Download or read book The Bride of the Sun Classic Reprint written by Gaston Leroux and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bride of the Sun A moment later he had left the ship's side and was nearing the shore the Eldorado of his young ambition, the land Of gold and legends, the Peru of Pizarro and the Incas. Then the thought of a young girl's face blotted out those dreams to make way for new ones. The monotonous outline of the waterfront brought no disappointment. Little did he care that the city stretched out there before his eyes was little more than a narrow, unbeautiful blur along the sea coast, that there were none Of those towers, steeples or minarets with which our ancient ports beckon out to sea that the trav eler is welcome. Even when his boat had passed the Mole, and they drew level with the modern works of the Muelle Darsena, well cal culated to excite the interest of a younger engi neer, he remained indifferent. He had asked the boatman where the Calle de Lima lay, and his eyes hardly left the part Of the city which had been pointed out to him in reply. At the landing stage he threw a hand 'full of centavos to his man, and shouldered his way through the press of guides, interpreters, hotel touts and other waterside parasites. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book A Bride of the Plains Classic Reprint written by Orczy Orczy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Bride of the Plains IT was now close on eight O'clock and more than two hours ago since first the dawn broke over that low-lying horizon line which seems so far away, and tinged the vast immensity of the plain first With grey and then with mauve and pale-toned emerald, with rose and carmine and crimson and blood-red, until the sun - triumphant and glorious at last - woke the sunflowers from their sleep, gilded every tiny blade Of grass and every sprig of rose mary, and caused every head Of stately maize to quiver with delight at the warmth of his kiss. The plain stretched its limitless expanse as far as human eye can reach - a sea of tall straight stems, with waves of brilliant green and plume-crowned crests shimmering like foam in the sunlight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bride Wore Black Leather written by Simon R. Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the secret heart of London, under the cover of endless darkness, is the Nightside. But enter at your own risk. The party animals who live here may be as inhuman as their appetites... My name is John Taylor. The Nightside is my home, and I’ve got a brand new full-time job there (in addition to my private eye work) as Walker—the Voice of the Authorities. I’m also marrying the love of my life, Suzie Shooter, the Nightside’s most fearsome bounty-hunter. But nothing comes easy here. Not life. Not death. And for certain, not happily-ever-after. Before I can say “I do,” I have one more case to solve as a private eye—and my first assignment as Walker. Both jobs would be a lot easier to accomplish if I weren’t on the run, from friends and enemies alike. And if my bride-to-be weren’t out to collect the bounty on my head...
Download or read book The Bride of Infelice written by Ada L. Halstead and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bride of Infelice: A Novel Close along the western horizon there lay a shattered golden bar over which the sun's red disc hung for a moment in imperial victory, then disappeared. Anon a radiant flood of amaranth, rose and tawny orange spread itself over the heavens and enclosed the even. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Curse of Clifton written by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Curse of Clifton: Or, the Widowed Bride Though the sun was near the meridian, and all the sky above was darkly, deeply, beautifully blue, and perfectly clear, yet all the earth beneath was covered by a thick, low lying fog. On reaching the highest point of the pass, both travellers drew rein and paused, looking - North, South, East, West over the Ocean of vapor rolling from horizon to horizon below them! And while they so pause, let us catch that nearly ver tical ray of the sun that falls upon them, lighting up the group like fire above the fog, and daguerreotype them as they stand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Alec s Bride Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alec's Bride, Vol. 1 Perhaps, when little Miss Roda stood on the actual confines of that wonderful thing called society, with but a few months or weeks be tween her and her first ball, and when she be came studiously careful of that rose and 1h complexion which, now, without so much as a thought of its preciousness, she exposed alike to sun, frost and wind, upon the Ulphusby moors; and when she woke up to a proper sense of the exceeding value of that coronal of wavy black hair whose troublesome superfluity of length and thickness she twisted up every morning into a huge shapeless cob at the back of her head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bandit s Bride Or the Maid of Saxony Vol 2 of 4 written by Louisa Sidney Stanhope and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bandit's Bride; Or the Maid of Saxony, Vol. 2 of 4: A Romance His dwelling consisted f a refectory, two chambers, and a smal. Chapel; a cru cifix hung over the door, inviting the wea ried passenger; from which, to the path that wound round the rock, a wooden bridge was thrown over a frightful chasm, whose base was lost in distance. The hollow sound of a foaming cataract reached the ear, whilst the overhanging rocks, covered with wild lavender, thyme, rosemary, and the moun tain-ranunculas, seemed to shake, as though the approaching moment would precipi tate them into the abyss. The tall cypress, the majestic linden, and far-spreading ches nut, sheltered the hermitage from the scorching rays of the sun but though their luxuriance added to its beauty, they encreased, in boisterous weather, the dan ger of the devotee; for often the fury of the wind would tear offtheir heavy boughs, and blow them about his dwelling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Bride written by Julie Garwood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood weaves a bold, breathless tale of a rebellious woman, a fierce chieftain, and the searing love that sealed their destiny. By edict of the King, Scottish laird Alec Kincaid must take an English bride. His choice was Jamie, a fiesty, violet-eyed beauty--who vowed never to surrender to the highlander.
Download or read book The Works of Lucian Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Lucian Lucian and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of Lucian, Vol. 1 But furely, my friend, general fatire, and true humour (and thefe you are kind enough to grant me), fiand as fair a chance of general approbation as any other fpecies of au thorial merit can entitle us to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Last Bride written by Sandra Landry and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2005 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for the lover who haunts her dreams, Claire Peltier journeys to France where she is transported back in time to the Middle Ages and into the arms of the man she has been searching for, forcing her to make a difficult decision--to return to the future, or to fulfill her destiny in the past. Original.
Download or read book Bride of the Rat God written by Barbara Hambly and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hollywood diva. A Chinese curse. A suspense-filled fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling author “who can write well in any genre” (Charlaine Harris). It is 1923, and silent film reigns in Hollywood. Of all the starlets, none is more beloved than Chrysanda Flamande, a diva as brilliant as she is difficult to manage. Handling her falls to Norah, widow of Chrysanda’s dead brother. She has always done her job well, but she was never equipped to deal with murder. When a violent killing shocks Chrysanda’s entourage, and other weird happenings swiftly follow, Norah begins to suspect that some strange power is stalking the star. In Chinatown she receives warning that a curse has been placed on the actress as vengeance for wearing a sacred amulet in one of her films—and this curse could mean death for all who surround her. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
Download or read book Vision In White written by Nora Roberts and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood friends Mackensie, Parker, Laurel and Emmaline have formed a very successful wedding planning business together but, despite helping thousands of happy couples to organise the biggest day of their lives, all four women are unlucky in love. Photographer Mackensie Elliot has suffered a tough childhood and has a bad relationship with her mother, which makes her wary of commitment. But when she meets Carter Maguire, she can't stop herself falling for him, although his ex-girlfriend is prepared to play dirty to keep him. Mackensie soon realises she has to put her past demons to rest in order to find lasting love . . .
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Download or read book As You Wish written by Cary Elwes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a 25th anniversary, behind-the-scenes account of the making of the cult-classic film, the lead actor shares never-before-told stories and exclusive photographs as well as interviews with Robin Wright, Billy Crystal and more. 100,000 first printing.
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