Search results for "Memoirs"
epub, mobi |eng | 1997-04-14 | Author:George, Margaret [George, Margaret]

46 “At last!” she said as I opened my eyes. The light hurt them. “Here.” She laid a compress of cucumber juice on my eyelids; the fresh, astringent smell of ...
( Category: Historical March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:Alex Gilvarry [Gilvarry, Alex]

1. It was Maurice Sachs, the French writer, who said this. Not Andrew Saks, founder of Saks Fifth Avenue. 2. Founder of J. Lindeberg. 3. The flag of the Soviet ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2011-07-16 | Author:Ulysses S. Grant [Grant, Ulysses S.]

CHAPTER FORTY FOUR BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA — A GALLANT CHARGE — COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY — PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES — GENERAL BRAGG — REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA AT TWELVE ...
( Category: American Civil War March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-05-01 | Author:John Cleland [Cleland, John]

Charles then roused me somewhat out of this extatic distraction, with a complaint softly murmured, amidst a crowd of kisses, at the position, not so favourable to his desires, in ...
( Category: Teen & Young Adult March 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-11 | Author:Josh Gates [Gates, Josh]

12: Threes and the Christmas Miracle of Whore-Dice * * * Friendly competitions of strategy and chance have been around since man first learned how to whittle crude game pieces. ...
( Category: Supernatural March 26,2014 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-03-25 | Author:Albert Jay Nock [Nock, Albert Jay]

THE war of 1914 ended in an orgy of looting, as any rational being might have known it would, even if he had never heard of the secret treaties which ...
( Category: Memoirs March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-11 | Author:William Lubbeck [Lubbeck, William]

BATTLING IN A SWAMP: April June 1942 When the spring thaw arrived in early April, it swiftly turned the whole Volkhov battlefield into a muddy bog. The warmer weather was ...
( Category: Veterans March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1995-02-02 | Author:Zora Neale Hurston [Hurston, Zora Neale]

In New Orleans, I delved into Hoodoo, or sympathetic magic. I studied with the Frizzly Rooster, and all of the other noted “doctors.” I learned the routines for making and ...
( Category: Classics March 26,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-11-08 | Author:Stanislaw Lem

7 I have no idea how long I sat there. The old man gave an occasional snort in his sleep, but that couldn't rouse me from my stupor. Several times ...
( Category: Science Fiction March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1987-02-18 | Author:Saint, H. F. [Saint, H. F.]

Over the next weeks I set­tled in­to a com­fort­able rou­tine in the Acad­e­my Club. Each even­ing I pre­pared my­self a large meal, which I car­ried up to the fifth floor ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-12-07 | Author:Gregor von Rezzori

Löwinger’s Rooming House In 1957, for reasons and under circumstances I won’t go into now, I stayed for a few days at a place called Spitzingsee, in upper Bavaria. As ...
( Category: Contemporary March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1960-01-02 | Author:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Ed Glinert; Iain Pears

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes SILVER BLAZE ‘I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go,’ said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. ‘Go! ...
( Category: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-18 | Author:Ulysses S. Grant

CHAPTER FORTY FOUR BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA — A GALLANT CHARGE — COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY — PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES — GENERAL BRAGG — REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA AT TWELVE ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-04-30 | Author:Coleman, JaQuavis [Coleman, JaQuavis]

The sound of Rick James and Tina Marie’s classic hit, “Fire and Desire”, bumped through the speakers as they rode down Interstate 75. Bunkie sung Rick James’ part as he ...
( Category: African American March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-08-26 | Author:Syrie James

Misery, I discovered, is a great inducement to art. Whereas my previous confusion and sadness had inhibited my creativity, now my ability to write returned with a vengeance. Never before ...
( Category: Biographical March 25,2014 )