British & Irish
epub |eng | | Author:Hannah Dennison

20 Having spent a restless night, haunted by dreams of Probes covered in trifle playing the drums, I got up early and crept downstairs. Fortunately, Mr and Mrs Evans were ...
( Category: Historical October 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-08-07 | Author:Bella Osborne [Ford, M.J.]

( Category: Humor & Satire October 8,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-04-20 | Author:William Makepeace Thackeray [Thackeray, William Makepeace]

CHAPTER XII. TRAGICAL HISTORY OF PRINCESS OF X—— Table of Contents More than twenty years after the events described in the past chapters, I was walking with my Lady Lyndon ...
( Category: Historical October 7,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Paul Doherty [Doherty, Paul]

Chapter 8 Unsparing as the thunderbolt, he continued his career of slaughter. Torquatus just laughed and continued with his shaving. He began to interrogate Murranus about Attius’ murder, but his ...
( Category: Historical October 4,2022 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-30 | Author:Paul C. Doherty [Doherty, Paul C.]

Chapter 9 ‘The smoke and wealth and noise of Rome’ Horace, Odes: III, 29 Mevania is a beauty spot a hundred miles north of Rome. Agrippina chose it as the ...
( Category: Historical September 30,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Julie Shackman [Shackman, Julie]

Chapter Twenty-Four Even though my muscles were complaining on Thursday evening after all the bending, stretching, fetching and carrying, I also felt a sense of achievement and pride. Once I ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 28,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-20 | Author:Pat Barker [Barker, Pat]

NINE It was not quite dusk when Prior reached the cattle pens, empty at this time of the week and therefore unguarded. Mac, if he came at all, would wait ...
( Category: Historical September 27,2022 )
epub |eng | 2006-06-27 | Author:Botham, Noel [Botham, Noel]

The Book of Useless Information The three cardinal virtues are faith, hope, and charity. It was only after 440 C.E. that December 25 was celebrated as the birth date of ...
( Category: Humor & Satire August 20,2022 )
epub |eng | 2009-09-29 | Author:Anthony, Piers [Anthony, Piers]

Chapter 11: Play I just had the wildest dream," Cyrus exclaimed as he carefully let go of Rhythm so as not to seem to be clasping a child. "I think ...
( Category: Humor & Satire August 20,2022 )
epub |spa | | Author:Ned Beauman [Beauman, Ned]

CHAPTER ELEVEN Like a small child defending an obvious lie, Mrs. Purleyswars had managed to answer only two or three questions before her story ran out. She was a stout ...
( Category: Humor & Satire August 13,2022 )
epub |eng | 1974-08-15 | Author:Pelham Grenville Wodehouse [Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville]

*** Young Bingo was certainly tearing off some ripe stuff. Inspired by the agony of having put his little all on a stumer that hadn't finished in the first six, ...
( Category: Humor & Satire August 4,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-16 | Author:Lia London [London, Lia]

*** The hour grew late, and Terrence worried that Jessica would not come after all. He could only stall so long after the Superintendent and Lydia left, but figured he ...
( Category: Humor & Satire August 4,2022 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-15 | Author:Anna Kavan

CHAPTER LII IN spite of his determination to take no further interest in Beryl, Will Trenchard was disappointed when Olive returned to the breakfast-room without her sister. He could not ...
( Category: Contemporary July 30,2022 )