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Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue; Jean Oda Moy; Damion Searls
mobi |eng | 2010-11-09 | Author:Yasushi Inoue; Jean Oda Moy; Damion Searls

CHAPTER VI From the summer of 1033 until the following summer, Hsing-te stayed away from his unit with the Kua-chou ruler, Yen-hui, devoting his time to translating sutras into Hsi-hsia. ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vasquez; Anne McLean
mobi |eng | 2007-01-02 | Author:Juan Gabriel Vasquez; Anne McLean

VI In the Belly of the Elephant My country would sink metaphorically, of course, just as the sinking of the Canal Company (of which more later) would be metaphorical. But ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Aravind Adiga

24 JULY Masterji opened the door. His rubbish bin had been overturned. Pieces of rubbish—the banana peel, for example—had been flung far from his doorstep, as if someone had kicked ...
( Category: Urban Life March 25,2014 )
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-05-14 | Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

CHAPTER 24 Everyone joked about people who went abroad to clean toilets, and so Obinze approached his first job with irony: he was indeed abroad cleaning toilets, wearing rubber gloves ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Prophecy: Death of an Empire: Book Two (Prophecy Trilogy) by M. K. Hume
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-19 | Author:M. K. Hume

CHAPTER XII THE GARDEN OF PAIN From the moment the wooden doors of Myrddion’s first clinic were thrown open, a crowd gathered, several persons deep, to peer into the premises ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Year of wonders: a novel of the plague by Geraldine Brooks
mobi, epub |eng | 2001-08-09 | Author:Geraldine Brooks

Among Those That Go Down to the Pit As WE APPROACHED the rectory, we saw Michael Mompellion in the churchyard, his coat off, the wide sleeves of his white shirt ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa; Charles S. Terry; Edwin O. Reischauer
mobi |eng | 1975-01-02 | Author:Eiji Yoshikawa; Charles S. Terry; Edwin O. Reischauer

“Yes.” “Your name’s Jōtarō, isn’t it?” “Uh-huh.” “Come with me. I’ll take you to Musashi.” “Where is he?” Jōtarō asked, growing suspicious again. The girl stopped and explained that Yoshino ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Asylum by Harwood John
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-05-21 | Author:Harwood, John [Harwood, John]

Portland Place Saturday, 12 May 1860 Dearest Emily, The worst has happened. All yesterday I waited for my father to return; no one knew when to expect him, and I ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Christine Falls: A Novel by Black Benjamin
mobi |eng | 2007-03-05 | Author:Black, Benjamin [Black, Benjamin]

19 QUIRKE HAD ARRANGED TO MEET BARNEY BOYLE AT BAGGOT STREET bridge. They strolled along the towpath where Quirke had walked with Sarah the Sunday that seemed so long ago ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-01-22 | Author:Benjamin Black

19 QUIRKE HAD ARRANGED TO MEET BARNEY BOYLE AT BAGGOT STREET bridge. They strolled along the towpath where Quirke had walked with Sarah the Sunday that seemed so long ago ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Road to Cana by Anne Rice
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-01-07 | Author:Anne Rice

15 IT WAS A RAIN SO DENSE and swift it brought the twilight with it, closing up the world in front of men's eyes. James and Esther picked up Avigail, ...
( Category: Canadian March 25,2014 )
The Chemistry of Tears by Carey Peter
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-05-14 | Author:Carey, Peter [Carey, Peter]

THERE WOULD BE NO discussion of blue cubes metaphorical, spiritual or physical. Indeed there would be little talk at all. I went to work with a pencil and paper, attempting ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2010-09-15 | Author:Isabel Allende

The Punishment Valmorain notified Tete that they would be leaving on an American schooner in two days' time, and gave her money to buy clothing for the family. "Is anything ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-07-30 | Author:Juan Gabriel Vásquez

IV. THE INHERITED LIFE The life I received as my inheritance--this life in which I'm no longer the son of an admirable orator and decorated professor, or even of a ...
( Category: Historical March 25,2014 )
The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2012-03-13 | Author:David Kowalski

XI April 26, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee Cramped between Reid and the cold curved buttress of the Raptor’s passenger cabin, Malcolm managed to snatch two hours of fitful sleep. The tac ...
( Category: Family Saga March 25,2014 )

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