Short Stories & Anthologies
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-02 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

THE SICKNESS OF LONE CHIEF This is a tale that was told to me by two old men. We sat in the smoke of a mosquito–smudge, in the cool of ...
( Category: Anthologies January 9,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-05 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS There is no gainsaying that the Solomons are a hard–bitten bunch of islands. On the other hand, there are worse places in the world. But to the ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 9,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-05 | Author:Willa Cather [Cather, Willa]

The Sculptor's Funeral A group of the townspeople stood on the station siding of a little Kansas town, awaiting the coming of the night train, which was already twenty minutes ...
( Category: Linguistics January 9,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-12 | Author:Thomas Hardy

'Charles from Knapwater House brought it,' she said. 'Miss Aldclyffe's writing,' said Mr. Springrove, before Edward had recognized it himself. 'Now 'tis all right; she's going to make an offer; ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage January 9,2016 )
mobi |eng | 2014-04-09 | Author:John Buchan

My gods, you say, are idols dumb, Which men have wrought from wood or clay, Carven with chisel, shaped with thumb, A morning's task, an evening's play. You bid me ...
( Category: Linguistics January 8,2016 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-04-05 | Author:Willa Cather [Cather, Willa]

Scandal Kitty Ayrshire had a cold, a persistent inflammation of the vocal cords which defied the throat specialist. Week after week her name was posted at the Opera, and week ...
( Category: Anthologies January 8,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-03-12 | Author:Thomas Hardy

X. She Fails to Vanish Still Pierston had not turned far back towards the castle when he was overtaken by Somers and the man who carried his painting lumber. They ...
( Category: Short Stories January 8,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-24 | Author:Wodehouse, P. G. [Wodehouse, P. G.]

The Good Angel Any man under thirty years of age who tells you he is not afraid of an English butler lies. He may not show his fear. Outwardly he ...
( Category: British & Irish January 8,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-12 | Author:Roald Dahl

Royal Jelly [1959] ‘It worries me to death, Albert, it really does,’ Mrs Taylor said. She kept her eyes fixed on the baby who was now lying absolutely motionless in ...
( Category: Short Stories January 8,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-13 | Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]

Yesterday was Beautiful He bent down and rubbed his ankle where it had been sprained with the walking so that he couldn’t see the ankle bone. Then he straightened up ...
( Category: Anthologies January 8,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Willa Cather [Cather, Willa]

V Father Hector Saint–Cyr was not long in following his messenger. On the day of his arrival in Kebec he stopped at the apothecary shop, but, Auclair being out, he ...
( Category: Historical January 8,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-30 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

Chapter X After we had had out our laugh, Lop–Ear and I curved back in our flight and got breakfast in the blueberry swamp. It was the same swamp to ...
( Category: Adventure January 8,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-02 | Author:London, Jack [London, Jack]

Bunches of Knuckles ARRANGEMENTS quite extensive had been made for the celebration of Christmas on the yacht Samoset. Not having been in any civilized port for months, the stock of ...
( Category: Linguistics January 8,2016 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-05 | Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne [Hawthorne, Nathaniel]

The Pomegranate Seeds Mother Ceres was exceedingly fond of her daughter Proserpina, and seldom let her go alone into the fields. But, just at the time when my story begins, ...
( Category: Classics January 8,2016 )
mobi |eng | 1997-02-01 | Author:Charles Dickens

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( Category: International Mystery & Crime January 8,2016 )