Historical
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-11-20 | Author:Jed Rubenfeld [Rubenfeld, Jed]

He then, without any provocation, and without the slightest reason, began to inflict on me several severe and violent blows with the cowhide whip. So brutally did he assault me ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 26,2014 )
epub | | 2010-02-09 | Author:Allende, Isabel [Allende, Isabel]

No pensar, lo más importante es no ponerse a cavilar, si uno imagina la muerte, sucede, es como una premonición, pero no puedo dejar de hacerlo, tengo la cabeza llena ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-02-17 | Author:Jean Plaidy [Plaidy, Jean]

The Duchess asked me to visit her. This was not the command to which I was accustomed, more a request. I sailed upriver in a barge which had been sent ...
( Category: Family Saga March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2002-12-31 | Author:Alan Brennert [Brennert, Alan]

W hen her cast came off eight weeks later Sister Catherine’s right leg was, as Dr. Goodhue had feared, slightly shorter than the left; she would have some small difficulty ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2000-02-15 | Author:Eva Stachniak [Stachniak, Eva]

There are no radio-taxis outside the cemetery gate so Anna hails an ordinary taxi and asks to be taken to the Old Town. She will walk from there to the ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:James Aitcheson [Aitcheson, James]

Seventeen THE ENEMY DID not pursue us. No doubt Rhiwallon’s death had shaken them, and left them without the stomach for a long chase. It was small relief. Our raiding-army ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 26,2014 )
epub | | 2010-07-05 | Author:McCarthy, Cormac [Cormac, McCarthy,]

Border Trilogy 2 - The Crossing III IT WAS ALL BUT DARK when they rode past the main house and along the drive, past the porticoes with their slender carved ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-04-30 | Author:Elizabeth Berg

AT SUPPER (ROAST BEEF!), BILLY REGALED THE FAMILY with the story of his adventure. Apparently the punishment phase was over, and now everyone had moved on to adulation. Well, not ...
( Category: Family Saga March 26,2014 )
epub | | 2013-07-10 | Author:The White Witch

CHAPTER V THE FAIR i THE fair was held two days later, on St. Thomas's Day. It was one of two fairs held yearly on the common, the other being ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Chabon

Part II The Lost World The Little Knife ONE SATURDAY IN THAT last, interminable summer before his parents separated and the Washington Senators baseball team was expunged forever from the ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-03 | Author:Michael Blake [Blake, Michael]

Chapter XXVI The valley was long and flat, broken occasionally by oak trees in various stages of growth and a few stunted mesquites. It was covered with tawny grass a ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf | | 2010-05-25 | Author:Ray Bradbury [Bradbury, Ray]

“No, sir,” said Doug. “Yes, I will. You’re not going anywhere without old Tom.” “Tom,” said Doug. “I got only one thing to say to you.” “What?” “I’m glad I’ve ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-11 | Author:Georgette Heyer [Heyer, Georgette]

Fifteen It had not occurred to him that she might be pregnant, and surprise held him silent, just staring at her. She said defensively: ‘Well, it was only what was ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1940-01-02 | Author:Nevil Shute [Shute, Nevil]

He said: “It’s all over now and best forgotten. I suppose I sank it. I must have done. But it was an accident, and it really wasn’t my fault. The ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:Susan King [King, Susan]

Chapter 18 The wind pushed at her hair. Isobel captured her soft, thick tresses in one hand, taming the mass with a twisting motion. She wished she had the use ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )