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Into the Wild: 19 Stories of Unforgettable Hunting Expeditions

Nineteen Classic Tales of Big-Game Pursuit, Frontier Peril, and Wilderness Survival

by James Oliver Curwood, Charles King, Mikkjel FÃ¸nhus, T. C. Harbaugh, Edward Sylvester Ellis, Robert Morris Peck, Frederick Courteney Selous, Anne Bowman, Mayne Reid, Quincy Allen, Edward Stratemeyer, A. Hyatt Verrill ...

Into the Wild gathers nineteen hunting narratives that chart the contested imaginative territory of wilderness, pursuit, survival, and encounter. Ranging from brisk adventure tale and frontier romance to natural-history-inflected expedition narrative, the collection reveals how hunting fiction converted unfamiliar landscapes into sites of danger, discipline, and wonder. Memorable episodes of ... Read more

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Into the Wild gathers nineteen hunting narratives that chart the contested imaginative territory of wilderness, pursuit, survival, and encounter. Ranging from brisk adventure tale and frontier romance to natural-history-inflected expedition narrative, the collection reveals how hunting fiction converted unfamiliar landscapes into sites of danger, discipline, and wonder. Memorable episodes of
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Best Horror Novels

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, George Sylvester Viereck, Robert William Chambers, Washington Irving, W. Somerset Maugham, Franz Kafka, William Hope Hodgson, Edgar Allan Poe, Hume Nisbet, Charlotte Perkins Gilman ...

Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. It shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing. It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror is frequently supernatural, though it might also be non-supernatural. Often the central menace ... Read more

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Horror is a genre of speculative fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. It shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing. It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere. Horror is frequently supernatural, though it might also be non-supernatural. Often the central menace
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Find Your Hero Chapter Sampler

Excerpts from six of our stellar 2015 hero-themed middle-grade titles!

by Kevin Sands, James Riley, J. D. Rinehart, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin Sylvester, Robert Venditti ...

With six exciting reads to choose from, young readers can seek action and adventure alongside the hero of their choice.Featuring excerpts from:-The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands-Story Thieves by James Riley-Crown of Three by J.D. Rinehart-The Nightsiders: The Orphan Army by Jonathan Maberry-Miles Taylor and the Golden Cape: Attack of the Alien Horde by Robert Venditti & illustrated by Dusty ... Read more

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With six exciting reads to choose from, young readers can seek action and adventure alongside the hero of their choice.Featuring excerpts from:-The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands-Story Thieves by James Riley-Crown of Three by J.D. Rinehart-The Nightsiders: The Orphan Army by Jonathan Maberry-Miles Taylor and the Golden Cape: Attack of the Alien Horde by Robert Venditti & illustrated by Dusty
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Forever Young

My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.

by William Sylvester Noonan, Robert Huber ...

Narrated by Adam Grupper ...

Unabridged

8 hours 25 min

From the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father's casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared summers in Hyannisport and formed a bond in the Kennedy compound that lasted well into adulthood. With ... Read more

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From the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father's casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared summers in Hyannisport and formed a bond in the Kennedy compound that lasted well into adulthood. With
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Forever Young

My Friendship with John F. Kennedy, Jr.

by William Sylvester Noonan, Robert Huber ...

An intimate portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr., from his closest friend with 16 pages of color photosFrom the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father’s casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared ... Read more

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An intimate portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr., from his closest friend with 16 pages of color photosFrom the iconic image of a little boy saluting his father’s casket to his tragic death at age thirty- eight, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was never far from the public eye. Now the friend who John was flying to see the night he died reveals the private man behind the public myth. Billy and John shared
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Hands on the Railing

by Dr. Robert Emerson Sylvester ...

The Reverend W.O. Stone was a force to contend with.When he and his family moved to Bemis, a small mill town south of Jackson, Tennessee, they knew that they were entering a community divided by history, by hatred, by race, and by stubborn Southern tradition. But Reverend Stonea man of great and profound faithreached out, risked everything, and did his part to forge a brighter future for his ... Read more

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The Reverend W.O. Stone was a force to contend with.When he and his family moved to Bemis, a small mill town south of Jackson, Tennessee, they knew that they were entering a community divided by history, by hatred, by race, and by stubborn Southern tradition. But Reverend Stonea man of great and profound faithreached out, risked everything, and did his part to forge a brighter future for his
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The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 1 (30 short stories)

by Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon Blackwood, Charles Brockden Brown, John Buchan, Robert William Chambers, Charles Dickens, George du Maurier, John Meade Falkner, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Thomas Hardy, William Hope Hodgson, James Hogg, Washington Irving, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Richard Marsh, Jan Neruda, Edith Nesbit, Hume Nisbet, James Malcom Rymer, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, George Sylvester Viereck ...

The Damned Thing - Ambrose Bierce A Prisoner in Fairyland - Algernon Blackwood The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Algernon Blackwood The Willows - Algernon Blackwood Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown The Keeper of Cademuir - John Buchan No-man's-land - John Buchan The Grove of Ashtaroth - John Buchan The Watcher by the Threshold - John Buchan The King in Yellow - ... Read more

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The Damned Thing - Ambrose Bierce A Prisoner in Fairyland - Algernon Blackwood The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories - Algernon Blackwood The Willows - Algernon Blackwood Wieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden Brown The Keeper of Cademuir - John Buchan No-man's-land - John Buchan The Grove of Ashtaroth - John Buchan The Watcher by the Threshold - John Buchan The King in Yellow -
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The Book of Monsters: 40 Timeless Horror Novels

Gothic Vampires, Haunted Castles, Lost Worlds, and Cosmic Terrors in 40 Classic Novels

by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur Conan Doyle, George W. M. Reynolds, Émile Erckmann, Alexandre Chatrian, Robert E. Howard, Alexandre Dumas Père, Mrs. Loudon, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. G. Wells, Washington Irving, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, William Beckford, Albert W. Aiken, Gaston Leroux, Guy Boothby, Mayne Reid, John William Polidori, Theophile Gautier, Richard Marsh, H. Rider Haggard, Ambrose Pratt, David Franklin Powell, Abraham Merritt, Jules Verne, Florence Marryat, Robert Montgomery Bird, Edward Sylvester Ellis, Edgar Saltus, F. Marion Crawford, George MacDonald, Richard Francis Burton, Lallu Lal, John T. Platts, Mazhar Ali Khan ...

The Book of Monsters: 40 Timeless Horror Novels surveys the monster as a uniquely flexible figure of dread: scientific transgression, revenance, vampiric contagion, colonial encounter, occult mystery, and evolutionary anxiety all assume compelling form here. Moving from Gothic romance and sensation fiction to adventure tale, proto-science fiction, detective narrative, and cosmic horror, the volume ... Read more

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The Book of Monsters: 40 Timeless Horror Novels surveys the monster as a uniquely flexible figure of dread: scientific transgression, revenance, vampiric contagion, colonial encounter, occult mystery, and evolutionary anxiety all assume compelling form here. Moving from Gothic romance and sensation fiction to adventure tale, proto-science fiction, detective narrative, and cosmic horror, the volume
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King Street

The Severna Bridge

by Dr. Robert E. Sylvester ...

Emerson Sinclare is a detective of the Holy CityCharleston, South Carolina, known as one of the first cities in America. It is steeped in tradition, with family names that go back before the Revolutionary War. Even today, the markers of history can still be found on every street corner. But hidden beneath the citys southern roots and hospitality lies a different storyone of crime, as might be ... Read more

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Emerson Sinclare is a detective of the Holy CityCharleston, South Carolina, known as one of the first cities in America. It is steeped in tradition, with family names that go back before the Revolutionary War. Even today, the markers of history can still be found on every street corner. But hidden beneath the citys southern roots and hospitality lies a different storyone of crime, as might be
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The Red Feathers: A Story of Remarkable Adventures When the World was Young And The Story of Red Feather: A Tale of the American Frontier

by Theodore Goodridge Roberts & Edward Sylvester Ellis ...

In the days of which I write, in the island now known as Newfoundland, men made prayers to the sun, the winds, the frost and the stars. They believed that giants lived in the north; that a great stag caribou, as high as a pine, haunted the wilds beyond the Narrow Sea to the west; that gods moved about in divers shapes, doing good or evil as their natures prompted them, and that certain wise and ... Read more

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In the days of which I write, in the island now known as Newfoundland, men made prayers to the sun, the winds, the frost and the stars. They believed that giants lived in the north; that a great stag caribou, as high as a pine, haunted the wilds beyond the Narrow Sea to the west; that gods moved about in divers shapes, doing good or evil as their natures prompted them, and that certain wise and
... Read more
Igbo in the Atlantic World

African Origins and Diasporic Destinations

by Audra A. Diptee, John K. Thornton, Kenneth Morgan, A.E. Afigbo, Gloria Chuku, Nwando Achebe, Hannah N. Eby Chukwu, Gendolyn Midlo Hall, Paul E. Lovejoy, Douglas B. Chambers, Chima J. Korieh, Vincent Carretta, Maureen Warner-Lewis, Robert W. Nicholls, Waibinte Elekima Wariboko, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Ogbu U. Kalu ...

The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume ... Read more

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The Igbo are one of the most populous ethnic groups in Nigeria and are perhaps best known and celebrated in the work of Chinua Achebe. In this landmark collection on Igbo society and arts, Toyin Falola and Raphael Chijioke Njoku have compiled a detailed and innovative examination of the Igbo experience in Africa and in the diaspora. Focusing on institutions and cultural practices, the volume
... Read more
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Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The

by Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Narrated by Robert Sylvester ...

Unabridged

9 hours 5 min

Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team — the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson — as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. ... Read more

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Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team — the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson — as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Originally published in 1892, this is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth.
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