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The Lion Feeds (v. 0.1)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-19
The dog hit the scent of the bird and it stopped him quivering; for a second he stood sucking it up through his nostrils, and then he started to quarter. He worked fast, back and forth, swinging at the end of each tack, his head down and only his back and his busy tail showing above the dry brown grass....... |
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Dead as a Doornail (v. 0.1)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-19
"My face feels funny," he said. But he still hadn't put two and two together. Tiny Hotshot was silent and still in the waning light. A cold wind was blowing across the bare fields, and the pines and oaks were shivering in the gusts of frigid air. Only one man was visible. He was standing outside........ |
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Crime Scene at Cardwell (v. 1.0)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-18
He took the shotgun from her and set it aside before cupping her shoulders in his large palms. She could feel his heat even through the thick gloves he wore and smell his scent mixed with the cold night air. It felt so natural, she almost stepped into his arms..... |
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The Lady of the Lake (v. 1.0)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-18
With buoyant spirit Scott wrote "The Lady of the Lake," originally published in 1810, and its extraordinary success justified his expectations. Scott, in speaking of this poem, says, "The ancient manners, the habits and customs, of the aboriginal race by whom the Highlands of Scotland were inhabited, had always appeared to |
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (v. 1.0)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-18
The town of Hamelin is filled with rats! There are rats in the cupboards, rats in the marketplace, rats in the doghouses, even rats in the pots and pans. The rats are eating all the food, chewing through the houses, and chasing away the cats. The people of Hamelin don't know what to do! Then a mysterious stranger comes to t |
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Dead in Dallas (v. 0.1)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-17
I hoped his work-related story was less distressingthan Andy's. Okay. I'd appreciate it if you'd help portia get Andy to her car.Here she comes now, I said, nodding toward the door. For once, Portia was not wearing the skirt, blouse, jacket, hose, and low-heelped pumps that constitued her professional uniform...... |
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RandomJoke(Smile every day)#14 (v. 3.14159)
jackyli опубликовал приложение 2010-07-16
We all have days when we feel down in the dumps. Whether it’s getting out of bed on the wrong side, having a stressful patch at work, the miserable weather, or just an inexplicably bad mood.But don't forget smile any time. |
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Lady Susan (v. 1.0)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-16
The victim of a vicious scandal, the impoverished Lady Susan is obliged to take up residence with her brother-in-law and his family. Refusing to resign herself to the role of placid house guest, she conspires to baffle her hosts, seducing her sister-in-law's brother in the process by means of her impeccable gentility and so |
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The Hand of Ethelberta (v. 1.0)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-16
The only novel from Hardy that that provides a lighter tale, The Hand of Ethelberta, gives account of the life of a woman who lifts herself to the higher classes of the society.Young Mrs. Petherwin stepped from the door of an old and well–appointed inn in a Wessex town to take a country walk. By her look and carriage she ap |
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The Moonstone (v. 1.0)
Shekar опубликовал приложение 2010-07-13
First published in 1868, Moonstone is considered the first modern English detective novel. Stolen from the forehead of a Hindu idol, the dazzling gem known as "The Moonstone" resurfaces at a birthday party in an English country home--with an enigmatic trio of watchful Brahmins hot on its trail. Laced with superstitions, sus |
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