Short Stories & Anthologies
epub |eng | | Author:Henry James

V. He came back the next day, but she was then unable to see him, and as it was literally the first time this had occurred in the long stretch ...
( Category: Contemporary April 2,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-13 | Author:Philip Jose Farmer [Farmer, Philip Jose]

Chapter 14 Off to See the Wizard The queen and her granddaughter were fluent and charming talkers. Simon spent many an hour, lying side by side with themthough not at ...
( Category: Science Fiction April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Ackroyd [Ackroyd, Peter]

( Category: Classics April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-26 | Author:Perceval Gibbon [Gibbon, Perceval, 1879-1926]

Herr Haase came shuffling towards the steps. "Ich stelle Mich vor; I introduce myself," he said ceremoniously. "Haase sent by his Excellency, the Herr Baron von Steinlach." The other gazed ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies April 2,2018 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-05-29 | Author:The Line Between [Between, The Line]

“To the place of our stand.” The voice had no laughter in it, but no fear either. “To the place where we turn and meet them all. Yours and mine.” ...
( Category: Fantasy April 2,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 2013-04-16 | Author:Arthur Schopenhauer [Schopenhauer, Arthur]

1 And this infatuation has reached such a point, that people seriously imagine themselves to have found the key to the mystery of the essence and existence of this wonderful ...
( Category: Philosophy April 2,2018 )
epub | | 2010-01-07 | Author:Lilian Jackson Braun [Braun, Lilian Jackson]

CHAPTER 10 On Friday morning Qwilleran opened a can of lobster for the cats" breakfast. "This is the last junk food you're going to get for a while. For the ...
( Category: Mystery April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | 1997-04-02 | Author:Cox, Michael, 1948-2009

Margaret Oliphant 'Whoever it was,' I said, 'she was not indifferent, but full of concern and interest * 'Susie would be that,' Charley said, looking significantly at his sister, who ...
( Category: Genre Fiction April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:Garth Nix [Nix, Garth]

The Hill Rowan sniffed as the awful hospital smell met him at the front door of the Home. A mixture of antiseptic and illness, hope and despair, churned by air-conditioning ...
( Category: Fantasy April 2,2018 )
epub | | 2010-01-07 | Author:Lilian Jackson Braun [Braun, Lilian Jackson]

He read the rest of his mail, throwing most of it into the wastebasket or red- inking it for handling by the secretarial service. A few letters he would answer ...
( Category: Mystery April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-01 | Author:Lee Child [Child, Lee]

“Something’s changed,” he said. “What do you mean?” “This isn’t the way we left this room,” Matosian said as soon as they’d come through the door and double-locked it behind ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies April 2,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2012-08-29 | Author:The Happy Highwayman

PART VI THE STAR PRODUCERS MR HOMER QUARTERSTONE was not, to be candid, a name to conjure with in the world of the Theatre. It must be admitted that his ...
( Category: Mystery April 2,2018 )
mobi |eng | 2010-12-23 | Author:Ernest Bramah

Carrados waited until the fury had passed. “Continue, if you please, Mr Draycott,” he said. “Just what you thought it best to tell me is just what I want to ...
( Category: Mystery April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Midnight Pleasures

Sophie peered over the railing. Sure enough, Simone was wailing miserably and leaning over the side of the boat. Sophie moved toward the seaman, but again a strong arm caught ...
( Category: Historical April 2,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:An Arranged Marriage

He lit the candles with a taper from the low fire and looked around. “This is a very fine room, I always think. Well, which book are you so anxious ...
( Category: Women's Fiction April 2,2018 )