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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; Robin Buss
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-08-15 | Author:Alexandre Dumas; Robin Buss

CHAPTER XXXVIII Pyramus and Thisbe OUR readers must permit us to conduct them to the enclosure surrounding Monsieur de Villefort’s house, and, behind the gate half hidden by widespreading chestnut-trees, ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
mobi, epub |eng | 1989-07-17 | Author:Dashiell Hammett

XIV. The Crumpled Chrysler We climbed to the path again and went on to the Collinsons' house. I showed Rolly the stained towels, handkerchief, dress, and slippers; the paper that ...
( Category: Mystery September 2,2017 )
Wimsey 008 - Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
mobi | | 2011-01-21 | Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

Now, it is not very clear at the first glance what this disagreement between Mr. Tallboy and Mr. Smayle about a cricket match had to do with the original disagreement ...
( Category: Mystery September 2,2017 )
Memoirs (Vintage Classics) by Kingsley Amis
epub |eng | 2017-08-29 | Author:Kingsley Amis [Amis, Kingsley]

* * * 1 I tried to put something of the feel of the place into a novel of mine, The Anti-Death League. 2 When a young lady writer from ...
( Category: History & Criticism September 2,2017 )
The Letters of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader
epub |eng | 2000-01-01 | Author:Zachary Leader [Leader, Zachary]

TO J.H. McCALLUM – 24 AUGUST 1960 53 Glanmor Road, Uplands, Swansea, Glam., G.B. Dear John, I am really delighted to hear that TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU has drawn ...
( Category: Essays & Correspondence September 2,2017 )
Earth Abides [1949, 1986] by George R. Stewart
epub |eng | 1949-01-01 | Author:George R. Stewart [Stewart, George R.]

In those days they will look toward the sea, and cry out suddenly, "A ship, a ship! ... Yes, a ship certainly! ... Do you not see the plume of ...
( Category: Science Fiction September 2,2017 )
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 40 - The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout
epub |eng | 2010-06-09 | Author:Rex Stout [Stout, Rex]

Morris Althaus had been collecting material for a piece on the FBI. G-men had killed Althaus, or at least had been in his apartment about the time he was killed. ...
( Category: Mystery September 2,2017 )
The Disappearance at Pere-Lachaise by Claude Izner
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-09-13 | Author:Claude Izner [Izner, Claude]

The shops were narrow and too dark for the secondhand dealers to show off the old togs to their best advantage, so they displayed them on boards supported by trestles, ...
( Category: Mystery September 2,2017 )
Patrick Tilley by Mission
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-05-29 | Author:Mission [Mission]

The Man shook his head. ‘It wouldn’t have done any good. The Sanhedrin, as part of the ruling establishment, had reached an accommodation with the Romans. If they had embraced ...
( Category: History & Criticism September 2,2017 )
Duncton #01 - Duncton Wood by William Horwood
epub |eng | 1980-04-23 | Author:William Horwood [Horwood, William]

26 THEY stayed for several weeks near the field to which Boswell had led them. Not only were they all tired and in need of rest and food to regain ...
( Category: Contemporary September 2,2017 )
Robin Cook by Mind Bend
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-05-15 | Author:Mind Bend

Jennifer never called, and the next morning Adam awoke still filled with anxiety. After shaving, he found himself pacing the bedroom floor. What was going on at the clinic? He ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 2,2017 )
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann & H. T. Lowe-Porter
epub |eng | 1969-08-12 | Author:Thomas Mann & H. T. Lowe-Porter [Mann, Thomas & Lowe-Porter, H. T.]

CHAPTER III Drawing the Veil HE had been so utterly weary, he had feared to oversleep; but he was on his legs rather earlier than usual, and had a superfluity ...
( Category: Contemporary September 2,2017 )
Brotherhood in Death by J. D. Robb
epub |eng | 2016-02-02 | Author:J. D. Robb [Robb, J. D.]

13 Eve checked out Wymann’s second wife, and crossed her off. The woman had married again, and again aimed for the older and the wealthy. She was now sitting pretty ...
( Category: Romantic Suspense September 2,2017 )
Rockets, Redheads & Revolution by James P. Hogan
mobi, epub |eng | 1999-04-04 | Author:James P. Hogan

Evolution Revisited A characteristic of good science, we’re told, is the ability and readiness to change one’s mind when the circumstances seem to call for it. One day, when my ...
( Category: Science Fiction September 2,2017 )
The Wizard Knight by Wolfe Gene Gene
epub |eng | 2011-02-24 | Author:Wolfe, Gene Gene

CHAPTER 6 UTGARD! The wall and towers of Utgard could be seen for a full day’s ride before they reached them, and neither was as Toug had expected. The base ...
( Category: Fantasy September 2,2017 )

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