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Charlotte Byrd - 2018
Attacked and nearly killed, I am still standing. I’m a fighter. A survivor. This baby in my belly is going to have a mother who is much stronger than she ever imagined she could be. But what about Aiden? He has been shot for trying to protect me. He’s lying in a hospital room. Everything is going to be okay, right? But what if it’s not? WARNING: This is a HOT, modern-day, dark erotic romance with a bad boy alpha billionaire for fans of EL James. It contains light bondage, NO CHEATING, No Cliffhanger and a Happily Ever After, for now.
The Complete My Naughty Little Sister
Dorothy Edwards - 1997
This gift volume collects all the "My Naughty Little Sister" stories and is fully illustrated.
La Cruz Del Diablo En Espanol 3 (Leer En Espanol)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - 1982
He anxiously awaits the hand that will set him free. Level 3 ? Up to 1000 words
Grammar of Love
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
These stories all deal with the common theme of the awakening of love at unpremeditated time and place, catching the victims off-guard. For the essential flavor of the tales, read Sunstroke, the story of a chance encounter on board ship; and A Night at Sea, perhaps the most unusual story of the group. Russian -- some about cultured people, some about peasants. The market is:- all who like exceptional short stories; all who are interested in getting the feel of one of the most famous writers.
Sunshine & Rain
Dawn Desiree - 2003
With their families torn apart from the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine & Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, Cathy, who has a secret life of her own.
Work Shirts for Madmen
George Singleton - 2007
Because of an unhealthy relationship with the bottle, he’s ruined his reputation as one of the South’s preeminent commissioned metal sculptors. And his desperate turn to ice sculpting might’ve led to a posse of angry politicians on his trail. With the help of his sane and practical potter wife, Raylou, Harp understands that it’s time to return to the mig welder. Yes, it’s time to prove that he can complete a series of twelve-foot-high metal angels—welded completely out of hex nuts—for the city of Birmingham. Is it pure chance that the Elbow Boys, their arms voluntarily fused so they can’t drink, show up in order to help Harp out in a variety of ways? And why did his neighbor smuggle anteaters into desolate Ember Glow? Is it true that there’s no free will?
The Queen of Hearts
Wilkie Collins - 1859
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Not a Nice Man to Know: The Best of Khushwant Singh
Khushwant Singh - 1992
IS A SELECTION OF THE BEST FICTION AND POETRY THAT APPEARED IN VAGARTHA.
The Poop That Took a Pee
Leopold Butters Stotch - 2010
There was a gross woman named Rebecca who was sunbathing all naked and she was fat. Douglas walked up to her and said, "I need to poop". "Okay, Rebecca replied, "I like poop". Douglas squatted down over the fat sunbathing lady and went poop. The poop sat there on Rebecca's boobs, looking like a weiner...."Why are we here?", Douglas cried as poop came out his weiner in a long thin strip, it was weiner-poop, which is the grossest poop of all.The peepee got on the woman's leg and she screamed, pooping out her boobs.And so when the pee got mixed with the poop it smelled like a butt.And the poop and the pee lived happily ever after.
Of Mice and Me
Mishka Shubaly - 2014
He had a beautiful new girlfriend and sudden prosperity as an author. But when he adopts an orphaned infant mouse, his world is turned on its head. The mouse comes to symbolize everything left unresolved in his life — his relationship with his divorced parents, his fear of family and commitment, and his inability to feel true happiness and love. By turns hilarious and moving, Mishka Shubaly’s latest Kindle Single captures the journey we all take in life — from being loved, to giving love. Cover by Adil Dara.
Fever
John Edgar Wideman - 1989
By turns subtle and intense, disturbing and elusive, the stories in this collection are ultimately connected by themes of memory and loss, reality and fabrication, and by a richless of language that rests lightly on its carefully foundation.
Peter Pan: The Complete Collection (Illustrated, Unabridged) 5 Books Peter & Wendy, The Little White Bird, Peter in Kensington Gardens, Sentimental Tommy, Courage
J.M. Barrie - 2013
This illustrated unabridged collection features five works by author J.M. Barrie that includes: 77 Illustrations by renowned artists F.D. Bedford, Arthur Rackham, and Melanie Smith A biography about the author Historic facts about the series An easy to navigate table of contents system Sentimental Tommy - A FREE bonus book by Barrie that is similar to the story of Peter A speech entitled Courage delivered in Canada The collection is completely unabridged and has the original grammar. The following is a complete list of works: Peter and Wendy (1911);/li> The Little White Bird (1902) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) Sentimental Tommy (1896) Courage (1922) Happy Reading!!!
Robinson Crusoe
Jane Carruth - 1975
Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal.
Stories: An Audio Collection
Garrison Keillor - 1993
It is this rare and marvelous sense of truth—of laughter, joy, and compassion and situations—that makes Keillor such a brilliant and beloved storyteller.The collection includes: Your Book Saved My Life, Mister, End of the Trail, Meeting Famous People, Family Honeymoon Al Denny, Basketball, After A Fall, The Babe, We Are Still Married, Drowning, Attitude, Letter From Ruth Luger to Joanne Leinenkranz, Nu Er Der Youl Igen, The Chuck Show of Television.
Mr. Bedford and the Muses
Gail Godwin - 1983
Her novels and short stories speak to women and men about their most intense relationships and heartfelt feelings.In this collection of five short stories and a novella, Ms. Godwin is at her best. In the title novella, "Mr. Bedford," a young would-be writer spends time in England under the strange and watchful eye of a rather unusual elderly couple; in "Amanuensis," a charming college student cares for a famous but blocked novelist, with unpredictable results; and in "The Angry Year," a rebellious student is drawn to two different kinds of men until she discovers what she has been running to and from.