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Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2012-03-28 | Author:Thomas Hardy [Hardy, Thomas]

CHAPTER XXXI Blame—Fury THE NEXT EVENING BATHSHEBA, with the idea of getting out of the way of Mr. Boldwood in the event of his returning to answer her note in ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory October 27,2014 )
Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai
epub |eng | 2014-10-22 | Author:Yehuda Amichai [Amichai, Yehuda]

At a pay phone, I saw a woman making a call, and crouching at her feet, a large musical instrument in a black case, like a dog. 7 I think ...
( Category: Middle Eastern October 27,2014 )
The Morals, vol. 4 by Plutarch
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Plutarch

OF LOVE. FLAVIANUS AND AUTOBULUS, SONS OF PLUTARCH. 1. FLAVIANUS. Was it not in Helicon, dear Autobulus, that those discourses were held concerning Love, which — whether thou hast already ...
( Category: Medieval October 27,2014 )
The Morals, vol. 1 by Plutarch
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Plutarch

As he came out of the boat, when he was struck with a sword, he said nothing; but gave one groan, and covering his head submitted to the murderers. Cicero. ...
( Category: Medieval October 27,2014 )
The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Francis Bacon

FIRST PART OF THE GREAT INSTAURATION DIGNITY AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING IN NINE BOOKS ON THE DIGNITY AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING FIRST BOOK The Different Objections to Learning stated and ...
( Category: Philosophy October 27,2014 )
The Morals, vol. 3 by Plutarch
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Plutarch

Besides, Homer makes not one of the heroes lie with his wife or mistress in the daytime, but only Paris, who, having shamefully fled from the battle, sneaked into the ...
( Category: Medieval October 27,2014 )
Toleration and Other Essays by Voltaire
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Voltaire

EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF COUNT DE CORBERA) ARTICLE I. ILLUSTRIOUS Romans, it is not the Apostle Paul who has the honour of addressing you. It ...
( Category: Renaissance October 27,2014 )
The Works of Epictetus by Epictetus
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Epictetus

CHAPTER VIII. HOW WE ARE TO EXERCISE OURSELVES AGAINST THE SEMBLANCES OF THINGS. IN the same manner as we exercise ourselves against sophistical questions, we should exercise ourselves likewise in ...
( Category: Philosophy October 27,2014 )
The Morals, vol. 5 by Plutarch
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Plutarch

as if the light of the sun fell not upon another star, but upon night and darkness. And as for what Posidonius says, that the depth of the moon’s body ...
( Category: Medieval October 27,2014 )
On the Nature of the Gods by Marcus Tullius Cicero
mobi |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

BOOK III. I. AFTER these words from Balbus, Cotta said, looking at him with a smile, You tell me too late, Balbus, what cause I am to defend, for during ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical October 27,2014 )
Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2006-10-26 | Author:Marian Keyes

Get that Dustbin out of my Relationship Corner Feng Shui – sure, haven’t I enough to worry about! You can’t open a magazine or turn on the radio without hearing ...
( Category: Humor October 27,2014 )
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (MaxNotes) by Aboulafia Anita J
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-11-06 | Author:Aboulafia, Anita J [Aboulafia, Anita J]

M CHAPTER FOURTEEN BLACK MUSLIMS In the spring of nineteen fifty-nine-some months before Brother Johnson Hinton's case had awakened the Harlem black ghetto to us-a Negro journalist, Louis Lomax, then ...
( Category: United States October 27,2014 )
Dharma Bums, The by Kerouac Jack
epub |eng | 1976-01-15 | Author:Kerouac, Jack [Kerouac, Jack]

19 They all wanted me to sleep on the couch in the parlor by the comfortable oil-burning stove but I insisted on making my room (as before) on the back ...
( Category: Beat Generation October 27,2014 )
Catcher in the Rye, The by Salinger J. D
epub |eng | 1951-01-02 | Author:Salinger, J. D. [Salinger, J. D.]

16 AFTER I HAD my breakfast, it was only around noon, and I wasn't meeting old Sally till two o'clock, so I started taking this long walk. I couldn't stop ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory October 27,2014 )
Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death, The by Notaro Laurie
epub |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Notaro, Laurie [Notaro, Laurie]

At six the next morning, the phone rang loudly, and I froze. I held my breath as my husband answered it, then exhaled when I saw a smile stretch across ...
( Category: Humor October 27,2014 )

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