Historical
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-17 | Author:Ha Jin [Jin, Ha]

25 LOCAL AUTHORITIES, uprooted by the war, no longer existed in many areas. According to what refugees told us, guerrillas had caused a good deal of trouble in the country. ...
( Category: Asian American September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Chris Adrian [Adrian, Chris]

In March of 1870, Will and Gob watched as the first caisson for the great bridge was launched into the East River from a Brooklyn shipyard. Gob was fascinated by ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-21 | Author:Alice Munro [Alice Munro]

had labored at for me. I remember a red V-necked sweater often worn by her, and a pleated Royal Stewart skirt. Maybe Gloria and Susannah thought of her as the ...
( Category: Short Stories September 29,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-04-22 | Author:Jacqueline Winspear [Winspear, Jacqueline]

When they arrived in Pimlico, James parked the motor car and escorted her to the door. "So, this is where you live. Quite modern, isn't it?" "Yes, I was lucky. ...
( Category: Historical Mystery September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-24 | Author:Nina Revoyr [Revoyr, Nina]

SEVEN On the first day of deer hunting season, my grandfather’s alarm went off at three-thirty. I wasn’t going with him—he didn’t want me out in the woods on opening ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-14 | Author:Carol Birch [Birch, Carol]

‘To Jaf,’ he said, knocking it back. ‘Wil you real y retire?’ I asked. We were back on the fo’c’s’le deck. Simon had gone down and got his fiddle and ...
( Category: Biographical September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-01-06 | Author:Leila Meacham [Meacham, Leila]

Chapter Thirty-seven The old year ended, and 1922 brought about improvements and acquisitions for the various enterprises of Howbutker’s triumvirate. In Mary’s absence, Hoagy Carter had managed Somerset with surprising ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-26 | Author:Stephanie Laurens [Laurens, Stephanie]

The next morning they started out bright and early to walk through and out of the hills. According to the map, they had most of the Moorfoots still to conquer, ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-19 | Author:Alison Pick [Pick, Alison]

Part Three Occupation 12 March 1939 My dear Max, I am writing from Paris. Anneliese and Pavel were due to meet me yesterday. They never arrived. No wire, nothing. I ...
( Category: Jewish September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-11-15 | Author:Diane Setterfield [Setterfield, Diane]

Halfway through a game, she tilted her head. She couldn’t exactly hear it, but her inner ear, which was tuned constantly to her twin, told her Adeline was calling her. ...
( Category: Historical Mystery September 29,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-10-21 | Author:Barbara Kingsolver [Kingsolver, Barbara]

The New York Times, August 25, 1940 U.S. Forbids Entry of Trotsky’s Body No Specific Reason Is Cited, but Fear of Demonstration Is Believed Cause SOVIET CALLS HIM TRAITOR PRESS ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-12-31 | Author:Esi Edugyan [Edugyan, Esi]

chapter FOURTEEN It was one of those mornings when a premature frost seizes everything and yet the sun continues to shine. The older leaves bled on their stems, and people ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-14 | Author:Dinaw Mengestu [Mengestu, Dinaw]

When I came back home that night, I found Angela already in bed, sitting propped up with all the pillows on her side and a dense legal text in front ...
( Category: Historical September 29,2014 )
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:Alan Furst [Furst, Alan]

As to what exactly he knew, he didn't say. Perhaps that it was a hard machine, national interest, which would in time destroy both of them. She was, without doubt, ...
( Category: Espionage September 29,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-25 | Author:James Carlos Blake

Hardin made his terms real plain to Sheriff Dick. First off, he wanted protection from mobs. It’s the one thing he was scared of—being taken by a mob—and nobody could ...
( Category: Westerns September 27,2014 )