epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Nancy E. Turner

@ n July the papers said we had taken Saipan and Bougainville and now Guam. I added them to the list by the radio, under Tarawa and I Kwajalein and ...

epub |eng | 2022-04-20 | Author:Amanda Geard

Chapter Twenty-Eight Dublin September 2019 Ellie shivered. She walked in shadow along Duke Street feeling hopelessly confused and a little woozy from the glass of wine she’d dumped on her ...

epub |eng | 2022-04-11 | Author:Mary Anna Evans

Chapter 19 Now that Justine had it in her head that Martin was on trial, she felt like she was a teacher giving a student marks for their performance. She ...

epub |eng | 2022-04-19 | Author:Juliet Blackwell [Blackwell, Juliet]

18 Mathilde YOU’LL STAY HERE tonight, get some rest,” whispered Mathilde as she placed an extra pillow on her bed. The two young women had tiptoed up the rear servants’ ...

epub |eng | 2022-02-21 | Author:Anne Perry [Perry, Anne]

Chapter Thirteen Elena was dreaming of darkness, chaos, loud shouts. Someone screamed. Only it was not a dream. She found herself sitting bolt upright in bed. Beside her, Jacob was ...

epub |eng | 2019-01-29 | Author:Rosella Postorino & Leah Janeczko [Postorino, Rosella & Janeczko, Leah]

* * * THE FIRST THING I felt was a chill throughout my body, then light-headedness. I opened my eyes to the ceiling. It was dawn. They had swung the ...

epub |eng | 2022-02-04 | Author:Roy Jacobsen [Jacobsen, Roy]

* * * For the last few hours as they approached the town, Ingrid shared the compartment with two young soldiers in uniform and a middle-aged woman, and she had ...

azw3, epub |eng | 2022-03-03 | Author:Emma Pass [Pass, Emma]

21 SAM 28th May ‘You OK?’ I asked Ruby. ‘Yes, of course.’ She pushed a curl of hair out of her face and smiled at me. ‘Why wouldn’t I be?’ ...

epub |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Suzanne Hayes & Loretta Nyhan [Hayes, Suzanne & Nyhan, Loretta]

April 5, 1944 IOWA CITY, IOWA Dear Mrs. Whitehall, I’m writing to thank you. I have never seen something so beautiful as the baby clothes you sent. I’ll wrap Little ...

epub |eng | | Author:M.R.C. Kasasian [Kasasian, M. R. C.]

29 BEES, WASPS, HORNETS AND TALKING TO MANIACS Brigsy and Dodo were engaged in their favourite occupation – drinking tea – with one of our least favourite people – Inspector ...

epub |eng | 2022-03-03 | Author:Mollie Walton [Mollie Walton]

epub |eng | 2021-07-22 | Author:Wayne Abrahamson

18 TERUMBU ISLAND, LATE JULY Two hours later, three sweating forms crouched in the still jungle ten yards away from the rear wall of the makeshift laboratory. After making sure ...

epub |eng | 2019-01-24 | Author:Deborah Burrows [Burrows, Deborah]

Celia’s expression as she read this was as if there was a particularly bad smell in the air. Lily pretended to vomit. I said, encouragingly, ‘I’m sure it all sounds ...

epub |eng | 2010-03-22 | Author:Michael C. White [Michael C. White]

Dear Lord, lest I continue in my complacent ways, help me to remember that somewhere someone died for me today and help me to remember to ask, Am I worth ...

epub |eng | 2011-02-15 | Author:Natalia Ginzburg [Ginzburg, Natalia]

Vincenzino remained alone. For a while he stayed at Casa Mercanti, then he moved to the house where Raffaella and Tommasino were, on the brow of the hill. He went ...