s he been telling you?’ said Kari. ‘Whatever it was, don’t believe a word of it.’ I smiled at him. ‘He was telling me how you both came to ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Unity Dow

Ten Just as rumours about Frieda and the bad things that she had done died down, my own sister Mmadira came home from Johannesburg, South Africa, with a distended belly ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1912-12-31 | Author:Leonard Woolf

Eight Before Silindu reached the Kamburupitiya track, he stopped and squatted down with his back against a tree. He wanted to think. After the wild excitement which had possessed him ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1953-12-31 | Author:Pierre Boulle

Fifteen “I saw it through my glasses, sir, as clearly as I can see you now.” “Begin from the beginning,” Shears insisted in spite of his impatience. “How did it ...
( Category: Military December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Magnus Mills

Five “Sorry to interrupt the work, Mr Johns, but I think we may have a problem.” “Really, Scagg? Well, please come in and tell me about it.” “Do you want ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1973-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

Thirteen Kenosi came speeding down the small dusty brown road with the long, loping strides of a cat in haste. Her bent head nodded a little quicker than usual. It ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:Shamini Flint

Ten Singh, as plump as a bolster, sat on a lobby sofa and stared at the visitors to the hotel as if he was an undercover cop of limited abilities. ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Brennert, Alan [Brennert, Alan]

You must banish from your thoughts any foolish notions about bringing sister-in-law to live with you. I can tell you without equivocation that Father would not hear of it. Grandmother ...
( Category: Family Saga December 8,2014 )
azw3, epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Irwin Shaw

16 “YOU CAN GO IN NOW,” MISS WALSH SAID. “MR. HUTT IS READY FOR you now.” There was a frost on Miss Walsh this morning. Like a sensitive pet, she ...
( Category: Historical December 7,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | | Author:William Boyd

THE ELECTROLYTE When I saw your face at the door In a dancing dream of dervishes It was like a probe touching a molar (Electrolyte of love). Then I saw ...
( Category: Historical December 7,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-07-27 | Author:John Wilcox

CHAPTER TEN Hickman regained consciousness as he was being handed down into the trench. He could hear Bertie saying something but he had no idea what it was, for he ...
( Category: Military December 6,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-03-04 | Author:John Wilcox

CHAPTER NINE Kabul was about an hour behind them, and they had been riding through pleasing country, much of it orchards, that was now beginning to rise into foothills. It ...
( Category: Historical December 6,2014 )