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Pictor's Metamorphoses by Hermann Hesse
epub, azw3 |eng | | Author:Hermann Hesse

Tale of the Wicker Chair A YOUNG MAN sat in his lonely garret. He wanted to become a painter, but there were many serious obstacles to be overcome. At first ...
( Category: German January 29,2015 )
The House of Memories by McInerney Monica
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-02-04 | Author:McInerney, Monica [McInerney, Monica]

TWENTY Dear Felix, So many things happen that I wish I could show you. Not just normal things, like dogs and cats and cars and trains. I’d have shown you ...
( Category: Sisters January 29,2015 )
Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Sarah Wendell

Friday, December 19, 2014—28 Kislev 5775 Shabbat—fourth night of Hanukkah Genevieve had no idea that Jeremy was leading part of that night’s Shabbat service. She’d expected to be next to ...
( Category: Jewish January 29,2015 )
Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia
epub |eng | 2013-04-17 | Author:Ricardo Piglia [Piglia, Ricardo]

6 The garçonnière installed in flat number nine, on Julio Herrera and Obes Streets, is a small complex of near-empty rooms, painted a pale green. The door to the flat ...
( Category: Spanish & Portuguese January 29,2015 )
I Pity the Poor Immigrant by Zachary Lazar
epub |eng | 2014-03-31 | Author:Zachary Lazar

Dear Gila, Yes, it would be great to see you again. I have given your story and its connection to my piece about David Bellen a lot of thought. I ...
( Category: Jewish January 29,2015 )
High-Society Seduction by Maxine Sullivan
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-09 | Author:Maxine Sullivan [Sullivan, Maxine]

Jenna shuddered as Adam drew her into his arms. She was grateful he had turned off the lamp, more than thankful it left them in a privacy of moonlight. They ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania January 29,2015 )
Khirbet Khizeh by S. Yizhar
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:S. Yizhar

7 IN THE MEANTIME WE WERE CALLED to lunch, and never had a midday break been more welcome. Not just to provide a respite from all that stuff down below, ...
( Category: Middle Eastern January 29,2015 )
The End of Days by Erpenbeck Jenny
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2014-11-10 | Author:Erpenbeck, Jenny [Erpenbeck, Jenny]

Never would she possess the same level of freedom as her husband, who was free for all time, doubly free — and in principle free even now that he was ...
( Category: German January 29,2015 )
Map 1 - The Map of Time by Félix J Palma
mobi |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Félix J Palma

23 When the girl and the guide vanished along the steep path, Captain Derek Shackleton left his hiding place and paused for a few moments looking at where the woman ...
( Category: Spanish & Portuguese January 28,2015 )
Map 2 - The Map of the Sky by Félix J. Palma
mobi |eng | 2012-08-21 | Author:Félix J. Palma

XXIV LET US NOW RETURN TO THE REAL WELLS, whom we left clasping Miss Harlow inside a luxurious carriage with an ornate “G” emblazoned on one of its doors, which ...
( Category: Spanish & Portuguese January 28,2015 )
The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas
epub |eng | 2010-04-14 | Author:Alexandre Dumas [Dumas, Alexandre]

Chapter XXXVI. How D'Artagnan drew, as a Fairy would have done, a Country–Seat from a Deal Box. The king's words regarding the wounded pride of Monk had inspired D'Artagnan with ...
( Category: French January 27,2015 )
The Colonel
epub |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Mahmoud Dowlatabadi [Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud]

It is as though time and existence have been compressed and that it was only last night when that stranger came to the house for the first time. the colonel ...
( Category: Middle Eastern January 26,2015 )
Pizzicato: The Abduction of the Magic Violin by Rusalka Reh & David Henry Wilson
epub |eng | 2011-02-08 | Author:Rusalka Reh & David Henry Wilson [Reh, Rusalka & Wilson, David Henry]

Initially, Darius has to get used to the dim light inside the church. He blinks a few times. Hideously discordant notes resound from the giant organ pipes in the upper ...
( Category: German January 25,2015 )
The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-01-18 | Author:Karen Lord [Lord, Karen]

Chapter Nine Two Standard weeks later, when the nosebleeds stopped and the shortness of breath was easing, Ntenman declared Rafi ready to meet some of his old Wallrunning friends. Ntenman ...
( Category: Metaphysical & Visionary January 25,2015 )
The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans by Yamada Koun
azw3 |eng | 2005-06-10 | Author:Yamada, Koun [Yamada, Koun]

THE CASE One day Tokusan kept asking Ryūtan for instruction till nightfall. Ryūtan finally said, “The night is late. Why don’t you go to bed.” Tokusan thanked him, made his ...
( Category: Asian January 22,2015 )

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