Contemporary
epub |eng | | Author:Mark Twain

Chapter 20 A week passed. Meantime, where was he? what was become of him? I had gone often to his room, but had always found it vacant. I was missing ...
( Category: United States December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 1927-12-26 | Author:E. M. Delafield

Chapter XI “What Are We going to do?” said Ayland, next day. (He had previously been saying other things, far more agreeable to Laura than this inevitable, but difficult, enquiry.) ...
( Category: Literary December 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Lara Vapnyar

TWELVE “The third week of July brought three new experiences to the camp: the heat wave, the lambada, and the landing of the UFOs. There was no doubt in my ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 27,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-08-22 | Author:Royall Tyler

That is the end of the Venerable Nichizō’s account. Many other wonders are attributed to him. For example, he once dug in the earth and found a vajra-handled bell which ...
( Category: Japanese December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Peter King [King, Peter]

Chapter Eighteen THE NATIONAL TELEVISION STUDIOS IN Acton Park were only a short walk from the tube station. The massive letters “NTV” hung above the gateway entrance to the parking ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime December 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Joanne Fox Phillips [Phillips, Joanne Fox]

CHAPTER TEN The Sunday morning call from Lucy rings right on schedule, and I am in a heavy terry bathrobe sipping coffee on my balcony. Our conversation turns immediately to ...
( Category: Contemporary December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-13 | Author:Simon Scarrow [SCARROW, SIMON]

CHAPTER NINETEEN ‘They’re here, sir,’ the decurion said softly. Macro blinked his eyes open. It was already daylight and the man was silhouetted against a pale blue sky. They had ...
( Category: Historical December 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Iceberg Slim

GRANDMA RANDY I In 1938, Jay Henderson sat suspect in a klieg of Texas sun, a disheveled rodeo cowboy Apollo. Big green money lay like bouquets of wilted blossoms in ...
( Category: Urban December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-10-06 | Author:Diego De Silva

AN INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL REFRESHER COURSE Mulder and Scully’s reinforcements arrived a while ago, and from outside you can hear the confused sounds of cars and the voices of people talking ...
( Category: Humorous December 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Georges Simenon

It was hot, in spite of the open window. It had become an obsession to listen to the noises of the house. Ginette was still not asleep. There were occasional ...
( Category: Contemporary December 27,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-11-03 | Author:Lydia Millet [Millet, Lydia]

WE WENT DOWN to the shore later to forget our troubles, swim and snorkel off some buffet calories; Steve came with us, dressed in a cruel Speedo. We saw it ...
( Category: Dark Humor December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jenny Colgan [Jenny Colgan]

I took a deep breath and walked out there. All the girls were huddled together, obviously talking about us, ignoring their spiky-looking salads. Our main courses were being kept on ...
( Category: Single Women December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-26 | Author:David R. George III

ELEVEN 2293 A cool breeze blew in from the bay and across the Presidio, hardly unusual weather for San Francisco late on a summer afternoon. As Jim Kirk walked alongside ...
( Category: Adventure December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-26 | Author:Ivy Compton-Burnett

Chapter 5 ‘Uncle is walking with Miss Sloane on the terrace,’ said Aubrey to his sister. ‘Well, that is a normal thing to do, little boy. I notice that Uncle ...
( Category: Contemporary December 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 1996-01-01 | Author:Hustvedt, Siri [Hustvedt, Siri]

3 Walking up the stairs, Lily heard scraping noises from Mabel’s apartment. She should be at Ed’s now, Lily thought. Something’s gone wrong. Mabel was sweating when she came to ...
( Category: Coming of Age December 27,2014 )