Historical
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Naomi Wood [Wood, Naomi]

MARTHA 23. PARIS, FRANCE. AUGUST 26, 1944. The Pig, they say, has liberated the Ritz. In an altogether different hotel, Martha lies in bed, imagining Ernest on his favored bar ...
( Category: Biographical March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-21 | Author:Jhumpa Lahiri [Lahiri, Jhumpa]

At first he had said nothing to reproach her. For a week his only punishment was in refusing to speak, refusing to acknowledge her, just as her in-laws had ignored ...
( Category: Asian American March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2009-01-15 | Author:Bernard Cornwell [Cornwell, Bernard]

I wrote Alfred a letter. I have always hated writing, and it has been years since I last used a quill. My wife’s priests now scratch letters for me, but ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2008-12-16 | Author:Arundhati Roy [Roy, Arundhati]

In Pappachi’s study, Rahel (not old, not young), with floor-dust on her feet, looked up from the Wisdom Exercise Notebook and saw that Esthappen Un-known was gone. She climbed down ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-10 | Author:Hite, Ann [Hite, Ann]

Arleen Brown MAMA’S WORDS WAS ALL OVER me when I closed the door to Faith’s room and pulled the desk chair in front of the window. This way I could ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-02 | Author:Claire Vaye Watkins [Watkins, Claire Vaye]

THE ARCHIVIST There was no salve for the space he left. If there had been—if science had developed an ointment for heartache or a pill for the lovelorn—I wouldn’t have ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi | | 2011-01-13 | Author:Allende, Isabel [Isabel, Allende,]

The Punishment Valmorain notified Tete that they would be leaving on an American schooner in two days' time, and gave her money to buy clothing for the family. "Is anything ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-12-16 | Author:Judson Roberts [Roberts, Judson]

9 : Harald's Dance The confrontation with Toke caused the carls of our household and the men of the nearby village to give thought to the condition of their weapons. ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-01-01 | Author:Lyndon, Robert [Lyndon, Robert]

For a few bolts of cloth and a bag of faience beads, the expedition purchased half a dozen sheep which they roasted in firepits over glowing beds of saxaul branches. ...
( Category: Fantasy March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2005-04-24 | Author:Lisa See [SEE, LISA]

SINCE SNOW FLOWER’S elder sister would not deliver the third-day wedding books, I went in her place. My natal family sent a palanquin, and in a short time I arrived ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2012-04-26 | Author:M. L. Stedman [Stedman, M. L.]

The light came in crooked through the clouds, seeking refuge from the rain that hovered in the distance. Lucy sat on Tom’s shoulders, beaming at her towering view. ‘This way!’ ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-04 | Author:Chandra, Vikram [Chandra, Vikram]

On the second floor of Daman, Sartaj found a boarding house, which was really a large flat, with thin partitions making tiny rooms let out mostly to trainees at the ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Lisa See [See, Lisa]

Even the Best of Moons THE FIRE GOD is indiscriminate. He lights lamps, he makes fireflies glow, he reduces villages to ash, he burns books, he cooks food, and he ...
( Category: Biographical March 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-20 | Author:Weir, Alison [Weir, Alison]

Kate February 1484. The Palace of Westminster. ‘Madonna, last summer there was an Italian visitor to court, Dominic Mancini,’ Pietro Carmeliano said in hushed tones, although he and Kate were ...
( Category: Biographical March 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2008-10-25 | Author:Judson Roberts [Roberts, Judson]

9 : The War-King’s Ire “Wake up! Men are outside again.” Wulf was shaking me by the shoulders. I knocked his hands aside and staggered to my feet, struggling to ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )