“What kind of a man was your father- in- law , Mrs Flett” Lewis posed this question in a social voice, while spreading butter on a floury scone “Well I’m not quite sure” “But you must have some kind of impression “An unhappy man .Aggrieved. His wife left him, you see “Aha” Teasing ” one […] Read more
Audiobooks
The Switch By Anthony Horowitz
She rolled over and blinked him into focus. “What?, Who?” “The FBI Guys.” She threw back the covers, scrambled from the bed and lunged toward the window, all in one motion. She raised a louver and peered through the blinds. A navy blue sedan was parked at the curb. Two suited men, one black, one […] Read more
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
We have arrived at the girls’ gym. We walk into the locker room and abracadabra! all the girls stop talking. Then there’s a low ripple of talk that fills the silence. Helen and I have our lockers in the same bay. I open mine and take out my gym suit and shoes. I have thought […] Read more
The Watcher’s Keep
Chapter Two A fire was already laid in the hearth when Alexandra and Peter finally arrived home. Supper was on the table and Molensa was just starting to pour some wine into a simple iron goblet at the head of the table. Peter noticed there were two extra place settings, each sporting a goblet of […] Read more
The Watchers Keep – Chapter 2
Two A fire was already laid in the hearth when Alexandra and Peter finally arrived home. Supper was on the table and Molensa was just starting to pour some wine into a simple iron goblet at the head of the table. Peter noticed there were two extra place settings, each sporting a goblet of wine. […] Read more
The Women Of Brewster Place By Gloria Naylor
As the late November winds cut across her legs and blew under her coat, Mattie shivered violently and realized that she had rushed from the house without any slip or stockings. She pulled her tweed coat closer to her neck to cut off the wind and stop her body from trembling with cold, and moved […] Read more
Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston
The kiss of his memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come […] Read more
They Burned the Books by Stephen Vincent Benét
We can destroy houses with bombs and people with starvation, outflank defensive lines and tramp ahead. We can destroy the spirit of a nation with poisoned doubts and fears, erase its history, blot out its past, sully its famous names and substitute our words for all the words of liberty. But while there is a […] Read more
Think And Grow Rich by Napolean Hill
There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief. […] Read more
Through the Looking Glass
‘O Tiger-lily,’ said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, ‘I WISH you could talk!’ ‘We CAN talk,’ said the Tiger-lily: ‘when there’s anybody worth talking to.’ Alice was so astonished that she could not speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take her breath away. At length, […] Read more
