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Warrior Woman: The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief by Thom James Alexander & Thom Dark Rain
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Thom, James Alexander & Thom, Dark Rain [Thom, James Alexander]

Sir— The Murder of the Shawanese Indians will no doubt bring on Hostilities with that People. In order to ward off the Stroke which may be expected it is necessary ...
( Category: Biographical April 5,2015 )
Children of Paradise A Novel by Fred D'Aguiar
mobi |eng | 2014-02-18 | Author:Fred D'Aguiar

On another trip to the commune, he gives the wheel to his first mate and devotes his time to composing another letter, this time not to Joyce but to the ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker by Finder Henry & Remnick David
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-12-11 | Author:Finder, Henry & Remnick, David [Finder, Henry]

A DEMONSTRATION OF ACTUAL WRITING It’s easy to talk about writing, and even easier to do it. Watch: Call me Ishmael. It was cold, very cold here in the mountain ...
( Category: Essays April 5,2015 )
Corregidora by Gayl Jones
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Gayl Jones

III I couldn’t have been more than ten the year the Melrose woman committed suicide. Mama had come into the house. Gram said something to her and then they started ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
Between Wrecks by George Singleton
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-10-16 | Author:George Singleton

There on the western edge of the Gulf, my uncle said, “Hey there, comrades, anyone here from ASA Radio Research?” which I later learned was some kind of battalion or ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage April 5,2015 )
Latin American Folktales by John Bierhorst
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-12-17 | Author:John Bierhorst

54. The Fisherman’s Daughter A man and a woman were married, and let me tell you they were poor. Every morning the man went fishing and would come back with ...
( Category: Hispanic April 5,2015 )
Echoes of a Distant Summer by Guy Johnson
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-10-18 | Author:Guy Johnson

A few blocks away from Elroy’s building Jackson pulled the car to the curb and turned off the engine. He stared into the lights of the passing traffic, seemingly lost ...
( Category: Short Stories April 5,2015 )
You're Married to Her? by Ira Wood
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-07-23 | Author:Ira Wood

My wife is a writer of prodigious literary output but some day it will be discovered by an astute grad student connecting the dots in her archive that her production ...
( Category: Jewish April 5,2015 )
My Inappropriate Life by Heather McDonald
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Heather McDonald

This past year, we could afford not to bunk with anyone and stayed at the Westin at the foot of the mountain. Brandon took lessons from a Swiss ski instructor, ...
( Category: Parenting & Families April 5,2015 )
Amy Falls Down by Willett Jincy
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Willett, Jincy [Willett, Jincy]

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE No Goggling Amy became a weekly fixture on Maudine’s show, driving down to the KPBS station each Friday morning for a new “round table.” She had agreed to ...
( Category: Humorous April 5,2015 )
With My Dog Eyes: A Novel by Hilda Hilst
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-04-29 | Author:Hilda Hilst

I croak. A blabbering of cripples Jams the traces I should pursue To follow in this light of dust. Walking stuck to the walls, banging into doorjambs, many times stumbling ...
( Category: Hispanic April 5,2015 )
Confessions of a Scary Mommy by Smokler Jill
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-03 | Author:Smokler, Jill [Smokler, Jill]

Chapter 15 I HATE OTHER PEOPLE’S KIDS (NOT YOURS, OF COURSE) Mommy Confessions • I make faces at other people’s misbehaving children in the grocery store when their parents aren’t ...
( Category: Motherhood April 5,2015 )
The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel by Jill Conner Browne
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-10-19 | Author:Jill Conner Browne

I sat around a table in the meeting room of the Jackson Public Library listening to a squeaky-voiced twenty-three-year-old graduate student named Fred read a section from his novel-in-progress. The ...
( Category: Humor April 5,2015 )
The Princess Casamassima by Henry James
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-10-30 | Author:Henry James

23 He was in the library, after luncheon, when word was brought to him that the carriage was at the door, for their drive; and when he went into the ...
( Category: Movements & Periods April 5,2015 )
Harriet Beamer Strikes Gold by Joyce Magnin
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-19 | Author:Joyce Magnin

Chapter Sixteen “MOM,” HENRY CALLED THE INSTANT HIS FOOT HIT THE porch steps. “Mom!” He pushed open the door. “Mom, we’re home.” Prudence followed behind. “Coming,” Harriet called. “We’re coming.” ...
( Category: Humorous April 5,2015 )

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