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The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
epub, mobi |eng | 1997-06-30 | Author:Joseph Conrad [Conrad, Joseph]

CHAPTER IX Mr Verloc returning from the Continent at the end of ten days, brought back a mind evidently unrefreshed by the wonders of foreign travel and a countenance unlighted ...
( Category: Classics March 26,2014 )
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories by Carson McCullers
epub |eng | 2008-05-28 | Author:Carson McCullers [McCullers, Carson]

That was how Miss Amelia was left alone in the town. The people would have helped her if they had known how, as people in this town will as often ...
( Category: Short Stories March 26,2014 )
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2006-10-03 | Author:Saul Bellow [Bellow, Saul]

But I was not thinking of this much, but rather of Mimi in the hospital. I was sure she had gone through with her plan to trick the doctors. Late ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage March 26,2014 )
The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts & Henry Louis Gates
epub |eng | 2002-04-01 | Author:Hannah Crafts & Henry Louis Gates [Crafts, Hannah & Gates, Henry Louis]

“Will you have the goodness to favor an unfortunate woman with a private interview to[-]night in the bower at the bottom of the garden; the hour of meeting midnight.” Charlotte ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 26,2014 )
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
epub, mobi |eng | 1962-01-02 | Author:Elizabeth Bowen [Bowen, Elizabeth]

IV IN CHURCH, during the sermon, Portia asked herself for the first time why what Mr. Bursely had said had set up such disconcerting echoes, why she had run away ...
( Category: Classics March 26,2014 )
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 1975-01-01 | Author:Edward Abbey [Abbey, Edward]

16 Saturday Night in America Time for logistical maneuvering. All agreed (including Doc) that Doc should return to Albuquerque and tend his patients for a while, cash their checks (the ...
( Category: Political March 26,2014 )
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
epub |eng | 2011-02-15 | Author:Edgar Allan Poe [Poe, Edgar Allan]

CAUGHT—In the Bois de Boulogne, early in the morning of the ———— inst. (the morning of the murder), a very large, tawny Ourang-Outang of the Bornese species. The owner (who ...
( Category: Horror March 26,2014 )
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-06-04 | Author:Craig Johnson [Johnson, Craig]

9 “They say that as you get older, you need more sleep.” I felt myself coming back as if from death. I was trying to climb out of a hole, ...
( Category: Westerns March 26,2014 )
Special Forces by Erosa Knowles
epub |eng | | Author:Erosa Knowles

Chapter 14 Lynay went home. Tyson returned to his assignment. They had spent most of their time in bed. He'd been relentless. They stoked each other to fevered pitches with ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
Shyt List 5: Smokin' Crazies The Finale' (The Cartel Publications Presents) by Reign (T. Styles)
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-03-24 | Author:Reign (T. Styles) [Reign (T. Styles)]

THE EIGHT SECRETARIES OF TOLERANCE A blast of sunshine surrounded the Walter E Washington Convention Center. Although it was winter, the large windows surrounding the facility, made it feel as ...
( Category: Urban March 26,2014 )
Prima Donna by Keisha Ervin
epub |eng | 2011-10-31 | Author:Keisha Ervin [Ervin, Keisha]

McKinley gripped the arms of the seat tight. She hated flying. The thought of being that high up in the air with no safety net was terrifying. McKinley squeezed her ...
( Category: Urban Life March 26,2014 )
Reality Check by Pete Eric
epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Pete, Eric [Pete, Eric]

31 Glover It came in slow at first. Bump ... bump, bump, bump. Bump ... bump, bump, bump. Not my usual alarm beep. And I hadn’t visited my dream date ...
( Category: African American March 26,2014 )
Piano in the Dark by Pete Eric
epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Pete, Eric [Pete, Eric]

23 “She looks kinda busy,” I told Dawn as we wove our way toward the artist Charla Nuttier. Suddenly my suit felt two sizes too small. I wanted to tighten ...
( Category: Urban Life March 26,2014 )
The Teflon Queen by White Silk
epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-10-15 | Author:White, Silk [White, Silk]

”You going to have to slow down” Mr. Goldberg began. “These crackers are not playing! They don’t like you and can’t wait to take you down.” Capo sucked his teeth. ...
( Category: Urban Life March 26,2014 )
When the Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-07 | Author:Walter Mosley [Mosley, Walter]

I LIKE WALKING the nighttime streets of Manhattan. Ever since I was an adolescent on the run from the juvenile and foster-care bureaucracies, I found the darkness and electric light ...
( Category: Urban Life March 26,2014 )

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