Historical Fiction
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-07-03 | Author:M. J. Putney

CHAPTER 19 The march back to Carmarthen was even slower than the march out, but there was an air of triumph. The troops were singing General Blakesley’s praises, though a ...
( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2010-08-25 | Author:June Jordan

The highway like a Funny House. You don’t know when something will open at you let you off or what. Drive north past the storybook apartment houses. People dress up ...
( Category: Romance August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Rinaldi [Rinaldi, Ann]

As we aired our log house out, swept it clean, replaced bed tickings and mosquito netting, the Yankees demanded the same services. Slavery was over, but they made us their ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-08-31 | Author:Tanita S. Davis [Davis, S. Tanita]

We have been working for two weeks when Dovey comes busting in one night with a scarf over her head like some of us wear when we are off duty ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-05-08 | Author:Lois Lowry [Lowry, Lois]

Celia Rees In August, the great house had looked benign and beautiful; the honey-colored stone glowing in the sunlight, the banks of leaded windows shiny and square, open to the ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-08 | Author:Madeleine Roux

Chapter Twenty-One “When if ever did I sign over ownership of this establishment to you two gentlemen?” Mr. Morningside was dressed impeccably in indigo with a pale green cravat. The ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-08-31 | Author:Marian Hurd McNeely [Marian Hurd McNeely]

CHAPTER VII A MESSAGE FROM UNCLE JIM THE golden days of June became the molten days of July. The sky was cloudless and the sun was a blinding glare. The ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-07-19 | Author:Haines, Kathryn Miller [Haines, Kathryn Miller]

I WAS SOBER BY THE TIME I got home. I expected to find the house dark, but a light was on in the parlor. As I passed through the room ...
( Category: Mysteries & Thrillers August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-26 | Author:Suzanne Fisher Staples [Staples, Suzanne Fisher]

Ramadan As the days pass the well water dwindles, and the people of Derawar pray for early rain. We decide to leave for the edge of the desert and fresh ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2003-10-01 | Author:James Heneghan

Chapter Fifteen It was a calendar of birds and it hung on a nail over his uncle’s rattan chair in the kitchen. Declan took it down and flipped through the ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-07-03 | Author:Haines, Kathryn Miller [Haines, Kathryn Miller]

CHAPTER 14 I MADE IT HOME just before six o’clock. I delayed my arrival long enough to stop off at the five-and-dime and buy some chewing gum. I gnawed on ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-07-20 | Author:Ben Guyatt

CHAPTER FIVE A droplet of blood splattered on the ground as Billy flinched, pulling out the thistles in his arms and legs. He peered over the precipice of the escarpment ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2017-04-11 | Author:John Boyne

‘Hello,’ said Bruno. ‘Hello,’ said the boy. The boy was smaller than Bruno and was sitting on the ground with a forlorn expression. He wore the same striped pajamas that ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Adira Rotstein

Chapter 11 Under Attack! Their grievances forgotten, the sailors now scrambled to their stations. Long John peered through his spyglass with growing fascination. The strange ship was coming on fast ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Scott O'Dell

23 THERE WAS SO much I had to do that the following day I got in a panic and did nothing except sit in front of the cave and watch ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )