Humor & Satire
epub | | | Author:John Niven

June The Ivor Novello Awards are held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Ken Berry becomes Head of EMI. ‘MMmm Bop’ by Hanson is N°1. A lot of people are talking ...
( Category: Contemporary March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2006-05-14 | Author:E. F. Benson [Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)]

CHAPTER X Michael had heard the verdict of the brain specialist, who yesterday had seen his mother, and was sitting in his room beside his unopened piano quietly assimilating it, ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2008-06-28 | Author:E. F. Benson [Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)]

* * * Miss Mapp had been tempted when she went home that morning, after enjoying the autumn tints, to ask Diva to lunch with her, but remembered in time ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-19 | Author:E. F. Benson [Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)]

Reggie was still discussing, or rather enunciating, truths or untruths on the chances of Orme, and Lady Hayes's words did not reach him. But Lady Hayes was accustomed to demand ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-17 | Author:E. F. Benson [Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)]

text decoration THIRTEENTH BY Monday morning when he returned to town, Philip had quite made up his mind that all thought of travel by way of distraction was futile, and ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 3,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2004-03-01 | Author:G. K. Chesterton [Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)]

LIMERICKS AND COUNSELS OF PERFECTION It is customary to remark that modern problems cannot easily be attacked because they are so complex. In many cases I believe it is really ...
( Category: Classics March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2006-02-26 | Author:Lloyd Osbourne & Robert Louis Stevenson [Osbourne, Lloyd]

CHAPTER IX. Glorious Conclusion of Michael Finsbury's Holiday I know Michael Finsbury personally; my business—I know the awkwardness of having such a man for a lawyer—still it's an old story ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 3,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2011-04-11 | Author:J.R. Rain

“Oh, yeah, you’re real leadership material. I heard you behind me the moment you breathed. I figured you’d probably try to wallop me from behind or something. Where’s the professor?” ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 3,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1998-09-01 | Author:Joseph Conrad [Conrad, Joseph]

She had remained thoughtful, letting her deep motionless eyes rest on the streaming jumble of traffic. Suddenly she said: “And I wanted to ask you . . . I was ...
( Category: Classics March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-13 | Author:Anthony Trollope [Trollope, Anthony]

CHAPTER XLII. JOHN KENNEBY GOES TO HAMWORTH. When John Kenneby dined with his sister and brother-in-law on Christmas-day he agreed, at the joint advice of the whole party there assembled, ...
( Category: Classics March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 1999-11-01 | Author:William Makepeace Thackeray [Thackeray, William Makepeace]

* * * (Here, as in a theatre, the orchestra is supposed to play something melodious. The people get up, shake themselves, yawn, and settle down in their seats again. ...
( Category: Humor March 3,2018 )
epub |eng | 2003-10-01 | Author:William Makepeace Thackeray [Thackeray, William Makepeace]

* * * This was the story told by Madame de Liliengarten, and the reader will have no difficulty in drawing from it that part which affected myself and my ...
( Category: Classics March 3,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1986-12-29 | Author:Tom Holt [Holt, Tom]

8 Lucia departed to London to keep an eye on Georgie. Unable to get a taxi at Waterloo, she was compelled to travel by omnibus to Brompton Square and, carrying ...
( Category: Genre Fiction March 3,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Tom Lichtenberg

Ship'n'Go Ben thought about another way to get something out of Marcus. This time not so sneaky, he decided. This time not so subtle. Still it took him time to ...
( Category: Mystery March 3,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-03-31 | Author:Tom Holt [Holt, Tom]

CHAPTER EIGHT “Hello,” Chris replied. “Thanks for driving me home,” she said. “Would you like to come in for a coffee?” Said the spider to the fly. He was still ...
( Category: Humor & Satire March 3,2018 )