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The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Pete Orford
epub |eng | 2018-10-18 | Author:Pete Orford

Collins joins the fray Wilson’s idea found an ally of sorts in Philip Collins’ 1962 book Dickens and Crime. Collins was unequivocally in favour of Forster’s summary and the idea ...
( Category: History & Criticism September 22,2018 )
Uncle John's Actual and Factual Bathroom Reader by Bathroom Readers' Institute
epub |eng | | Author:Bathroom Readers' Institute

Walruses inflate their pharyngeal pouch to keep themselves floating while they sleep. SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873–1943) Claim to Fame: Russian pianist, composer, and conductor Blocked! When Rachmaninoff’s Symphony no. 1 was ...
( Category: Puzzles & Games September 21,2018 )
The Edge of Memory by Patrick Nunn
epub |eng | | Author:Patrick Nunn

Figure 5.2 Sea-level changes along the coasts of north-west Europe over the past 10,000 years or so are shown on the left. On the right is shown a selection of ...
( Category: Earth Sciences September 21,2018 )
Tale of Genji (Tuttle Classics) by Shikibu Murasaki
azw3, epub |eng | 2011-12-09 | Author:Shikibu, Murasaki [Shikibu, Murasaki]

“Like the man who lost his rudder said, when he found himself at the same place where he started: ‘It all comes to the same thing in the end,’” she ...
( Category: Classics September 21,2018 )
The Writing on the Wall by Mary McCarthy
epub |eng | 2013-09-11 | Author:Mary McCarthy [McCarthy, Mary]

The Inventions of I. Compton-Burnett A COMPTON-BURNETT IS A reliable make, as typical of British Isles workmanship as a tweed or Tiptree or ah Agatha Christie. The styling does not ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence September 21,2018 )
How I Became Hettie Jones by Hettie Jones
azw3, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Hettie Jones

I was still looking several days later when a flash of new color caught me, a morning I was late for work and running. Overnight the wide, dim window of ...
( Category: Arts & Literature September 21,2018 )
11-22-63 by Stephen King
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stephen King [King, Stephen]

9 And it still wasn’t over. Deke and Ellen walked to center stage, finding their way almost magically around the streaks, splatters, and clots of cream. No one would have ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 20,2018 )
1408 by Stephen King
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stephen King [King, Stephen]

III A popular song from the fifties suggests that love makes the world go ‘round, but coincidence would probably be a better bet. Rufus Dearborn, who was staying that night ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 20,2018 )
Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow by Zak Smith & Steve Erickson
mobi |eng | 2006-12-29 | Author:Zak Smith & Steve Erickson

WHAT THIS BOOK IS AND IS NOT Page 49: “... the sight of your blood spurting from the flaccid stub of artery ...” ... and there I am in the ...
( Category: Other Media September 20,2018 )
Piers Plowman by William Langland
epub |eng | 2014-10-15 | Author:William Langland [Langland, William]

1Langland may be punning on his name in “Land of Longing.” 2Again Langland appears to be referring to himself. 3A saying of unknown origin. 4Source not known. 5John iii 5. ...
( Category: Poetry September 20,2018 )
Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman
epub |eng | 2018-09-17 | Author:Philip Pullman

As if his story, as if all stories, were something contained, something carried carefully from here to there, like a vessel full of precious liquid; you don’t want to spill ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence September 20,2018 )
Strindberg: A Life by Sue Prideaux
epub |eng | 2012-02-13 | Author:Sue Prideaux [Prideaux, Sue]

Before laughing at some of their more ludicrous attempts to catch the greased pig, one may remember that they were just a piece of the great jigsaw quest that some ...
( Category: Arts & Literature September 20,2018 )
Philosophers and Thespians by Rokem Freddie;
epub |eng | 2011-08-10 | Author:Rokem, Freddie;

The Birth of the Philosopher from the Ruins of Tragedy Like a blank sheet, Socrates invites us to write; like a vast stillness, he provokes us into shouting. But he ...
( Category: Philosophy September 20,2018 )
The Charlemagne Pursuit (Cotton Malone 4) by Berry Steve
mobi |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Berry, Steve [Berry, Steve]

Chapter FIFTY RAMSEY WAS THRILLED . EVERYTHING HAD PLAYED OUT PRECISELY as he'd predicted. Aatos Kane might or might not be the next president but, if he managed the feat, ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 18,2018 )
The Emperor's Tomb (Cotton Malone 6) by Berry Steve
mobi |eng | 2010-11-23 | Author:Berry, Steve [Berry, Steve]

NI WATCHED THE PREMIER’S FACE, TRYING TO GAUGE IF THIS man was friend or foe. He truly had no idea. “What you see is the wax replica made before the ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 18,2018 )

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