mobi, epub | | 2010-01-28 | Author:James Clavell

Buntaro was waiting for him a hundred paces away in the center of the path that led down to the village—squat, immense, and deadly. The guard stood beside him. It ...

mobi, epub | | 2010-02-17 | Author:Neal Stephenson

Westminster Palace 25 JUNE 1714 THE HOUSE BEING INFORMED, That the Secretary of the South Sea Company attended; He was called in; and, at the Bar, presented to the House, ...

mobi, epub | | 2006-01-29 | Author:Bernard Cornwell

THE NOTE came well after dark. Sharpe was waiting with his men in an empty stall of the embassy stables. His five men were all in cheap civilian clothes and ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-12-30 | Author:William Dietrich

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO If the hold of Dragut’s ship had been claustrophobic, and the slave market of Tripoli wretched, Omar’s dungeon was infinitely worse. Its tunnels had been hewn by Carthaginians, ...

epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 1996-12-24 | Author:Daniel Silva [Silva, Daniel]

33 LONDON Alfred Vicary felt an evening at home might do him some good. He wanted to walk so he left the office an hour before sunset, enough time for ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-25 | Author:Shelby Foote [Foote, Shelby]

The wire did not have to go all the way to Washington; the Secretary was at Fort Monroe. He had arrived two days ago with Lincoln and Chase, primarily for ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2009-02-25 | Author:Maitland, Karen [Maitland, Karen]

17. The Stew Rodrigo and Cygnus searched for Jofre until well after dark, but it was futile to keep looking when he evidently did not want to be found. He ...

epub |eng | 2007-02-06 | Author:Kate Mosse [Mosse, Kate]

CHAPTER 41 Shelagh had grown accustomed to the dark. She was being held in a stable or animal pen of some sort. There was a sharp, acrid smell of droppings, ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2005-04-15 | Author:Isabel Allende [Allende, Isabel]

Once the cargo had been transferred, Lafitte kept his word and authorized Santiago de Leon to supply the longboats with fresh water and provisions, to take his instruments, without which ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1975-01-02 | Author:Isabel Allende [Allende, Isabel]

PART THREE 1896-1910 The Hobbs clinic was founded by the celebrated surgeon Ebanizer Hobbs in his own home; it was a large, solid, and elegant residence right in the heart ...

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 ...

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!’ ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-15 | Author:Jude Morgan [Morgan, Jude]

Chapter XIV When Mr Tresilian had undertaken to speak to Valentine about the matter of Lady Harriet, loyalty had made her respond breezily: but inside, she seized thankfully on the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Robert Harris [Harris, Robert]

Boisdeffre is seated behind his grand desk, his elegant hands palm-down on the surface; a copy of L’Éclair lies between them. He says, “I gather you saw the minister yesterday.” ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-19 | Author:Tanis Rideout [Rideout, Tanis]

THE NORTH COL 23,200 FEET Sandy crawled out of the tent at Advanced Base Camp in a quick, clumsy manoeuvre that made his head pound against his skull. For days ...