Historical
epub |eng | 1945-01-21 | Author:Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall [Nordhoff, Charles & Hall, James Norman]

CHAPTER XIII.—THE MOON OF PIPIRI It means little to say that I was happy with Tehani. It may mean more to state that only two women have left their mark ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Beryl Markham [Markham, Beryl]

XIII Na Kupa Hati M’zuri THE RED-JAWED RUSSIAN SQUINTS over his glass of vodka, swallows, and snorts from the bottom of his belly. ‘Leopard?’ he says. ‘Pah! I have fought ...
( Category: Biographical March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1995-10-10 | Author:Lomax, Eric [Lomax, Eric]

How many miles to Babylon? Three score and ten Can I get there by candlelight Yes, and back again. I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end the ...
( Category: Veterans March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2013-05-07 | Author:Kazuo Ishiguro [Ishiguro, Kazuo]

It had not, in the end, been a difficult task to discover Kuroda’s whereabouts. The art professor at Uemachi College, once I had assured him of my good intentions, had ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-02-11 | Author:Allison Pataki [Pataki, Allison]

“IF WE’RE to succeed,” Peggy whispered, leaning her forehead against the cold windowpane, her breath clouding the glass as she exhaled, “we can’t have him thinking that he’s betraying his ...
( Category: Biographical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1974-03-25 | Author:Margery Allingham

Chapter XII It was seven o’clock on the following Wednesday evening and there was an air of expectation in the Ship’s kitchen. The Coldlight was due to sail under a ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Leo Tolstoy [Tolstoy, Leo]

— 14 — Hundreds of fresh, bloody corpses—the bodies of men who two hours earlier had been filled with all manner of hopes and desires, from the lofty to the ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2011-02-22 | Author:Leo Tolstoy

CHAPTER 9 Prince Andrey reached General Headquarters at the end of June. The first army, with the Tsar attached to it, was encamped at Drissa behind fortifications. The second army ...
( Category: War March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-30 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

'I don't know what to think,' said Mrs Ackroyd tearfully. 'It's all very upsetting. What would happen to the estate, I wonder, if Ralph were found guilty?' Raymond pushed his ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-30 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

TWELVE "Is anything worrying you, mon ami?" asked Poirot that afternoon. I did not answer, merely shook my head. I felt that I had no right to burden Poirot with ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-30 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

Chapter 13 When Hercule Poirot had taken his leave and departed, Jeremy Fullerton sat before his desk drumming gently with his fingertips. His eyes, however, were far away lost in ...
( Category: Historical Thrillers March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-30 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

5 LADY WESTHOLME ENTERED the room with the assurance of a transatlantic liner coming into dock. Miss Annabel Pierce, an indeterminate craft, followed in the liner's wake and sat down ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-15 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

"Me? I will tell you what is the matter. I have finished with you, Mirelle. Do you hear? Finished!" Mirelle did not take it as he expected her to do. ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 1939-01-02 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

Chapter 19 A Great Lady The visit that we received on the following morning was to my mind one of the most surprising things about the whole affair. I was ...
( Category: Murder March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

Still no success? Fie! Fie! What are you and the police doing? Well, well, isn’t this fun? And where shall we go next for honey? Poor Mr Poirot. I’m quite ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 26,2014 )