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Villette (B&N) by Bronte Charlotte
epub |eng | 1853-01-01 | Author:Bronte, Charlotte [Bronte, Charlotte]

And had there been anything in the garret? What did they discover? I believe, on the closest examination, their discoveries amounted to very little. They talked, at first, of the ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )
Sorrow Beyond Dreams, A by Handke Peter
epub |eng | 1972-01-01 | Author:Handke, Peter [Handke, Peter]

If only once a week, she derived a pleasurable feeling of pride from the fact that a little something was left over for luxury. “We’re still better off than the ...
( Category: Memoirs November 12,2018 )
Wasp Factory, The by Banks Iain
epub |eng | 1984-01-01 | Author:Banks, Iain [Banks, Iain]

6: The Skull Grounds WHEN Agnes Cauldhame arrived, eight and a half months pregnant, on her BSA 500 with the swept-back handlebars and eye of Sauron painted red on the ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 12,2018 )
Wings of the Dove (B&N) by James Henry
epub |eng | 1902-01-01 | Author:James, Henry [James, Henry]

—III— He was really, notwithstanding, to hear more from her of what she saw; and the very next occasion had for him still other surprises than that. He received from ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )
Reverberator, The by James Henry
epub |eng | 1888-01-23 | Author:James, Henry [James, Henry]

VIII WHEN, ON COMING HOME THE EVENING AFTER his father had made the acquaintance of the Dossons, Gaston went into the room in which the old man habitually sat, Mr. ...
( Category: Humor November 12,2018 )
Exquisite Corpse by Brite Poppy Z
epub |eng | 1996-01-01 | Author:Brite, Poppy Z. [Brite, Poppy Z.]

8 Back at the motel, Luke scrolled a piece of paper into his typewriter, stared at it for a while, then centered the carriage and began to type. He worked ...
( Category: Genre Fiction November 12,2018 )
100 Books that Changed the World by Scott Christianson
epub |eng | | Author:Scott Christianson

The first edition of 1858 was published in black and white under the title Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical. Henry Gray wrote the text, Henry Vandyke Carter created the illustrations, and ...
( Category: History & Criticism November 12,2018 )
Bonesetter's Daughter, The by Tan Amy
epub |eng | 2001-02-28 | Author:Tan, Amy [Tan, Amy]

One day-I remember this was sometime before Spring Festival-Old Cook came back from the market and said big news was flying through Immortal Heart. Chang the coffinmaker had become famous ...
( Category: United States November 12,2018 )
Wieland and Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist by Brown Charles Brockden
epub |eng | 1798-01-01 | Author:Brown, Charles Brockden [Brown, Charles Brockden]

CHAPTER XVI As soon as I arrived in sight of the front of the house, my attention was excited by a light from the window of my own chamber. No ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )
Beowulf: a verse translation by Anonymous (Alexander Michael - transl.)
epub |eng | 2001-07-15 | Author:Anonymous (Alexander, Michael - transl.) [Anonymous (Alexander, Michael - transl.)]

1590 And above, the wise men who watched with Hrothgar the depths of the pool descried soon enough blood rising in the broken water and marbling the surface. Seasoned warriors, ...
( Category: Poetry November 12,2018 )
Grendel (F.M.) by Gardner John
epub |eng | 1971-01-01 | Author:Gardner, John [Gardner, John]

7 Balance is everything, riding out time like a helmless sheepboat, keel to hellward, mast upreared to prick out heaven's eye. He he! (Sigh.) My enemies define themselves (as the ...
( Category: Fantasy November 12,2018 )
O Pioneers! (B&N) by Cather Willa
epub |eng | 1913-01-01 | Author:Cather, Willa [Cather, Willa]

VII MARIE’S FATHER, ALBERT TOVESKY, was one of the more intelligent Bohemians who came West in the early seventies. He settled in Omaha and became a leader and adviser among ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )
Sun Also Rises, The by Hemingway Ernest
epub |eng | 1926-01-15 | Author:Hemingway, Ernest [Hemingway, Ernest]

“I say. You know this does utilize well.” Bill slapped him on the back. “Good old Harris.” “I say. You know my name isn’t really Harris. It’s Wilson Harris. All ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )
Waiting for the Barbarians by Coetzee J. M
epub |eng | 1980-01-05 | Author:Coetzee, J. M. [Coetzee, J. M.]

V THE BARBARIANS COME out at night. Before darkness falls the last goat must be brought in, the gates barred, a watch set in every lookout to call the hours. ...
( Category: Studying & Workbooks November 12,2018 )
Razor's Edge, The by W. Somerset Maugham
epub |eng | 1943-08-15 | Author:W. Somerset Maugham [Maugham, W. Somerset]

5 We had arranged to meet at the apartment and have a cocktail before starting. I arrived before Larry. I was taking them to a very smart restaurant and expected ...
( Category: Classics November 12,2018 )

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