Literary
epub |eng | 2009-12-31 | Author:Tom Sharpe

Seventeen Thoughts of drowning were still on Clarissa’s mind once she was finally up and dressed, the next morning although it was a toss up whether she would rather drown ...
( Category: Literary December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-12-31 | Author:John Brandon

The opening game of the season was a breeze. After the final buzzer, the other coach approached Mr. Hibma affably. He was encouraged by how good Mr. Hibma’s team was, ...
( Category: Gothic December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1967-12-31 | Author:Bessie Head

Eight Paulina Sebeso awoke early the next morning. She was in a slightly unbalanced mood, and the clear, sparkling light of the heady winter morning added to her intoxication. On ...
( Category: Movements & Periods December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1988-12-31 | Author:Hazel Holt

Nine I woke up early the next day, which was just as well, because, not surprisingly, I’d forgotten I’d promised to make a cake for the Help the Aged Bring ...
( Category: Cozy December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1947-12-31 | Author:George Orwell

7 Our Leader, Emmanuel Goldstein They vaporized Syme. One morning he was not at work; a few careless people talked about his absence. On the next day nobody talked about ...
( Category: Political December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-12-31 | Author:Farahad Zama

Twelve The next day, Mr Ali and Aruna were going through their lists to identify non-members. These were people who had responded to ads but had never become members themselves. ...
( Category: Humorous December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Michael Holman

17 “Only the lion may piss in the watering hole” President Josiah Nduka stood in the bay window of his State House study, looking out over Kireba. Much had changed ...
( Category: Political December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1960-12-31 | Author:Robert van Gulik

12 JUDGE DEE GOES TO VISIT MEDICINE HILL; A WOMAN DEFIES THE ORDERS OF THE TRIBUNAL As soon as the door had closed behind the coroner, Judge Dee threw the ...
( Category: Regional December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1992-12-31 | Author:William Boyd

THE FOUR-CYLINDER 12 H.P. FLANQUIN Udo Leys had a bad cold, his eyes itched, his nose ran copiously and he had a dull pain in his chest from the dry, ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1936-12-31 | Author:Pietro di Donato

Five Head-of-Pig brought his ice-wagon the morning Annun-ziata was to appear at the Compensation Bureau. He had cleaned the wagon floor and spread it with newspapers and burlap. Annunziata and ...
( Category: Classics December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-31 | Author:Magnus Mills

Or, more correctly, nobody worked faster than they needed to: not the postmen, nor the artisans, the clerks, or the purveyors of goods. That was how it had been as ...
( Category: Literary December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-31 | Author:Mohammed Hanif

Sixteen “Do you know what happens to men after they get married?” Teddy Butt asks not-Abu Zar as he massages his stomach. “And do you know what happens to women ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage December 8,2014 )
epub, azw3 |eng | 1981-12-31 | Author:William Boyd

9 18 March 1915, Stackpole Manor, Kent Felix took off his eye-patch and stepped out onto the platform at Ashurst Station, blinking furiously in the weak early after-noon sun. His ...
( Category: Historical December 8,2014 )
epub |eng | 1984-12-31 | Author:William Boyd

Chapter Seven The next morning Henderson got out of bed and fell over. He sat on the floor for a few seconds and watched his hands shake. A largish prism ...
( Category: Contemporary December 8,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-12-31 | Author:Christopher Fowler

24 The Two Delaneys Rosa Lysandrou slowly opened the door of the Camley Street Coroner’s Office like Mrs Danvers beckoning a visitor into Manderley. She examined the man standing before ...
( Category: Traditional Detectives December 8,2014 )