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Discworld #21 - Jingo by Terry Pratchett
epub |eng | 1997-01-02 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

“…A crucial factor, I have always found, is NOT the size of the forces. It is the positioning and commitment of reserves, the bringing of power to a point…” Vimes ...
( Category: Fantasy September 2,2017 )
Discworld #36 - Making Money by Terry Pratchett
epub |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

MOIST RAN BACK to the bank, and straight to the little door under the stairs. He liked it down in the undercroft. It was cool and peaceful, apart from the ...
( Category: Fantasy September 2,2017 )
Discworld #26 - Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
epub |eng | 2001-01-02 | Author:Terry Pratchett [Pratchett, Terry]

Tick There was not, surprisingly, a great deal of blood. The head rolled into the snow, and the body slowly toppled forward. “Now you killed—” Lobsang began. “Just a second,” ...
( Category: Fantasy September 2,2017 )
Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville
mobi |eng | 1966-01-01 | Author:Herman Melville

* * * * * * * * There would seem little need for proceeding further in this history. Imagination will readily supply the meager recital of poor Bartleby’s interment. ...
( Category: Classics September 2,2017 )
Fox Tracks: A Novel by Rita Mae Brown
mobi |eng | 2012-11-20 | Author:Rita Mae Brown

CHAPTER 18 “Do you think they’ll try to kill you?” Crawford asked, voice emotionless as he leaned back in his cozy den chair. Dismay crossed Tariq’s face. “No. I’m not ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 2,2017 )
Penelope by Rebecca Harrington
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-08-07 | Author:Rebecca Harrington

“Bad news,” Henry Wills-Mather intoned like a bass bell. The cast was just starting to get into places for Act 4, Scene 1. This was one of the few times ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 2,2017 )
Repeat After Me by Rachel DeWoskin
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-01-15 | Author:Rachel DeWoskin

I look forward with an addict’s love to the mundane routine of my Sunday morning lessons with Teacher Hao: the tea jar he brings, the metal sound of its cap ...
( Category: Contemporary September 2,2017 )
The Educated Ape & other Wonders of the Worlds by Robert Rankin
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-03-05 | Author:Robert Rankin

‘Master time,’ said Violet Wond, ‘and a man might be master of all.’ She and Ernest Rutherford were also being propelled by electrical energy aboard the New Electric Railway that ...
( Category: Fantasy September 2,2017 )
Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman
epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Robyn Sisman

15 Préservatifs: that’s what the garlic-guzzlers called them. But where were they? This place was supposed to be a chemist’s (Pharmacie in Frog-speak), although it looked more like a cross ...
( Category: Contemporary September 2,2017 )
Summer in the City by Robyn Sisman
epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Robyn Sisman

Chapter Twenty Suze frowned dubiously at the scratched and peeling door, then stepped back to peer up at the square, red-brick building. It looked like an abandoned factory. Could anyone ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 2,2017 )
Captive Audience by Dave Reidy
epub |eng | 2010-07-01 | Author:Dave Reidy

Abe stood under the awning of his apartment building while the doorman hailed a cab. His gut throbbed with fear. The only thing worse than going to the doctor when ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 2,2017 )
The Widow Waltz by Sally Koslow
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Sally Koslow

23. Her mother was keeping the thermostat low to save money. Nicola threw a robe over her nightgown and knocked on Luey’s door. “I come in peace,” she said. “Can ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 2,2017 )
Handbags and Gladrags by Maggie Alderson
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-09-02 | Author:Maggie Alderson

11 As soon as I got back to London, my life settled down into its usual pattern with almost spooky ease and after all the excitement and drama of the ...
( Category: British & Irish September 2,2017 )
The Easy Way Out by Stephen McCauley
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Stephen McCauley

Twenty Sometime in that second week in April, the weather took a decided turn for the worse, and spring began to strangle the East Coast. We had a dose of ...
( Category: Dark Humor September 2,2017 )
The Limits of Vision by Robert Irwin
epub |eng | 1986-01-01 | Author:Robert Irwin [Irwin, Robert]

CHAPTER NINE The whole canvas has been primed; one section of the painting has been executed with such meticulous regard for detail that the pattern of the individual brush-strokes can ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 2,2017 )

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