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Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
epub |eng | 1994-11-19 | Author:Richard Flanagan [Flanagan, Richard]

Harry I watch Aljaz go to say something but I can’t hear what it is. I see Sheena shake her head. I see Rickie begin to move off toward the ...
( Category: Crime November 20,2014 )
The Sound Of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Richard Flanagan [Flanagan, Richard]

‘Artie,’ she asked, ‘how much did it cost?’ ‘Don’t you worry. The salesman and I make a deal so that I don’t have to pay for it now.’ Bojan smiled ...
( Category: Contemporary November 20,2014 )
The Group by Mary McCarthy
epub |eng | 2013-07-09 | Author:Mary McCarthy [McCarthy, Mary]

Nine GUS LEROY MET POLLY Andrews at a party given by Libby in May the following year. It was 1936, and half the group were married. Of the old crowd, ...
( Category: Contemporary November 20,2014 )
Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein by Gertrude Stein
epub |eng | 2012-10-23 | Author:Gertrude Stein [Stein, Gertrude]

THREE PORTRAITS OF PAINTERS [Cezanne] [Matisse] [Picasso] The portraits of Matisse and Picasso were originally published in the August, 1912, issue of CAMERA WORK and later were reprinted in PORTRAITS ...
( Category: United States November 20,2014 )
Smart Women by Judy Blume
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Judy Blume [Blume, Judy]

MARGO HAD CALLED FREDDY. “I’m in New York,” she’d told him. “My mother’s in the hospital.” “Nothing serious, I hope,” Freddy said. “A double mastectomy.” “I’m sorry to hear that. ...
( Category: Humorous November 20,2014 )
Mr Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi, the Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma by R. K. Narayan
epub |eng | 2000-01-02 | Author:R. K. Narayan [Narayan, R. K.]

Margayya knocked on his door with great authority. Lai had offered to drive him home in his car. But Margayya declined it definitely. He didn’t want him to see his ...
( Category: Literary November 19,2014 )
I Am the Clay by Chaim Potok
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-10-15 | Author:Chaim Potok [Potok, Chaim]

Why am I so cold with the heat of the fire on my face? So close to the flames and yet still shivering. The air so still, black and silent ...
( Category: Literary November 19,2014 )
My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
epub, mobi |eng | 1999-12-31 | Author:Chaim Potok [Potok, Chaim]

Our school day on Sunday ended at one o’clock in the afternoon. On the last Sunday in January, my mother took me by subway to the Museum of Modern Art ...
( Category: Literary November 19,2014 )
No One Sleeps in Alexandria by Ibrahim Abdel Meguid
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2006-03-31 | Author:Ibrahim Abdel Meguid

Thus, after having seen the sea and the big squares with Sitt Maryam, Zahra entered Alexandria’s magic world. Umm Hamidu’s stories have given the city, whose inhabitants were leaving, a ...
( Category: Historical November 19,2014 )
In Her Day by Rita Mae Brown
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Rita Mae Brown [Brown, Rita Mae]

Across the courtyard Lucia, in a mother earth mood, was baking fresh bread. The smell of it invaded Ilse’s small cottage. Vito chased a busy fly and Ilse was curled ...
( Category: Political November 19,2014 )
Guns of Liberty by Kerry Newcomb
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-02-21 | Author:Kerry Newcomb

Chapter Sixteen TWO RIDERS IN THE gloom guided their mounts by instinct along the mud-slick road toward Springtown. It was hard going, no easy feat to stay in the saddle ...
( Category: Contemporary November 19,2014 )
Citizens Creek by Lalita Tademy
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Lalita Tademy

Chapter 35 “WE BURY HER proper,” Grampa Cow Tom announced, his voice loud and thick. He’d been gone three days, disappeared in the direction of the fort while Gramma Amy ...
( Category: Westerns November 19,2014 )
Christmastime 1940: A Love Story by AGNES IRENE
epub |eng | | Author:AGNES IRENE

Chapter 9 The entire week was a struggle for Lillian. After work each day she went to the department stores to apply for work, but found that they had already ...
( Category: Contemporary November 19,2014 )
The Book of Luke by Jenny O'Connell
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Jenny O'Connell [O'Connell, Jenny]

If we were in a movie, I would have said something like “the eagle has landed” or “mission accomplished.” Instead I just said, “I kissed him.” Lucy looked surprised, but ...
( Category: Growing Up & Facts of Life November 19,2014 )
The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke

37 Alex Buckley looked down at the suitcase and garment bag, packed up and still open on his bed. He had traveled long distances before for cases, and he was ...
( Category: Suspense November 19,2014 )

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