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War and Peace (Coterie Classics) by Tolstoy Leo
epub |eng | 2016-09-12 | Author:Tolstoy, Leo [Tolstoy, Leo]

CHAPTER VI Though Balashev was used to imperial pomp, he was amazed at the luxury and magnificence of Napoleon's court. The Comte de Turenne showed him into a big reception ...
( Category: War August 6,2019 )
The celebration by Angelo Ivan 1936-
epub, pdf |eng | 1982-08-05 | Author:Angelo, Ivan, 1936-

(Author's note: What do I do with all this: a novel? a story? a pastiche? nothing? A silent film in the science-fiction genre, vintage 1931, is being kept under lock ...
( Category: Caribbean & Latin American August 6,2019 )
How to kill your husband (and other handy household hints) by Lette Kathy 1958-
epub |eng | 2006-08-05 | Author:Lette, Kathy, 1958-

1 3. Unhappily Ever After r art of my job as Head of Year Six was to create a ‘happy work climate’. Unfortunately, in most staffrooms the work climate is ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania August 6,2019 )
Castle Gripsholm by Kurt Tucholsky;
epub |eng | 2019-05-06 | Author:Kurt Tucholsky;

We finished the great work . . . and we were resting quietly from our labours, when the Princess arrived. She had bought buttons of many kinds; it’s quite bewildering ...
( Category: German August 4,2019 )
Everyone Has a Story 2 by Savi Sharma
mobi, epub |eng | 2018-12-02 | Author:Savi Sharma

16 MEERA Since the day Vivaan left for his first trip, I woke up every single morning with a burning pit in my stomach. Before my eyes even opened, I ...
( Category: Indian August 3,2019 )
A Map of Absence by Atef Alshaer
epub |eng | | Author:Atef Alshaer

Settlement Here a tree blossomed Here a sparrow wandered Here a violin was lost to nostalgia Here a star loved a little girl Here a nightingale stole fruit! Here a ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism August 3,2019 )
Nocilla Lab by Agustín Fernández Mallo
epub |eng | 2019-06-15 | Author:Agustín Fernández Mallo [Mallo, Agustín Fernández]

II AUTOMATIC ENGINE 1. ‘I’ll always have a clear memory of it because it happened so simply and without fuss.’ (‘House Taken Over’ by Julio Cortázar, tr. Paul Blackburn) I ...
( Category: Spanish & Portuguese August 3,2019 )
The Boarding-House by William Trevor
epub |eng | 2019-08-02 | Author:William Trevor

13 It was a dreaming season in London, that long warm summer. In a magistrates’ court a man who had been charged with the theft of spoons from Woolworth’s claimed ...
( Category: European August 3,2019 )
Beach Music by Annie Seaton
epub |eng | 2018-06-23 | Author:Annie Seaton

Chapter 9 Sally picked up her coffee and walked across to the fire while Sol made his call. She stared into the flames as she sipped the wonderful brew. It ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania August 3,2019 )
On the High Wire by Philippe Petit
epub |eng | 2019-06-25 | Author:Philippe Petit

The king poles The ­high-­wire walker no longer lives among the low branches of the trees. A new wire is waiting for him. A solid gray wire, perhaps fifteen meters ...
( Category: French August 3,2019 )
Beach Walk by Annie Seaton
epub |eng | 2018-05-08 | Author:Annie Seaton

THE AFTERNOON SUN WAS low, and a soft silvery sheen hovered over the still water. The wind and swell had dropped and the waves had all but disappeared; the ocean ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania August 3,2019 )
Beach House by Annie Seaton
epub |eng | 2018-05-08 | Author:Annie Seaton

ROSIE HAD NOTICED TAJ walking along the edge of the ocean pools as soon as he’d stepped into the sunlight. Even with the slight limp she knew that walk well; ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania August 3,2019 )
Where Have All the Young Girls Gone by Leena Lehtolainen
epub |eng | 2019-01-07 | Author:Leena Lehtolainen [Lehtolainen, Leena]

12 “Tuomas, where are you calling from?” “From the forest near Noor’s building.” “And Rahim is there too, right?” “He’s right over there, handcuffed to a tree and whining. He’s ...
( Category: Murder August 3,2019 )
Halton: Vested Interest #6 by Melanie Moreland
epub |eng | | Author:Melanie Moreland

Halton Fee shook so hard, I wasn’t sure how she was standing. Scott’s behavior had been alarming and atrocious. When he had addressed her with his bullshit offer, I couldn’t ...
( Category: Canadian August 3,2019 )
The Quarter by Naguib Mahfouz
epub |eng | | Author:Naguib Mahfouz

NAMLA’S PROPHESY On the blessed night of the Prophet’s birthday, Haraq left the cellar, prodding the ground with his cane. ‘Charity for God, you charitable folk!’ he shouted in a ...
( Category: Short Stories August 3,2019 )

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