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The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

CHAPTER VII. There was nothing to show them as they journeyed onwards that they were not on the very spot that they had passed at sunset upon the evening before. ...
( Category: Classics March 25,2014 )
Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

* * * ---- CHAPTER XI. A BLOT FROM THE BLUE. So by the cleverness of two girls a dark cloud was thinned away and turned into sunshine. Over one ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
The Green Flag by Arthur Conan Doyle
epub |eng | | Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

* * * THE STRIPED CHEST "What do you make of her, Allardyce?" I asked. My second mate was standing beside me upon the poop, with his short, thick legs ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
The Doings of Raffles Haw by Arthur Conan Doyle
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

CHAPTER IX. A NEW DEPARTURE. Whatever good Mr. Raffles Haw's wealth did to the world, there could be no doubt that there were cases where it did harm. The very ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge by Arthur Conan Doyle
epub | | | Author:Arthur Conan Doyle

* * * 2. The Tiger of San Pedro * * * A cold and melancholy walk of a couple of miles brought us to a high wooden gate, which ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Bram Stoker

CHAPTER XV --ON THE TRACK * * * Those who had seen Edgar Caswall familiarly since his arrival, and had already estimated his cold-blooded nature at something of its true ...
( Category: Horror March 25,2014 )
Book 3 - Rage of a Demon King by Raymond E. Feist
epub, mobi |eng | 1997-01-02 | Author:Raymond E. Feist [Feist, Raymond E.]

FIFTEEN - Onslaught Erik frowned. He put the papers on Lord William’s desk and said, ‘That is what I’m to do?’ William and Calis nodded. ‘We’ve had a change of ...
( Category: Suspense March 25,2014 )
Book 2 - Rise of a Merchant Prince by Raymond E. Feist
epub, mobi |eng | 1995-01-02 | Author:Raymond E. Feist [Feist, Raymond E.]

Biting back a nasty reply, Roo said, “We’re leaving for Salador in the morning. We have a special cargo to deliver.” “Salador?” said Duncan. “I know a barmaid there.” Roo ...
( Category: Espionage March 25,2014 )
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
epub |eng | 1998-01-02 | Author:Barbara Kingsolver [Kingsolver, Barbara]

Rachel SEVENTEEN! I am now one score and seven years old. Or so I thought, until Leah informed me that means twenty-seven. If God really aims to punish you, you’ll ...
( Category: Literary March 25,2014 )
Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 1992-01-02 | Author:Joyce Carol Oates

THIRTEEN SUDDENLY THE SHACKLES that had once held Alan captive had fallen off. Without warning. Without explanation. Something about that should have disturbed him. But it didn’t. Instead he was ...
( Category: Literary March 25,2014 )
Drop City by T. C. Boyle
mobi, epub |eng | 2002-12-31 | Author:T. C. Boyle

“Sess!” Skid Denton was shouting over the uproar, waving a full shot glass as if he were proposing a toast. “Where’d you find these freaks, anyway—the Ringling Brothers’ circus?” “And ...
( Category: Satire March 25,2014 )
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 1987-01-02 | Author:Tom Wolfe

The Bavardages’ dining room walls had been painted with so many coats of burnt-apricot lacquer, fourteen in all, they had the glassy brilliance of a pond reflecting a campfire at ...
( Category: Satire March 25,2014 )
Alice Munro's Best by Alice Munro
epub |eng | 2006-03-24 | Author:Alice Munro [Munro, Alice]

ON THE DAY OF Miss Tamblyn’s death it happened that Louisa was staying in the Commercial Hotel. She was a traveller then for a company that sold hats, ribbons, handkerchiefs ...
( Category: Short Stories March 25,2014 )
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
mobi, epub, azw3, pdf |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Carol Shields

Warren ‟How old are you?” Warren asks his mother. She is folding sheets and pillowcases and kitchen towels on the dining room table. ‟That’s for me to know and you ...
( Category: Domestic Life March 25,2014 )
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:Nick Hornby

There are men who call, and men who don’t call, and I’d much, much rather be one of the latter. They are proper men, the sort of men that women ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )

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