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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
mobi |eng | 2008-04-15 | Author:Kate Summerscale

CHAPTER FOURTEEN WOMEN! HOLD YOUR TONGUES! November-December 1860 In the first, cold days of November, the strangest inquiry yet opened at the Temperance Hall. Thomas Saunders, a barrister and magistrate ...
( Category: Mystery & Detective December 19,2014 )
Artful by Smith Ali
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-01-23 | Author:Smith, Ali [Smith, Ali]

I was sitting at home in the study, at the desk. I was two-thirds of the way through Oliver Twist. The bad, lost, poor, desperate, filthy, hopeless girl from the ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 15,2014 )
Radio Benjamin by Walter Benjamin Lecia Rosenthal
epub |eng | 2014-10-27 | Author:Walter Benjamin,Lecia Rosenthal [Benjamin, Walter]

1 In 1931, the Yangtze River valley flooded in a catastrophe that killed millions and that has been called the worst natural disaster of the twentieth century. 2 See “Der ...
( Category: European December 15,2014 )
When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
epub |eng | 1967-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

Eight Paulina Sebeso awoke early the next morning. She was in a slightly unbalanced mood, and the clear, sparkling light of the heady winter morning added to her intoxication. On ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 8,2014 )
Poets & Murder by Robert van Gulik
epub |eng | 1967-12-31 | Author:Robert van Gulik

Eleven As she began to sway on her feet, the judge, who was nearest to her, jumped up and took her arm. “Are you wounded?” he asked sharply. The poetess ...
( Category: Police Procedurals December 8,2014 )
Necklace & Calabash by Robert van Gulik
epub |eng | 1966-12-31 | Author:Robert van Gulik

Eleven Up in his room Judge Dee sat down heavily in the armchair by the window. The murder of Tai Min had been solved now. He would see to it ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 8,2014 )
What is the What by Dave Eggers
epub |eng | 2005-12-31 | Author:Dave Eggers

18 Most prophecies go unfulfilled. It’s just as well. The expectations Father Matong put upon me took many years to fade from the forefront of my mind. But thank God ...
( Category: Curricula December 8,2014 )
The Collector of Treasures (short story) by Bessie Head
epub |eng | 1976-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

As Dikeledi read the note she began to shake with anger. She knew what the note meant: Garesego was coming home to have sex with her. “Banabothe,” she said, “will ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 8,2014 )
A Question of Power by Bessie Head
epub |eng | 1973-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

Thirteen Kenosi came speeding down the small dusty brown road with the long, loping strides of a cat in haste. Her bent head nodded a little quicker than usual. It ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 8,2014 )
Maru by Bessie Head
epub |eng | 1970-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

Part Two The rhythm of sunrise, the rhythm of sunset, filled her life. In the distance, a village proceeded with its own life but she knew not what it was ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 8,2014 )
The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
epub |eng | 2013-02-26 | Author:Irwin Shaw [Shaw, Irwin]

( Category: War December 7,2014 )
Mutant Message Down Under by Morgan Marlo
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2013-12-01 | Author:Morgan, Marlo [Morgan, Marlo]

14 TOTEMS DURING THE day the wind shifted and gained in intensity, and we struggled as sand pelted against our bodies. Our tracks on the earth surface vanished the moment ...
( Category: Women's Adventure December 7,2014 )
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2006-08-03 | Author:Marisha Pessl

On the windy afternoon of the 26, we said good-bye to the Ritz and took our suitcases across the city to Baba au Rhum’s five-bedroom apartment, occupying the top two ...
( Category: Suspense December 5,2014 )
The Procession by Kahlil Gibran
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Kahlil Gibran [Gibran, Kahlil]

The Procession Of Gibran In 1919 Gibran surprised his friends by issuing at his own expense, a beautiful and artistic book containing “The Procession”—his hidden masterpiece of Arabic poetry. The ...
( Category: Inspirational & Religious December 4,2014 )
Who Wrote the Bible? by Friedman Richard Elliott
epub |eng | 2013-08-11 | Author:Friedman, Richard Elliott [Friedman, Richard Elliott]

The Covenant Modern investigators were confused over these insertions about the Davidic covenant. Sometimes the insertions reiterated this promise that the Davidic kings would rule forever, even if they sinned; ...
( Category: Old Testament December 2,2014 )

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